Crafted Defenses can play a major role in how your Home Village is protected against enemy attacks in Clash of Clans.
Crafted Defenses are temporary base defenses that add a strategic layer to the way you structure and organize your Home Village in Clash of Clans. This is because it allows you to personalize your defenses to your own liking, which is beyond the usual upgrade path.
Not only can you choose between one of three Crafted Defenses that are present in your base, but you can also customize the defense's individual stats, which, needless to say, allows you to tailor your setup to improve your base's shortcomings or counter the meta.
Overall, Crafted Defenses adds more depth to base-building, especially for those who enjoy tinkering with layouts and experimenting with new defensive ideas. Every small adjustment can have a meaningful impact on how well your defenses hold up against enemy attacks.
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How to Build Crafted Defenses in Clash of Clans
You must build the Crafting Station at your Home Village to unlock the ability to construct Crafted Defenses. The Crafting Station doesn't require any resources to build, has no build time, and is only accessible to those currently at the highest Town Hall level—which, at the moment, is Town Hall 18.
Once you've constructed the Crafting Station, you can start building your Crafted Defenses at no extra cost. All Crafted Defense's modules will start at Level 1.
You can also toggle between the Crafted Defenses by tapping the 'Cycle Defense' button. This mechanic is incredibly versatile, as you can switch between any of the available Defenses at any time to counter your foes' strategies.
How to Upgrade Crafted Defenses
You can upgrade your Crafted Defenses by heading to the Crafting Station. You can also choose which modules—key stats of the defense—you wish to upgrade. Doing so requires resources (Gold, Elixir, or Dark Elixir) and a free Builder at your Home Village. It will also require a short build time.
Only one module, such as hitpoints or damage output, of a Crafted Defense can be upgraded at a time. However, you can upgrade multiple Crafted Defenses, as long as it's just one module, at the same time. Crafted Defenses will also continue to defend your Home Village even while upgrading.
Each Crafted Defense has three upgradeable modules, and each module has a maximum level of 10. The overall Level of the Crafted Defense is the sum of all modules' current levels. That said, if you have maxed out all the modules, the Crafted Defense's level is Level 30.
What Are Crafting Phases?
Arguably, the most important aspect worth noting is that the Crafted Defenses you've constructed in your base will only last until a Crafting Phase ends. Each Crafting Phase will introduce three new Crafted Defenses to Clash of Clans, while the previous Phase's buildings will be removed.
Each Phase will last three months, so there will be a total of four Crafting Phases in a single year. You can view the remaining time in the current Crafting Phase by heading to the Crafting Station.
After a Crafting Phase ends, your Crafted Defenses will be converted into a special currency known as Sparky Stones, which you can spend exclusively at the Fancy Shop. The Crafting Station will also become inactive and will only become active again when the new Crafting Phase begins.
Current Crafted Defenses
The current Crafting Phase, which is Season 2, has three unique Crafted Defenses. These are:
| Crafted Defense Name | Description |
| Bomb Hive | The Bomb Hive will release an endless stream of splash-damage bombs in predetermined straight directions. The bombs will explode and deal damage to any air and ground targets they hit (or until the bomb expires). |
| Hero Bell | Boosts the HP and DPS of defending Heroes for as long as they are within the Hero Bell's range. |
| Light Beam | The Light Beam can only attack a single air or ground target at a time. The damage inflicted increases the closer the target is to the Crafted Defense. It will deal less damage the further away the target is. |
Past Crafted Defenses
As there has only been one past Crafting Phase, there have only been three Crafted Defenses that were previously in Clash of Clans. They are as follows:
| Crafted Defense Name | Description | Crafting Phase Season |
| Crusher Mortar | The Crusher Mortar launches boulders that are capable of bouncing up to three times, with each bounce dealing splash damage to all nearby enemies on the ground. | 1 |
| Flame Spinner | The Flame Spinner spins a whirlwind of fire that damages nearby ground and air units. | 1 |
| Hook Tower | The Hook Tower pulls in a single enemy from afar at each time, minimally damages them, and briefly stuns them. | 1 |
We will update this list with each passing Crafting Phase.