Evolution Skeleton Barrel

common

3 Elixir

Evolution

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it...two Barrels full of Skeletons? When Evolved Skeleton Barrel drops its Barrels, it deals Death Damage and spawns Skeletons. Upon taking enough Damage, a Barrel will drop early.

Card TypeTroop

ArenaJungle Arena

Evolution released7 Jul 2025Dress to Empress season

Elixir Cost3

Raritycommon

Max Level16

Evolution2 Cycles

Combat Attributes

Attack

Targets: Buildings
Range: Melee: Short (0.35)

Movement

Movement Speed: Fast (90)
Transport: Air

Deployment

Deploy Time: 1 sec
Count: 2

What the Evolution Adds

Compared with Skeleton Barrel

Evolution: 2 Cycles; Every third play evolves
Base stats: Changed; Its own values are in Level Statistics

New mechanics

Two barrels

When defeated

Barrels: 2
Death damage per barrel: 192Level 11
Skeleton HP: 81Level 11
Skeleton damage: 81Level 11
Skeleton hit speed: 1.1 sec

Early barrel drop

At a hitpoint threshold

When the Evolved Skeleton Barrel takes enough damage, the first barrel drops early; the second drops when it is defeated. If it reaches a tower at full HP, it drops both barrels on the tower.

Trigger: 75% remaining HP

Stats include official balance changes through October 2026.

Level Statistics

See how Evolution Skeleton Barrel's stats scale from Level 1 to Level 16

Evolution Skeleton Barrel stats at each card level, Level 1 to Level 16. One row per level; columns are the stats that change with level.
Level	Skeleton Barrel		Skeleton
Level	Hitpoints	Death damage	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage per second
Level 1StartYour level	260	92×2 (184)	32	31	28
Level 2Your level	286	101×2 (202)	35	34	30
Level 3Your level	314	111×2 (222)	38	38	34
Level 4Your level	345	122×2 (244)	42	42	38
Level 5Your level	379	134×2 (268)	46	46	41
Level 6Your level	416	148×2 (296)	51	50	45
Level 7Your level	457	163×2 (326)	56	55	49
Level 8Your level	501	179×2 (358)	61	61	55
Level 9Your level	551	197×2 (394)	67	67	60
Level 10Your level	605	216×2 (432)	74	74	67
Level 11TournamentYour level	665	238×2 (476)	81	81	73
Level 12Your level	730	262×2 (524)	89	89	80
Level 13Your level	803	288×2 (576)	98	98	89
Level 14Your level	881	317×2 (634)	108	108	98
Level 15Your level	967	348×2 (696)	119	119	108
Level 16MaxYour level	1,063	383×2 (766)	130	130	118

Tournament: Level 11 is the level tournament matches use, whatever a card's rarity.

×N (total) is the damage of each hit, how many hit, and their combined total.

Card stats use Level 11 as the scaling baseline. Minor rounding differences may occur at other levels, consistent with the source data.

Combat Mechanics Encyclopedia

Mechanics verified against Season 86 (August 2026)

Figures below use Level 11, Clash Royale's tournament standard, regardless of the level selected above.

Skeleton Barrel is a 3-Elixir Common troop that flies straight for the nearest building, ignoring troops along the way. When it lands on its target or gets shot down in the air, it bursts into seven Skeletons and deals a splash of damage at that spot, making it a cheap way to chip a tower or force a reaction from the defense. Its Evolution carries two barrels instead of one: it drops the first swarm early, once it's taken meaningful damage, and the second on death, roughly doubling the total Skeleton output for the same 3 Elixir. It's strong on defense against building-targeting threats and as a cheap poke on offense, but a well-timed cheap spell or a defensive building usually shuts it down efficiently.

Skeleton Barrel is a Common, 3-Elixir flying troop that heads straight for the nearest building, then bursts into seven Skeletons and a burst of splash damage when it lands or gets shot down.
At tournament-standard level 11, the barrel itself has 532 hitpoints and deals 145 splash damage on impact, while each of the seven Skeletons it releases has 81 hitpoints and hits for 81 damage roughly every 1.1 seconds (about 73 damage per second).
Skeleton Barrel has been in Clash Royale since 17 November 2017, when it was added as a reward from the Jungle Arena (Arena 9).
Cheap defensive buildings like Cannon or Tombstone are efficient answers, since they usually trade evenly with the barrel and its Elixir cost. Bigger buildings like Bomb Tower or Tesla also work, but can leave you slightly behind on Elixir if that's the only thing they counter.
A cheap spell such as The Log, Zap, or Barbarian Barrel is normally enough to wipe out the Skeleton swarm for a favorable Elixir trade, since the Skeletons individually have very little health.
EvolutionThe evolved Skeleton Barrel carries two barrels instead of one — it releases the first automatically once it has taken about a quarter of its health in damage, and drops the second on death or on reaching its target, doubling the total Skeleton swarm to fourteen.
EvolutionEach of the evolution's two barrels deals its own 238 splash damage on impact rather than one combined hit, so a target only takes the full 476 if it happens to be caught by both drops — which in practice usually only happens right at the building or tower the barrel was heading for.
EvolutionThis evolution first became available on 7 July 2025 and needs the base Skeleton Barrel to be played twice in a match before it's charged and can be deployed in its upgraded form.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Skeleton Barrel work?

Skeleton Barrel is a 3-Elixir Common troop that flies straight for the nearest building, ignoring troops along the way

What is Skeleton Barrel's elixir cost and rarity?

Skeleton Barrel costs 3 elixir and is a common card.

What does Skeleton Barrel's Evolution change?

The evolved Skeleton Barrel carries two barrels instead of one — it releases the first automatically once it has taken about a quarter of its health in damage, and drops the second on death or on reaching its target, doubling the total Skeleton swarm to fourteen.