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· Four months after Clash Royale's launch, a fake update sneak peek video filmed in a developer build was released.
· Creators uploaded three videos showing changes for the next update.

Card	Fake Changes
X-Bow	Can attack everything Can also attack nearby friendly towers
Skeleton Tomb	Summons Giant Skeletons instead of regular Skeletons Spawns 4 additional Giant Skeletons upon destruction
Mortar	Fires Goblin Barrels Explodes upon destruction, dealing area damage

· Following the then-new 2v2 Clan Wars (Clan Battle) content, a fake announcement claimed 8v8 Clan Wars would be introduced.
· An 8v8 matchup in 6x Elixir mode was pure chaos just to imagine.
· Scrapped cards like Bear Trap and Purple Monster were added to the arena, confusing players.

Element	Details
Bear Trap	A trap card scrapped for the Hunter card
Purple Monster	Reborn as Electro Giant two years later

· A new card update announcement for 'Barrel' was posted on social media. It was a plain barrel costing 1 Elixir that did nothing, and the gameplay link led to a Rickroll video.
· In-game, a 'Touchdown is Back' challenge was offered for free for one day only.

Challenge	Details
Name	Touchdown is Back
Duration	1 day only
Cost	Free
Goal	Achieve 12 wins
Reward	1 card of each, Gold (spelling APRIL FOOLS)
Note	Could not play other challenges for 24 hours after starting this one

· A fake balance change announcement was posted on social media, claiming Spear Goblins would increase from 3 to 4, with one dealing area damage. In reality, the one dealing area damage was a Log dressed as a Goblin.
· An image of a game mode called 'Log Mode' was released exclusively on Instagram, featuring a mode where only Log cards could be played.
· In-game, a special challenge called 'Lumberjack Rush' was held, and it wasn't a joke – it actually offered two new emotes as rewards.

Emote	Description
Heart Log	A Log with a heart
Crying Log	A Log that is crying

· The challenge's unique feature was that Lumberjacks were summoned every 30 seconds from both sides of the King Tower.

· The removal of the Heal Spell was a real update, not an April Fools' joke.
· In-game, impossible or ridiculously difficult quests were added.

Quest	Goal	Reward
Win with Heal Spell	100 times	Very small (impossible to achieve due to Heal Spell removal)
Damage with PEKKA	1 million	Very small
Play Goblin Cage	1,000 times	Very small

· A social media post stated, "April Fools' jokes are boring. We like 100% serious games."
· In-game, a challenge called 'Completely Normal Game Mode' was held, with the description stating it was a 'normal challenge.'
· The twist of the challenge was that Ghost Skeletons were summoned from the King Tower. These skeletons had the same abilities as the Ghost card, being permanently invisible and remaining unseen even when attacking towers.
· The number of Ghost Skeletons increased over time, and they could only be reliably removed using spell cards.
· This challenge offered 7 useful magic items as rewards for 7 wins.

· A social media post claimed, "This is the most balanced game mode we've ever developed, and we plan to add it permanently to the ladder."
· In-game, a party mode called 'Perfectly Balanced Game Mode' or 'Random Elixir Mode' was available.
· The unique feature of this mode was that the Elixir costs of cards in your deck were randomly swapped. For example, a 9 Elixir Skeleton or a 1 Elixir Golem could appear.
· Since this was not a challenge, there were no rewards, but it could be played to earn crowns.

· In 2023, the April Fools' joke was only in-game, without any social media posts.
· Trainer Cheddar, the training camp bot, was enhanced.

Element	Details
Tower Level	Level 18
Princess Tower HP	Over 14,000
King Tower HP	Over 23,000
Card Level	Level 18

· It was possible to defeat the enhanced Trainer Cheddar, but there were no rewards, and it only appeared after a certain arena, so not all players could experience it.

· A social media post with a trailer was released, stating, "Prepare for the Mega Knight Evolution Cataclysm."
· The fake evolved Mega Knight showed abilities like jump damage affecting the entire arena, attacking air units, and destroying everything in one hit.
· At the time, Mega Knight Evolution didn't exist yet, so it was believable for a moment, but the exaggerated video revealed it to be an April Fools' joke.

· On March 29th, three days before April Fools' Day, a video titled 'The Kindest Update' was uploaded. It was speculated that this might have been an accidental early release.
· The video announced a new feature called 'Code of Kindness.'

Code of Kindness	Rules
Loss	Called '2nd place'
Emotes	Used only for encouragement Banned if not used sincerely

· On April 1st, a pop-up appeared in-game to open a scroll and check the 'Code of Kindness.'
· Clicking 'Accept' showed the message, "Really? What's the fun in that?" and required trying again.
· Clicking 'Decline' showed the message, "April Fools'!" and awarded a free 'Nope' emote.

· In 2026, there was no April Fools' joke in Clash Royale.
· There was a Balloon King post, but it was a reference to an upcoming Balloon Hero, not an April Fools' joke.
· This was the year the annual April Fools' joke tradition was broken.