Clan Capital Guide: Raid Weekends, Capital Gold, and District Strategy

Quick answer: The Clan Capital rewards coordinated clans — every member gets 5 Raid Weekend attacks that generate Capital Gold and up to a few hundred Raid Medals, and a clan that upgrades one district at a time while every member donates Capital Gold weekly builds a stronger capital and richer Raid Medal payouts than a clan that spreads its gold thin.

The Clan Capital is Clash of Clans' shared-progression mode: a mountain of districts that a whole clan builds together using Capital Gold, attacked cooperatively during weekend Raid Weekends that pay out Raid Medals to every participant. It matters because the Capital sits outside your home village economy entirely — it has its own two resources, its own troops, and its own reward track — and a well-run capital hands every member Clan Castle reinforcements, Trader rewards, and a weekly reason to log in that a solo home village never provides.

How Do Raid Weekends Work in Clash of Clans?

Raid Weekends work as a cooperative attack event that runs from Friday to Monday each week, during which every clan member gets 5 attacks to spend against enemy Clan Capitals. Your clan is matched against other clans, and your combined attacks earn Capital Gold and Raid Medals based on how many enemy districts your clan destroys across the weekend. A Clan Capital with a Capital Hall of level 2 or higher can be raided, which is what opens your clan up to the weekly event.

Each attack targets one district on an enemy capital, and your troops carry over between buildings within a district but reset when the district falls, so smart clans clear districts in an efficient order to squeeze the most destruction out of their 5 attacks. If a member finishes a district with troops to spare, the game awards a bonus attack, which is why coordinated clans can clear more enemy capitals than their raw attack count suggests. The core loop is simple: attack, destroy districts, bank Capital Gold and Raid Medals, and repeat until your 5 attacks (plus any earned bonus attacks) are spent.

The strategic point is participation. Raid Weekend rewards scale with how many members actually attack, so a 50-member clan where everyone uses their 5 attacks vastly out-earns a clan where half the roster forgets. Reminding members to attack every weekend is the single highest-leverage thing a leader can do for capital progression. A clan of 50 active raiders brings 250 base attacks to the weekend before bonus attacks are counted, while a clan where half the roster is inactive brings barely half that — and since Capital Gold and Raid Medal payouts both scale with total districts destroyed, that participation gap compounds into a permanently slower-building capital.

What Is Capital Gold and How Should Clans Spend It?

Capital Gold is the main Clan Capital resource, used to rebuild and upgrade every building and district in the capital, and it is earned both from Raid Weekend attacks and from individual member contributions through the clan capital. Unlike home village loot, Capital Gold cannot be stolen and does not belong to any one player — it pools toward shared upgrades, which is why a clan's building speed depends entirely on how consistently its members contribute.

The most important Capital Gold rule is to concentrate, not spread. A clan that dumps its Capital Gold into one district at a time finishes upgrades and unlocks stronger troops and higher Capital Hall levels far faster than a clan that puts a little gold into every district at once. Spreading gold thin leaves everything half-built and nothing improved, while focusing gold means each completed upgrade immediately raises the clan's raid power and future Raid Weekend income.

Weekly contribution discipline compounds this. Because Capital Gold accrues steadily from member donations between raids, a clan where every member contributes their weekly Capital Gold builds a noticeably stronger capital over a season than a clan relying on Raid Weekend income alone. Leaders should treat Capital Gold contribution as a low-effort membership expectation, the same way they treat war participation.

What Order Should a Clan Upgrade Capital Districts?

A clan should upgrade the Capital Peak first, then work outward through the districts in unlock order, because the Capital Peak's Capital Hall level sets the maximum level every other district can reach. Upgrading a district past what your Capital Hall allows is impossible, so the Capital Hall is always the gate — raise it, then bring the districts up behind it rather than racing one district ahead.

The districts unlock in a set order as the Capital Hall levels up, each themed around different troops and spells:

Within that framework, prioritize the Capital Hall and then the districts that unlock the troops and spells your clan actually raids with — Super Barbarians, Super Wizards, and healing or jump spells carry most raids, so districts that unlock them earn their upgrade cost back quickly in higher Raid Weekend payouts. Cosmetic or niche districts can wait until the core raid army is upgraded.

Which Capital Districts Should You Upgrade First and Why?

You should upgrade offensive infrastructure first — army camps, barracks, and spell buildings — because attacking generates substantially more Raid Medals and Capital Gold than defending, so every point of Capital Gold spent on raid power pays back faster than the same gold spent on defenses. The core principle behind capital district order is offense-first: a clan that raids harder earns more of both resources, which then funds everything else, while a clan that over-invests in defense simply loses fewer trophies without earning more.

A district-by-district rationale makes the order concrete:

• Capital Peak first, always. The Capital Hall caps every other district's level, so it is the permanent gate. But do not stall other work waiting on it — because there is no cap on how many upgrades run at once, a 50-member clan can have dozens of builds progressing in parallel across districts while the Peak climbs.
• Barbarian Camp next. It unlocks Super Barbarians, Super Giants, Sneaky Archers, and the Battle Ram — the workhorse troops that clear the majority of districts. Upgrading it early raises the ceiling on your most-used raid army.
• Wizard Valley third. It adds the Heal Spell, Jump Spell, and Super Wizard, plus an extra Army Camp and the Spell Storage that sets your clan's raid spell capacity. Heal Spells and Super Wizards carry more raids than almost any other unlock, so this district's upgrades convert directly into higher weekend payouts.
• Balloon Lagoon and Builder's Workshop after that. Air troops, the Lightning Spell, the Raid Cart, and Super P.E.K.K.A give you answers to districts your ground army struggles with, broadening the compositions your clan can bring.
• Dragon Cliffs, Skeleton Park, Golem Quarry, and Goblin Mines last. These later districts add situational and late-game firepower like the Super Miner and Mega Sparky; they matter, but only after the core raid army and spells are strong.

The parallel-building point is the one most clans underuse. Because upgrades are not limited to a single builder, the right move is to keep every district's army and spell buildings improving at once rather than finishing one district before touching the next — the only strict rule is that the Capital Hall level gates the maximum, and offense is funded before defense.

What Are Raid Medals and What Should You Spend Them On?

Raid Medals are a reward resource earned at the end of each Raid Weekend based on your clan's total destruction, and unlike Capital Gold they belong to you individually and do not fund capital upgrades. You can hold up to 5,000 Raid Medals at a time, and a strong weekend typically pays out a few hundred to over a thousand medals per participating member depending on how far the clan progresses, so leaving them to cap is a waste.

The best Raid Medal spend for most players is Clan Castle reinforcement troops and spells through the Trader, because Raid Medals let you buy powerful reinforcements — including high-value units — that you can bring into home village wars and attacks without needing a clanmate to donate them. That single use makes Raid Weekend participation directly valuable to your home village war performance, not just your capital.

The practical rule is to spend Raid Medals every weekend rather than hoard them toward the 5,000 cap, since capped medals are lost income. Decide your medal priority before the weekend ends — usually reinforcements for an active war player, or magic items for a maxing account.

Why Do Clan Capital Contributions Matter for Account Value?

Clan Capital contributions matter because a high-level capital raises every member's weekly Raid Medal income, unlocks stronger raid troops, and produces the Clan Castle reinforcements and magic items that accelerate home village progression. An account in an active, well-built clan effectively earns a weekly stipend of reinforcements and items that a solo or dead-clan account never sees, which compounds over a season into meaningfully faster maxing.

The mode also rewards the exact behavior that keeps clans healthy: showing up every weekend, contributing shared resources, and coordinating district clears. Leaders who track Raid Weekend participation the way they track war attacks tend to run stronger, more engaged clans, because the Capital gives casual members a low-pressure weekly objective that still contributes to the group. If you are choosing a clan, a maxed or fast-climbing Clan Capital is a reliable signal that the clan is active and organized.

For leaders coordinating both wars and Raid Weekends, the War Coaching tool reads your clan tag and gives a live read on war performance, which pairs naturally with a weekly capital routine — the same members who reliably attack in war are usually the ones who reliably raid on the weekend.

How Should a Clan Coordinate Raid Weekend Attacks?

A clan should coordinate Raid Weekend attacks by assigning stronger members to open tough enemy capitals and clear the hardest districts, while newer members mop up weakened districts to earn bonus attacks. Because troops carry over within a district and a finished district with leftover troops grants a bonus attack, ordering who attacks when directly changes how many total attacks the clan gets across the weekend.

The simplest coordination rule is: do not waste a fresh attack on a district a teammate has already nearly cleared, and do not leave a half-cleared district for the reset. Strong attackers should take on the first, most defended districts of each enemy capital, and the clan should finish districts cleanly to bank the bonus attacks that let a 50-member clan punch above its raw 250-attack ceiling. A pinned message with the weekend's attack order removes most of the confusion.

Timing also matters: Raid Weekends run Friday to Monday, so a clan that reminds members early and mops up remaining attacks before the Monday close captures the full reward. The most common capital leak is not bad attacking — it is members who never open the game between Friday and Monday.

How Do You Maximize Raid Medals Per Attack?

You maximize Raid Medals by maximizing the Capital Gold earned per attack, because your end-of-weekend medal payout is driven by how efficiently your clan converts attacks into destroyed districts — not by how many attacks you spend. Raid Medals are calculated from the Capital Gold your clan earns divided across the attacks used, so a clan that clears districts in few attacks earns more medals per member than a clan that grinds every district inefficiently. Quality of routing beats raw volume.

The practical routing rule is to spend as few attacks per district as possible while still fully clearing it: aim for roughly 2 attacks per standard district and about 3 for the tougher Capital Peak, rather than throwing 4-5 sloppy attacks at the same district. When your clan's Capital Gold per attack stays high — well above a few thousand gold each — every participating member trends toward the weekend's Raid Medal cap. Overusing attacks on districts you have already cleared drags the average down and costs the whole clan medals.

The counterintuitive lesson is that you do not need to burn every available attack to hit the medal cap — a coordinated clan that clears districts cleanly can max its members' medals without exhausting the roster's full attack pool. Efficiency, not exhaustion, is what tops up everyone's Raid Medals.

What Are the Best Clan Capital Attack Strategies?

The best Clan Capital attack strategies pair a hard-hitting core troop with a spell that either heals your push or clears a defensive cluster, because each district is a compact, symmetrical layout where funneling your troops to the core matters more than raw army size. Super Barbarians and Super Giants make strong opening waves that tank damage while your ranged units — Super Wizards and Sneaky Archers — clean up behind them, and a well-timed Heal Spell keeps a committed push alive long enough to finish a district.

The single most important capital attacking habit is finishing districts cleanly with troops to spare, because a fully cleared district with leftover troops grants a bonus attack — effectively free additional value on top of your 5 base attacks. That means opening a district with just enough force to clear it, rather than overcommitting, so your surplus troops carry into a bonus attack. Coordinated clans assign their strongest attackers to crack the first, most-defended district of each enemy capital, then let the rest of the roster convert the softened districts into bonus attacks.

Spell choice adapts to the district. Heal Spells sustain ground pushes through heavy defensive fire, Jump Spells let ground troops bypass wall compartments to reach the core, and Lightning Spells soften a dangerous single-target defense before your main army arrives. Learning which spell each district demands is what turns an average capital attacker into one who reliably three-stars — the same funneling and army-reading discipline that wins home village wars, covered in the Clash of Clans beginner guide.

How Does the Clan Capital Compare to Home Village Progression?

The Clan Capital is a parallel progression track that runs alongside your home village without competing for its resources, because it uses Capital Gold rather than home village gold, elixir, or dark elixir. That separation is a feature: contributing to the capital costs you nothing from your home village economy, so there is no reason not to participate beyond the time to run 5 weekend attacks.

The payoff flows one direction — from the capital into your home village — through Raid Medals, which buy Clan Castle reinforcements and magic items that speed home village upgrades. That is why capital participation is close to free value: you spend Capital Gold that has no home village use, run a handful of weekend attacks, and receive medals that directly benefit your main account. New players sometimes skip the capital as a distraction, but the reinforcement access alone makes it worth the weekly hour.

The Clan Capital also sits inside a wider account picture. Raid Medals bought as magic items — hammers and books — accelerate the exact home village upgrades that the Upgrade Priority Guide tells you to prioritize, the Builder Base's B.O.B unlock gives you a 6th builder to spend those items on faster, and your home village loot comes from the routine in the farming guide. No single mode maxes an account; the Capital is the cooperative piece that funds the others.

How Do You Grow a Clan That Wins Raid Weekends?

You grow a clan that wins Raid Weekends by treating capital participation as a membership expectation, tracking who attacks each weekend, and concentrating Capital Gold contributions on one district at a time so the clan's raid power rises steadily. A Raid Weekend's total reward scales with the number of members who actually spend their 5 attacks, so the highest-impact leadership action is simply ensuring the roster shows up between Friday and Monday.

Recruitment matters here too. A clan advertising a maxed or fast-climbing Clan Capital signals to prospective members that it is active and organized, which attracts the kind of members who reliably attack — creating a positive loop where participation begets a stronger capital, which attracts more participants. Leaders who post the weekend's attack order, remind members before the Monday close, and recognize top contributors run measurably stronger capitals than those who leave it to chance.

The connection to war is direct. The members who reliably use their capital attacks are almost always the same ones who reliably attack in clan war, so a healthy Raid Weekend habit and a healthy war habit reinforce each other. Leaders can read live war performance with the War Coaching tool and use the same participation-tracking mindset to keep both the capital and the war roster engaged.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many attacks does each member get in a Raid Weekend?

Each clan member gets 5 attacks per Raid Weekend, plus bonus attacks earned by cleanly finishing a district with troops to spare. Coordinated clans that finish districts efficiently can therefore average more than 5 attacks per active member across the weekend.

When do Raid Weekends start and end in Clash of Clans?

Raid Weekends run from Friday to Monday each week. Your clan needs a Capital Hall of level 2 or higher to participate, and the most common mistake is members not opening the game before the Monday close.

What is the maximum number of Raid Medals you can hold?

You can hold up to 5,000 Raid Medals at a time. Because medals belong to you individually and are lost once you hit the cap, it is best to spend them every weekend on Clan Castle reinforcements or Trader items rather than hoarding them.

What should I spend Raid Medals on?

The highest-value Raid Medal spend is Clan Castle reinforcement troops and spells for war attacks, since medals let you buy strong reinforcements on demand. Magic items such as hammers, potions, and books from the Trader are the next best use for accelerating home village upgrades.

Does the Clan Capital use my home village resources?

No, the Clan Capital uses Capital Gold, a separate resource that has no home village use, so contributing costs you nothing from your gold, elixir, or dark elixir. The benefits flow back to your home village through Raid Medals, which buy reinforcements and magic items.

How do bonus attacks work in Raid Weekends?

Bonus attacks are extra attacks awarded when you fully clear a district with troops still remaining, so a clan that finishes districts efficiently earns more total attacks than its base 5-per-member ceiling. Coordinated clans open districts with just enough force to clear them, letting surplus troops carry into bonus attacks and stretching a 50-member roster well past 250 total attacks per weekend.

How many attacks should you use per district to maximize Raid Medals?

Use about 2 attacks per standard district and roughly 3 for the Capital Peak, because Raid Medals scale with Capital Gold earned per attack — clearing districts in fewer attacks keeps that average high and pushes every member toward the weekend's medal cap. A clan does not need to spend all of its available attacks to max medals; efficient routing matters more than volume.

Should a clan focus on capital offense or defense?

A clan should focus on offense, because attacking generates substantially more Raid Medals and Capital Gold than defending does. Strong defenses only reduce trophy losses; upgraded army camps, barracks, and spells directly raise every weekend's payout, so offensive districts come first in every upgrade plan.