Updated for Town Hall 18 (October 2026).
The Forge is the Home Village building that makes Capital Gold, the currency your clan spends on the Clan Capital. It hands out a free batch every 23 hours, and from Town Hall 9 you can also feed it Gold, Elixir or Dark Elixir to craft larger batches. The Auto Forge slot is an extra crafting slot from the Gold Pass: it costs half the resources, needs no Builder, and is the only way Town Hall 7 and 8 players can craft at all.
Where the Forge is and how you unlock it
The Forge appears once your Town Hall reaches level 6 and you are in a clan of level 2 or higher, which is the level that opens the Clan Capital. It sits at the edge of your village next to the Airship, the building you tap to fly up to the Capital. You do not place it, move it or upgrade it. Everything about it scales with your Town Hall and Builder Hall levels instead.
Players who scout or attack you never see it. The Forge is one of a handful of structures hidden from visitors, so it has no effect on your defense.
Free production: the 23-hour batch
Every 23 hours the Forge fills one batch of Capital Gold at no cost. Collect it and the timer restarts. Leave it sitting and the next batch does not start, so a missed day is gold you never get back. Gems, potions and the Gold Pass Builder Boost cannot shorten this timer.
| Town Hall | Capital Gold per free batch |
|---|---|
| 6 | 150 |
| 7 | 200 |
| 8 | 250 |
| 9 | 300 |
| 10 | 350 |
| 11 | 400 |
| 12 | 450 |
| 13 | 500 |
| 14 | 550 |
| 15 | 600 |
| 16 | 650 |
| 17 | 700 |
| 18 | 750 |
Each Town Hall level adds 50 Capital Gold to the batch, so a max Town Hall 18 player collects five times what a fresh Town Hall 6 does.
Crafting slots: trading loot for Capital Gold
Crafting is the bigger source. You pick a slot, choose one resource to spend, and a free Builder walks over to the Forge for 3 days. While he works there he cannot upgrade anything in your village, which is the real cost of crafting for most players.
| Standard crafting slots | Town Hall needed |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 14 |
Gold and Elixir can be spent from the first slot. Dark Elixir becomes an option at Town Hall 13. Builder Gold and Builder Elixir from the Builder Base can be spent once your Builder Hall is level 8. The 3-day timer is the same whichever resource you use.
Home Village crafting cost and return
The Auto Forge column is half the standard price, as the Gold Pass perk describes. The Capital Gold you get back is the same in either slot.
| Town Hall | Standard slot: Gold or Elixir | Standard slot: Dark Elixir | Auto Forge: Gold or Elixir | Auto Forge: Dark Elixir | Capital Gold returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-9 | 3,000,000 | None | 1,500,000 | None | 1,000 |
| 10 | 3,600,000 | None | 1,800,000 | None | 1,200 |
| 11 | 4,200,000 | None | 2,100,000 | None | 1,400 |
| 12 | 4,800,000 | None | 2,400,000 | None | 1,600 |
| 13 | 6,000,000 | 60,000 | 3,000,000 | 30,000 | 2,000 |
| 14-18 | 7,200,000 | 72,000 | 3,600,000 | 36,000 | 2,400 |
Town Hall 7 and 8 appear in the table only because of the Auto Forge slot. Standard slots do not open until Town Hall 9.
Builder Base crafting cost and return
| Builder Hall | Standard slot: Builder Gold or Builder Elixir | Auto Forge | Capital Gold returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1,800,000 | 900,000 | 1,200 |
| 9-10 | 2,400,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,600 |
For a Town Hall 14+ player who has finished the Builder Base, spare Builder Elixir is the cheapest crafting fuel there is, since late Builder Base upgrades leave a lot of it sitting in storage.
The Auto Forge slot explained
The Auto Forge slot is a Gold Pass perk. Once you claim it from the Gold track of the season pass, one more crafting slot appears in your Forge, on top of your standard slots, for the rest of that season. It differs from the standard slots in three ways:
- It does not use a Builder, so all your Builders stay on village upgrades.
- It charges half the normal resource cost for the same Capital Gold return.
- It opens crafting to Town Hall 7 and 8, who have no standard slots.
The crafting time stays at 3 days. The Gold Pass Builder Boost (up to 20% at its top tier) cuts both the cost and the time of every crafting slot, including the Auto Forge one. Builder Potions do not speed up the Auto Forge slot, but you can still finish it early with Gems.
You do not get the slot the moment you buy the pass. It sits at a points tier on the Gold track; in the April 2026 season it unlocked at 520 Season Points. Since the Gold Pass rework of March 1, 2026, points come from daily Tasks and Stamp Cards, and Supercell says perks now unlock at a steadier pace than before, so expect the slot a few days into the month rather than on day one. It goes away when the season ends, like the other Gold Pass perks.
Is the slot worth chasing? At Town Hall 14-18 a full run returns 2,400 Capital Gold for 3.6 million Gold or Elixir with no Builder tied up, which is roughly three days of free batches at Town Hall 18. If your clan is pushing a district or a Capital Hall level, it is the most Capital Gold you can add without slowing your own village.
What you can do with Capital Gold
You can hold up to 35,000 Capital Gold. Spend it by flying to the Capital through the Airship and contributing to any ruin, building or upgrade there. Clan Capital upgrades have no build time: once the full cost is paid, the building finishes on the spot. Contributing also raises your Capital Reputation.
Clans that have maxed every district got a place to put their gold in June 2026. The Capital Treasury replaces the upgrade button on a fully maxed Capital Hall; contributing to it still earns Reputation, and the Treasury empties whenever new Capital content arrives. Raid Weekends (Friday to Monday) are the other big source of Capital Gold, along with Raid Medals for the Trader.
Forge Capital Gold calculator
Enter your Town Hall, the resource you craft with and the slots you keep busy to see how much Capital Gold the Forge makes you in a week, and what it costs.
Weekly figures assume you collect the free batch as soon as it is ready (every 23 hours) and restart every craft the moment it finishes (3 days each). Builder Boost reduces both crafting cost and time. Capital Gold you can hold is capped at 35,000.
How to get the most from the Forge
- Collect the free batch daily. The timer only restarts after you collect.
- Craft when you are storage-capped. If your Gold Storage or Elixir Storage is full and every Builder is busy with long upgrades, a crafting job turns loot you would otherwise waste into clan progress.
- Do not park a Builder in the Forge while you have upgrades queued. One Builder for 3 days is worth more to a growing village than 1,000-2,400 Capital Gold.
- Use Builder Potions on regular crafting slots. Since June 2022 you can activate a Builder Potion straight from the Forge tab, and it speeds up Forge crafting along with your other Builders.
- Send the Builder’s Apprentice. Since the Town Hall 17 update (November 2024) the Apprentice can be assigned to a Forge job, which he could not do before.
- Keep an eye on the 35,000 cap if you are saving for a big Capital Hall upgrade.
Recent changes
- May 2, 2022: the Forge arrives with the Clan Capital update, unlocking at Town Hall 6.
- June 27, 2022: Builder Potions can be activated from the Forge tab. A bug that let the Gold Pass Builder Boost speed up the free batch was fixed.
- November 25, 2024: the Builder’s Apprentice can be assigned to the Forge.
- February 10, 2025: crafting jobs can be cancelled.
- November 17, 2025: Town Hall 18 raises the free batch to 750 Capital Gold. Crafting costs and returns stay at the Town Hall 14 values.
- March 1, 2026: the reworked Gold Pass goes live. The Auto Forge slot is still on the Gold track.
- June 15, 2026: the Capital Treasury gives maxed clans a use for spare Capital Gold.
Forge FAQ
What is the auto forge slot in Clash of Clans?
It is an extra crafting slot in the Forge that you unlock from the Gold Pass reward track. It crafts Capital Gold at half the usual cost without using a Builder, and it lasts until the season ends.
Can you get the auto forge slot without the Gold Pass?
No. It sits on the Gold track only. Free players can still collect the daily free batch and, from Town Hall 9, use the standard Builder slots.
Can you speed up the Forge?
The free 23-hour batch cannot be sped up at all. Crafting jobs can be shortened by the Gold Pass Builder Boost, Builder Potions (standard slots only), the Builder’s Apprentice, or finished with Gems.
Why can’t I see the Forge in my village?
You need Town Hall 6 and a clan of level 2 or higher. If you are clanless or in a level 1 clan, the Forge and the Airship stay hidden.
Sources: Supercell release notes (Supercell, Clan Capital release notes (May 2022), Supercell, Big changes are coming to Gold Pass (Feb 16, 2026), Supercell, Anime Fury update notes (Jun 2026)) and in-game data.
