Posted: Monday 23 February 2026
The February 2026 update for Clash of Clans introduced a new hero: Dragon Duke, new pet: Greedy Raven, new levels, Earthquake changes, Gold Pass rework and some fixes.
New Hero: Dragon Duke
The Dragon Duke is a flying hero that does melee damage (1.25 tile range). High HP with low DPS by default, however his Royal Rampage passive ability takes effect when he’s away from friendly flying units.
Royal Rampage Passive Ability:
- 100% damage increase
- 50% attack speed increase
- Trap damage reduced by half
Unlocks with Hero Hall level 9 (Town Hall 15) and will unlock at level 1 (for all Hero Hall levels, 9 and above).
Dragon DukeDragon Duke Equipment
Fire Heart
- Passive equipment that slowly regenerates health and burst into flames when he falls
- This is a default equipment available once he is unlocked
- Hero Boosts: Self Healing, HP increase and DPS increase
Fire HeartFlame Blower
- Active equipment that blows scoring fire in the direction the Duke is facing
- This is a default equipment available once he is unlocked
- Hero Boosts: HP recovery and HP increase
Flame BlowerStun Blaster
- Active equipment that blasts a shockwave that stuns and damages nearby enemies and buildings
- Unlocked at TH16 once the Blacksmith has been upgraded to level 9
- Hero Boosts: DPS increase, HP recovery and HP increase
Stun BlasterNew Pet: Greedy Raven
A new Hero Pet is coming to TH18: Greedy Raven. A flying pet that stays behind his Hero, attacking nearby resource buildings with a 5x damage multiplier.
The Greedy Raven is unlocked once the Pet House is upgraded to level 12.
Greedy RavenNew Levels
Building Levels
New building levels are coming. These are for TH18 unless otherwise specified:
- Firespitter Lvl 3
- Inferno Tower Lvl 12
- Hidden Tesla Lvl 17
- Spell Tower Lvl 4 (TH17 - unlocks a new Earthquake spell slot)
- Mortar Lvl 18
- Pet House Lvl 12
- Giga Bomb Lvl 4
- Seeking Air Mine Lvl 8
At TH18, an additional 75 wall pieces can be upgraded to level 18 bringing the total to 200.
New Building LevelsNew Troop/Spell Levels:
- Witch Lvl 8
- Hog Rider Lvl 15
- Lava Hound Lvl 8
- Electro Titan Lvl 5
- Baby Dragon Lvl 12
- Archer Lvl 14
- Stone Slammer Lvl 6
- Revive Spell Lvl 5
- Earthquake Spell Lvl 6-8 (TH14-18)
As usual, Troops above with super variants will see the super version get a new level too.
New Troop/Spell LevelsBalance Changes
- The level 4 Thrower HP & DPS stats are being reverted to the pre January 2026 values.
- The Totem Spell is having its retargeting radius reduced to 5 tiles and no longer does damage on deployment.
- Totems are also no longer affected by Apprentice Warden and Life Gem.
Balance ChangesEarthquake Changes
With the introduction of the new Earthquake Spell Tower level, Earthquake spells now also damage nearby enemy ground troops as well as buildings and walls doing a % of their HP as damage.
For the regular Earthquake Spell, this change will only apply to the new levels coming in this update (levels 6-8 for TH14+).
All levels of the Earthquake Boots equipment for the Barbarian King will be affected.
Earthquake ChangesRanked Mode Changes
Battle Count Changes
The number of battles per week for Ranked Battles is being reduced for these leagues:
Battle Count ChangesDemotion/Promotion Changes
The percentage of players per group is being adjusted for these leagues in Ranked Battles:
Demotion/Promotion ChangesGold Pass Rework & Prospector Introduction
The Gold Pass rework takes effect with the March 2026 season. Full details about the changes can be found in the post below:
Cost and Time Reductions
A number of cost and time reductions were made in this update affecting Heroes. A summary can be seen in the graphic below. Although not listed, the Archer Queen saw similar reductions to the Barbarian King too.
Cost and Time ReductionsOther changes and bug fixes
- Unbreakable achievement is being reduced from 5,000 to 500
- CWL now supports 5v5 groups and 30v30 will offer more bonuses.
- Hero Potion and Mighty Morsel only apply to attacks, not defense
- The “Add Effect” sparkly button won’t show for those without the Fancy Shop
- Underground units (Diggy and Miner) have reworked combat logic and will be more effective against hoards of Skeletons
- Info screen for geared up defenses now show correct stats. No stat changes have been made.
- Fixed geared up Motar’s attack speed so it doesn’t fire with zero delay
- Fix Longshot’s attack splash damage to hit either air or ground based on if the target is ground or air, like most other units.
- Visibility of special effects on decorations and shoveled obstacles can be toggled on or off
- The profile icons of troops, heroes, spells, sieges, pets, guardians, are now clickable for locked items, and will show why they are locked
- The Blacksmith will now display equipment that is currently available in-game but not yet owned or unlocked, so players can see what they can obtain.
- The Hero Selector will now show locked heroes, locked common equipment and locked pets
- And finally, the Ore Bug has been fixed for good and any excess ore earned via the exploit has been revoked. This means that players that exploited this bug will see negative Ores.
Clash Ninja Upgrade Tracker
If you are looking for a tool to show you remaining upgrades for your village and help you plan your upgrade order, check out the Clash Ninja Upgrade Tracker.