Updated for Town Hall 18 (October 2026).
The Sneaky Goblin is the Super Troop form of the Goblin. He stays invisible for 5 seconds after you deploy him and deals double damage to resource buildings, the Town Hall and the Clan Castle. To unlock him, reach Town Hall 11 with a level 7 Goblin and boost it at the Super Sauna for 25,000 Dark Elixir or a Super Potion.
How to unlock Sneaky Goblins
Like every Super Troop, he is a timed boost rather than a permanent unlock. You start the boost at the Super Sauna, which appears in your village at Town Hall 11. The current rules:
- Requirements: Town Hall 11 and a level 7 Goblin. Level 7 Goblins are researched with a level 8 Laboratory at Town Hall 10, so you can have the troop level ready before you upgrade. He is the only Super Troop you can boost the moment you hit Town Hall 11 without any extra research.
- Cost and length: 25,000 Dark Elixir or a Super Potion for 3 days. Regular Goblins stay trainable during the boost.
- Limit: two different Super Troops boosted at once (three during a Super Troop Spotlight event, one of which must be the featured troop).
- Cancelling: you can end a boost any time to free the slot. There’s no refund, and the Super Troops from that boost leave your camps.
- Level: always the same as your Goblin level. Upgrading Goblins in the Laboratory upgrades him too.
- Donations: a level 4 Clan Castle (Town Hall 8) can already receive him, and clanmates who meet the requirement can donate him without an active boost.
What the Sneaky Goblin does
He takes 3 housing space, runs at speed 32 (the same as a regular Goblin), and hits once per second in melee. His targeting puts resource buildings first. The Town Hall and Clan Castle count as resource buildings for this, whether or not they hold loot, so he goes for them and gets his double damage against them.
The Cloak is what sets him apart. For the first 5 seconds nothing can target him, and a Clan Castle won’t release its troops for a goblin it can’t see. When the cloak wears off he is a fragile melee troop again. After every resource building is gone, he hits whatever is nearest.
Sneaky Goblin levels
| Level | Damage per second | DPS vs resources, Town Hall and Clan Castle | Hitpoints | Goblin research Lab level | Town Hall needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 155 | 310 | 270 | 8 | 11 (to boost) |
| 8 | 170 | 340 | 320 | 10 | 12 |
| 9 | 180 | 360 | 350 | 13 | 15 |
| 10 | 190 | 380 | 380 | 16 | 18 |
How to use Sneaky Goblins
Taking out the Town Hall
The best-known use is a Battle Blimp full of Sneaky Goblins flown straight to the Town Hall. They land invisible, start hitting for double damage, and often bring it down before defenses can react. Add the Grand Warden with his Eternal Tome and a Rage Spell for a near-certain star. Around five of them can also flatten an exposed Town Hall on the edge of a base before their cloak ends, if no traps are waiting. Against Town Hall 12 to 16, where the Giga weapon explodes when the Town Hall falls, this has a second benefit: the blast lands on a few goblins instead of your main army.
How many Sneaky Goblins for the Clan Castle?
Since the castle won’t empty for invisible troops, a small group can delete an exposed castle before it drops its defenders. A level 10 Sneaky Goblin deals 380 damage per second to it, and a max level 14 Clan Castle has 6,000 hitpoints. That’s about 16 goblin-seconds of hitting, so plan on four or five goblins with a short walk, more if they have to travel before the cloak ends.
Farming and funnels
For loot, one Sneaky Goblin usually removes an exposed collector and two or three handle an exposed storage. They survive a single Mortar shot that kills regular Goblins. Their per-space damage against resource buildings is the highest in the game, so a few of them also clear the outside of a base when it is mostly storages and collectors. To get them into walled compartments, use a Jump Spell or Super Wall Breakers; regular Wall Breakers struggle because invisible goblins can’t tank for them. A Haste Spell gets them deeper while the cloak lasts.
How to defend against Sneaky Goblins
- Leveled Giant Bombs wipe a group in one blast. Put them next to the Town Hall, where Blimp drops land. Several high-level Bombs make a substitute if space is tight.
- Place storages around the Town Hall. They have lots of hitpoints and eat up the cloak time before the goblins reach the Town Hall.
- Splash and multi-target defenses (Mortars, Wizard Towers, multi-target Inferno Towers, Scattershots, Firespitters) kill them quickly once they’re visible.
- Tuck resource buildings behind other buildings such as a Builder’s Hut so the no-deploy zone keeps goblins farther away.
Recent changes
- June 27, 2022: damage reduced at levels 7 and 8.
- June 12, 2023: level 9 added; Super Troop boosts can now be cancelled.
- March 2025: training time removed for all troops (Clash Anytime).
- April 27, 2026: level 10 added with new Goblin level 10.
Sneaky Goblin FAQ
How do you unlock the Sneaky Goblin?
Get to Town Hall 11 with level 7 Goblins, then boost Goblins at the Super Sauna for 25,000 Dark Elixir or a Super Potion. The boost lasts 3 days.
How long are Sneaky Goblins invisible?
5 seconds after deployment, at every level.
Do Sneaky Goblins target the Town Hall?
Yes. They treat the Town Hall and Clan Castle as resource buildings and deal double damage to them.
Sources: Supercell release notes (Sound of Clash update notes) and in-game data.
