Quick Answer
What is changing? The next Clash of Clans update reworks the star bonus so it depends only on your Town Hall level instead of your ranked league. Two daily stars now give a snack pack, five stars give a magic snack plus the reworked star bonus, new magic snacks are joining the pool, ranked medals arrive with a new prestige shop, and league emotes become part of the game.
Supercell has published a blog covering the next batch of Clash of Clans changes, and the star bonus rework sits at the center of it. For as long as most players can remember, the loot from daily stars leaned on ranked performance. That link is being cut, and the numbers are moving in the player’s favor.
Around that headline change sit several smaller ones: snack packs at two and five stars, four new magic snacks, an automatic activation system for magic items, ranked medals that finally give ranked play its own reward track, and an emote system tied to league progress. Here is the full breakdown.
The Star Bonus Rework, Explained
The star bonus is being rebuilt around one thing only, your Town Hall level. Nothing about your ranked league affects it anymore. Collect two stars in a day and you open a snack pack. Hit your five stars and you receive a magic snack along with the star bonus itself.
The values have gone up as well. Starry ore now reaches two pieces starting at Town Hall 15, and when you compare the new figures against the old league floor numbers, gold, elixir, dark elixir, and every type of ore have all scaled higher. For context, under the old setup you were not even guaranteed the second piece of star ore while sitting at the Town Hall 18 league floor.
There is still an argument about what battle mode should be for. A trophy road or the old trophy system feeding into the star bonus would give ranked-style play more purpose. As things stand, the rework quietly rewards rushing Town Hall levels, since a returning Town Hall 14 player is pushed toward upgrading rather than grinding up the leagues to catch up. Giving that player a reason to climb would put progress back in their hands. Either way, cutting the ranked dependency from the star bonus is a clear win.
Do not confuse the two systems: the star bonus and the league bonus stay separate. Farming bonuses like the 50% Valkyrie or Electro Dragon boosts remain tied to your league.
Snack Packs at Two and Five Stars
Daily stars now feed into two different packs. The two-star pack contains a Battle Bake, and the five-star pack holds one random magic snack drawn from a wider pool that includes brand-new items. That means playing a handful of multiplayer attacks each day keeps both tracks moving without any extra effort.
The New Magic Snacks Coming to the Game
Battle Bake
The Battle Bake multiplies the loot from a single battle by x2, x3, or x4. Stacks of the same type add uses rather than power, so two x2 bakes give you two battles at double loot, not one battle at quadruple loot. Save them for a juicy raid and the returns are obvious.
A few rules matter here. Battle Bakes do not multiply event currencies, the league bonus, or the star bonus, and the bonus is generated entirely on your side. As a defender you lose the normal amount, never a doubled or tripled penalty.
Loot Cart Lolly
This snack triples the resources sent to your loot cart over the next three defenses. Since the cart normally fills with 10% of whatever you lost, the lolly multiplies that amount at collection, and each collection spends one lolly charge. Worth remembering: a second defense only raises the cart’s value if its 10% is larger than the first one, they do not stack together. Collect with storage space ready, because overflow is lost.
Clan Castle Slice
The slice grants free reinforcements for your next three battles. The regular Clan Castle Cake still provides 12 hours of free donations and is not going anywhere. If you hold both, the cake is consumed first, and the three slice battles kick in afterward. Casual players may actually prefer the slice since it never expires, though a few more battles per slice would be nicer.
Star Bonus Snack
This one makes the star bonus available again in the home village. It activates immediately, or when an ongoing star bonus ends, and the extra bonus stays available for 48 hours. The crumbly detail: it only appears in five-star snack packs at a 6% drop rate, it is the only source of the item, and if you already have one waiting or active, it is pulled from the snack pack pool until you use it.
Magic Snacks Now Activate on Their Own
Forgetting to use a magic snack is no longer a problem. If you leave one sitting after its 24-hour activation window, it activates automatically and will be waiting for you the next time you log in. You can still trigger it yourself during that window whenever you choose.
Ranked Medals Explained
Ranked play gains its own currency. Each week, your league determines the maximum number of ranked medals you can earn, and the caps rise sharply as you climb.
| Legend 1 finish | Weekly medal cap |
|---|---|
| Top 200 in the world | 4,000 medals |
| Top 500 | 3,500 medals |
| Top 1,000 | 3,000 medals |
| Top 5,000 | 2,500 medals |
| Everyone else | 2,000 medals |
Below Legend 1, the maximum assumes perfect play on both offense and defense. In Legend 2, for example, 3,500 medals require 1,200 trophies on each side across 30 attacks, which rarely happens in practice. Realistic weekly earnings in Legend 2 land closer to 2,000 medals, so dropping out of Legend 1 costs less than it looks.
Medals are paid out when the ranked week ends, shown alongside your promotion or demotion screen and the ranked summary.
The New Prestige Shop
Ranked medals are spent in the prestige shop, a single store that merges ranked medals, sparky stones, and CWL medals. Emotes are the only items on sale at launch, with more expected later. Storage is capped by Town Hall level, and at Town Hall 18 and 19 the ceiling is 25,000 ranked medals, so hoarding for future stock is limited.
Emotes and How They Work
Emotes arrive in sets. Each league tier has its own set, you gain four emotes from a set plus one bonus once you own all four, and the default Barbarian set becomes available once you clear the tutorial at Town Hall 3. Eligibility for higher league sets comes from your best profile finish, so a player who once reached Legend 3 can still earn the Super Dragon emote after dropping back down. Extra sets are planned through the trader shop and chests.
These are action emotes, set from the same screen as your magic items, and they fire automatically:
- Defensive emote: plays when someone three-stars your base.
- Offensive emotes: play when you finish an attack with two, one, or zero stars, and you can leave nothing at all.
- Leaderboard emote: plays when you sit in the top three of your ranked group or the Town Hall leaderboard.
They never appear during live battles, at most one shows per attack or defense, and they cannot be muted at launch. Clan chat emotes run on a cooldown. One related change: the global leaderboard is gone, replaced by the Town Hall leaderboard list with an all-Town Halls board at the end.
Common Questions About This Update
How does the reworked star bonus work?
It is now based only on your Town Hall level, with no ranked league involved. Two daily stars give a snack pack, and five stars give a magic snack plus the star bonus, with higher ore payouts from Town Hall 15 onward.
What are the new magic snacks in Clash of Clans?
Four new snacks join the pool: the Battle Bake for multiplied loot on one battle, the Loot Cart Lolly for tripled cart resources over three defenses, the Clan Castle Slice for reinforcements across three battles, and the Star Bonus Snack that reactivates your star bonus for 48 hours.
How many ranked medals can you earn each week?
It depends on your league and finish. Legend 1 tops out at 4,000 medals for a top 200 world finish, while lower leagues require perfect offense and defense to reach their caps, making 2,000 or so medals a more realistic weekly total.
How do you get league emotes?
Save ranked medals in the prestige shop and buy each emote in a league set. Your best profile finish determines which sets you are eligible for, and completing all four emotes in a set also gives you the bonus emote.
Final Verdict
The star bonus rework is the headline, and it is a good one. Removing the ranked dependency, raising the values, and feeding loot packs through daily stars gives every player a clearer reason to log in and attack. Ranked medals give competitive play something to chase, and the emotes add a layer of personality that has been missing for years.
One thing to keep in mind: this blog is not the start of the sneak peek season. Full Town Hall 19 coverage is still ahead, so follow our Clash of Clans updates and strategy guides and subscribe so you catch every leak when it lands. For more Supercell coverage, the Clash Royale meta updates page tracks changes across the developer’s other titles.
