Part one: First forty-eight hours
Complete the Villager's Tutorial
The picture on the right is the Tutorial. If you see a female Villager that looks similar to the picture shown, then you are in the tutorial, and should follow her instructions and complete it.
If this is true, then you should know that you have the option to (but should not) use Green Gems to instantly complete the Builder's construction of buildings or to instantly get resources required to start construction. You can instead just wait for the Builder to complete the building construction on his own for you, or wait for the Gold Mine and Elixir Collector to generate enough Gold and Elixir resources and collect them to start the construction process.
What to do next
For the first forty-eight hours, focus on building as many Gold Mines and Elixir Collectors as your current Town Hall can support, and upgrading all of these Resource Buildings to the highest level you can.
You should also upgrade the existing Gold Storage and Elixir Storage as much as you can.
When you can't build any more Resource Buildings, or upgrade any of the Resource Buildings, upgrade your Town Hall.
Important things
- Don't worry about Defensive Buildings (like Walls, Traps, Cannons, Mortars, and other similar things), because they are not needed yet.
- The reason they are not needed yet is the seventy-two hour New Player Shield you have when starting the game. All Shields prevent attacks from other players when you are offline (when you are online, you can't be attacked by players, even without a shield).
- However, Do Not Search For A Match and Attack Other Players Yet, because searching for multiplayer matches (or Raiding) will break all Shields you have on you (yes, you can purchase shields using Gems).
- Fortunately, raiding the Goblins in the Single Player Campaign never breaks your shield. Doing the Campaign is a good idea for Gold and Elixir.
- Also, do not place a second Gold Storage or Elixir Storage yet. Also, don't worry about the Dark Elixir Storage or Dark Elixir Drill yet, because Dark Elixir is available when you upgrade your Town Hall to level seven, which is not what this tutorial is about.
- Finally, do not spend Gems on anything other than building the five Builder's Huts until you built all five of them (Builder's Huts are the only permanent boost Gems can give you).
Part two: Forty-eight to seventy-two hours
When about less than twenty-four hours are left on the shield, you should switch your focus to the Defensive Buildings.
I recommend that you place the Mortar and Archer Tower first, then upgrade the Mortar and Archer Tower. After this you should build and upgrade the Cannon.
If you still have time left (you can also do this when placing and upgrading the cannon), I recommend you start building all of your Walls. I recommend reading the listed article below to learn how to design your bases.
Flammy's Base Defense Basics.
Part three: After seventy-two hours
After the seventy-two hour shield runs out, you should be prepared for enemy raids on your village.
