Elixir Collectors collect Elixir from never ending reserves of Elixir underground and temperately stores them in the Collector until you the player collect the Elixir. At that time the Collector becomes empty and the Elixir that was collected is moved to the Elixir Storage. The total amount of Elixir that the Collector can hold and the rate that the Collector can extract the Elixir from underground depends entirely on the level of that mine.

       Elixir Collectors are 3x3 in size and can be upgraded to lvl 12. At max level the Elixir Collectors produces 3,500 Elixir per hour and can store 200,000 Elixir in each Collector. There are a total of 7 Collectors available, the 1st available in Town Hall 1 and the 7th available in Town Hall 10.

       Elixir Collectors maximum Hit Points hit 960 which makes them fairly durable in base defense. There are several different strategies to protect the gold that your village has been so diligently collecting but there is one simple concept that if followed, will improve not only the rate at which you will loose gold to invaders but in the overall defense of your base. Every single collector in your village should be well within the range of both a ground point defense and a defense that’s capable of shooting into the air. This will not only insure that your defenses will protect the Elixir Collectors

but it will use the Elixir Collectors as a shield, slowing down

attackers on their way towards the core of the base. The

longer troops are delayed from eliminating defenses, the better

chances your village has to ward of the attack completely. 

       Be sure to empty the Elixir Collectors and all other resource

collectors as often as possible. If they are left full and they

are high level it will make your base a very attractive one to

raid. You want other players to NEXT away from your base not

look at full collectors and get wide-eyed and excited.

       When choosing a location to place your Elixir Collectors be sure to avoid placing them in large groups or in a single line across one of your walls. Try so split them up as much as possible to play the % game. Ideal placement would be evident if the % of Elixir stolen from your base is very close to the total damage %. Simply stated you do not want someone to raid your base and get 55% destruction of the base yet get 100% of the total Elixir available to them on that raid.

      Collectors are often used to trap the smaller support troops during a raid. The heavy defense only troops like the Golem will walk right by the collectors. Golem will not be effected by Spring Traps and the Bombs also have little effect on them. Try using those kinds of traps next to the Gold Mines to avoid the heavy's from triggering them which will in turn protect the lighter troops that those traps are especially effective on. One well placed Giant Bomb can wipe out 20-30 swarming single housing space troops!