Goblin Drill

What it looks like

The Goblin Drill is an Epic card that is unlocked from the Serenity Peak (Arena 14). It spawns a building with high hitpoints. The Goblin Drill can be placed anywhere in the Arena. When it resurfaces, it will deal damage to enemy units around it in a 360º area around it, and inflict knockback. Every 3 seconds, the Goblin Drill will passively summon a Goblin. However, its first wave of Goblins will spawn 0.8 seconds after it is deployed. When defeated, it will also spawn two Goblins. It appears as a building with a wooden hull, a circular hatch, a team-colored stripe, and a metal drill on its top. A Goblin Drill card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

Trivia

• Goblins are small, grotesque, monstrous creatures that appear in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves. They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon, such as the ability to shapeshift. Similar creatures include duendes, kobolds, leprechauns, and ghouls. In the German and Dutch language setting of the game, the Goblin Drill's name translates to "Kobold Drill". In the Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, Vietnamese language settings of the game, the Goblin Drill's name translates to "Duende Digger", "Mole", "Ghoul Digger", and "Leprechaun Drill" respectively. The Goblin Drill is 1 of 17 cards associated with Goblins, with the others being Spear Goblins, Goblin Gang, Baby Goblins, Dart Goblin, Goblin Demolisher, Suspicious Bush, Goblin Cage, Goblin Hut, Goblin Giant, Goblin Barrel, Goblin Curse, Goblin Machine, Party Rocket, Party Hut, Goblinstein, and of course, Goblins.
• The Goblin Drill is inspired by a drill used by Goblins to steal Elixir from an Elixir Storage in the Clash-A-Rama episode "Goblin's Eleven". However, this may be contradicted as the Baby Goblins are responsible for creating the Goblin Drill, according to the Clash Royale Goblin Machine Lore Drop video.
• The Goblin Drill is 1 of 4 cards associated with subterranea, with the others being Earthquake, Miner, and the Mighty Miner.
• The Battle Drill Siege Machine in Clash of Clans is likely inspired from the Goblin Drill.
• The Goblin Drill's stats are the highest or lowest among all buildings. More specifically: The Goblin Drill has the shortest lifetime of all buildings, with a lifetime of 10 seconds. The Goblin Drill loses the most hitpoints per second of all buildings, with 237 hitpoints per second at Level 15. Among all buildings that can spawn troops, the Goblin Drill has the highest spawn speed of all buildings, with a spawn speed of 3 seconds.
• The Goblin Drill is the only building that can be deployed on the opponent's territory.
• The Goblin Drill is 1 of 2 buildings that has been featured with a Rage buff, the other being Tesla.
• The Goblin Drill is unavailable in multiple special gamemodes. More specifically: It is unavailable in The Floor is Healing Challenge, much like other building cards, as well as the Cannon Cart. It is 1 of 3 cards that is unavailable in Boost Fields, the others being Goblin Barrel and Miner. It is 1 of 3 cards that is unavailable in Timeless Towers, the others being Rocket and Miner. It is 1 of 12 cards that is unavailable in Chess Royale, the others being Royal Recruits, Rocket, Earthquake, Lightning, Poison, Miner, Golden Knight, Skeleton King, Archer Queen, Mighty Miner, and the Monk.
• The Goblin Drill is the subject of an Emote.
• There is an inconsistency with the Goblin Drill: placing it at the center would cause the Goblins to spawn on the left lane for one player and on the right lane for the other player.
• On 3/1/2024, the Goblin Drill was supposed to receive a Goblin first attack time interval increase to 0.5 seconds (from 0.4 seconds), a lifetime increase to 10 seconds (from 9 seconds), a 9% hitpoints decrease, and a first spawn time decrease to 0.5 seconds (from 1 second), but this change was pulled back last minute.
• Before the Goblin Drill's card release, the Goblin Drill was supposed to be a Legendary card. However, it was changed to an Epic card post-release. If the card was kept as a Legendary card, it would have been the second Legendary building in the game.