Updated for Town Hall 18 (October 2026).
Weaponized Builder’s Huts are Builder’s Huts upgraded past level 1, which you can do from Town Hall 14. Each one gets a small crossbow turret that hits ground and air, and its Builder runs out during a defense to repair damaged buildings nearby. The hut now goes up to level 8 at Town Hall 18 (added June 2026), with two Supercharge levels on top since the August 2026 update.
What a Builder’s Hut does
A Builder’s Hut houses one Builder. Builders construct and upgrade buildings, walls and heroes; you don’t need one to place traps or decorations. Everyone starts with two huts from the tutorial and can buy three more with Gems, for five in total. At level 1 the hut is just a small building with 250 hitpoints that attackers clear for a few percent.
How weaponized Builder’s Huts work
Upgrading a hut to level 2 adds the turret. From then on the hut counts as a defense, so defense-targeting troops such as Giants go after it, and it gains two jobs in battle:
- The turret fires a bolt every 0.4 seconds at one target, ground or air, up to 7 tiles away.
- The Builder (sometimes called a Battle Builder) walks to damaged buildings within 7 tiles of his hut and repairs them while the hut stands. He sticks to one building until it is back to full health.
Attackers cannot target the Builder, but spells still affect him. A Freeze stops his repairs, Poison slows them, and Lightning or a Totem Spell stuns him for a moment. Invisibility and Overgrowth hide buildings from him. A defensive Rage from a Spell Tower or the Smasher Guardian speeds him up and boosts each repair. He cannot repair walls or anything already destroyed, and once his hut falls he hides in the bunker under it for the rest of the battle. Several Builders on one building repair a little less than their combined total.
Weaponizing is optional. The game does not make you upgrade or even build all five huts before moving to the next Town Hall.
Builder’s Hut levels and stats
| Level | DPS | Repair per second | Hitpoints | Cost (Gold) | Build time | Town Hall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | – | 250 | Gems (see below) | None | 1 |
| 2 | 80 | 50 | 1,000 | 3,000,000 | 2d | 14 |
| 3 | 100 | 60 | 1,300 | 4,000,000 | 3d | 14 |
| 4 | 120 | 70 | 1,600 | 6,000,000 | 4d | 14 |
| 5 | 135 | 80 | 1,800 | 7,000,000 | 5d | 15 |
| 6 | 150 | 85 | 1,900 | 8,000,000 | 5d 12h | 16 |
| 7 | 165 | 90 | 2,000 | 15,500,000 | 7d | 17 |
| 8 | 180 | 95 | 2,100 | 24,000,000 | 13d | 18 |
At Town Hall 18, a level 8 hut can take two Supercharges: the first raises DPS to 187 (10,000,000 Gold, 4 days) and the second raises hitpoints to 2,150 (8,000,000 Gold, 6 days). Five huts times seven upgrades is a lot of Gold and builder time, so most players weaponize them gradually alongside other defenses.
How to get more Builders
| Builder’s Hut | Cost |
|---|---|
| First | Already built |
| Second | Free in the tutorial |
| Third | 500 Gems |
| Fourth | 1,000 Gems |
| Fifth | 2,000 Gems |
All five together cost 3,500 Gems, which you can collect for free from achievements, Gem Boxes and clearing obstacles. Supercell also sells Builder Packs that bundle a hut with Gems.
A sixth Home Village builder comes from the Builder Base. Since the May 2023 Builder Base 2.0 update, fully upgrading B.O.B Control there unlocks B.O.B’s Hut in your Home Village, which needs Town Hall 10. B.O.B replaced the old Master Builder’s Hut, and his hut cannot be weaponized. Beyond that, the Goblin Builder (added in October 2023) can be hired with Gems for extra builder time from Town Hall 7, once you have all five huts.
Where to place weaponized huts
- Spread them so their 7-tile repair circles cover your most important defenses. Tap any weaponized hut to see the golden circle of buildings it can repair.
- Don’t leave a weaponized hut alone in a corner. It cannot hold off an army on its own, or even a single funneling Baby Dragon.
- Huts near the core can undo an early Earthquake Spell or a Fireball that leaves key defenses alive but damaged.
- A Rage Spell Tower near a hut makes its Builder repair faster.
- Before weaponizing, cheap level 1 huts work like any spare building: in corners to waste an attacker’s time, or as a path that leads troops away from your Mortars and Air Defenses.
How to deal with Builder’s Huts when attacking
- Tap a hut before you deploy. The game highlights every Builder’s repair area, which shows where damage will stick and where it will be healed.
- Take the huts out first on the side you are attacking, or make sure your Fireball or spell value also catches the hut, so Builders can’t restore a defense you nearly killed.
- Bait the repairs. A Builder commits to the first damaged building he picks, so chipping a harmless building first keeps him busy while you hit the real target.
- Use spells. A Freeze stops repairs. Up to three max Lightning Spells can kill a max weaponized hut, and a well-upgraded Royal Champion Seeking Shield can one-shot them.
- Drop one Barbarian or Archer on each corner hut early when level 1 huts sit far from the base.
Builder’s Hut changes
- Apr 12, 2021: Builder’s Huts weaponized at Town Hall 14 (levels 2 to 4).
- Apr 29, 2021: range raised from 6 to 7 tiles.
- Dec 12, 2022: golden range indicator added for repairable buildings.
- Jun 12, 2023: level 5. Apr 17, 2024: level 6. Mar 24, 2025: level 7.
- Nov 17, 2025: level 7 cost and time cut.
- Jun 16, 2026: level 8 added for Town Hall 18.
- Aug 30, 2026: new Supercharge levels for Town Hall 18.
Builder’s Hut FAQ
When can you get weaponized Builder’s Huts?
At Town Hall 14. Upgrading any Builder’s Hut to level 2 adds the turret.
Do weaponized Builder’s Huts hit air troops?
Yes. The turret targets ground and air units within 7 tiles.
Can the Master Builder work in the Home Village?
Not as a regular builder anymore. He visits only to gear up a Cannon, Archer Tower or Mortar. The extra Home Village builder from the Builder Base is now B.O.B.
What is the max Builder’s Hut level?
Level 8 at Town Hall 18, plus two Supercharge levels.
Sources: Supercell release notes (Supercell, Town Hall 14 patch notes (Apr 2021), Supercell, Anime Fury update (Jun 2026), Supercell, August 2026 update, Supercell, Meet Goblin Builder) and in-game data.
