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Hero Knight and Heroes in Depth - December 2025 (Season 78)
Details of Heroes, the new card type of the Clash Royale Q4 update for November 2025.
This is the last of our 3 main blogs covering the 2025 Q4 update. In this piece we’ll cover all the details related to Heroes. What they are, how to unlock them... everything you’ll need to get ready for their release!
We were able to include some of these details yesterday, so some of the information we mention here will be repeated, but we wanted to ensure this blog contained everything you’d want to know about Heroes.
In the following days we’ll also publish additional blogs looking into the stats and gameplay of each hero. In this blog we’ll feature the first of the 4, Hero Knight.
Table of Contents
- Hero Knight
- Video Preview
- Overview
- Ability: Triumphant Taunt
- Stats
- Heroes
- Hero Slots
- How many Heroes?
- Evolved Heroes?
- Hero Abilities
- No Cycles
- Ability Button Layout
- Release Date
- Unlocking Heroes
- Hero Fragments
- Hero Boxes
- Earning Hero Boxes
- Summon a Hero
- Duplicate Hero Conversion
- Release Event
- Pass Royale
- The Other 3 Heroes
- Musketeer: Trusty Turret
- Giant: Heroic Hurl
- Mini Pekka: Breakfast Boost
- Hero Knight Cart Art
- Hero Knight 3D Renders
- Feedback
Hero Knight
Video Preview
Overview
Hero Knight is the first of the 4 Heroes to be released on December 1st.
Hero Knight’s description is:
Imagine a mustache so magnificent it lures enemies to their doom!
Hero Knight takes great care to wax his shield and mustache in equal measure, so as to always twist the tide of battle in his favor.
All the base stats of Hero Knight are the same as normal Knight. The only changes are the troop appearance and the Hero Ability.
Ability: Triumphant Taunt
Note: all the following stats are from our developer build and subject to change.
Triumphant Taunt is Knight’s Hero Ability. It costs 1 Elixir, and the description says the following:
Gains a shield and taunts nearby enemies, forcing them to attack him
This seems to be one of the most powerful Hero Abilities. For just 1 Elixir, all the troop-targeting enemies within a radius of 7.5 tiles get distracted by the Hero Knight. This includes enemy tower troops.
For 5 seconds after the effect is activated, the Hero Knight also gets a shield, which is displayed as a separate HP bar. This shield provides about 30% extra HP to the Knight.
The result is a game-changing mechanic that allows you to protect any troop for a few seconds. Our guess is that this ability will be nerfed in the near future, but this seems to be how it will be released.
Stats
Heroes
Heroes are a new kind of troop that introduces unique Hero Abilities.
Like Evolutions, Heroes are variations of normal cards. To enable them in your deck, you’ll have to:
- Unlock a Hero form
- Place the card in a Hero Slot
Heroes are very similar to Champions, as they both have Abilities that can be triggered with the Ability Button. In fact, now Champions are considered Heroes, so to use them in your deck you must place them in a Hero Slot.
Hero Slots
Upon release, players may have up to 2 Hero Slots. These slots are unlocked by reaching specific arenas:
- Slot 1: Arena 15 (5K Trophies and Player Level 24)
- Slot 2: Arena 25 (10K Trophies and Player Level 24)
Hero Slots are available in Trophy Road, Ranked, Duel Decks, Clan Wars, Grand Challenges... Some special modes may not have 2 slots, just as we’ve seen with Evolution slots in the past.
The first Hero Slot is the #3 card slot of each deck, and the second one is the #4 card slot. This may cause some issues as we adapt to these new requirements; copying some decks may result in invalid card orders. If notice any of these issues in RoyaleAPI, please report them and we’ll fix them as soon as possible.
Why 2 Hero Slots and not just 1? We don’t have a direct answer from the game designers, but it could be mainly due to how Champions overlap with these slots. Having just 1 would mean that anyone with a Champion in their deck would not be able to enjoy Heroes, strongly harming the appeal of this card rarity.
Having 2 Hero Slots also means that you’ll now be able to have 2 Champions in the same deck. But will you prefer to have a Champion over a Hero form?
How many Heroes?
If we add together the amount of Champions and cards with Hero Cards, we have:
- 8 Champions
- 4 Hero cards
So when this feature is released, there will be a total of 12 Heroes you can fit into the Hero Slots.
Evolved Heroes?
Some cards may have both the Hero form and Evolved form available, but due to the card slot configuration, you can’t choose both at once. Your options are:
- Evolved form in an Evolution Slot
- Hero form in a Hero Slot
- Normal form in a normal slot
Hero Abilities
Hero Abilities are like Champion Abilities, they cost Elixir and may have a cooldown. You’ll be able to see ability stats in one of the card stat tabs.
No Cycles
Heroes don’t need to play several times in order to activate their abilities. As with Champions, the Ability Button becomes available whenever the Hero is deployed.
The main difference between stronger and weaker abilities will be in the Elixir Cost.
Ability Button Layout
Having 2 Heroes in the same deck wouldn’t be that appealing if you only had 1 Ability Button, so this is going to change with the update.
Now you may have up to 2 Ability Buttons active at once.
The position of the Ability Buttons will be slightly customizable with 3 options:
- Left
- Right
- Both Sides
To change this layout, players can go into Settings > More Settings > Ability Button Layout.
The position of each ability is determined by the order in your deck slots, not the order in which you deployed your Heroes. So for example, if you have Goblinstein in the #3 slot, Lightning Link will always be the ability towards the left.
Release Date
Heroes won’t be available the day of the update (November 24th). Instead, we’ll have to wait until the start of the new season, on December 1st.
Unlocking Heroes
The main ways to unlock Heroes will be:
- Hero Fragments
- Pass Royale
Hero Fragments
Hero Fragments are a new resource in the game. You can earn them from Hero Boxes, which will be found in Events and Pass Royale.
To "summon a Hero", you’ll need to collect 200 Hero Fragments.
You can track your progress towards the next Hero Summon in the Magic Items tab. This feature also shows you how many of the available Heroes you have unlocked.
Hero Boxes
Hero Boxes are similar to Lucky Chests, as they have multiple rarities and random chances to upgrade.
Their pool of rewards is much simpler, as each Hero Box rarity gives a specific amount of Hero Fragments. These amounts are only defined by the arena you are in.
There are 5 tiers of Hero Box rewards:
- Tier 1: Training Camp, 0 Trophies
- Tier 2: Arena 15, 5,000 Trophies
- Tier 3: Arena 20, 7,500 Trophies
- Tier 4: Arena 24, 9,500 Trophies
- Tier 5: Arena 28, 11,500 Trophies
This means that whenever you reach one of these arenas, the contents of Hero Boxes will improve slightly.
In this table we display the rewards for the lowest and highest tier; the rest are somewhere between that range:
| Rarity | Arena 1 | Arena 28 |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Star | 2 Fragments | 5 Fragments |
| 3-Star | 4 Fragments | 10 Fragments |
| 4-Star | 16 Fragments | 40 Fragments |
| 5-Star | 200 Fragments | 200 Fragments |
The 5-Star Hero Box gives the same reward regardless of the arena: 200 Fragments. This is the amount needed to unlock a new Hero, so a 5-Star box guarantees you’ll get one.
Hero Boxes start as 2-Star rarity, and have 3 upgrade spins with the following upgrade probabilities:
- 2 to 3 Star: 30%
- 3 to 4 Star: 18%
- 4 to 5 Star: 18%
After the 3 spins, the outcome probability for each rarity is:
| Rarity | Probability |
|---|---|
| 2-Star | 34% |
| 3-Star | 52% |
| 4-Star | 13% |
| 5-Star | 1% |
For a player getting Tier 5 Hero Boxes (Arena 28), this yields an average of 14 Hero Fragments per Hero Box. Or in other words, you’ll need to open 15 Hero Boxes to unlock a new Hero.
Earning Hero Boxes
Hero Boxes will be available in Live Events and with the free track of Pass Royale every season.
Summon a Hero
Whenever you reach 200 Hero Fragments, you get to "summon a Hero", which gives you a random Hero from all the ones available.
This means that you may get a Hero that you have unlocked already, which will trigger the Duplicate Hero Conversion.
The possibility of getting duplicate Heroes will affect players in different ways. Soon after release, with only 3 Heroes available, it will be quite common to get a duplicate.
Over time, as more Heroes are released, there will be 2 different experiences:
Advanced players trying to collect all the Heroes will struggle to find the few they are missing.
New and returning players will face a wider pool of locked Heroes, so it will be quite unlikely for them to get a dupe.
Duplicate Hero Conversion
Getting a duplicate Hero will certainly be disappointing, but at least it will give you some rewards to help you get to another box faster. Duplicate Heroes convert into:
60 Hero Fragments
Cards of that Hero card
The amount of cards received depends on the Arena you are in and the rarity of the Hero. Players in Arena 28 (11,500 Trophies) would get:
- Common Hero ➜ 7,500 Cards
- Rare Hero ➜ 1,140 Cards
- Epic Hero ➜ 126 Cards
- Legendary Hero ➜ 12 Cards
- Champion Hero? ➜ 12 Cards
We don’t think it’s possible for Champions to also be Heroes, but they have an assigned conversion value regardless.
Release Event
With the start of next season, there will be a Special Event to help players unlock their first Hero.
To access this event, players just need to have reached Arena 15 (5,000 Trophies). For new players who haven’t reached the arena yet, the event will be unlocked whenever they do. This is not a temporary event, and will remain available until players complete it and claim their first Hero.
The event gives 200 Hero Fragments in total, just enough to summon a Hero.
Pass Royale
December will be the first season featuring a Hero in Premium Pass Royale: Mini Pekka.
We covered the new Pass Royale in more detail yesterday. The quick recap related to Heroes is:
New Hero Unlock is only available with premium Pass Royale, for players who reached Arena 15 (5K Trophies)
In the free tier, there are 5 Hero Boxes
The Other 3 Heroes
We’ll share more details of each of the new Heroes over the coming days. Until then, we can just share some basic details for each of them and their powerful Hero Abilities.
Musketeer: Trusty Turret
If you thought Musketeer and her boomstick were close, wait ‘til you meet this Hero’s boom building! Hero Musketeer spawns a short-range auto-turret right in front of her, dealing AOE damage when placed and targeting air and ground units.
Giant: Heroic Hurl
This guy packs a serious punch! Hero Giant throws a nearby troop into the opposite lane, stunning them and doing damage on landing. Handy!
Mini Pekka: Breakfast Boost
Hero Mini P.E.K.K.A’s love for pancakes is secret to no one! And now, the more pancakes he eats, the stronger he becomes. Every pancake he eats levels him up one level. So keep on stacking! Hero Mini P.E.K.K.A can stack up to five pancakes, giving you up to five extra levels!
Hero Knight Cart Art
Hero Knight 3D Renders
Feedback
Do you have any questions or feedback about Heroes? Let us know in the comments.
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