Every spell upgrade cost and max level at Town Hall 18

Spells are researched in the same Laboratory as troops, so they compete for the same time. Some spells are worth rushing (Rage, Freeze, Invisibility for many attacks); others can wait.

Max level, cost and time for every spell

Sorted by total upgrade time from level 1 to the Town Hall 18 max. Upgrades run one at a time, so these days add up.

Name	Max (TH18)	Total cost	Total time
Ice Block Spell	6	1.32M Dark Elixir	63 days
Poison Spell	12	1.19M Dark Elixir	61 days
Recall Spell	7	85.5M Elixir	58 days
Lightning Spell	13	84.45M Elixir	52 days
Healing Spell	12	85.22M Elixir	50 days
Revive Spell	5	86.5M Elixir	42 days
Totem Spell	4	66M Elixir	42 days
Overgrowth Spell	5	722.5K Dark Elixir	40 days
Earthquake Spell	8	735.5K Dark Elixir	38 days
Clone Spell	9	59M Elixir	37 days
Bat Spell	8	781K Dark Elixir	37 days
Angry Spell	4	800K Dark Elixir	36 days
Haste Spell	7	613.5K Dark Elixir	32 days
Freeze Spell	8	51.1M Elixir	31 days
Rage Spell	7	35.2M Elixir	22 days
Skeleton Spell	8	353K Dark Elixir	19 days
Jump Spell	5	16M Elixir	12 days
Invisibility Spell	4	18M Elixir	12 days

How to finish lab upgrades faster

• Lab Assistant: boosts the current research every day; level it up for bigger boosts.
• Gold Pass research boost: cuts research time and cost. See is the Gold Pass worth it.
• Books and potions: Research Potions and Books of Fighting / Spells finish long upgrades. Use them on the longest ones.
• Never let it sit idle: one lab means every idle hour is lost forever. Read why the lab is usually the bottleneck.

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