Gold Mine/Home Village (2024)

For the Builder Base version, see Gold Mine/Builder Base.

Summary

• The Gold Mine collects Gold from an unlimited underground reserve and stores it until collected by the player and placed into a Gold Storage. When the mine is full, production will be stopped until it is collected (or raided by an enemy player).
• The production rate and storage capacity depend on the level of the Gold Mine. One can estimate the amount of resources in the mine by looking at the small cart at the right side of the mine.
• The Gold Mine takes up a 3x3 space.
• When you choose to upgrade a Gold Mine, it will automatically collect any uncollected Gold. Note that if your Gold Storages are full at that time, the uncollected Gold will be lost. During the upgrade, the mine temporarily stops producing Gold.
• Tapping on a gold mine when the gold icon is up collects all gold from all the Gold Mines in your base.
• Once the Gold Mine has been upgraded to level 5, you can temporarily boost its production with Gems or a Resource Potion. Spending Gems will double the Mine's production for one day, while using a Resource Potion will double all Home Village resource collectors' production rate for one day. When you click to boost the Gold Mine, a clock appears for a few seconds.
  • Level 1 to 4 Gold Mines cannot be boosted with Gems, but can still be boosted using a Resource Potion. However, you can only use the potion if you have a collector that can be boosted with Gems (either a level 5 or higher Gold Mine or Elixir Collector, or any level of Dark Elixir Drill).
  • If you upgrade the Gold Mine while a boost is active, the boost will end prematurely, even if the upgrade is later cancelled (or completes) at a time where the boost would have been active.

Strategies

Offensive Strategies

• Pay careful attention to the location of Elixir Collectors when planning your attack, as Gold Mines are usually only marginally protected and can be quite lucrative, especially at high levels. Many times a single Archer can be placed in such a way that it can destroy a Gold Mine while standing clear of any defenses}, unless if it is stalled forever by a Battle Builder repairing the collector when it is in the healing range of a weaponized Builder's Hut. Alternatively, if you are at Town Hall 11 or higher, a single Sneaky Goblin can often destroy an Gold Mine without getting detected.
• If you see a round number of Gold in a raid, it is most likely going to be in the Gold Mines rather than in the Gold Storages (example 90,000). Although round numbers can occur in Gold Storages, they happen much more often when Gold Storages have been completely emptied by previous raids, and the resultant shield has allowed the Gold Mines to fill up completely.
• Make sure you target carefully, as Gold Mines tend to lure your troops away from what you intend to attack, ex. a Cannon or the Dark Elixir Storage.

Defensive Strategies

• It is a good idea to put your Gold Mines outside of your Walls, so they can act as a distraction to units with no preferred target such as Barbarians and Archers.
• Attackers can steal up to 50% of the uncollected Gold in your mine. Having too many uncollected resources will make you a more attractive target.
• If a Gold Mine is destroyed in an attack while it is being upgraded, no Gold will be lost, as the mine is empty during this time.
• When you are farming for resources, it is a good idea to put all or some of your Gold Mines and Elixir Collectors in your Walls, so people can't steal uncollected resources as easily.
  • It is better to place higher level collectors inside of Walls, as they will produce more Gold and are more valuable than the other Gold Mines.
  • There is no need to protect them in your war base, as people cannot take your loot anyway.

Upgrade Differences

• Gold Mines undergo significant visual changes at levels 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, and 16.
  • When initially constructed, the Gold Mine consists of a somewhat dilapidated wooden structure covering a set of narrow rails diving deep within the earth, with the side having diagonal wood pieces, and the top having some crooked ones horizentally across, not covering the entrance of the mine properly. There is a tiny stone rubble pile on the edge of the structure. A very faint glow emits from the mine. A rail cart with blue wheels periodically arrives and dumps its contents into a small wooden repository to the side of the mine then reenters the mine.
  • At level 2, the Gold Mine appears to be fully repaired, with more wood pieces placed haphazardly over the top vertically, and held in place by two set of ropes reinforcing it. The rubble pile grows slightly. The light from the mine becomes more noticeable.
  • At level 3, a third set of ropes is added and the wood pieces on top is arranged properly. The rubble pile grows to a noticeable size.
  • At level 4, a fourth set of ropes is added. The rubble pile outside the mine grows even more. The light from the mine glows slightly brighter once again.
  • At level 5, the wood pieces have been replaced with ones that have a uniform cut. The ropes are replaced with a blue-gray steel bar being riveted down with small bronze rivets. A stone foundation replaces the rubble pile in front of the mine, still having some jagged edges. The light emanating from the mine grows significantly more brighter and a steel reinforcement is added at the back.
  • At level 6, another set of ropes is added to the back while the steel bar is moved up a bit.
  • At level 7, the steel bar grows in width and the rivets are removed, and yet another set of ropes is added to the back. The foundation also increases in height in stages and is fully smooth now. The steel reinforcement in the mine grows taller and the wooden structure of the mine is replaced with metal.
  • At level 8, another wide steel bar is added replacing the ropes, and both bars are riveted on the side. The furthest wood piece of the top is flipped up to make place and support a small pulley system on the top right part of the mine, complete with a track being held in place by the metal bars for the cable. The cable can be seen inside the mine. Two small stone protrusions appear on each side of the mine.
  • At level 9, the back steel bar has a new rivet, an unused axle is added on the back bar across the whole top with a wood piece holding it up. The pulley wheel itself grows larger, the metal structure holding its axle gets wider placed and shifted the third wood piece on top in between it and the wheel. The two protrusions are taller and their base is reinforced.
  • At level 10, the wood piece ceiling and steel bars are made taller, covering the pulley system entirely, with two more steel bars riveted on top, perpendicular to the other two. The pulley system now rest on the metal structure of the mine, a bigger gear is added to axle with the wheel and a smaller is placed on the unused axle of the back. The corners gain spiked metal plates, and the light shines even brighter. The protrusions are replaced with screws holding the reinforcement in place.
  • At level 11, the steel bars on the top are replaced by a riveted steel panel with an opening, with a large gear is added to the top of the mine and its axle place across the plate. The gear itself has a section in the back with a track, pulling two cables; a second pulley wheel is added next to the original one, each pulling one cable. The spiked metal plates at each corner connect to each other with a few more spikes at the sides.
  • At level 12, the rivets on the steel bar have moved up and get bigger as the mine is made slightly taller, metal plates have been added under the steel bar. The metal panel turns into a black metal, with handlebars added on each end of the axle. All gears turn golden, the top gear is flipped, consisting of a bigger and wider one at the back and a new gear that is smaller in the front, with two cables between them. The bottom gear gets bigger and wider as well, with an extra one in front which is smaller, and a three pulley wheel is added next to the two, also pulling its own cable. The corner plates no longer connect to the side and is made with black metal. The light becomes significantly brighter.
  • At level 13, the rivets on the metal bars turn golden, and the one on top are removed but the handlebar gains a small amount of gold at the connection. The corner plates of the mine is replaced with a two-staged black metal plates, while the side plates become smaller and also made of black metal, all the spikes are removed.
  • At level 14, the the front metal bar is replaced with black metal and the back becomes much darker, with most of the rivets removed besides one from the front bar. The top metal panel is removed and the top axle now host a long spiral gear with a small gold gear with a black rivet in front and black gear in the back. A track also exist in the front pulling a belt, while the back has two larger wheels with ropes, both connecting to the lower set of pulleys. The lower gears are replaced with one large, protruding gear in the middle, the belt track in front, and three pulley wheels in the back, with the final one leading into the mine. The corner plates are replaced with grey gradiant stone.
  • At level 15, the axles each has a new pulley in the front being connected with a belt, placed beyond the iron bar thus embedded it into the pulley system. The front gear of the top axle is completely gold, and the bottom one gain a slightly bigger golden gear with a black metal core and gold rivet. The corner plates are replaced with purplish-grey metal with a groove in the middle and gold reinforcement on the front of the mine and the side plate gain a shorter golden plate.
  • At level 16, the main protruding gear is split into two, the front gear of the top axle has a black metal core and a smaller rivet, the bottom one is thicker, and a gold gear is added at the end of each axle. The belt is more grey and less shiny and the cable is made of hemp. The corner plates are now made of grey metal for the top half and gold at the bottom with two spikes each.

Statistics

Gold Pass modifiers

Input Gold Pass boosts to modify the statistics in the tables below accordingly

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Town Hall Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Number Available	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	6
Town Hall Level	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Number Available	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Size
3x3

Level	Capacity	Production Rate	Hitpoints	Boost Cost	Time to Fill	Build Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Catch-Up Point*	Town Hall Level Required
1	1,000	200/hr	400	N/A	5h	150	10s	3	N/A	1
2	2,000	400/hr	440	N/A	5h	300	1m	7	1m	1
3	3,000	600/hr	480	N/A	5h	700	4m	15	8m	2
4	5,000	800/hr	520	N/A	6h 15m	1,400	10m	24	30m	2
5	10,000	1,000/hr	560	4	10h	3,000	40m	48	2h 40m	3
6	20,000	1,300/hr	600	5	15h 23m 5s	7,000	3h	103	10h	3
7	30,000	1,600/hr	640	6	18h 45m	14,000	6h	146	1d 2h	4
8	50,000	1,900/hr	680	7	1d 2h 18m 57s	28,000	6h	146	1d 8h	4
9	75,000	2,200/hr	720	8	1d 10h 5m 27s	56,000	10h	189	2d 15h 20m	5
10	100,000	2,800/hr	780	9	1d 11h 42m 52s	75,000	10h	189	1d 12h 40m	5
11	150,000	3,500/hr	860	10	1d 18h 51m 26s	85,000	12h	207	2d	7
12	200,000	4,200/hr	960	10	1d 23h 37m 9s	170,000	16h	240	3d 8h	8
13	250,000	4,900/hr	1,080	11	2d 3h 1m 14s	400,000	20h	268	5d	10
14	300,000	5,600/hr	1,180	11	2d 5h 34m 18s	800,000	1d 16h	379	11d 16h	11
15	350,000	6,300/hr	1,280	11	2d 7h 33m 20s	1,200,000	2d 18h	487	22d	12
16	385,000	7,000/hr	1,350	11	2d 7h	2,000,000	4d	587	36d	14

Supercharges

These additional levels can be attained at Town Hall 16 once the maximum level of the building has been attained. These Supercharges will be removed when a new level is added.

Charge Level	Capacity	Production Rate	Hitpoints	Boost Cost	Time to Fill	Build Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Catch-Up Point*	Town Hall Level Required
1	415,000	7,000/hr	1,350	11	2d 11h 17m 9s	1,700,000	2d	415	N/A	16
2	415,000	7,500/hr	1,350	11	2d 7h 20m	1,500,000	3d	509	42d	16
3	415,000	7,500/hr	1,400	11	2d 7h 20m	1,300,000	4d	587	N/A	16

* The Catch-Up Point is the time at which the newly upgraded Gold Mine has equaled the total production of the mine had it not been upgraded - this does not consider recovering the cost of the Elixir required to perform the upgrade. Or, in easier to understand terms, the catch-up point is the amount of time it would take to get the resources it would have collected if it wasn't being upgraded.

Caveat: The Catch-Up Point calculation assumes that the player collects all resources from the Gold Mine without allowing it to reach its storage capacity, as resource production ceases at that point. This is more of a concern at lower levels where the capacity is limited and Time to Fill is relatively short. If the player is unable to regularly collect and achieve the full potential of the collector, the Catch-Up Point is actually shorter and performing the upgrade becomes more advantageous.

Icon Descriptions

	Tapping this icon displays information about the Gold Mine, such as Level, Capacity, Production and Hitpoints.
	Tapping this icon begins upgrading the Gold Mine to the next level, if you have enough resources and a free Builder (or B.O.B). When the Gold Mine is at maximum level, this icon is replaced by the Supercharge! icon.
File:Icon Supercharge!.png	Tapping this icon begins supercharging the maxed Gold Mine to the next charge, if you have enough resources and a free Builder (or B.O.B). When the Gold Mine is at maximum charge, this icon is not shown.
	Tapping this icon instantly upgrades the Gold Mine to the next level, at the cost of one Hammer of Building if you have one. When the Gold Mine is at maximum level, or if the Town Hall requirements for the next level are not met, this icon is not shown.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of the displayed number of Gems.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of one Book of Building. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Book of Building.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of one Book of Everything. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Book of Everything but do not have a Book of Building.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, boosts all your Builders for 1 hour by a factor of ten, at the cost of one Builder Potion. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Builder Potion.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, cancels the current upgrade and refunds half of the upgrade cost.
	Tapping this icon boosts your Gold production for 1 day at the cost of the displayed amount of Gems.
	Tapping this icon boosts your Gold production of all the Gold Mines for 1 day at the cost of the displayed amount of Gems.
	Tapping this icon boosts the production of all the Resource collector buildings for 1 day at the cost of one Resource Potion. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Resource Potion.
	Tapping this icon collects the uncollected Gold from the Gold Mine.
	This icon informs you that you don't have Gold to be collected from your Gold Mine.

History

Patch	Description
August 2, 2012	Game Release	Introduction of the Gold Mine, with 10 levels and 5 of them to build.
August 10, 2012	Update	Added the sixth Gold Mine available at Town Hall level 6.
October 27, 2012	Update	Added the level 11 Gold Mine.
November 19, 2012	Update	Gold Mines can now be boosted at level 5 using Gems.
April 17, 2013	Update	Reduced build times at level 5 to 11: Level 5: 4h -> 2h Level 6: 12h -> 6h Level 7: 1d -> 12h Level 8: 2d -> 1d Level 9: 3d -> 2d Level 10: 4d -> 3d Level 11: 5d -> 4d
June 24, 2013	Maintenance Break	Added the seventh Gold Mine available at Town Hall level 10.
August 9, 2013	Maintenance Break	Reduced the boost cost at level 5 to 11: Level 5: 10 -> 4 Level 6: 12 -> 5 Level 7: 14 -> 6 Level 8: 16 -> 7 Level 9: 17 -> 8 Level 10: 19 -> 9 Level 11: 20 -> 11 Increased boost duration.
October 22, 2014	Update	Slightly reduced boost cost for level 11 Gold Mine from 11 to 10.
December 11, 2014	Update	Added the level 12 Gold Mine. Decreased hitpoints at level 2 to 6: Level 2: 450 -> 440 Level 3: 500 -> 480 Level 4: 550 -> 520 Level 5: 590 -> 560 Level 6: 610 -> 600 Increased hitpoints at level 7 to 11: Level 7: 630 -> 640 Level 8: 660 -> 680 Level 9: 680 -> 720 Level 10: 710 -> 760 Level 11: 750 -> 800
April 30, 2015	Update	Reduced build times at level 1 and 2: Level 1: 1m -> 10s Level 2: 5m -> 1m
July 1, 2015	Update	Increased hitpoints at level 10 to 12: Level 10: 760 -> 780 Level 11: 800 -> 860 Level 12: 840 -> 960
May 22, 2017	Update	Moved the seventh Gold Mine to Town Hall 9. Gold can now be collected from all Gold Mines at once by tapping on just one (rather than needing to individually tap all of them).
June 26, 2018	Balance Changes	Reduced build times at level 5 to 12: Level 5: 2h -> 1h Level 6: 6h -> 4h Level 7: 12h -> 8h Level 8: 1d -> 16h Level 9: 2d -> 1d 12h Level 10: 3d -> 2d Level 11: 4d -> 2d 12h Level 12: 5d -> 3d
June 29, 2018	Balance Changes	Increased production at level 10 to 12: Level 10: 2500/hr -> 2800/hr Level 11: 3000/hr -> 3500/hr Level 12: 3500/hr -> 4200/hr
October 23, 2018	Update	Added the level 13 Gold Mine.
April 2, 2019	Update	Reduced build times at level 7 to 13: Level 7: 8h -> 6h Level 8: 16h -> 8h Level 9: 1d 12h -> 10h Level 10: 2d -> 12h Level 11: 2d 12h -> 16h Level 12: 3d -> 1d Level 13: 6d -> 3d
March 30, 2020	Update	Added the level 14 Gold Mine.
April 12, 2021	Update	Doubled Storage Capacity at level 1 to 4 so they do not cap out after 3 hours. Reduced build times at level 3-14 (except for level 7, 8, 9 and 10). Level 3: 15m -> 4m Level 4: 1h -> 10m Level 5: 1h -> 40m Level 6: 4h -> 3h Level 12: 1d -> 20h Level 13: 3d -> 1d 16h Level 14: 5d -> 3d 8h Reduced upgrade costs at level 10-14. Level 10: 84,000 -> 75,000 Level 11: 168,000 -> 100,000 Level 12: 336,000 -> 200,000 Level 13: 504,000 -> 400,000 Level 14: 840,000 -> 800,000
December 9, 2021	Update	Added the level 15 Gold Mine.
December 12, 2023	Town Hall Update	Reduced upgrade times at: Level 8: 8h -> 6h Level 10: 12h -> 10h Level 11: 16h -> 12h Level 12: 20h -> 16h Level 13: 1d 16h -> 20h Level 14: 3d 8h -> 1d 16h Level 15: 6d -> 2d 18h
February 27, 2024	Update	Added the level 16 Gold Mine.
September 9, 2024	Update	Added 3 Supercharge levels for the Gold Mine.

Trivia

• The upgrade costs of the Gold Mine and the Elixir Collector match at every level, but prior to the June 2021 update, there existed a discrepancy between the level 5 upgrade prices (3,000 Elixir for the Gold Mine, 3,500 Gold for the Elixir Collector), which was resolved by reducing the Elixir Collector's upgrade cost.
• Although directly selecting a Gold Mine with a Gold bubble above it automatically collects any resources it has stored, there is a way to check how much Gold has been stored without collecting it. This can be done by moving any other building to an invalid spot on your map (e.g., off the edge of your map, or fully or partially occupied by an obstacle, decoration or another building) and releasing it while its surrounding square has turned red. Then select the desired Gold Mine and choose the "Info" option to display the amount of Gold gathered by the mine to that point.

Comparisons

• The Gold Mine is one of the 4 buildings that a player starts with at the beginning of the tutorial, the others being the Town Hall, Builder's Hut, and Army Camp.
• The Gold Mine's sound (when you collect gold from it) has the same sound with Fortune Tree, Golden Poet, and Golden Hog.