X-Bow/Home Village

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"The X-Bow shoots mystical bolts with terrifying power. Load it with Elixir and the X-Bow works automagically. You can set it to target ground units at long ranges, or all targets at reduced range."
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Ground Mode
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Level 9
Level 10
Level 11
Air & Ground Mode
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Level 9
Level 10
Level 11
==Summary==
*The X-Bow is a single-target, rapid-firing defense that is unlocked at Town Hall level 9.
*The X-Bow has to be loaded to work. Loading is free and takes place automatically after you log into the game, but if it fires enough shots without being reloaded it will eventually run out of ammunition and will not fire. 
**It takes 3 minutes and 12 seconds for one X-Bow to unload all of its ammunition.
*It can be configured to two modes:
**Ground Mode, which can only target ground troops at a range of 14 tile.
**Air & Ground Mode, which can target both ground and air troops at a reduced range of 11.5 tiles.
==Strategies==
===Defensive Strategy===
*A well-placed and loaded X-Bow will dominate attacks, but to be most effective it should not be used as a front-line defense. With the second longest range of any damage-dealing defense, it is best placed behind all other defenses, typically in the center of a base.
*Be sure to keep your X-Bow loaded by logging into the game from time to time. An unloaded X-Bow is not only a waste of space, it is a good indicator that your base may be neglected, encouraging others to raid you.
*Although the X-Bow shoots rapidly, each shot causes only a relatively small amount of damage, but has a high damage per second. Support it with powerful defenses (such as Mortars or Wizard Towers) so it can quickly take out your enemies.
*The dominance of Balloon and Minion oriented attacks at and around Town Hall 9 in Clan Wars and regular raids make a strong case for keeping X-Bows set to Air and Ground in both farming and war bases. At higher levels, it is still useful to set it to Air and Ground if extra aerial defense is needed against air attacks like Lavaloon, Electro Dragons, or Bat-based attacks, or if Air Defenses are being upgraded and unavailable.
===Offensive Strategy===
*The X-Bow has essentially no weaknesses (but is quite weak to swarms) unless it is set to ground-only mode, determinable by the way it is angled. If it is horizontal to the ground, it can target ground troops only within a long range. If it is tilted up, then it can attack air units as well, but at a reduced range.
*The X-Bow can lock on to a unit for a very long time because of its long range. This means that placing the X-Bow near the center can allow it to snipe at troops on the outer areas of your base. It also counteracts the effect of the Healer when set to Air & Ground mode. The X-Bow also counters the Queen Walk, a popular strategy consisting of the Archer Queen and Healers, with the help of other buildings.
*In order to attack an X-Bow, treat it like a longer-ranged or , but do not forget that many units can be mowed down very quickly by this defense. Distract it with high-health troops like Giants, Golems or P.E.K.K.As, and destroy it with a large group of attackers such as Archers or Barbarians. 
**Attacking players can see if the defender's X-Bow is loaded or not. Currently, there is no way to tell exactly how much Elixir the X-Bow has left, but a player can visually tell when it is empty. When it is loaded, you will see a small box containing what appears to be small Elixir bolts (wooden bolts at level 11). An unloaded X-Bow will be lacking the box, and the bowstring will be missing (see the image gallery below).
**Attacking players can also see if the X-Bow is set to ground-only or both ground and air. Take advantage of ground-only X-Bows and send in air units to destroy it first.
**An X-Bow that is empty is completely useless and will not fire. It still must be destroyed to achieve 100% destruction, and troops that preferentially attack defenses (e.g. Giants and Balloons) will still target an unloaded X-Bow if it is closer to them than an active .
==Upgrade Differences==
*X-Bows undergo significant visual changes at all levels except level 8. 
**When initially constructed, the X-Bow consists of a huge crossbow with wooden limbs, hemp string, a black metal arrow track, and a wooden ammunition cartridge at the back with black metal corners and metal circles riveted on the back corners, containing elixir bolts. The X-Bow is held up by a black metal pillar by the "muzzle" with black metal plates and rivets, with two metal gears on its base, mounted on a base made of light-colored wood with a white stone axle surround by a black metal ring and a black, gear-shaped rim being riveted on it. It has small obsidian crystal on the corners of the stone foundation. When set to Air & Ground Mode, the X-Bow bends at "muzzle" and the pillar, causing the back to lean downward and allow it to aim at air troops.
**At level 2, the X-Bow base is replaced with normal wood, the metal ring is made with gray metal, and the gear is gilded. The stone foundation uses gray metal and gold spike replaces the obsidian crystal on the corners.
**At level 3, the X-Bow base is replaced with wood dyed black, the axle is now gilded, the gear is black once again and its rivets are now gold and have a spike. The stone foundation is also made of obsidian and bigger, and multiple sharper obsidian spikes replaces the gold spike on the corners.
**At level 4, the X-Bow base becomes a red wheel, the gray metal ring is replaced with gray stone, the axle top is now a spike instead of flat, and a golden octagonal rim with gold plating on each angle replaces the gear. The stone foundation is now made of rough gray rocks, the tip of the spikes glow a dull red that fades as it reaches the base, as if it is red hot.
**At level 5, the barrel now comes with a riser (around the "muzzle" of a crossbow securing the bow's limbs) with small golden spike flanking both sides replacing the plates and the rivets, the tip of the barrel is golden, the plate and rivets between the X-Bow and the pillar are removed and replaced with a bolt, the ammunition cartridge and the rivet for the on the metal circles turn from wooden to gold. The X-Bow base wheel turns gray, the golden rim becomes bigger that its gold plating on the sides now goes into the ground, its inner surface turns red. The foundation matches the shape of the golden rim and is made of a red metal with a short black metal band around it, the spikes at the corners are square pyramidal instead of being more organic and wider at the base, have their tips cut off, and the glow comes from the base instead of the tip.
**At level 6, the limbs are now made out of metal, the ends of the bow are covered with metal, the front of the riser is covered with gold, and the spikes are replaced with a steel stirrup. The X-Bow base wheel is pink and the red inner surface is removed, the gray stone ring is gilded. The foundation is fully made of reflective black metal, the spikes are replaced with metallic corner piece flush with the top layer of the foundation, the bottom is a much less reflective black metal with a pentagonal bolt on the front.
**At level 7, the ends of the bow are thinner but covered with a brass band, the riser is now made of a deep green metal, the front of the riser is larger, the stirrup and the rivet are now a deep green metal spike. The X-Bow base wheel is replaced with deep turquoise wood flush to the rim, the gilded ring is made of purple metal, and the gold plating on top of the corner pieces is slightly taller and slanted. The top part of the foundation is made of a deep purple metal and the bottom is deep green metal, the corner pieces are now slightly bigger, with icy blue metal tops, dark gray metal base, and two deep green metal spikes on the base for each piece.
**At level 8, the X-Bow base's gold plating that go into the ground now gains a second step. Each corner piece and its spikes are slightly bigger again, and at the sides are a small purple plate that itself has an even smaller deep green plate on it, which both connects to the top and bottom of the foundation.
**At level 9, the ends of the bow is now covered with a wider green metal band, the riser is now made of a green metal, and the metal spike is a much lighter green. The X-Bow base wheel turns to green, the purple metal ring is made of purplish gray stone and the axle turns black, the second step of the gold plating becomes a golden bolt. The whole foundation is made of purplish gray stone, the corner pieces are bigger yet again and replaced with black stone, the top gold platings are gone and replaced with a shrank metal top which is gold and connects to the rim with a smaller green metal plate on it, the deep green metal spikes are replaced with two golden linings, the side purple plate is removed and the green plate is now purplish gray connecting to the foundation.
**At level 10, the ends of the bow is a bit wider and covered with a thinker silver band, the riser is now made of a purple metal, and the spike at the tip is replaced with a hollow silver upside-down triangle (the symbol of Town Hall 15). The X-Bow base wheel turns to purple flush to the rim, the stone ring is replaced with purple metal and the axle turns golden once again, the second step of the gold plating replaces the golden bolt again. The top of the foundation is made with black stone and bottom with red metal, the corner pieces slightly shrink, the metal top is now purple and cover most of the corner piece and no longer covered by the golden rim, the golden linings are removed, and the side middle-sized plate is added back using silver and the small plate is bigger made red of red metal connecting to the bottom of the foundation.
**At level 11, the limbs are made with white stone instead of metal, the ends of the bow is covered with a red wood ring instead of silver band, the hemp string is replaced with whiter elastic string. The arrow track is wider and made with greenish gray metal, so are the corners of the ammunition cartridge and the circles at the back, which are connected by a metal cylinder, the cartridge is made of red wood and contain wooden bolts. The riser is made of red wood, and the front has a bolt on each side and the upside-down triangular symbol is replaced by a leaf (symbol of Town Hall 16). The black gears around the pillar is smaller and darker, the X-Bow base wheel becomes brown, the metal is made of greenish gray metal and the axle is flat again but protrudes upward more and made of brass. The rim is made of brass, shrinks in width, and rotates where the sides meets the corner pieces instead of the angle, the plating and golden steps are removed. The top of the foundation is made with red wood, the middle with white stone, and bottom with gray metal, with the corner pieces also layered the same way, each corner piece is a hexagon with a brass spike on top surround by a piece of root, and two brass supports over the middle and bottom layer of the corner piece on the sides.
*The arrow shots from the X-Bow changes throughout the levels.
**At level 1, the arrows are pink.
**At level 2, the arrows turn yellow.
**At level 3, the arrows turn dark blue.
**At level 4, the arrows turn orange and starts flaming.
**At level 8, the arrows turn cyan and become frosty.
**At level 10, the arrows turn pink and sparks orange.
==Statistics==
Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Cost 	Build Time	Experience Gained	Town Hall Level Required
1 	60 	7.68 	1,500 	1,000,000 	2d 	415 	9
2 	70 	8.96 	1,900 	1,600,000 	2d 12h 	464 	9
3 	80 	10.24 	2,300 	2,400,000 	3d 12h 	549 	9
4 	85 	10.88 	2,700 	2,500,000 	5d 	657 	10
5 	95 	12.16 	3,100 	3,900,000 	5d 6h 	673 	11
6 	110 	14.08 	3,400 	6,800,000 	8d 12h 	856 	12
7 	130 	16.64 	3,700 	8,300,000 	9d 	881 	13
8 	155 	19.84 	4,000 	10,300,000	9d 	881 	13
9 	185 	23.68 	4,200 	14,000,000	10d 	929 	14
10 	205 	26.24 	4,400 	18,000,000	11d 	974 	15
11 	225 	28.8 	4,600 	21,000,000	15d 	1,138 	16
===Supercharges===
These additional levels can be attained at Town Hall 16 once the maximum level of the building has been attained. These Supercharges will be removed when a new level is added.
Charge Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Cost 	Build Time	Experience Gained	Town Hall Level Required
1 	235 	30.08 	4,600 	10,000,000	4d 12h 	623 	16
2 	235 	30.08 	4,700 	6,250,000 	6d 12h 	749 	16
Ground Mode Statistics
Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type 	Number of Rounds
14 	0.128s 	Single Target	1,500
Air & Ground Mode Statistics
Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type 	Number of Rounds
11.5 	0.128s 	Single Target	1,500
Depleted Ground X-Bows
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Level 9
Level 10
Level 11
Depleted Air & Ground X-Bows
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Level 9
Level 10
Level 11
===Achievements===
X-Bow Exterminator 	X-Bow Exterminator	X-Bow Exterminator
Description 	Rewards 	Rewards
Destroy one X-Bow 	50 	50
Destroy 250 X-Bows 	100 	100
Destroy 2,500 X-Bows	1,000 	200
==History==
Patch 	Description
October 23, 2012 	Supercell introduced the X-Bow on Facebook.
October 25, 2012 	Supercell published a teaser of the X-Bow on Facebook.
October 27, 2012 	Added the X-Bow, with one level and one of its kind available.
January 10, 2013 	
*Added levels 2 and 3 X-Bow. 
*Added the second X-Bow available at Town Hall 9.
*Decreased Air & Ground Mode range from 12 to 11. 
*Decreased number of rounds by 25%, from 2,000 to 1,500. 
*Displayed loading cost in the info screen.
January 11, 2013 	Increased DPS at level 3 from 70 to 75.
February 5, 2013 	Lowered reload costs at level 2 and 3:
*Level 2: 75,000 -> 60,000 
*Level 3: 100,000 -> 70,000
May 23, 2013 	
*Added the level 4 X-Bow. 
*Decreased upgrade costs at level 2 and 3:
**Level 2: 6,000,000 -> 5,000,000 
**Level 3: 8,000,000 -> 7,000,000
June 17, 2013 	Added the third X-Bow available at Town Hall 10.
August 27, 2013 	Added the achievement associated with the X-Bow, "X-Bow Exterminator".
May 16, 2014 	X-Bows can now be toggled between different modes in War Base even if they're being upgraded in the Home Village.
December 11, 2014 	Reduced hitpoints at level 3 and 4:
*Level 3: 2,400 -> 2,300 
*Level 4: 2,800 -> 2,700
April 30, 2015 	
*Allowed its range to be visible even when under construction.
*Allowed the X-Bow to change its modes even when it is under construction.
*X-Bows now initially point away from the Town Hall in combat.
December 10, 2015 	
*Added the fourth X-Bow available at Town Hall 11.
*Reduced reload costs at level 1 to 4:
**Level 1: 50,000 -> 16,000 
**Level 2: 60,000 -> 19,000 
**Level 3: 70,000 -> 22,000 
**Level 4: 80,000 -> 25,000
March 21, 2016 	Increased damage at level 2 to 4:
*Level 2: 60 -> 70 
*Level 3: 75 -> 90 
*Level 4: 80 -> 100
October 12, 2016 	
*Added the level 5 X-Bow. 
*Reduced upgrade costs at level 2 to 4.:
**Level 2: 5,000,000 -> 4,000,000 
**Level 3: 7,000,000 -> 5,000,000 
**Level 4: 8,000,000 -> 7,000,000 
*Upgraded X-Bow now resemble its unloaded phase to indicate base weakness more clearly.
December 18, 2017 	Reduced DPS at level 2 to 4:
*Level 2: 70 -> 60 
*Level 3: 90 -> 80 
*Level 4: 100 -> 90
June 11, 2018 	Added the level 6 X-Bow.
June 26, 2018 	Reduced build times at level 1 to 5:
*Level 1: 7d -> 4d 12h 
*Level 2: 8d -> 5d 12h 
*Level 3: 10d -> 6d 12h 
*Level 4: 12d -> 8d 
*Level 5: 14d -> 10d
October 23, 2018 	Reduced DPS at level 3 to 5:
*Level 3: 80 -> 70 
*Level 4: 90 -> 80 
*Level 5: 110 -> 100
February 22, 2019 	Increased DPS at all levels:
*Level 1: 50 -> 60 
*Level 2: 60 -> 70 
*level 3: 70 -> 80 
*Level 4: 80 -> 95 
*Level 5: 100 -> 125 
*Level 6: 120 -> 155
April 2, 2019 	
*Removed the Elixir cost to reload the X-Bow, instead reloading for free when you log back into the game.
*Reduced build times at level 1 and 2:
**Level 1: 4d 12h -> 3d 
**Level 2: 5d 12h -> 5d 
*Reduced upgrade costs at level 1 to 5:
**Level 1: 3,000,000 -> 2,000,000 
**Level 2: 4,000,000 -> 3,000,000 
**Level 3: 5,000,000 -> 4,000,000 
**Level 4: 7,000,000 -> 6,000,000 
**Level 5: 9,500,000 -> 9,000,000
June 20, 2019 	Fixed a bug existed when copying or sharing layouts, in which the mode of X-Bows and s were taken from the active layout rather than the chosen layout.
December 9, 2019 	Added the level 7 X-Bow.
March 30, 2020 	Village preview now shows X-Bow's attack modes properly.
December 7, 2020 	Added the level 8 X-Bow.
April 12, 2021 	
*Reduced build times at level 1 to 3, and 5:
**Level 1: 3d -> 2d 
**Level 2: 5d -> 4d 
**Level 3: 6d 12h -> 5d 
**Level 5: 10d -> 9d 
*Reduced upgrade costs at level 1 to 5:
**Level 1: 2,000,000 -> 1,000,000 
**Level 2: 3,000,000 -> 2,000,000 
**Level 3: 4,000,000 -> 3,000,000 
**Level 4: 6,000,000 -> 5,000,000 
**Level 5: 9,000,000 -> 8,000,000 
*Additionally, the ground X-Bow asset is fixed to match other assets of the same level for level 5, 6, and 7.
*The crystals on the corners from level 5 X-Bow now glow aesthetically, and the circular piece in the center now glows red.
August 12, 2021 	Increased range of Air & Ground mode from 11 tiles to 11.5 tiles.
September 27, 2021	Added the level 9 X-Bow.
December 9, 2021 	
*Reduced upgrade costs at level 2 to 7:
**Level 2: 2,000,000 -> 1,600,000 
**Level 3: 3,000,000 -> 2,400,000 
**Level 4: 5,000,000 -> 4,000,000 
**Level 5: 8,000,000 -> 7,000,000 
**Level 6: 12,000,000 -> 10,500,000 
**Level 7: 16,000,000 -> 14,000,000 
*Reduced X-Bow's build time at level 4 from 8d -> 6d
June 27, 2022 	
*Reduced DPS at levels 6 and 7:
**Level 6: 155 -> 150 
**Level 7: 175 -> 170
10th October, 2022	
*Added the level 10 X-Bow.
*Reduced times at level 4 to 9:
**Level 4: 6d -> 5d 6h 
**Level 5: 9d -> 6d 6h 
**Level 6: 14d -> 9d 18h 
**Level 7: 16d -> 12d 
**Level 8: 17d -> 12d 18h 
**Level 9: 19d -> 18d 
*Reduced upgrade costs at level 4 to 9:
**Level 4: 4,000,000 -> 3,400,000 
**Level 5: 7,000,000 -> 4,900,000 
**Level 6: 10,500,000 -> 7,400,000 
**Level 7: 14,000,000 -> 10,400,000 
**Level 8: 17,000,000 -> 12,900,000 
**Level 9: 18,500,000 -> 17,400,000
September 28, 2023	
*Reduced DPS at levels 4 to 9:
**Level 4: 95 -> 90 
**Level 5: 125 -> 110 
**Level 6: 155 -> 130 
**Level 7: 170 -> 155 
**Level 8: 185 -> 175 
**Level 9: 200 -> 195
December 12, 2023 	
*Added the level 11 X-Bow. 
*Reduced X-Bow's build times at level 4 to 9:
**Level 2: 4d -> 2d 12h 
**Level 3: 5d -> 3d 12h 
**Level 4: 5d 6h -> 5d 
**Level 5: 6d 6h -> 5d 6h 
**Level 6: 9d -> 8d 12h 
**Level 7: 9d 12h -> 9d 
**Level 8: 10d -> 9d 
**Level 9: 18d -> 13d 
**Level 10: 19d -> 13d 18h 
*Reduced upgrade costs at levels 4, 5, and 9:
**Level 4: 3,400,000 -> 2,500,000 
**Level 5: 4,900,000 -> 3,900,000 
**Level 9: 17,400,000 -> 14,000,000 
*Reduced DPS at levels 7 to 10:
**Level 7: 155 -> 150 
**Level 8: 175 -> 170 
**Level 9: 195 -> 190 
**Level 10: 215 -> 205 
*Reduced hitpoints at levels 6 to 10:
**Level 6: 3,500 -> 3,400 
**Level 7: 3,900 -> 3,700 
**Level 8: 4,200 -> 4,000 
**Level 9: 4,500 -> 4,200 
**Level 10: 4,700 -> 4,400
June 3, 2024 	
*Reduced DPS at levels 4 to 9:
**Level 4: 90 -> 85 
**Level 5: 110 -> 95 
**Level 6: 130 -> 110 
**Level 7: 150 -> 130 
**Level 8: 170 -> 155 
**Level 9: 190 -> 185
September 9, 2024 	Added 2 Supercharge levels for the X-Bow.
==Trivia==
*The name "X-Bow" is a play on the word "Crossbow", which the device resembles. The letter "X" resembles a cross (十), leading to this abbreviated name. 
**In the Japanese and Korean localization of the game, the X-Bow is called the "Large Crossbow."
**In Chinese localizations of the game, the X-Bow is called the "X-Crossbow" (X连弩).
*An unloaded X-Bow will appear loaded during Clan Wars, similar to the Eagle Artillery, , and Scattershot. Unarmed Traps also will work during war.
*The X-Bow is one of the defenses to appear in Clash Quest.
*When the X-Bow is firing, you can see smoke coming out of it.
*Destroying X-Bows under construction also count towards the X-Bow Exterminator achievement.
*Its Clash Royale counterpart shoots faster than the Inferno Tower, though it is the same with its Clash of Clans counterpart.
**However, in Clash Royale, X-Bows cannot be set to shoot air.
**They also fire 100 regular crossbow bolts instead of 1,500 elixir bolts.
*The shots of the Level 8 X-Bow's color is similar to the color of the arrow shot from the Super Archer.
===Comparisons===
*The X-Bow is one of four (the others being the , Eagle Artillery, and the Scattershot) that need to be reloaded.
*In ground-only mode, the X-Bow has a range of 14 tiles, the second-longest damaging defensive building (Eagle Artillery being the first) in the Home Village (the Air Sweeper has a range of 15 tiles but it does no damage). 
**If measured by the area that its firepower can cover, a centered X-Bow covers approximately 616 tiles in Ground mode and approximately 380 tiles in Air & Ground mode.
*At 7.8125 shots per second, the X-Bow is one of the two fastest shooting defenses in the game, tied with the Inferno Tower.
*The X-Bow is one of the several defenses that appear in Clash Royale, including the , Mortar, , , and Inferno Tower.
*The X-Bow is one of the 6 defenses that can be set into a different mode, the others being the Inferno Tower, Cannon, Air Sweeper, and the Mortar.
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