Clash of Clans: Building an Alt. The Beginning

If you've been living under a rock, Clash of Clans is an extremely popular iOS/Android game that is about 2 years old.

I got into the Clash of Clans game pretty late, I've only been playing for a few months (and its about 2 years old now). I noticed the game fairly early after it first came out but wasn't really keen on the concept, the reason I started playing recently was two fold - 1) They have polished things up quite a bit and added a lot more content. and 2) I was looking for a mobile game to keep me occupied during down time at work, etc. and my friends at work wanted me to play as they wanted to start a clan.

My current main base, I could have gone up to Town Hall Lvl 8 a while ago but I'm raiding really well at the moment and just concentrating on maxing everything out.

So I joined the clan with the guys at work and have been playing for a little while. I haven't spent any money besides an iTunes giftcard that I got at a gift ($20) which let me get the 4th builder and the Barbarian King. I am hoping to have just about everything maxed out by mid-September then I will move up to Town Hall Level 8.

In the meantime as we've had some trouble growing our clan, myself and one friend from work have both decided to begin Alts (or Alternate Accounts). I started mine on a Friday after work and this is a screenshot from the next morning:

Still quite modest, but I've actually already done quite a few upgrades.

I went through the tutorials which included moving up to Town Hall level 2. I then worked on building everything that was available (besides decorations which I don't build and walls which I will wait until my initial shield drops). Once everything was built I started upgrading things. First the Gold Mines and Elixer Collectors which are now all 4 at level 3, then the Gold and Elixer storages, then Barracks, then finally Cannons and the Archer tower - all of those are now on level 2. I waited until the next morning to start the Army Camp and Town Hall upgrades. I also fought a few extra fights in the single player campaign to get a few more bundles of resources.

My hope is to max out the Level 3 Town Hall and be well on the way to maxing out the Level 4 Town Hall by the time the shield drops (which should be Monday afternoon, and I'm off work due to a Holiday that day!). I plan to do two things with this Alt. 1) Never spend any money on it, if I get any iTunes gift cards for Christmas, etc. I will spend them on my main account not this one. 2) Never spend any gems in game, I want to save for the 3rd builder (and then for the 4th) so every gem counts and they come slowly without spending real money. I will check back in towards the end of this long weekend and show how far I'm getting.