The Builder From Clash of Clans Has Jumped Out of the Game and Built a Statue in Brooklyn

Giant likeness of P.E.K.K.A. doubles as a phone charger

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Clash of Clans players finally have some answers about what happened to the Builder.

The character, who has been central to the 5-year-old mobile game, was the subject on a video posted online a week ago (it’s gotten 42 million views on YouTube alone) in which he appears fed up with people destroying his creations. He put a “For Sale” sign outside his destroyed home—and jetting off to … who knows where.

He’s gone missing from the game, too.

But now, the narrative has taken a leap forward—into the real world.

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