Evolution Skeletons

common

1 Elixir

Evolution

When there's no more room in Spooky Town, the dead will walk the Arena! This Evolution is a never-ending horde, with each Skeleton summoning another with every attack!

Card TypeTroop

ArenaBone Pit

Evolution released19 Jun 2023

Elixir Cost1

Raritycommon

Max Level16

Evolution2 Cycles

Combat Attributes

Attack

Hit Speed: 1.1 sec
First Hit: 0.5 sec
Targets: Ground
Range: Melee: Short (0.5)

Movement

Movement Speed: Fast (90)
Transport: Ground

Deployment

Deploy Time: 1 sec
Count: x3

What the Evolution Adds

Compared with Skeletons

Evolution: 2 Cycles; Every third play evolves
Base stats: Unchanged; Same hitpoints, damage and attack as Skeletons

New mechanics

Multiply on attack

Every attack

Every time the Evolved Skeletons attack, an additional Evolved Skeleton spawns, up to a maximum total of 8 Skeletons.

Max Skeletons: 8
Skeletons on deploy: 3

Stats include official balance changes through October 2026.

Level Statistics

See how Evolution Skeletons' stats scale from Level 1 to Level 16

Evolution Skeletons stats at each card level, Level 1 to Level 16. One row per level; columns are the stats that change with level.
Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage per second
Level 1StartYour level	32	31	28
Level 2Your level	35	34	30
Level 3Your level	38	38	34
Level 4Your level	42	42	38
Level 5Your level	46	46	41
Level 6Your level	51	50	45
Level 7Your level	56	55	49
Level 8Your level	61	61	55
Level 9Your level	67	67	60
Level 10Your level	74	74	67
Level 11TournamentYour level	81	81	73
Level 12Your level	89	89	80
Level 13Your level	98	98	89
Level 14Your level	108	108	98
Level 15Your level	119	119	108
Level 16MaxYour level	130	130	118

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

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.

Skeletons is a 1-Elixir Common troop that drops three fragile skeleton units at once, unlocked back in the Bone Pit arena. Individually each one is barely a threat, but together they're the cheapest way to distract a tank, finish off a low-health unit, or chip a tower for almost no investment. Their big weakness is durability: all three share very low hitpoints, so a single small spell can erase the whole group. Their evolved form leans into the swarm concept further, spawning a fresh skeleton with every attack it lands until the group grows to a small horde.

Skeletons is a Common troop card that costs just 1 Elixir, the cheapest possible deploy, and summons three Skeleton units at once. It unlocks in the Bone Pit arena.
Each Skeleton has 81 hitpoints and deals 81 damage per hit at level 11, attacking once every 1.1 seconds for roughly 73-74 damage per second.
Skeletons move at Fast speed and land their very first swing just 0.5 seconds after touching down, well ahead of their normal 1.1-second attack cycle, letting them snipe a low-health target or start chipping a tower almost immediately.
Because all three Skeletons share such low hitpoints, a single small-radius spell like Zap, Arrows, or Snowball wipes the whole group, so many players throw Skeletons down cheaply as a 1-Elixir distraction or spell bait rather than a real damage threat.
The number of Skeletons spawned per cast has changed three times: a 21 June 2016 update cut it from four down to three, a 13 February 2017 update brought a fourth Skeleton back (justified at the time by Ice Spirit's arrival making the 1-Elixir slot more competitive), and a 12 June 2017 update cut it back down to three, the count that has held ever since.
Skeletons entered Clash Royale on 4 January 2016 as part of the game's limited regional soft-launch (iOS only, in countries including Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, and several Nordic countries); the worldwide release didn't arrive until 2 March 2016.
EvolutionSkeletons' Evolution costs the same 1 Elixir as the base card but needs two cycles of playing it in a match before the evolution is fully charged and ready to trigger.
EvolutionOnce evolved, Skeletons spawn an extra skeleton with every attack they land, growing the group from 3 up to a maximum of 8 skeletons on the field at once.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Skeletons work?

Skeletons is a 1-Elixir Common troop that drops three fragile skeleton units at once, unlocked back in the Bone Pit arena

What is Skeletons's elixir cost and rarity?

Skeletons costs 1 elixir and is a common card.

What does Skeletons's Evolution change?

Skeletons' Evolution costs the same 1 Elixir as the base card but needs two cycles of playing it in a match before the evolution is fully charged and ready to trigger.