How to Get Legendary Cards in Clash Royale

Co-authored by Travis Boylls

Last Updated: September 15, 2021 References

Legendary cards are the rarest cards in Clash Royale. They have the most unique attacks, such as the princess which can shoot from half-way across the map, or the bandit with its invulnerable dash ability. You can obtain these cards quickly by buying them from the shop as well as in other aspects of the game.

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Spending Money to Get Legendary Cards

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Buy Legendary King's chests in the shop. Purchase or save up 2500 gems to buy these chests. Unlocked at arena 7, they include a guaranteed legendary as well as some other cards and coins. The Legendary King's chest can also be purchased from Arena Packs in the shop for $9.99 USD.
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Buy King's chests. King's chests are unlocked in arena packs following Arena's 1-6 for $4.99 USD.^{[1]
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Get a legendary from other chests. Other chests don't have as high a chance of containing a legendary card, but there are still ways you can use them to get Legendary cards.
- Fortune chests are available following Arena's 1-12. At Arena 4, the chance of getting a legendary card starts at 2% and increases to 10% at Arena 10. Fortune chests contain four featured cards each day, one of which is a legendary. You are guaranteed two of the four featured cards. They can be purchased in the shop for 750 gems.
- Lightning chests have a low probability of containing a legendary card (less than 1%). However, you can use them to strike cards you don't want and exchange to for other cards fo the same type. In other words, if you end up getting a legendary you don't want from the lightning chest, you can strike it until you find one you do want.
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Purchase a legendary chest in the shop. These chests have a 100% chance of containing a legendary card. These appear in the shop as special offers which only appear once every few weeks. The offer usually only lasts about 24 hours and cost 500 gems. This is one of the risk-free methods as you have a 100% chance of getting a legendary. If you save up enough gems, you can also buy it without having to spend any money.
- Legendary chests are best when you only have a few legendary cards since you have a smaller chance of getting a repeat of a card you already have. However, more skilled and higher level players will often choose to spend the gems on challenges instead. These have better value if you can consistently get a high number of wins.
- These appear at least once every month.

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Getting Free Legendaries

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Get more trophies. Once you're at 3000 trophies, legendary cards can occasionally be bought in the shop for 40,000 gold, as long as you're above level seven. You get gold by opening chests, winning matches, and donating unwanted cards. You can also purchase gold for Gems in the shop.
- At Royal Arena (2000 trophies), you will be able to get legendary chests in your chest cycle. King's chests will be replaced by Legendary King's chests as well. These give you a guaranteed legendary card.
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Join an active clan. Leaders or co-leaders can start clan wars and any player who is level 8 or higher can participate. On Collection Day, you can battle 3 times with your own cards to earn Clan Cards to use when building a War Deck for War Day. On War Day, you get one battle. The clan (out of 5 competing together) that gets the most War Day victories will win the war. Placing in 1st or 2nd will gain clan trophies so you can progress through the clan leagues. At the end of the War Season, you'll receive a War Chest based on your Clan League and the highest-ranked war you participated in.^{[3]
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- You must have 10 participants to start a war.
- If you reach Legendary Ist league, you will have a guaranteed legendary card in your War Chest!
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Keep battling. Each chest you get is on a chest cycle. There are 240 chests in one cycle. A legendary chest will appear once every two cycles after you get to Royal Arena. Assuming you never lose, you can get a legendary every 480 battles.
- Play 2v2 matches to get chests without fear of losing trophies. Don't click Quick Match if you can avoid it, since playing with people you know will give you more wins.
- With the Trophy Road Update in 2019, you can now earn chests as you climb higher in trophies. At 1950, 4525, and 5900 trophies there are Legendary Chests, and at 3950 and 6900 trophies there are Legendary King's Chests. Keep battling, and soon enough, you'll get a guaranteed legendary.
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Compete in challenges. There are often free to enter challenges that give legendary cards as rewards for winning. You can also play classic challenges which cost 10 gems and give you a good reward for your gems if you do well. Finally, Grand Challenges are also available once you reach level 8. They cost 100 gems to join. If you have the skills to compete with other people and get 12 wins, the reward chest gives you a very good chance of getting a legendary and 22,000 gold.
- Warning: Grand Challenges will match you up with expert players, many of which are the top players in the game with over 6000 trophies. They are incredibly difficult to succeed in.
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Complete your quests. These are located in a bar next to your crown chest. Each quest gives you a number of points, which will unlock chests. The quests are in-game tasks such as Open 10 Chests, Play Cards that Cost 2 Elixir or Less and Donate 4 Rare Cards. You can skip a quest for free every 24 hours.
- Mega Lightning and Legendary King's Chests are 500 points.^{[4]
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- Legendary chests are 400 points to unlock.
- Epic chests are 350 points.
- Giant and magical chests are 300 points.
- Lightning chests are 250 points.
- Golden chests are 50 points.
- These will have no opening time. Extra points you earn will carry over to the next chest.
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Open silver, crown, gold, giant, magical, and clan chests. All these chests have a small possibility of containing a legendary card.
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Use other cards in place of legendary cards. If you're not willing to spend money to get a legendary card, your chances of getting one largely come down to luck. If you are not able to get a legendary card, you can use other cards in their place. There are many close replacements for legendaries that do the same or an even better job in your deck.
- Replace Princess and Ice Wizard with Archers, Tornado, Ice Spirit, or Arrows.
- Replace Lava Hound with Golem* or Baby Dragon (this will change the deck significantly).
- Replace Graveyard with Skeleton Army or Skeleton Barrel (this will change the deck significantly).
- Swap Electro Wizard with Musketeer, Archers, or Zappies.
- Put in Zap, Arrows, Or Tornado instead of The Log.
- Sparky can be swapped with Balloon, Bowler, or Executioner.
- Add Baby Dragon or Minion Horde for Inferno Dragon (this will change the deck significantly).
- Replace Night Witch with the Witch or Mini P.E.K.K.A.
- Put in mini P.E.K.K.A. or Rage for Lumberjack (this will change the deck significantly).
- Swap Bandit for Dark Prince or Knight.
- Replace Miner with Knight or Goblin Barrel (this will change the deck significantly).
- Swap the Royal Ghost with Dark Prince, Bandit, or Valkyrie.
- Change Mega Knight for P.E.K.K.A, Dark Prince, or Knight.
- Instead of Magic Archer, use the Dart Goblin or Princess.
- Replace Ram Rider with Hog Rider or Battle Ram.
- Fisherman can be replaced with Tornado or a building card.

Community Q&A

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Today I got a legendary chest (500 gems) in shop, but I only have 420 gems. When will the legendary chest appear next?

Artemi

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Just check every day, and you will eventually get a legendary chest. It will come again in 10 - 24 days. Don't spend gems on other things, just buy legendary chests.
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Can you tell me when can I get a Legendary?

Artemi

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Getting Legendaries largely are based on luck, such as whether or not a magical chest has one, or a legendary chest appears in your shop. You may look at statsroyale.com for the chest cycle. That tells you when you will next get a legendary chest from battles, and when a legendary chest will appear in the shop.
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How I get a legendary chest?

Artemi

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Legendary chests appear in the shop about 1-2 times a month. They give you a 100% chance of a legendary for 500 gems. It is worth it if you have few legendaries, but after that the chances of getting a repeat and the cost gets too high to be worth it. You can also get legendary chests from battles in the Chest Cycle.