Royal Hogs

What it looks like

The Royal Hogs is a Rare card that is unlocked from the Royal Arena (Arena 7). It spawns four very fast, single-target, building-targeting, melee, ground troops with moderate hitpoints and very low damage. Their deployment is in a horizontal formation. They are able to jump over the river. They appear to be smaller versions of the Hog Rider's hog wearing knight-like helmets with team-colored feathers. A Royal Hogs card costs 5 Elixir to deploy.

Trivia

• Archaeological evidence suggests that pigs were domesticated from the wild boar in the Near East in the Tigris Basin, being managed in the wild in a way similar to the way they are managed by some modern New Guineans. Remains of pigs have been dated to earlier than 11,400 years ago in Cyprus. Those animals must have been introduced from the mainland, which suggests domestication in the adjacent mainland by then. Pigs were separately domesticated in China beginning 8,000 years ago, and have been one of the most important domesticated animals there ever since. In the French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, Persian, Indonesian, and Malaysian language settings of the game, the Royal Hogs' name translates to "Royal Pigs". In the Norwegian, Russian, and Chinese language settings of the game, the Royal Hogs' name translates to "Royal Boars". In the Thai and Finnish language settings of the game, the Royal Hogs' name translates to "Royal Wild Boars" and "King's Boars" respectively.
• The Royal Hogs are 1 of 20 cards associated with nobility, with the others being Knight, Royal Recruits, Royal Giant, Royal Delivery, Tower Princess, Dark Prince, Prince, Raging Prince, Mega Knight, Princess, Royal Ghost, Spirit Empress, Super Knight, Dagger Duchess, Royal Chef, Golden Knight, Skeleton King, Archer Queen, and the Little Prince.
• The Royal Hogs are tied with Hog Rider, Princess, Cursed Hog, Santa Hog Rider, and the Terry for the longest sight range of all troops, with a sight range of 9.5 tiles.
• The Royal Hogs are one of the first troop cards to receive a card render, alongside the Archers, Knight, Goblins, Bomber, Skeletons, Barbarians, Bats, Royal Recruits, Skeleton Barrel, Rascals, Musketeer, Giant, Valkyrie, Wizard, Flying Machine, Hog Rider, Dart Goblin, Zappies, Elixir Golem, Baby Dragon, Skeleton Army, Witch, P.E.K.K.A, Prince, Balloon, Giant Skeleton, Goblin Giant, Hunter, Electro Dragon, Wall Breakers, Bowler, Cannon Cart, Mega Knight, Ram Rider, Miner, Royal Ghost, Ice Wizard, Magic Archer, Bandit, Lava Hound, Night Witch, and Fisherman.
• The Royal Hogs are 1 of 8 troops that can jump over the river, the others being Hog Rider, Dark Prince, Prince, Raging Prince, Ram Rider, Cursed Hog, and Santa Hog Rider.
• Even though the card spawns 4 Royal Hogs, the card render displays only 3 Royal Hogs.
• In the card's description, the “Who let the hogs out?!” line is a reference to the pop song, “Who Let the Dogs Out,” by the Baha Men.
• The Royal Hogs are 1 of 23 troops that have been featured in the Troop Rush game mode, the others being Skeletons, Skeleton Dragons, Fire Spirit, Bats, Elite Barbarians, Firecracker, Rascal Girls, Heal Spirit, Elixir Golem, Guards, Prince, Balloon, Golem, Wall Breakers, Ram Rider, Sparky, Phoenix, Royal Ghost, Bandit, Lumberjack, Santa Hog Rider, and the Monk. The Royal Hogs were the first troops to be featured in the Troop Rush game mode to celebrate the Year of the Pig.
• 2 Royal Hogs are featured on the card render of the Tornado.
• The Royal Hogs are the subject of a few Emotes.
• Despite the Damage Dealer Card Mastery task mentioning that the Royal Hogs can deal damage to troops or buildings, they cannot progress the task by dealing damage to troops. The Royal Hogs are 1 of 6 troops that cannot deal damage to other troops whatsoever, the others being the Royal Giant, Giant, Hog Rider, Elixir Golem, and Rune Giant.
• Before the Royal Hogs' card release, the Royal Hogs' hitpoints were increased by 15%, and their spawn formation was changed to be on a straight horizontal line.