Leaving gold and elixir uncollected to prevent losing when raided

In Clash of the Clans, to minimize loss of resources when your base is attacked is it better to store loot in clan castle and not collect it? Also is it better to leave resources in elixir collectors/mines for as long as possible before collecting it (at what point is it necessary)?

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Best Answer

Without question, the best place to keep your resources is in the Clan Castle and Storage buildings.

All information can be referenced from the Clash of Clans Wiki Raid article. Here are the percentages of loot that can be stolen during a raid. Keep in mind that there are also loot caps, which differ depending on what building is storing the resources and what Town Hall level you are at.

Collectors/mines: 50% - no cap beyond the capacity of the mine/collector

Gold/Elixir Storages — Percentage depends on Town Hall Level
Level Percentage Cap
1-5   20%        200,000
6     18%        200,000
7     16%        250,000
8     14%        300,000
9     12%        350,000
10    10%        400,000

Clan Castle Treasury — Flat 3% at all Town Hall levels on destruction

For completeness, I'll include information for Dark Elixir as well.

DE Drills: 75% - no cap beyond the capacity of the drill

Dark Elixir Storage — Percentage depends on Town Hall Level
Level   Percentage  Cap
7       6%          1,200
8       6%          2,000
9       5%          2,500
10      4%          3,000

There's one or two other things that can affect how much resources are available during a raid, but they are broad and apply to all resource buildings equally. As you can see for gold/elixir, the Clan Castle offers the lowest percentage of available loot, followed by the storage buildings. The Dark Elixir storage is just slightly better than the clan castle when it comes to protecting Dark Elixir, but it is probably still optimal to keep the resources in the Clan Castle to protect gold/elixir and the benefit of not keeping all your DE in one "basket", so to speak. But keeping resources uncollected in the mines/collectors/drills is certainly the the worst place to leave them.

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How much Gold and elixir do you lose when you get raided?

"The percentage of Gold and Elixir that can be stolen from mines and collectors is 50% and is capped only by the storage capacity of the resource collector."

Do you lose Gold when raided in Clash of Clans?

You can lose gold, elixir, and dark elixir (but only if dark elixir is unlocked for you). You can also lose trophies.

What can you do with too much Gold in Clash of Clans?

If you have excess gold, you must not be upgrading your walls. Walls are very important throughout the game and it takes a while to finish walls, seeing as level 11 walls cost a cool 4 million. Focus on your defenses and resource buildings first, and then dump the remaining resources into walls.

Is Gold more important than elixir?

Gold is generally considered more valuable as more upgrades require it where elixir is generally only used for research and troop hire.

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