Clash Royale December 2025 update: Trophy Road rework, explained

The Clash Royale December 2025 update is set to bring some exciting changes to the Trophy Road game mode and the Ranked system. According to the official blog post, The Trophy Road will be extended, impacting Ranked gameplay. Essentially, you no longer need to reach the Seasonal Arenas to compete in Ranked.

This article discusses every major detail about the changes coming to Trophy Road and Ranked in the Clash Royale December 2025 update. Read on to learn more.

Trophy Road extension and changes in Ranked arriving in Clash Royale December 2025 update

Players can now unlock Ranked based on their Trophy Count. The Trophy Road will extend to 12000 trophies and will include four new Arenas. These Arenas will add new milestones and better rewards for higher-level players.

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Check out the New Arenas and Trophy requirements from the table below:

Instead of having to reach 15,000 Trophies to unlock Ranked, there will be a new monthly goal until February 2026. You will now require 11,500 Trophies to enter Ranked, and the Ranked Cards will be capped at level 15 until May 2026.

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Here are the monthly requirements to enter Ranked:

Clash Royale December 2025 update: Other changes, improvements, and bug fixes

The developer has also introduced plenty of other changes and improvements, which are as follows:

Changes and improvements

• Event modes will display specific stats for individual cards if they differ from your Collection for that mode, such as a card capped at a certain level or specially unlocked in that mode. You can view this info from each card’s info page in the game mode’s Collection!
• You can customize where you want Champions’ ability buttons to appear on your screen
• Goblinstein’s active monster has a Champion crown indicator
• New deploy sound for Royal Hogs Evolution will be added for the winner of the Royal Hog Calling Competition
• Various VFX improvements, including standardized deployment for Evolutions

Bug fixes

• Firecracker Evolution, Valkyrie Evolution, and Tornado no longer deal excess damage to Crown Towers
• Monk takes damage from Firecracker’s projectile while his ability is active
• Three Musketeers have smarter targeting and won’t shoot the same troops as often
• Miner will no longer collide with troops while underground
• Fixed Ranked best season not displaying properly in player profile
• Various fixes to Royal Ghost Evolution
• Numerous crash fixes and stability improvements

Edited by Adarsh J Kumar