Once you exit the game and your Village Guard expires, your village is open to attacks from other players. With a shield, you can protect your village and prevent other players from attacking you.

At the very start of the game, all players get a 3-day shield to prepare their village. After that, you can either buy shields for gems at the in-game shop, or make the most of the free shields activated after being badly damaged in an attack.

Depending on the extent of the damage, a shield will turn on, protecting your village for the next 12, 14 or 16 hours. However, an automatic shield appears only if the attacker deployed at least 1/3 of a full army (calculated according to your TH level).

Purchased shields last for 1, 2 or 7 days. Buying a shield is followed by a cooldown period, during which the same type of shield cannot be bought again. The cooldowns are 5