How much data does clash of clans use

Playing Clash of Clans is not only entertaining; it’s also informative and interactive. Besides, being able to team up and play with other players, you learn about strategy.

When playing a video game, you want to be able to derive just more than pleasure. You want to learn a valuable lesson on teamwork and strategy. This free online video game is a multiplayer game that involves players who build a village, form a clan, and raise an army, and attack other groups of players to get resources. Through this game, you get to relive the ancient days when tribes would attack each other for glory and looting to expand their territories.

Clash of Clans gaming app uses approximately 14 MB of data every hour. This may vary depending on whether you’re loading a village, raiding, or making in-app purchases.

Activity	Approx. data consumed when a village is loaded	Approx. data consumed when raid is hit	Approx. data consumed when a raid is conducted
Amount of data consumed	3 MB	0.5 MB	5 MB

 

To download and install Clash of Clans on Android requires 154 MB of data. Now, when playing the game, it’s quite different. When you load a village, the app consumes around 3 MB, then when you hit on raid, that’s 0.5 MB consumed. Finally, when you make a raid, you end up using about 5 megabytes. However, the most expensive activities are when you purchase gems, search clans, and using Global.

How can I check my data consumption?

Checking your data consumption is simple and you don’t need to install any app to achieve this whether on Android or iOS devices. On Android, go to your main menu and navigate to the Settings App. Tap and launch it. Select ‘Network & internet’ from the list and then select ‘Data Usage’.

Under ‘Mobile’, select App data usage. On the next screen from the app list, scroll down to Clash of Clans and tap it. You should be able to see the app’s data usage for the month. If you want to see more details, you can tap on it. It will show you the foreground and background data usage.

For iPhone users, Select Settings from the home page and navigate to Cellular or Mobile Data on some iOS versions. On iPad, you might see it displayed as Cellular Data instead. On the next screen, scroll down and select ‘Clash of Clans’. You can select a specific period that you would want to see your mobile data. If you want to reset these statistics, tap ‘Reset Statistics’ and the current statistics will be cleared.

Can I minimize my Clash of Clans data usage without affecting the game, if so, how?

Saving on data is great especially if you’re on a tight budget. You may have other uses for your data or you’re on a data subscription plan. Don’t worry, we will show you how to save on data without affecting your game.

Method 1: Turn off background data

Apps run on your phone even when you are using them or haven’t opened them. These apps are referred to as running in the background. These apps use data when running though minimally. You can stop an app like Clash of Clans from running in the background on your phone by simply turning off the background data.

On Android, launch Settings and select ‘Network & internet’ from the list, it’s usually the first item. On the next screen, locate and select the Data Usage option and under the Mobile section, tap on ‘App data usage’. This opens a new screen with a list of applications. Scroll down and tap on Clash of Clans. Scroll down again and locate Background data which has a toggle button to turn on/off. Turn it off if it’s on.

On iOS, launch the Settings app and then tap on ‘General’. Next, tap on ‘Background App Refresh’

And select Clash of Clans and turn off Background App Refresh for it. This should now enable you to use your app only in the foreground.

Method 2: Restrict data usage

This is another way to minimize your data usage while playing Clash of Clans. Open Settings and select Network & Settings. On the next page, select Data Usage and then navigate to the Mobile section. Under this section, tap the App data usage option and select the Clash of Clans from the application list. Scroll down on the app section and ensure the ‘Unrestricted data usage’ toggle is off.

Conclusion

Despite the Clash of Clans not consuming a lot of data in a game, the consumption is significant cumulatively and might interfere with your data subscription plan especially if you play it for long durations.

FAQs

Is a 3G network too slow for playing Clash of Clans? 

A 3G network is enough to play Clash of Clans smoothly on your phone. The game won’t drag or get stuck because of slow speeds.

How many gems does one need to complete Clash of Clans?

It will take 1,688,882 gems according to Clash of Clans’ wiki.