Obstacles/Home Village

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Obstacles are trees, logs, rocks, and other foliage that are randomly placed in your village. You start with about 40 obstacles around your village. You can remove them if you have an available Builder and a small amount of Gold or Elixir.
==Summary==
*Obstacles are structures that obstruct the placement of a village's Buildings.
*While the player can still build villages without being hindered by obstacles (by building around them or choosing a relatively clear location), it is significantly harder to do so at higher levels. To free up space for buildings to be placed, the player must either remove the obstacles with a Builder or relocate it elsewhere or stash it using a Shovel of Obstacles.
*If a Shovel of Obstacles is used on an obstacle, that obstacle will be permanently movable like any other building. The obstacle can also be stashed in Village Edit Mode similar to Decorations. The obstacle can also be removed normally afterwards, though this does not provide further compensation beyond the standard rewards for removal.
*If you accidentally set a Builder to remove an obstacle, you can cancel it if the button is tapped before the Builder is finished.
*Canceling the removal of an obstacle will refund you 100% of the resources spent, compared to the 50% refund on all other upgrades.
*Your village can have a maximum of 45 obstacles at one time - if this limit is reached or exceeded, regular obstacles will no longer spawn until obstacles are removed. Gem Boxes and holiday-themed obstacles ignore this limit when spawning and can spawn even if more than 45 obstacles are present on the village.
**Obstacles stashed in Village Edit Mode will still count towards this limit.
*There is an achievement called "Nice and Tidy" which gives players Experience and Gems for removing obstacles.
*Troops can be spawned beside and/or on top of obstacles that are not 3x3 in size.
*After the Halloween 2014 update, the required time to remove all obstacles except Mushrooms was reduced.
==Undecorated Obstacles==
*Each obstacle that is removed can contain anywhere from 0 to 6 Gems.
*There are two cycles governing the number of Gems you receive by removing obstacles in your Home Village. These cycles all occur concurrently and are independent of each other, including those for Obstacles in the Builder Base. This means that clearing an obstacle advances only one of the below cycles and has no effect on the position of the other cycles.
**The first cycle applies to original obstacles in the Home Village (those that spawned when you first created your Home Village). This cycle has no 4, 5 or 6 gem rewards. The cycle is 3, 0 ,1 ,2 ,0 ,1 ,1 ,0 ,0 ,3 ,1 ,0 ,2 ,2 ,0 ,0 ,3 ,0 ,1 ,0 for initial obstacles.
**The second cycle governs the number of Gems you receive from spawned obstacles in your Home Village. It advances when you remove an obstacle in the Home Village. The cycle is 6, 0, 4, 5, 1, 3, 2, 0, 0, 5, 1, 0, 3, 4, 0, 0, 5, 0, 1, 0 for spawned obstacles.
*On average, each obstacle cleared has 2 Gems. This pattern does not include the 25 Gems held from the Gem Box.
===Vegetation===
*Vegetation respawns at a rate of one item per eight hours, except if all the spaces in your village are totally filled, or the 45-obstacle limit has been reached.
*With the exception of the Gem Box, an obstacle will only spawn if there is a 1-tile buffer zone between the spaces in which it will spawn and another building or obstacle. 
*Since vegetation respawns and removing one may have Gems, removing vegetation regularly can be an unlimited (although sometimes slow) source of Gems.
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Experience Gained	Respawn Weight
Mushroom 	2x2 	100 	10s 	3 	10%
Bush 	2x2 	250 	10s 	3 	20%
Trunk (1) 	2x2 	1,000 	10s 	3 	10%
Trunk (2) 	2x2 	1,000 	10s 	3 	10%
Fallen Trunk	2x2 	1,000 	10s 	3 	20%
Small Tree 	2x2 	2,000 	10s 	3 	20%
Medium Tree 	3x3 	7,500 	15s 	3 	5%
Large Tree 	3x3 	10,000 	15s 	3 	5%
====Clash-o-Ween Themed Appearances====
*Since 2012, most Vegetation obstacles have a special appearance during the Clash-o-Ween period.
*Clash-o-Ween adds special textures and sounds to all Vegetation except the Small Tree. In 2012, the Mushroom had a different appearance to future years.
 	 	 	 	
Halloween Mushroom (2012)	Halloween Mushroom (2013-Present)	Halloween Bush	Halloween Trunk (1)	Halloween Trunk (2)
 	 	 	 	 	
Halloween Trunk (Fallen)	Halloween Tree (Medium)	Halloween Tree (Large)	Halloween Headstone (2014)	Halloween Cauldron (2015)	Scary Pumpkin (2016)
 	 	 	 	 	
Halloween Obstacle (2017)	Witch's Hat (2018)	Spooky Tree (2019)	Vacant Tomb (2020)	"Friendly" Flower (2021)	Trick or Treat? (2022)
 	
Sinister Sapling (2023)	Ghost Post (2024)
====Winter Themed Appearances====
*Since 2012, Vegetation obstacles have a special appearance during the Clashmas period which often extends through Winter.
*Obstacles have special textures with snow mixed into them. In 2012, the Large Tree had a different appearance to future years.
 	 	 	 	 	
Winter Mushroom	Winter Bush	Winter Trunk (1)	Winter Trunk (2)	Winter Trunk (Fallen)	Winter Tree (Small)
 	 	 	 	
Winter Tree(Medium)	Winter Tree(Large 2012)	Winter Tree(Large 2013)	Clashmas Tree(2012)	Clashmas Tree(2013)
 	 	 	 	
Clashmas Tree (2014)	Clashmas Tree (2015)	Clashmas Tree (2016)	Clashmas Tree (2017)	Clashmas Tree (2018)
 	 	 	 	
Clashmas Tree (2019)	Clashmas Tree (2020)	Clashmas Tree (2021)	Clashmas Tree (2022)	Clashmas Tree (2023)
===Rocks===
Rocks do not respawn once they are removed.
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Experience Gained
Stone (1) 	2x2 	500 	10s 	3
Stone (2) 	2x2 	500 	10s 	3
Stone (3) 	2x2 	500 	10s 	3
Stone (4) 	2x2 	500 	10s 	3
Stone (Pillar)	2x2 	10,000 	15s 	3
Stone (Large) 	3x3 	20,000 	15s 	3
====Rare Stone====
*In very early versions of the game, an odd looking stone was able to appear in a newly created village. It became unobtainable soon after the game's release, and only a few players are known to still have it. A few examples of players who still have this stone: (#Y98CJG, #L9G9RL, #LLJUOO, #C2VY8G, #UPYJ, #8J88U, #V9CC8).
**This stone made a new appearance in the 23rd October 2018 update, in the new Single Player Campaign maps "High Pressure" and "Burning Sensation."
**It also appears in the first battle in the Builder Base, against Master Jimmy.
**You can also see it in the playground for testing Super Troops if you are Town Hall 11 or above.
*There was a player by the name of arl it has 2 variants of obstacles. it is no longer exist. 
===Gem Box===
* The Gem Box is a mysterious box containing 25 gems.
* When the Gem Box was added it was quickly deleted due to a few glitches relating to how many Gems it gives. The Gem Box was added back into the game on April 9, 2014, the update that added Clan Wars.
* You can only have 1 Gem Box at any time. Clearing the Gem Box costs 1,000 Elixir. It takes 30 seconds to clear one, and the removal of one will yield 25 gems. The gem box is rare, but in the April 2014 update, their spawn rate was increased.
Obstacle	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Removal Reward	Respawn Weight
Gem Box 	2x2 	1,000 	30s 	25 and 5 	1%
==Special Event Obstacles==
*These obstacles only appear for a limited time, and are usually created to commemorate holidays. After the period in which they spawn ends, players can continue to keep these obstacles.
*Note that all special obstacles ignore the one-tile buffer zone rule that governs where normal vegetation can spawn. They can spawn in any 2x2 empty space within your village, though they tend toward spawning close to the outer edges of the field.
===Clashmas Trees===
*Clashmas Trees are a prominent special obstacle, with different versions of them appearing in every winter period since the game's launch in 2012.
*Each Clashmas tree takes 30s to remove and gives 5 Experience .
*Clashmas trees were originally named "X-Mas Tree", which was later changed to "Clashmas Tree"
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Removal Reward 	Respawn Weight
Clashmas Tree (2012)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	30,000 and 5 (Initially)50,000 and 5	2%
Clashmas Tree (2013)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2014)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2015)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2016)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2017)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2018)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2019)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2020)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2021)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2022)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Clashmas Tree (2023)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
===Clash-o-Ween Obstacles===
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Removal Reward	Respawn Weight
Halloween Headstone (2014)	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Halloween Cauldron (2015) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Scary Pumpkin (2016) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Halloween Obstacle (2017) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Witchs Hat (2018) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Spooky Tree (2019) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
Vacant Tomb (2020) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
"Friendly" Flower (2021) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 	2%
Trick or Treat? (2022) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 	2%
Sinister Sapling (2023) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 	2%
Ghost Post (2024) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 	2%
===Anniversary Obstacles===
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Removal Reward	Respawn Weight
5th Anniversary Cake (2017) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
6th Anniversary Cake (2018) 	2x2 	25,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	2%
7th Birthday Surprise (2019)	2x2 	7,777 	30s 	77,777 and 5 	N/A
8th Anniversary Cake (2020) 	2x2 	8,888 	30s 	88,888 and 5 	N/A
9th Anniversary Cake (2021) 	2x2 	9,999 	30s 	99,999 and 5 	N/A
10th Anniversary Cake (2022)	2x2 	10,000 	30s 	101,010 and 5	N/A
11th Anniversary Cake (2023)	2x2 	10,000 	30s 	101,010 and 5	N/A
12th Anniversary Cake (2024)	2x2 	1,200 	30s 	12,000 and 5 	N/A
===Lunar New Year Obstacles===
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Removal Reward	Respawn Weight
Fireworks Stash (2018)	2x2 	500 	30s 	25,000 and 2 	N/A
Fortune Tree (2018) 	2x2 	1,000 	30s 	75,000 and 2 	N/A
Glowy Lantern (2020) 	2x2 	7,777 	30s 	77,777 and 5 	N/A
Lucky Shrub (2021) 	2x2 	7,777 	30s 	77,777 and 5 	N/A
Rabbit Lantern (2023) 	2x2 	7,777 	30s 	77,777 and 5 	N/A
Lucky Letterbox (2024)	2x2 	8,888 	30s 	88,888 and 5 	N/A
===Other Event Obstacles===
*The Spike-y Cactus was released in celebration of Supercell's highly anticipated game, Brawl Stars. It resembles the Brawler Spike.
*The Mysterious Object started spawning on April 26, 2024 and appears as a spherical ball used for association football. When selected, it bounces into the air.
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Cost	Removal Time	Removal Reward	Respawn Weight
Spike-y Cactus 	2x2 	1,000 	30s 	75,000 and 5 	N/A
Mysterious Object	2x2 	3,600 	9s 	9 and 3 	N/A
==Immovable Obstacles==
These Obstacles cannot be made moveable by the Shovel of Obstacles and are immediately removed when tapped.
Obstacle 	Size	Removal Benefit	Removal Type 	Spawning Event
Tombstone 	1x1 	20 	All Tombstones are cleared upon being tapped, including Dark Tombstones. 	Attacking or defending Elixir troop is killed.
Dark Tombstone 	1x1 	1 	All Dark Tombstones are cleared upon being tapped, including normal Tombstones.	Attacking or defending Dark Elixir troop is killed.
Present 	1x1 	5,000 	Each Present can be removed separately. 	Presents spawned by the 2014 Clashmas tree.
Present 	1x1 	5,000 	All Presents generated from the Spell are cleared upon being tapped. 	Presents left behind from the Santa's Surprise spell.
Present 	1x1 	5000 	All Presents generatd from the Spell are cleared upon being tapped 	Presents left behind from the Birthday Boom spell.
Sour Elixir Tombstone 	1x1 	1 	All Sour Elixir Tombstones are cleared upon being tapped. 	Attacking Mashup Troop is killed.
Sweet Elixir Tombstone	1x1 	1 	All Sweet Elixir Tombstones are cleared upon being tapped. 	Attacking Cookie Rumble Troop is killed.
== Trivia==
*The rainbow effect on the Gem Box is a reference to the saying "There's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow." However, in this case, the pot of gold is a pot of gems.
*The Gem Box may have squashed a patch of mushrooms when falling out of the sky. Mushrooms are visible underneath it.
*If no gems are purchased, earned through achievements or spent on various purposes, 1623 obstacles (not including Gem Boxes) are needed to clear to buy the 3rd, 4th and 5th Builder Huts which cost 3500 gems in total, which roughly translates to 528 days (counting from the first obstacle removed and assuming that the village always contain less than 45 obstacles, in order for new obstacles to spawn).
*Aside from the Gem Box, the Spike-y Cactus and the Glowy Lantern (from the Builder Base) are the only obstacles that give a different resource than used to remove it.
*For a 2015 April fools prank Supercell said that Gem Boxes would be affected by Lightning Spell as well as other pranks.
*On 13 December 2019, Clash of Clans Community Manager Darian made this Reddit post with a graph, seen on the right, with data on the number of players who had an Clashmas Tree from each year.
*The Gem Box was temporarily removed from the game in the January 29 2014 maintenance break, however, it reappeared again in the April 2014 update, after its bugs were fixed.
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