Clash Royale June 2025 Update: Merge Tactics, Spirit Empress & 10,000 Trophy Road

The Clash Royale June 2025 Update is here, and it’s big. From Trophy Road expansions to a new game mode, Merge Tactics, this update changes how you climb, play, and think in the Arena. With a new Legendary Card and an Evolution that adds more chaos, Supercell also made changes to progression and rewards to make matches more worth playing.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s new this month.

Trophy Road Rework: Extended past 10,000 Trophies

The Trophy Road now goes above 10,000 Trophies, giving top players more space to compete. Key changes include:

New Arenas:

• Valkalla unlocks at 9,000 Trophies

• Legendary Arena now moved to 9,500 Trophies

• Seasonal Arenas unlock at 10,000 and will rotate every season with different rewards and visuals

Seasonal Arenas Mechanics:

• Win/loss rewards scale up to ±150 Trophies for high-risk battles

• At 15,000 Trophies, Ranked Mode unlocks

• Above 15,000, wins give a fixed 30 Trophies toward leaderboard ranking

Trophy Reset System:

• At season end, the reset is based on how far you reached

• Range is between 10,000 to 12,000

• The reset chart shows exact values

Ranked Mode & Badge Changes

The old Path of Legends is now just Ranked: Unlock it after hitting 15,000 in Seasonal Arenas. For this season, Master I and above in the last Path of Legends also get in. From August, only Champions League players from the previous season can enter. Challenger I–III ranks are removed. Ranked now starts at Master I

Badges Rework:

• New layout and levels

• Easier to identify seasonal and yearly badges

Seasonal Badge Levels:

• Level 1: 13,500 Trophies

• Level 2: 15,000 Trophies

• Level 3: Reach Ultimate Champion

New Game Mode & Card

Merge Tactics is a brand-new turn-based mode and very different: Available through Game Mode Switcher from Arena 3. No deck-building needed, just jump in. All players pull from a shared card pool. Decisions are live, and you react to what your opponent does. Has Rulers, Traits, Modifiers and quick tactical choices

New Card Spirit Empress:

• Spirit Empress is a unique Legendary with two forms:

• 6-Elixir Form: A flying unit with ranged damage

• 3-Elixir Form: Ground melee fighter

• You can switch forms mid-match

• Launch date: July 7, 2025

New Evolution: Skeleton Barrel Evolution

• This one ramps up the pressure:

• When damaged, the evolved barrel drops a second barrel

• If it reaches the tower at full HP, both barrels trigger

• Double Skeletons = double threat

• Release Date: July 7, 2025

Reward Changes

To make rewards more balanced and accessible:

Elite Wild Cards:

• 25,000 stay in Ranked

• 10,000 moved to Seasonal Arenas

• 15,000 now in Events

Gold:

• Ranked Gold cut from 75,000 → 25,000

• Other 50,000 moved to Seasonal Arenas

Gems:

• 2,525 Gems moved from Card Mastery to Trophy Road

Mastery reward cut:

• Regular Cards: 150 → 100

• Champion Cards: 300 → 100

Chests:

Each chest now has more focused rewards:

• Giant Chest: More Gold + higher value cards

• Magical Chest: More cards, fewer rare types

• Lightning Chest: Almost double rewards, no Wild Cards

Battle Rewards:

• Only Gold now

• Cards removed (could come back in future formats)

• Other Fixes and Tweaks

Game Mode Switcher now includes:

• Trophy Road

• Ranked

• Merge Tactics

• Events

• Challenges

• Note: 2v2 and Global Tournament modes return later.

Classic Challenges:

• Now have milestones instead of single 12-win chest

• Badges and Books of Cards removed for now

Elixir Visibility:

• Now visible in Ranked, Tournaments, Friendlies (except Clan Leaders)

Misc Fixes:

• Cards sorted alphabetically

• Fisherman now hooks Mega Knight mid-air again

• Bugs fixed: Cannon Cart, Goblin Hut, Tornado range preview, etc.

• Fire Spirits and Skeleton Barrel got VFX updates

There is a great deal that this update changes in Clash Royale. Whether you are currently playing Ranked, dabbling with Merge Tactics, or chasing fresh new rewards, there will be methods of engagement for you. With new systems rolling out across July and new content past July, players will have to adapt their strategies from here.