Updated for Town Hall 18 (October 2026).
The Gold Storage holds the Gold you collect and loot, and its level sets how much Gold you can keep at once. You build up to four of them, and at Town Hall 18 each one goes to level 19 with room for 6.5 million Gold. Four maxed storages plus the Town Hall’s own 5 million give you a 31 million Gold cap.
What the Gold Storage does
Every bit of Gold from your Gold Mines, raids and rewards goes into your Gold Storages, with a smaller share kept in the Town Hall. Gold pays for defenses, traps, Walls, Elixir Collectors and Elixir Storages, the Workshop and many decorations.
- It keeps working at full capacity while being upgraded.
- Upgrades cost Elixir, not Gold. The Elixir Storage is the mirror image: it holds Elixir and is upgraded with Gold.
- Lightning Spells cannot damage it (no storage takes spell damage since July 2015), but Earthquake Spells can.
- When your storages are full, extra Gold is wasted. The exceptions are Gold bought from Shop packs and the end-of-season Hoggy Bank payout, which can overfill your storages.
- Each Gold Storage is a 3×3 building.
Number of Gold Storages by Town Hall
One at Town Hall 1 and 2, two from Town Hall 3, three at Town Hall 8 and four from Town Hall 9 to 18.
Gold Storage levels and stats
| Level | Town Hall | Capacity | Hitpoints | Cost (Elixir) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1,500 | 150 | 300 | 10s |
| 2 | 2 | 3,000 | 300 | 750 | 2m |
| 3 | 2 | 6,000 | 450 | 1,500 | 5m |
| 4 | 3 | 12,000 | 600 | 3,000 | 15m |
| 5 | 3 | 25,000 | 800 | 6,000 | 30m |
| 6 | 3 | 45,000 | 1,000 | 12,000 | 1h |
| 7 | 4 | 100,000 | 1,250 | 25,000 | 2h |
| 8 | 4 | 225,000 | 1,500 | 50,000 | 3h |
| 9 | 5 | 450,000 | 1,700 | 100,000 | 4h |
| 10 | 6 | 850,000 | 1,900 | 250,000 | 5h |
| 11 | 7 | 1,750,000 | 2,100 | 500,000 | 6h |
| 12 | 11 | 2,000,000 | 2,500 | 1,000,000 | 12h |
| 13 | 12 | 3,000,000 | 2,900 | 1,800,000 | 18h |
| 14 | 13 | 4,000,000 | 3,300 | 2,800,000 | 1d |
| 15 | 14 | 4,500,000 | 3,700 | 3,000,000 | 2d |
| 16 | 15 | 5,000,000 | 3,900 | 4,000,000 | 3d |
| 17 | 16 | 5,500,000 | 4,050 | 5,500,000 | 4d |
| 18 | 17 | 6,000,000 | 4,200 | 10,000,000 | 5d |
| 19 | 18 | 6,500,000 | 4,300 | 18,000,000 | 12d 12h |
Before you skip a storage upgrade, check the most expensive Gold upgrade you plan next. If it costs more than your total capacity you cannot start it. Taking a Gold Storage to level 2 and then level 5 also counts toward the Bigger Coffers achievement.
How much Gold raiders can take
In regular Battles a raider can take a share of the Gold in your storages, up to a cap set by your Town Hall level. Ranked Battles use a separate loot system.
| Town Hall | Share lootable | Max lootable | Gold held to hit the cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-6 | 20% | 200,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 7 | 18% | 360,000 | 2,000,000 |
| 8 | 16% | 480,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 9 | 14% | 560,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 10 | 14% | 595,000 | 4,250,000 |
| 11 | 14% | 700,000 | 5,000,000 |
| 12 | 14% | 980,000 | 7,000,000 |
| 13 | 14% | 1,260,000 | 9,000,000 |
| 14 | 14% | 1,400,000 | 10,000,000 |
| 15 | 14% | 1,540,000 | 11,000,000 |
| 16 | 14% | 1,610,000 | 11,500,000 |
| 17 | 14% | 1,680,000 | 12,000,000 |
| 18 | 14% | 1,750,000 | 12,500,000 |
Gold is spread across your storages and the Town Hall, so each building only holds part of the lootable amount. Below Town Hall 5 the limit comes from your storage capacity rather than a fixed cap.
Placing your Gold Storages
Raiders get Gold in proportion to the damage they deal to a storage, so a higher-level storage with more hitpoints gives up less per hit and buys your defenses more time. A common approach is to spread the four storages around the core, each covered by several defenses, so no single push reaches all of them. Since the Gold is split between them, losing one storage only costs that storage’s share. The Loot Cart returns 10% of whatever is taken, and Gold in the Treasury is far safer (3% lootable).
Recent changes
- October 10, 2022: level 16 added with Town Hall 15.
- December 12, 2023: level 17 added; level 15 cost cut from 5.5 million to 3.9 million.
- November 25, 2024: level 18 added with Town Hall 17.
- February 10, 2025: capacity raised at level 17 (5.25 to 5.5 million) and level 18 (5.5 to 6 million); faster upgrades at levels 2-8.
- November 17, 2025: level 19 added with Town Hall 18; level 18 upgrade time cut.
Gold Storage FAQ
What is the max Gold Storage level in Clash of Clans?
Level 19, unlocked at Town Hall 18, holding 6.5 million Gold.
How many Gold Storages can you have?
Four, from Town Hall 9.
Why is my Gold Storage upgraded with Elixir?
That is how the game pairs them: each storage and collector costs the other resource. Gold buildings cost Elixir, Elixir buildings cost Gold, and Dark Elixir buildings cost Elixir.
Sources: Supercell release notes and in-game data.
