Originally Posted by
erethizon
I got my 5th builder about 4 months into the game without paying for gems. I did push to masters as a maxed TH7 (don't know why you would avoid doing that if you really wanted a 5th builder). Doing that, plus getting 150 stars in clan wars, plus donating 25,000 troops is about all it takes (and of course not spending gems on anything but builders). I admit I did have the foresight to donate 24,500 level 1 barbarians before joining a real clan (I just clan hopped for the first month I played and donated to everyone I saw).