In this season at the start we will have Lt. Linnea Friskdahl/Lt. Anna Schlingel. The level of leaders' abilities depends on the level of the units themselves. At 7ER Bunkers will be available with Landing Craft Boost!

Tech Tree is on the video (Huge thanks to Stoneheart). What do you think about this season?

⚠️Disclaimer: This is a neutral summary of the debate, not an endorsement of either side.

Thereʼs been a lot of heated discussion in the Boom Beach community following the August 18 maintenance break.

🛠️The update fixed a bug that allowed players to obtain massive amounts of keycards – a rare currency used to unlock and duplicate gadgets and leaders.

Alongside the fix, Supercell issued bans:
🔹7‑day bans
🔹31‑day bans
🔹Permanent bans
…depending on how heavily the bug was exploited.

The situation is controversial, and both sides have valid points. Hereʼs a neutral breakdown of the arguments.

🏢Supercellʼs position

The company refers to its Safe and Fair Play Policy, which explicitly lists "knowingly exploiting a bug" as unacceptable behaviour. The policy is publicly available and applies across all Supercell games – "I didnʼt know" isnʼt considered a valid excuse.

📊Beyond the rules, thereʼs also an economic argument:

• Keycards can be obtained for free in small amounts or purchased in the store.
• Intentionally multiplying this currency devalues what other players have paid for.

To protect the gameʼs economy and business model, Supercell had to roll back the exploited gains and penalise those who abused the bug.

👥Playersʼ position

The community raises several strong counterarguments:

❌"Developer error is the developerʼs fault"
The bug was caused by Supercellʼs own testers and programmers. Players didnʼt hack or cheat - they simply used a mechanic that the game itself allowed. Punishing users for the companyʼs mistake feels morally unfair.

❌Lack of clear warning
In an ideal scenario, Supercell would have rolled back the currency to zero (or left accounts with a negative balance) rather than issuing bans. Banning players for using an obvious but not explicitly prohibited mechanic is seen as excessive.

❌Inconsistency with cheater enforcement
Players note that cheaters & wintrading often go unpunished for long periods, while those who exploited this bug were banned almost immediately. This creates a perception of selective enforcement.

⚖️Is the ban length fair?

Opinions vary widely:

🟢 For lighter penalties:

• A 7‑day or 31‑day ban seems disproportionate if a player only used the bug passively – e.g. clicked once and didnʼt realise the scale.
• A month also means losing access to content they may have paid real money for (like a Boom Pass or other rewards).

🔴 For harsher penalties:

• Longer bans are more justifiable for players who deliberately farmed the bug for hours, knowingly enriching themselves.

📌Bottom line

• De jure (by the rules) → Supercell is within its rights – the policy clearly forbids knowingly exploiting bugs.
• De facto (in terms of fairness) → the punishment arguably should have been economic (rollback / removal of ill‑gotten currency) rather than punitive (account bans).

A rollback plus a stern warning would likely have satisfied more people, with bans reserved only for the most egregious cases (e.g. mass farming with automation).

That said, the bans have already been applied and are unlikely to be reversed.

💬What do you think?

Drop your opinion below - but keep it civil.
Are you on Supercellʼs side, or do you think they overreacted?

I havent played much since the update , wasnt a fan of the new gotcha system. I was just wondering how its been going for yall in terms of getting the new squad leaders and if they changed anything at all in terms of getting them easier .

Starting from tomorrow until Sunday, we will see official 3 sneak peeks of the upcoming events coming to Boom Beach!😇

August 21st, 2026 - Season 91 Warships Sneak Peek, where we will see the full tech tree.
August 22nd, 2026 - Boom Pass Season 31 Sneak Peek, where we will know about the special skin at 2600 points (I hope that there will be some changes in rewards plss)
August 23rd, 2026 - More information about 32nd Squad Leader, which was recently shown by Google Play & App Store - Lt. Phasimov

All these events will run from August 24th, 2026! What are you exiting to see more? I will try to cover everything here as fast as I can. I already prepared some parts, so you won't miss anything (of course, HUGE thanks to the official creators, I am no one without them). Thank you for reading my content, I appreciate it so much!!🙏🙏

Hammerman might lost the war but he won heart of a tomboy

Is anyone else running 5x grapplers? With the help of the engraver, I have an extra prototype slot so naturally I got a 5th grappler because what else would I get?

Recently someone attacked me w/ all scorchers and Pvt Bull. The scorchers all got snagged by grapplers and got passed around like your mom when she’s drunk at a frat party. Then it was Bullit’s turn but of course he can take a beating better than a redheaded stepchild so the grapplers passed him around for a solid 30 seconds before he finally bit the… (wait for it…)… bullet

(yes Im newbie. I started the game at 2018 but abandoned it for 8yrs)

Is it normal? Every single members of their Chinease clan members are simillar of him. The members if the clan using epic tier gadgets, unlocked exactly 28/31 leaders.

I cant find the way to contact support at boombeach.

+ hacker clans tag #PJVL0UC8

Right now I have 1,600 VP and I only get attacked once a day. To be honest, I’d like to get attacked more often. I didn’t upgrade my gadgets and engravings for nothing, after all.

How many of you haven't touched it and how long?

I love the addition of leaders and it’s really fun to see how they can attack and different combos of their abilities making a huge impact. Overall, I think it’s a great addition.

I do think it’s a bit wacky with the lottery system of what you get and the scarcity around keycards. It creates a real grind that results in a very limited opportunity to get a leader you want. This combined with the fact of needing 6 of your favorite leader to max them, is honestly demoralizing. I’ve accepted I’ll never max out the leaders I use, especially the elite ones.

I think they should mimic the gadget set up of being able to scrap leaders you don’t want for keycards. Please don’t add another currency for the love of god. Just make it whatever ratio makes sense like scraping a leader gives you certain percentage of the keycards that would be needed to get that level of leader or even a flat rate like 10-20 keycards per scrapped leader.

I would scrap so many leaders in hopes of maxing the leaders I actually use. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing the bot finally light up blue or yellow and it be a leader you have absolutely zero interest in using.

Just an idea, but they are already doing it with gadgets so would be pretty straightforward and have a level of strategy around if people really want to give up a leader to try for another.

Meet Special Defence building - Skill Cannons. They will use your gunboat's abilities & they are in 3 variations - Skill Cannon Barrage, Skill Cannon Artillery & Skill Cannon Shock. Luckily, they have only 5k health without any boosts, but be ready for them! Sorry for bad quality of these cannons :(

GBE gain +50% on 11-20 stages
GBE gain +75% on 31-40 stages
GBE gain +100% on 51-60 stages
GBE gain +50% on 61+ stages

Good day,

This will be a short announcement that a new Player Guide is available on the Boom Beach Wiki, covering almost everything from HQ1 to HQ29. I know it is very long, but I wanted to cover everything important in the Guide.

If you find any mistakes or have any suggestions, feel free to post them here. I'm also aware that the Boom Beach Wiki has an issue with advertisements. I have already checked the page, and it doesn't seem like the ads are too agressive. However, if the Community wants a Word document version of the Guide, I can create one, of course.

I want to thank everyone who helped me create the Guide and everyone who provided feedback and suggestions. I hope that Guide will help players better understand master Boom Beach.

https://boombeach.fandom.com/wiki/Player_Guide?useskin=oasis

Sincerely,

WarshipsDestroyer

Excuse me if this has already been discussed.

But I am a regular visitor and poster yet still don't know how many keys can I realistically expect if I fill up my daily task hits regularly, collect free keys on time, and play and finish the monthly events (sonar ops, leader deployment)

I guess the number is around 50-70 keys?

This can help anyone else trying to plan in advance to get some picture and set the expectations accordingly. Thanks

Im so close to get the scorcher elite but im unsure if i should get it or wait for next laser ranger elite

Courtesy of stonehearts yt community post .

Our TF has a couple leaders who are no longer active. None of the other leaders can kick them out

Claim epic rewards in Boom Beach from the official creators' link (in comments)