June 2025 Update: Trophy Road to 10,000, Ranked Rework and Spirit Empress
A sweeping June 2025 update extended Trophy Road, gated Ranked mode behind new Seasonal Arenas, revealed the Spirit Empress Legendary — and triggered one of the biggest community backlashes in the game's history.
The June 2025 update restructured the entire competitive ladder. Trophy Road was extended to 10,000 trophies with the new Valkalla arena at 9,000, and rotating Seasonal Arenas opened beyond 10,000. Ranked mode (formerly Path of Legends) was pushed back to 15,000 trophies, with Challenger ranks removed so competition starts at Master I.
The update also introduced the Skeleton Barrel Evolution and previewed two headline additions arriving with the new season: the dual-form Legendary Spirit Empress and the Merge Tactics game mode.
Rewards were heavily redistributed — Elite Wild Cards and Gold moved out of Ranked and into Seasonal Arenas and events. Community sentiment turned sharply negative: players estimated overall progression had been slowed dramatically, and reward changes to casual modes fueled boycott calls and review-bombing across app stores.
The episode became a defining moment in the game's 2025 story, prompting follow-up fixes over the summer and shaping the more conciliatory communication style Supercell adopted into 2026.