Why this desk exists

Fan illustration of a Clash of Clans village used on the origin page

A reading desk, not a studio that made the game

Independent notes on Clash of Clans, written so a war plan survives the next patch

Hearthline started as a shared notebook for clanmates who were tired of videos that skipped the upgrade time. It grew into a public fan guide with the same rule: if the client disagrees, the client wins.

We stick to systems you can open in the game: Home Village, Builder Base, Clan Capital, the Hero Hall, the Blacksmith, and the Laboratory. Supercell owns Clash of Clans. We do not. We do not sell gems, recover accounts, or host unofficial builds. Corrections and story tips can go to [email protected] or +44 (0) 7511 776 795.

Write the editors

Checked against the client

Hero caps and building levels are re-read after Supercell’s update posts, not copied from old spreadsheets

Plain attack language

Funnel, siege entry, spell timing, and hero ability — named the way the army screen names them

No trophy promises

A guide can explain Legend League. It cannot promise you will stay there

Village study image beside the Hearthline milestone counters

What guides the writing

Name the building, name the cost type, and leave the hype in the trash

Gold, Elixir, and Dark Elixir are different wallets. A tip that mixes them is a bad tip. We label which one an upgrade drinks.

The same habit covers time. A Book of Heroes skips days, not Dark Elixir. A Hammer of Building does the same for a structure. Clan Games medals, CWL medals, and raid medals are not interchangeable, and a paragraph that pretends they are gets rewritten. That is the whole editorial standard: specific, current, and boringly accurate.

Hero pets

Trophy leagues

Home heroes

Owen Blake

Siege editor

Owen tracks Workshop levels and which siege machine actually opens a compartment. Ask him when a Log Launcher note and a Flame Flinger note disagree.

Editor list

Callum Drake

Army writer

Callum writes troop and spell briefs, from early Barbarians to Root Riders and the Revive Spell’s hero-icon cast added in August 2026.

Editor list

Nora Ellison

Patch editor

Nora turns Supercell’s update posts into short briefs, including the November 2025 Town Hall 18 launch and the June 2026 hero-level bump.

Editor list

Priya Shah

Capital editor

Priya covers Clan Capital districts, raid medals, and the difference between Capital Gold and the gold sitting in your Home Village storages.

Editor list

Reader notes

What chiefs write back

Elena Morales

“Hearthline reads like a clanmate who checked the patch notes. The Queen unlock at Town Hall 8 was written without pretending the site is Supercell.”

Javier Contreras

“I send newer clanmates the resource explainer. They stop spending Dark Elixir on a wall and Gold on a hero, which was half our war problem.”

Sofia Herrera

“The Capital page treats raid weekend as a clan project. That tone is why our district upgrades stopped being a surprise on Monday.”