Guide: How to get gems and what to do with them
OK, so you want gems. Or, you have gems and you don't know what to do with them. This thread will give my opinions on this. If you are one of those people who just buy them, don't worry about the first partof this thread.
Table of contents
1. How to get gems
1.1 achievements
1.2 obstacles
1.3 buying them
2. What to do with them
2.1 builders
2.2 gemming resources
2.3 boosting and finishing
How to get gems
There are three ways to get gems: achievements, obstacles, and buying them for money in the app. If you don't want to spend money on gems, like I don't, then the other ways are completely free.
Achievements
Achievements are a great source of gems. The good thing about coc is that the achievements are easy to attain, unlike some other apps. Most are 20 or 10 gems, or something in that area. However, there are a few that are 50, and there are two more. Sweet Victory get 1250 is 450 gems, and that is one that everyone needs to get. Another one is league all-star, get to the crystal league for 250 gems. Iwould highly reccomend pushing there, as I am try to do right now (and failing :( ). Anyway, a lot of other acievementts are good to, if you can get them.
Obstacles
Obstacles are great. One grows every 8 hours and you have a chance of up to 6 gems. It is pretty cheap, and those gems can quickly add up. You also might get a gem box, but I have never gotten one yet (I really need it though). Always have your village clean, even if your space doesn't take up too much room. Those are free gems, plus you can expand easily.
Buying them
Pretty self explanatory, just buy the gems. I personally think this is a littleunfair to those not willing to pay real money, but that's buisness, so I am not criticising SC or telling you not to buy gems in any way. I think SC employees eserve that money.
What to do with gems
There are a few things you can do with gems, and here I will go over the pros and cons of different things. Keep in mind that I am not a hardcore player that plays for hours on end, so this is more for casual clashers.
Builders
Alot people people say to get 5 builders, some say only get 4. I say, don't waste it past 3. I am a town hall 7, and I have never once thought I would need a fourth builder. Things get expensive, so they are hard to get. Things take a while also,so I woldn't want to keep too many things out of commision. Barracks, spell factroy, and labs cannot be used as they are being upgrading, making it harder to attack. Defenses can't fire, leaving your village vulnerable. And collectors can't collect, lowering ou income. Having too many things upgrading can hurt you. I definitely say get a third, but don't spend the 1000 gems for the fourth, and whatever it is for the fifth.
Gemming resources
I myself am having a hard time getting DE, and I am think of gemming it. Gold and PE are moderately easy to get, so I wouldn't do that, but to get your BK, well that is 10000 DE, and that's hard in town hall 7. I would say, once you buy your third builder, save your gems for the DE.
Boosting and Finishing
Boosting is important for when you are going on massive raiding sessions. I don't do this, so I don't think it is too important. Or if you are hardcore farming, or whatever. I don't do this stuff, so I don't know if this is worth it. I still get along just fine.
Thanks for reading. I hope this was helpful for you. Bye
~ Sirhybrid
