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When playing “Clash of Clans”, you will need gems to build and upgrade items and structures. Upon starting the game, you will have 500 gems to work with but learn how to spend these wisely. Learn the basic approaches in earning and saving gems so you can improve your strategy over time. Here are the guidelines on how to earn and save gems on “Clash of Clans”.

1. Invest in Builders Huts. These are the most useful items that can only be bought with gems so use your initial gems to have these in the beginning. Use gems to buy more Builders Huts. Clashofclanstips recommends that you save your gems during the early parts of the game since you will need these at a later time to finish upgrades quickly and start raiding.

2. Buy gems. One of the most basic ways to earn and save gems is to purchase these. You will be provided with gems by paying online using the purchase gems option.

3. Gardening. Start gardening in your village and clean the surroundings by eliminating trees and bushes. You can earn zero to six gems for each plant you remove.

4. Gain achievements. You can also earn more gems by accomplishing achievements. Click the icon featuring the woman with the green dress and red hair to see the achievements.

5. Sweet Victory. If you wish to earn a lot of gems, you have to engage in battles. Plan your offense and defense carefully and earn as many as 450 gems plus trophies. Position bombs and traps where you expect to be attacked and keep re-arming. You will get the achievement even at a low level and save a lot of gems to further strengthen your base. Find a reliable and generous clan to share in the rewards and gems.

6. Lesser achievements. Aside from cleaning up your area, you can upgrade your Town Hall, unlock units like the Dragon and Archer, complete the Campaign and steal gold. These will render limited gems when completed, according to Clashofclans.wikia.com.

The gems will be highly useful in keeping your base protected as well as reinforcing your armies.

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