Ash's Journey to Level 40 Heroes and Dark Elixir Farming Guide

[Lannister]

When I was farming DE in TH 9 without a Hero, I was fluctuating in Gold 1. I never concerned myself of maintaining trophies. I was able to make DE fast. If you're really worried about maintaining trophies, try my TH snipe while barracks queueing method.



Doesn't matter how many attacks I do. I average over 1000 DE per attack when I'm farming DE. 100 attacks = 100,000 DE. Relevant to fast I'm farming DE. I've also completed lv 10 walls at the same time averaging over 300,000 resource per attack. 10 attacks = 3,000,000 resource = 1 lava wall. Everything adds up.

Of course in your situation, you're not going to be able to make as much as me simply because you play less. But you can still maximize your input if you're using the most efficient method. 10k DE per hour is no lofty goal.

Yeah, I acknowledged that this is an efficient method. Whether it is THE most efficient method, well as other have said, has yet to be seen unless we get some unaltered raiding video of searching, time spent climbing up trophies, etc. But excellent job thus far, nothing to take away from that. Excited to see how Th10 farming for all resources is for you as there is a dearth of material on that.

[Eternal625]

Yeah, I acknowledged that this is an efficient method. Whether it is THE most efficient method, well as other have said, has yet to be seen unless we get some unaltered raiding video of searching, time spent climbing up trophies, etc. But excellent job thus far, nothing to take away from that. Excited to see how Th10 farming for all resources is for you as there is a dearth of material on that.

Yea definitely. Saying anything is the most efficient method is an overstatement. I simply meant "aim for the most efficient method," as in you should aim for the fastest method of making as much loot as possible (not referring to my methods, but the whole point of my guide is efficiency). Regardless of how much you play or how many attacks you do per day.

[Eternal625]

Update!

January 14, 2015



Level of Archer Queen: Level 29
Level of Barbarian King: Level 26
Walls: 250 Lava Walls!

Heroic Heist: 4,937,583

• I have now completed all 250 of my walls to Level 10!!
• I will now be focusing mainly on farming Dark Elixir!
• I will am now also using my Archer Queen to assist me in farming Dark Elixir faster! A reason why I was able to farm over 1 million Dark Elixir in the last 2 weeks!
• I will not gem the time of my Barbarian King. However, I will still keep him on upgrade at all times! I will gem the time of my Archer Queen so that I can not only level her up faster, but also farm DE faster. The reason I want her to Lv 40 before the King is because she is the best weapon for farming fast DE, and with a Lv 40 AQ, it will only get easier for me to farm DE.
• I have already proved that you do not need to use heroes or gem their time if you want to farm Dark Elixir fast, so don't be discouraged because I'm using my Archer Queen and gemming her time. I've been farming Dark Elixir without a hero for over 3 months, so I think it's time for me to enjoy using one for all my hard work in getting them this high.
• Today I am officially a TH 10 player!!

[2200361]

Best guide ever... Really really helpful...

[mmmk604]

Update!

January 14, 2015



Level of Archer Queen: Level 29
Level of Barbarian King: Level 26
Walls: 250 Lava Walls!

Heroic Heist: 4,937,583

• I have now completed all 250 of my walls to Level 10!!
• I will now be focusing mainly on farming Dark Elixir!
• I will am now also using my Archer Queen to assist me in farming Dark Elixir faster! A reason why I was able to farm over 1 million Dark Elixir in the last 2 weeks!
• I will not gem the time of my Barbarian King. However, I will still keep him on upgrade at all times! I will gem the time of my Archer Queen so that I can not only level her up faster, but also farm DE faster. The reason I want her to Lv 40 before the King is because she is the best weapon for farming fast DE, and with a Lv 40 AQ, it will only get easier for me to farm DE.
• I have already proved that you do not need to use heroes or gem their time if you want to farm Dark Elixir fast, so don't be discouraged because I'm using my Archer Queen and gemming her time. I've been farming Dark Elixir without a hero for over 3 months, so I think it's time for me to enjoy using one for all my hard work in getting them this high.
• Today I am officially a TH 10 player!!

Just awesome! You are the man!

[e0ne]

I'm not Ash, but here's my 2 cents from the point of view of a fellow TH9:

Two options, as I see it:
Option 1:
Just go ahead to TH10. You get DE at a much higher clip at TH10, and your walls and defenses are high enough that if you add infernos to the mix, you'll be able to survive at M3 or M2 no problem - then you can barch for the loot bonus and be fine.
Option 2:
If you don't feel comfortable hitting the upgrade button yet, I would say, focus exclusively on DE, and get heroes to 15, Golem to 4, and Lava Hound to 2.

After level 15, each 5 level chunk of hero upgrade time is a month. So, after level 15, you have 3 months of upgrade time to go from 15->30. That's an awfully long time to be stuck in TH9. Personally, I think that sleeping builders is a waste, and defense at TH10 is much, much stronger than TH9.

Thanks! personally i agree with both option u mention above.. i will decide it soon..

[newbyb0y]

Yep, just tried the training barracks sniping method. Just pulled myself out of the 1500 hundreds. I sure wish I could farm DE faster given the time constraints. I did not capatalise the boosts on xmas early on. I could have farmed up some lava walls early on damn. 7th month into clash of clan and Im gaining momentum farming which is weird really. By th8, most casual players would have die off or quit considering everything becomes expensive.

[ILoveC0c]

ur gemming time now and using AQ to farm DE! There was a very smart fellow about 40 pages back who recommended this...hmmmm

[Eternal625]

Episode 7 is now up! Let me know what you guys think

[Valxz]

ur gemming time now and using AQ to farm DE! There was a very smart fellow about 40 pages back who recommended this...hmmmm

Yes.... Me and Ash both decided to recently, the main reason is because as the heroes get higher leveled, they tend to get harder to upgrade. EX: My Queen takes 180k de now to upgrade. Also, with queen in assistance for de, helps a lot and you rack in tons in a small period. For less gem usage, I usually get her done at night and don't gem her time till the day after and also after school, so it comes to around 850-900 gems a level. :P

- Zcon