AI Overview: The Clash Royale October update added the Touchdown game mode, the Mirror Challenge, daily quests, a daily gift and a flat-price shop. It also changed six cards, including the Sparky, Electro Wizard and Graveyard, and it removed full tournament refunds. The old write-up is kept below, so you can trust each point and skip the guesswork.
Last Updated: October 2026
Key Points:
- The original lists two new modes: Touchdown and the Mirror Challenge.
- Daily Quests give up to 3 tasks a day and Quest Points toward a chest.
- The shop prices became flat, with 1 Legendary at 40,000 Gold.
- Six cards changed, including the Sparky, Electro Wizard and Valkyrie.
- In 2026 the Electro Wizard’s best list wins 72.1%.
What did the October update add?
Short answer. Two game modes, daily quests, a daily gift and a new shop.
- Touchdown Mode: get one troop over the white line at the far end. One troop is one crown. First to 3 crowns wins, or the most crowns after 3 minutes.
- Mirror Challenge: both players use the same deck in the same order, with the Mirror card inside. 3 wins gives a Golden Chest, 6 wins a Giant Chest.
- Daily Quests: up to 3 a day. Each one earns Quest Points toward a chest.
- Daily Gift: five days in a row, 5 Quest Points a visit. Skip a day and it goes back to Day 1.
Why it matters. Troops can only be played behind the white line in Touchdown, so cards like the Graveyard, Miner and Goblin Barrel work differently there.
Zoom out. Fun modes bring players back, but they also split the player base. If every update adds a mode, expect the old ones to go quiet, and expect rewards to be the only reason to play them.
How did the shop change?
Short answer. Prices went flat, and slots sell as bundles.
Good to know. Some slots needed Gems. The writer says that is better value than turning Gems into Gold first.
Plain talk. Flat prices made saving gold a real plan. The 2049 line is a joke.
The numbers. The original lists 1 Common at 10 Gold, 1 Rare at 100, 1 Epic at 1,000 and 1 Legendary at 40,000. It says the price no longer doubles as you buy more. A slot must be bought whole, such as 10 Inferno Towers for 1,000 Gold.
Free offers. A daily chance at 200 Gold, 10 Gems, a Silver Chest or a Gold Chest, and a free Epic card on Sundays.
Claims, rechecked. The page says you would wait until 2049 to see the Golem in the shop again. That is a joke about the rotation, not a rule. The original also gives no year for this update. Treat every figure as a starting point, not a rule.
Zoom in. A shop that sells bundles rewards patient savers. If that idea grows, expect players with little gold to fall behind, and expect shop slots to become the next thing people complain about.
Which cards got balance changes?
| Card | October change (original) | Today |
| Sparky | Damage down 15%, attack speed 5s to 4s (the page calls it a buff) | No 2026 change. Best list 56.2%. |
| Electro Wizard | First attack 1.8s to 2s, damage -4% | Best list 72.1% over about 1,100. |
| Lightning | Radius -0.5, damage -3% | Tower damage 286 to 265 on June 1. Best list 72.1%. |
| Valkyrie | Damage +5%, now one-shots Princess and Dart Goblin | All eight base lists win 47.8% or less. |
| Graveyard | Duration +0.5s (one more skeleton), radius 5 to 4 | Top deck 71.6%. Skeletons 13 to 12 on June 1. |
| Tesla | Attack speed 0.8s to 1.0s, damage +30% | Lifetime 30 to 25s. Best list 64.2%. |
Quick recap. Electro Wizard slowed, Lightning shrank, Tesla hit harder, Valkyrie got a little stronger.
The short version. The Electro Wizard and Graveyard aged best. The Valkyrie did not. The Sparky ‘buff’ is a label that does not match its own numbers, since it lists a damage cut.
In plain English. One card was helped by a patch, one by luck, and one by neither.
What should you do with this today?
Use it as a history page. The prices, quests and modes are from the original, and the live game may differ.
Last tip. Never plan around a shop price from an old page. Open the game and look.
Small habit. Learn one mode at a time. Touchdown first, Mirror second.
Check the cards instead. See the Electro Wizard, Graveyard and Tesla pages for current numbers.
Read the related pages. The older pages for this update are merged below, in full: the October balance page, the new shop page and the Touchdown page.
Zoom out again. If quests and daily gifts keep growing, logging in becomes a chore. The risk is a game that feels like a job, where players who miss a day lose a streak and leave.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Clash Royale October update?
The original calls it an update with Touchdown Mode, a Mirror Challenge, daily quests, a daily gift, a new shop and balance changes. Use it as a guide, and check the linked pages for the current details.
How does Touchdown Mode work?
You get a troop across the white line at the far end. One troop is one crown, and 3 crowns wins.
How do daily quests work?
Up to 3 quests a day earn Quest Points, which open a chest.
How much did cards cost in the new shop?
The original lists 1 Common at 10 Gold, 1 Rare at 100, 1 Epic at 1,000 and 1 Legendary at 40,000.
Is the Electro Wizard good in 2026?
Yes. His best list wins 72.1% over about 1,100 battles.
Original Guide, Kept in Full
The text below is the original page, kept in full. It was written between 2016 and 2024, so some details are out of date. The tips and numbers above use 2026 sources.
In this page, I will be listing all of the announced information of the upcoming Clash Royale October update.
I will keep this page updated until the update comes out.
Clash Royale October Update!
New Gamemodes
Touchdown Mode:
- Do everything you can to get a troop cross the touchdown line at the end of the Arena.
- Troops will run in straight lines until get lured.
- 1 troop crossing the line = 1 Crown. Get 3 Crowns first to win the game. Otherwise, the one who gets more Crowns in 3 minute will win the game. There will be sudden death also.
- x1 Elixir and x2 Elixir phrases remain. The first 2 minutes are x1 Elixir and the rest is x2 Elixir.
As you can only play troops behind that white line, cards like Graveyard, Miner, Goblin Barrel etc are also affected.
Read more about the Touchdown Mode at here.
Mirror Challenge:
Play vs the same deck and same rotation. Every deck contains the Mirror card, which is the gamechanging factor.
There is no excuses here. Only the best player will win the game unless the lord of connection is not standing by your side.
Join and get the one-time rewards!
- 3 Wins = Golden Chest
- 6 Wins = Giant Chest.
Daily Quests
This is, hands down, the most exciting thing that we have been waiting for months.
We will have daily quests, probably up to 3 Quests per day. Finishing these quests will give you Quest Points, which will be used to open a chest in the menu (which could be Gold Chest, Epic Chest, Giant Chest, Magical Chest, Super Magical Chest or Legendary Chest).
Here are some Quests we have at the moment. There are still a lot more!
- Win a 2v2 Battle x times.
- Win a 1v1 Battle x times.
- Play [Type] cards x times in 1v1 Arena Battles.
- Open x chests.
- Collect x cards.
- Play cards with Common rarity x times in 1v1 Arena Battles.
- Play [Rarity] Cards x times in 1v1 Arena Battles.
- Play cards that cost at least x Elixir y times in 1v1 Arena Battles.
- Request cards from your Clan x times.
- Play card [Name] x times.
- Play the combo [Name] x times.
Daily Gift
We will have a Daily Gift system inside the Quests menu.
All you need to do is just to open the game and collect the gift every day. Do not skip any day or the rewards will be back to the Day 1.
The rotation of the Daily Gift will be changed every reset but you will get the same rewards after all. 5 days in total and you will be back to Day 1.
Collecting Daily Gift gives you 5 Quest Points each time.
More details about the new Quests system at here.
Revamped Shop and Free Offers
Free Gold, Cards and Gems
Every day, you will have a chance to get free 200 Gold, 10 Gems, Silver Chest, Gold Chest etc. And on every Sunday, you can get an Epic card from the shop for free (It’s Epic Sunday guys, of course!)
Sometimes you have this free offer. Sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you get free Gold but sometimes you get free Gems. It varies but we will find out the order soon!
New Card Prices
The card prices are changed a bit but not really.
From now Common Card now costs 100 Gold each. However, it’s consistent. Which means, If you purchase even 100 cards, the last card’s price is still 400 Gold.
The price is not doubled as before.
- 1 Common Card = 10 Gold.
- 1 Rare = 100 Gold
- 1 Epic = 1,000 Gold
- 1 Legendary = 40,000 Gold
- 600 Gold = 20 Gems
- And a lot more offers.
If you want to purchase a shop slot, you need to buy all of the cards there.
For example, as you can see in the screenshot above, you can’t buy 1 Inferno Tower for 100 Gold. You need to buy all of those 10 for 1,000 Gold.
This is truly a lot better shop than before since you can max out cards a lot easier. Instead of buy 1-2 cards every day, you can just save up Gold and buy a bunch later.
For insane, before, you need 3,000 Gold to buy 2 Golems at once but now it takes only 2000 Gold. If you want to buy 2 Golems with the price at 1,000 each, you will need to wait until 2049 to see Golem in the shop again.
Fact: Sometimes, there are slots which require you to buy with Gems. Seems not okay, but actually this gives you more value than turning Gems to Gold then buying them.
Balance Changes
Sparky (buff):
Damage decreased by 15%, attack speed increased from 5s to 4s.
Electro Wizard:
Attack Speed decreased from 1.8s to 2s (first hit only). Damage reduced by 4%.
Lightning:
Radius -0.5 radius. Damage reduced by 3%
Valkyrie:
Damage increased by 5%. Valkyrie can now oneshot Princess and Dart Goblin.
Graveyard:
Duration +0.5s, which means there will be 1 more Skeleton in total. Radius decreased from 5 to 4 tiles.
Cannon Cart:
+5% HP and Shield Points. More reliable!
Spear Goblins:
Attack speed increased from 1.3s to 1.1s. Remember that this is an indirect buff to the Goblin Hut!
Tesla:
Attack speed decreased from 0.8s to 1.0s. Damage increased by 30%.
Tesla is a lot more viable card now. It is able to oneshot Golins now.
Misc
New 2v2 Features!
During a Challenge, you can choose to play with your friends or with a stranger.
After a 2v2 battle, you can request the partner for a rematch and chat with them with lots of new emotes:
Misc
There will be some daily casual challenges, where all players above level 4 can enter.
The new thing is, If you lose a match, it doesn’t count. So you can just keep playing until you hit the threshold.
Towers will have a new golden skin as leaked before:
- Tournament full refund will be removed. No more scams and spams in Tournament section. Source
- New loading screen (fak yeah!). Source
- And some more Quality-of-Life improvements soon! Source
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Older Page: Touchdown Mode, Gold Rush Challenge and Mirror Challenge
This is an older page that was merged here. The text below is kept in full. It was written between 2016 and 2022, so some details are out of date. The tips and numbers above use 2026 sources.
New Touchdown Mode, Gold Rush Event and Mirror Challenge
Gold Rush Event
First, we will have the Gold Rush event.
This will last for 3 days and 4 hours (could be changed in the future). During this time, you will be able collect 5,000 Gold via the ladder by destroying the Arena Towers.
Destroying the first Arena Tower will give you 100 Gold, the next one is 200 Gold and the King’s Tower is 300 Gold. So you can get 600 Gold in total.
Touchdown Mode
As we all have already known, we are going to have a brand new game mode in this Clash Royale update, it is the Touchdown Mode.
- Do everything you can to get a troop cross the touchdown line at the end of the Arena.
- Troops will run in straight lines until get lured.
- 1 troop crossing the line = 1 Crown. Get 3 Crowns first to win the game. Otherwise, the one who gets more Crowns in 3 minute will win the game. There will be sudden death also.
- x1 Elixir and x2 Elixir phrases remain. The first 2 minutes are x1 Elixir and the rest is x2 Elixir.
For more details about this mode, please watch this video:
In the Touchdown 2v2 Challenge, you will get a Gold Chest at 3 wins and a Giant Chest at 6 wins.
Mirror Challenge
Play 2v2 against opponents with the exact same decks. Every deck contains Mirror!
Join and get the one-time rewards!
- 3 Wins = Golden Chest
- 6 Wins = Giant Chest.
New 2v2 Features!
During a Challenge, you can choose to play with your friends or with a stranger.
After a 2v2 battle, you can request the partner for a rematch and chat with them with lots of new emotes:
Misc
There will be some daily casual challenges, where all players above level 4 can enter.
The new thing is, If you lose a match, it doesn’t count. So you can just keep playing until you hit the threshold.
Towers will have a new golden skin as leaked before:
Older Page: October Update: Balance Changes – Sparky Buff, Tesla Buff and Spell Nerfs
This is an older page that was merged here. The text below is kept in full. It was written between 2016 and 2022, so some details are out of date. The tips and numbers above use 2026 sources.
Yes of course, every update always has a balance changes part. And finally, Supercell seems like have listened to us!
October Balance Changes
Sparky (buff):
Damage decreased by 15%, attack speed increased from 5s to 4s.
Electro Wizard:
Attack Speed decreased from 1.8s to 2s (first hit only). Damage reduced by 4%.
Lightning:
Radius -0.5 radius. Damage reduced by 3%
Valkyrie:
Damage increased by 5%. Valkyrie can now oneshot Princess and Dart Goblin.
Graveyard:
Duration +0.5s, which means there will be 1 more Skeleton in total. Radius decreased from 5 to 4 tiles.
Cannon Cart:
+5% HP and Shield Points. More reliable!
Spear Goblins:
Attack speed increased from 1.3s to 1.1s. Remember that this is an indirect buff to the Goblin Hut!
Tesla:
Attack speed decreased from 0.8s to 1.0s. Damage increased by 30%.
Tesla is a lot more viable card now. It is able to oneshot Golins now.
Fixes:
- Bandit, Mega Knight – FIXED: Bandit and Mega Knight dashing/jumping a shorter distance than they should.
- Cannon Cart – FIXED: Troops occasionally stopped targeting the Cannon Cart and very occasionally get stuck behind a broken Cannon Cart.
- Inferno Dragon, Inferno Tower – FIXED: Damage not resetting after breaking through a shield (e.g. Guards, Dark Prince, Cannon Cart).
- Troop Pathfinding – FIXED: Troops steering towards an unexpected lane. Behaviour should be more as expected now.
Older Page: New Shop – Free Gold, Chests, Cards and Gems
This is an older page that was merged here. The text below is kept in full. It was written between 2016 and 2022, so some details are out of date. The tips and numbers above use 2026 sources.
We are going to have a revamped in this huge Clash Royale October update!
Want to see more about it? Let’s go!
Free Gold, Cards and Gems
I want to talk about this first since we all love free stuffs, right?
Every day, you will have a chance to get free 200 Gold, 10 Gems, Silver Chest, Gold Chest etc. And on every Sunday, you can get an Epic card from the shop for free (It’s Epic Sunday guys, of course!)
Sometimes you have this free offer. Sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you get free Gold but sometimes you get free Gems. It varies but we will find out the order soon!
New Card Prices
The card prices are changed a bit but not really.
From now Common Card now costs 100 Gold each. However, it’s consistent. Which means, If you purchase even 100 cards, the last card’s price is still 400 Gold.
The price is not doubled as before.
- 1 Common Card = 100 Gold.
- 1 Rare = 100 Gold
- 1 Epic = 1,000 Gold
- 1 Legendary = 40,000 Gold
- 600 Gold = 20 Gems
- And a lot more offers.
If you want to purchase a shop slot, you need to buy all of the cards there.
For example, as you can see in the screenshot above, you can’t buy 1 Inferno Tower for 100 Gold. You need to buy all of those 10 for 1,000 Gold.
This is truly a lot better shop than before since you can max out cards a lot easier. Instead of buy 1-2 cards every day, you can just save up Gold and buy a bunch later.
For insane, before, you need 3,000 Gold to buy 2 Golems at once but now it takes only 2000 Gold. If you want to buy 2 Golems with the price at 1,000 each, you will need to wait until 2049 to see Golem in the shop again.
Fact: Sometimes, there are slots which require you to buy with Gems. Seems not okay, but actually this gives you more value than turning Gems to Gold then buying them.
Read more about the October update at here!
Not sure your deck survived the update? Load it in the Deck Builder and check the Patch risk and Counter tabs.
Sources
Researched from the following (no links, listed for transparency):
- CryptoAIMeta card guides for these cards, built from RoyaleTracker October 2026 samples and SeeMeta 2026 balance changes
- SeeMeta, Clash Royale balance changes 2026 (page updated October 2026), read through search summaries
- Supercell official Clash Royale API, card list (elixir cost, rarity, unlock arena)
- The original clash.world page (2016 to 2017), kept in full below