Dark Barracks
The Dark Barracks
. Definition
. Definition
- The Dark Barracks allow you to train Troops using Dark Elixir Collector. These troops will be stationed in Army Camps.
- Dark Barracks are unable to function while being upgraded, considerably increasing the time it takes to train your armies; this should be taken into consideration when deciding to upgrade a Dark Barracks.
- Once you have queued Troops in your Dark Barracks, you can instantly complete their training with Gems; the amount required is directly proportional to the amount of time remaining to finish training normally.
- There is also an option to boost Troop production for 45 minutes. The boost option costs 25 Gems and will increase the training speed of the boosted Dark Barracks by a factor of 4.
- Troops may be removed from the Dark Barracks training queue at no penalty; 100% of the Dark Elixircost will be refunded to you.
- You may queue more Troops than your Army Camps can hold. This is useful for two reasons:
- You may queue Troops prior to engaging in combat (either single-player or multiplayer). Your Dark Barracks will begin creating Troops proportional to the amount of time you spent from when you start searching for opponent to completing an attack, significantly reducing your downtime between battles.
- You may queue Troops to 'hide' Dark Elixir while you are offline, as long as your Army Camps are full. Currently up to 3,340 Dark Elixir can be hidden in this fashion (two level 3 Golems, one level 4Valkyrie and one level 5 Minion in each of the two level 4 Dark Barracks). When you return you simply un-queue all of your Dark Barracks to reclaim your hidden Dark Elixir.
- A Dark Barracks will maintain its queue if destroyed by enemy Troops, and will even continue to produce new units if your Army Camps has sufficient space.
- The Dark Barracks is the only Barracks in which you are allowed to create Dark Elixir Troops.
- After the 25 March 2013 maintenance break, level 8 and 9 Town Halls were allowed to have a second Dark Barracks.
- Upgrade By Level
- A Dark Barracks goes through dramatic differences at each level.
- On level 1, It starts out like a normal Barracks, but has a axe and hammer on the top and a stone doorway. It also has a spell casting bowl filled with Dark Elixir.
- For level 2, spikes hang down from the doorway, and the front pillars turn to stone. It gets put on a stone base, and the bowl gets replaced with a rack holding a hammer and a blue-bladed sword.
- At level 3, the front pillars turn to black crystal, and it gets a two-tiered stone base. The rack turns into a wooden target with a axe stuck in it.
- And level 4, the bottom of the front pillars get the same red material as the roof. A Golem 's hand coming out from a rock replaces the target.