The new update landed this week and the main feature seems to be to give new things to do for maxed (level 13) players. This is welcome news and the changes are all positive.

The first thing is the introduction of star levels. This allows new visuals for maxed troops. It appears that each troop or spell has either one or three star levels associated with it and star points are required for each level. Star points are earned by donating troops e.g. 10 points for rare. So far the levels don’t look unobtainable.

Here’s a view of my normal deck where you can see my star points outlined in red, and the star level indicator outlined in yellow.

The next change is about max troop stacks. After the update it isn’t possible to keep gaining cards above what it would take to get to max. Instead any cards gained are immediately turned to gold. This used to happen in earlier versions of the game but was removed so it’s good to have it back. However previously it only happened once you had maxed a card, but now, even better, gold is awarded if you can max a card but haven’t done so. The below image of my cards shows some of the ones I could max but haven’t outlined in yellow.

Finally not related to the update I’d like to bring your attention to statsroyale.com. It’s a really useful utility for seeing what chests are coming next as well as checking on your progress over time on the trophy ladder as shown below in the image of my profile.