Clash Royale Season 87: Dates, Ranked Reset & Win Multiplier
Updated for Season 87 · September 2026 · last reviewed
S87 expected to end(not yet confirmed)
Next: Season 88 · (not yet confirmed)
Clash Royale Season 87, Minion Academy, went live on Monday 7 September 2026 — Supercell announced it on its own blog the same day, with the new Minion Giant card, Hero Ice Wizard and the Royale Shuffle mode. It is a four-week season, back to the usual length after the five-week Season 86, and it is expected to end on Monday 5 October 2026. That closing date is not announced: Supercell never publishes when a season ends, so we derive it from the studio's own rule that every season starts on the first Monday of the month. This page is the permanent season tracker — current dates, what the reset actually does to your Ranked league and your trophies, and what to do on either side of the tick.
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Season 87 dates
Confirmed: Season 87 started on Monday 7 September 2026, the day Supercell published the Minion Academy blog post. Derived, not announced: the season is expected to end on Monday 5 October 2026. Supercell's own support article on Seasons states that each season starts on the first Monday of every month, and the first Monday of October 2026 is the 5th; the event calendar inside the season blog post — the Minion Academy album event runs 7 September to 5 October — ends on exactly that boundary. Treat it as a strong expectation, not a promise. Unlike Season 86, this is a normal four-week season. Supercell does not publish a rollover hour either, so plan around the day, not the minute. We update this page the moment the date is official.
What resets when the season ticks
Supercell documents the reset in its Ranked support article, under "Season Reset and the Win Multiplier". Three things happen at the tick — and one very deliberately does not.
Ranked: everyone drops to Master 1 (League 1). Every Ranked player is reset to the same league, the world number one included. There are no placement matches; you simply start playing again from Master 1.
The Win Multiplier softens the fall — but only at the top. It is based on how far you climbed in the season that just closed, and it is granted only if you reached at least Grand Champion league. It then decreases by 1 after every win, so it is a fast-burning head start, not a season-long buff. Finish below Grand Champion and you re-climb from Master 1 with nothing.
Trophies: only the seasonal count resets. Your Seasonal Trophy Road trophy total goes back to zero, while your regular Trophy Road progress is left untouched — the permanent ladder up to 14,000 is not affected by the tick at all. The Seasonal Arena card ban lifts as well, so the eight cards Arena II locked out of your decks are playable again, and any unclaimed rewards are delivered automatically — nothing is lost because you logged in late.
Before the tick: what to do before 5 October
Two deadlines close Season 87, and both are league-shaped. The first is the Grand Champion line: it is the gate on next season's Win Multiplier, so a player who finishes one league short starts Season 88 from Master 1 with no head start at all, while a player who crosses it starts with wins that are worth more. The second is your seasonal trophy count, which goes back to zero at the tick — every reward tied to it has to be banked before the boundary, not after. Four weeks go quickly, and the closing days get crowded: the final week is the busiest window for a Ranked Mode boost or a trophy push. Unclaimed rewards are the one thing you do not need to rush — those arrive on their own.
After the tick: the climb back
Season-start is the cheapest climbing of the month, and the Win Multiplier is why: it is at its highest in your first game back and drops by 1 with every win, so the value sits in the opening session rather than spread across the season. Play your best decks first — the Seasonal Arena card ban is lifted at the tick, so nothing is locked out at that point. Everyone else is starting from Master 1 too, which makes the early leagues unusually mixed and the matchups swing hard. If you would rather spend the multiplier at maximum efficiency than experiment with it, the Ranked boost shows a real price and ETA for your target league, and the full Clash Royale rank system guide covers how the leagues, steps and trophies fit together.
Season history
Season 87 (Minion Academy) is the current entry in the monthly numbered cadence Clash Royale has run since seasons launched in 2019. The structural milestones that still matter for the ladder: July 2025, when Path of Legends was renamed Ranked, and June 2026, when the reset rework split the permanent Trophy Road from the monthly-resetting Seasonal Trophy Road and its two Seasonal Arenas. For the record, Season 86 (K.H.A.O.S) ran from 3 August to 7 September 2026 — an unusual five-week season. Season 88 has no announced name or theme yet, and its start falls on the same expected — not announced — 5 October 2026 boundary. We log each season's dates here as they close, so this page doubles as the ladder's record.
Frequently asked questions
Supercell has not announced an end date. Season 87 is expected to end on Monday 5 October 2026, derived from Supercell's own rule that each season starts on the first Monday of every month — the first Monday of October 2026 — and from the event calendar in the season blog post, which runs to the same boundary. That makes it a normal four-week season. We update this page as soon as the date is official.
Yes. At the end of every season, every Ranked player is reset to Master 1 (League 1) — the world number one included. There are no placement matches to grind through; you start playing from Master 1 straight away.
It is the head start you carry into the new season, scaled to how far you climbed in the previous one. It is granted only if you reached at least Grand Champion league, and it decreases by 1 after every win, so it burns off quickly. Finish below Grand Champion and you re-climb from Master 1 without one.
Only the seasonal ones. The Seasonal Trophy Road trophy count resets, while your regular Trophy Road progress is untouched. The Seasonal Arena card ban also lifts at the tick, and any unclaimed rewards are delivered automatically.
On the same boundary Season 87 is expected to close: Monday 5 October 2026. That date is expected rather than announced — Supercell has not published it, and it has not revealed Season 88's name or theme either.