Clash of Clans – What Does the New Money Tree Yield Upon Removal?

It turns out that after some investigation, this is just the developer's cute/canon way of explaining behavior changes in the release notes. There are no "Alchemist's" or "sleep potions" to interact with in the game. The Heroes rest time has been reduced across the board from 4 hours to 1 hour, with no other interaction/potions/etc required.

It is a bit weird at first - the destruction of your base only yields a hunk of your resources being stolen. Repairing your base takes only a few seconds and costs very little.

The overall goal in the game is pretty murky. There are ever-increasing base upgrade goals to be met, which you will gain either by waiting for your own resources to collect, or more quickly by raiding other people's bases. Pride in your town's strength and building levels could thus be considered a major goal of the game.

However, I would argue that the overall goal is to rank highly in the player-vs-player leagues, which require you to amass tons of trophies by successfully attacking other bases or defending your own.