Buffies are collectible keychains sold in gift shops all over Starr Park! After a while, new stock stopped showing up and they eventually became sold out everywhere.

After doing some inventory, R-T discovered an entire underground warehouse FILLED with Buffies, and they have started to be seen around the Park again!

Buffies increase (buff) the power and abilities of Brawlers!

As their name suggests, they buff the Gadgets, Star Powers AND Hypercharges of any Brawler that has them.

In this update, Colt, Shelly, Spike, Mortis, Frank, and Emz!

Each Brawler has 3 Buffies available, a Gadget Buffie, a Super Buffie, and a Hyper Buffie!

Once unlocked, a Buffie will be activated permanently and will buff both Star Powers and both Gadgets.

You can equip all 3 Buffies at the same time!

Let’s take you through what each Buffie will do for each Brawler that is getting them!

Gadget: Speedloader

• Each hit steals 1 ammo.

Gadget: Silver Bullet

• Shoot a larger bullet that deals more damage.

Star Power: Slick Boots

• Gain movement speed when dealing damage.

Star Power: Magnum Special

• Deal increased damage to distant targets.

Hypercharge: Dual Wielding

• Fire bullets quicker during Hypercharge.

Gadget: Fast Forward

• Take no damage while dashing.

Gadget: Shell Shock

• Attacks slow enemies. Increases duration with each hit.

• Using patented Draco Dragonbreath shells, Shelly leaves a burning area with her Super.

Star Power: Band-Aid

• Gain movement speed for a short time.

Hypercharge: Double Barrel

• Main attack projectile speed is greatly increased during Hypercharge.

Gadget: Popping Pincushion

• Targets that are hit with 2 needles become rooted..

Gadget: Life Plant

• When destroyed, the plant also deals area damage that pushes enemies back.

Star Power: Fertilize

• Super projectile speed is faster.

Star Power: Curveball

• Curving spikes have extended range.

Hypercharge: Blooming Season

• Main attack needle grenades detonate twice!

Gadget: Combo Spinner

• Deals increased damage to low health enemies.

Gadget: Creature of the Night (previously Survival Shovel)

• Deals damage when passing through enemies and heals for the damage dealt.

Star Power: Creepy Harvest

• Gains additional max health until defeated (this stacks). 

Star Power: Coiled Snake

• Gains damage reduction during his long dash.

Hypercharge: Blood Boomerang

• After Mortis uses a main attack, a phantom attack hits the same area after a delay.

Gadget: Active Noise Canceling

• Soundwave also destroys enemy projectiles.

Gadget: Irresistible Attraction

• Enemies are slowed for a short time when hit.

Star Power: Power Grab

• Defeating a Brawler increases attack damage and heals for a short time.

Star Power: Sponge

• Take less damage when above 50% health. 

Hypercharge: Seismic Smash

• Main attack speed is increased to max while Frank is Hypercharged!

Gadget: Friendzoner

• Knocks enemies back further and stuns them for a short time if knocked into a wall.

Gadget: Acid Spray

• Slows enemies on hit.

Star Power: Bad Karma

• Reduce damage dealt by enemies hit by Emz' main attack for a short time.

Star Power: Hype

• Emz takes no damage for 1 sec when activating her Super.

Hypercharge: Overhyped Haze

• Sprays will poison enemies!

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From the newly stocked Starr Park Claw Machine!

• Buffies unlock at 1000 Trophies and your first Buffie is FREE!

• Buffies cost 1000 Coins and 2000 Power Points from the Claw Machine

• A Claw Machine grab guarantees a Buffie. There will be 18 Buffies in total in this update, plus Bling Buffies - rare cosmetic-only Buffie Skins that are only available when you have all 18 Buffies unlocked!

• Buffies can also be purchased directly for Gems.

  • Gadget Buffie: 149 Gems

  • Star Buffie: 179 Gems

  • Hyper Buffie: 199 Gems

Brawler Reworks:

As you may have noticed above - the Brawlers that are getting Buffies are also getting quite a few reworks to their skills. This is to help with balancing and refreshing the Brawler’s gameplay alongside their Buffies!

COLT

Gadget: Speedloader

• This gadget used to reload 2 ammo, but now shoots 2 quick shots that slow targets when hit.

SPIKE:

Gadget: Popping Pincushion

• Used to fire 3 waves of needles, can now be aimed, and now fires 2.

Gadget: Life Plant

• You can now throw your potted healing cactus! It takes longer to deploy the further away you throw it, but it makes Spike have more utility in teamfights!

Star Power: Fertilize

• You can now throw your potted healing cactus! It takes longer to deploy the further away you throw it, but it makes Spike have more utility in teamfights!

MORTIS:

Gadget: Combo Spinner:

• Now aimable, Mortis can throw his shovel in any direction, or around himself

Gadget: Survival Shovel - new name - Creature of the Night

• This gadget used to increase reload speed, but now will be aimable and allow Mortis to become a CREATURE OF THE NIGHT and travel to a target location!

FRANK:

Gadget: Active Noise Canceling

• Instead of only becoming immune to crowd control, Frank now fires an aimable gadget soundwave AND becomes immune to crowd control.

Gadget: Irresistible Attraction

• This gadget used to deal extra damage and pull enemies closer, now you aim your gadget for a more accurate and further reaching pull.

EMZ:

Gadget: Acid Spray

• You can now aim a spray that goes through walls!

Gadget: Friendzoner

• Now aim a spray that will push enemies back!

Aimable Gadgets!

You will now be able to use Gadgets like a Super and aim them!

• Brawlers that receive Buffies will have this new gadget functionality: You can still tap the Gadget button to activate the gadget like normal, but you can also aim (many) of the new gadgets!

Removing Epic & Mythic Gears

• When a Brawler gets their Buffies released, we will be removing Epic & Mythic gears for those Brawlers.

• Brawlers will be rebalanced accordingly (if needed)

• Players will get a full refund for the purchased Gears

Floor indicator change

What the helly is a floor indicator?

It’s the circle underneath Brawlers that shows what kit they have. It will now display:

• When a Gadget is ready and being aimed/used

• A simplified Star Power indicator in the middle

• A different visual for both when Buffied

• Hypercharge as normal

• Removed: Gears

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The Brawl Pass is getting an upgrade! We are adding special new Brawl Pass Vaults for better rewards and ten new reward milestones! You unlock Brawl Pass Vaults with Vault Keys, which you can save or spend however you want - allowing you to get the rewards that you really want!

PRICE INCREASE

First things first - we will be increasing the price of the Brawl Pass and the Brawl Pass Plus.

• New Brawl Pass price: $8.99

• New Brawl Pass Plus price: $12.99

These prices are in USD. Prices may vary depending on what region you are in.

• It’s possible to buy up to 8 Brawl Passes in advance and until January 1, you’ll be able to buy them at their current, lower price if you want to save money.

Now that's out of the way...

More rewards + more choice! Both the paid and free Brawl Passes will have buffed and improved rewards.

The regular Brawl Pass now has all Skins, Chromas and titles!

The Brawl Pass now contains new CHAOS DROPS (more info in the next section)! Chaos Drops are more powerful than regular Starr Drops and contain better rewards.

Most importantly, we have now added…

Vaults have been added to the Brawl Pass, with a corresponding Vault Key that you can use to open them.

RESOURCE KEYS

• Unlock a Resource Vault!

• Get either 2000 Gold, 2000 Power Points, or 5000 Bling!

• Available on the FREE track of the Brawl Pass!

SKIN KEYS

• Unlock a Skin Vault!

• Get the current Season’s skins at a discount, or get skins from past Brawl Passes!

• Skin Vaults contain Skin Sets. Each Skin Set contains 1 Skin & 2 Chromas (skin variants).

• Available on the paid track of the Brawl Pass.

BRAWLER KEYS

• Unlock a Brawler Vault!

• Get ANY Brawler that you want!

• The amount of Brawler Keys needed to unlock a Brawler varies depending on its rarity.

• Available on the paid track of the Brawl Pass.

BUFFIE KEYS

• Unlock a Buffie Vault!

• Choose to unlock any Buffie!

• Available on the paid track of the Brawl Pass.

• Tail rewards are the rewards you get after completing your Brawl Pass, which are currently Starr Drops.

• Now, instead of always being a Starr Drop, you’ll get a random reward from the following... 

  • Demonic Drops

  • Angelic Drops

  • Sushi Rolls

  • Mecha Boxes

  • Boom Boxes

  • Chaos Drops

  • Coins

  • Power Points

  • Credits

• You get a new tail reward with every 2800XP.

• You can choose to upgrade these tail rewards with Gems, to get a better reward, which can even include VAULT KEYS!

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Chaos Drops are a new, powerful variant of a Starr Drop. The lowest rarity of a Chaos Drop is Super Rare and the highest is Ultra - a new highest rarity of Starr Drop!

MORE REWARDS

Chaos Drops have a chance to split! They can split into 2, 4 or 8. When they split, all of the Chaos Drop splits are the same rarity, so it’s possible to get 8 Ultra Chaos Drops from one Chaos Drop!
Ultra Chaos Drops will always contain at least one of the following:

• Hypercharges

• Brawlers of Mythic, Legendary and Ultra Legendary rarity

• Skins (Epic, Mythic, Legendary and Hypercharge rarity)

• Buffies!

WHERE DO YOU GET THEM?

You can get Chaos Drops from your daily win rewards and the Brawl Pass as well as other places in the future!

You know pool lifeguards? Pierce is one of those. Except he shoots people instead of saving them. OK maybe he isn't like a lifeguard at all.

When Buzz decides there has been too much pee in the pool, he calls in Pierce to 'clean up'.

• Trait: Pierce only reloads by collecting a shell or using all ammo. The last shot in a clip deals extra damage.

• Attack: POOL SNIPER

  • Pierce fires a powerful long range shot. If the projectile hits an enemy, Pierce drops a shell next to himself. Collecting a shell fires a piercing shot automatically towards the nearest visible target. Pierce can only reload by collecting shells or depleting ammo. The last ammo in a clip deals extra damage.

• Super: FISH IN A BARREL

  • Pierce marks an area, then fires at any brawlers hit with a piercing shot. Each shot that hits will also drop a shell next to Pierce.

• Gadget: BOTTOMLESS MAGS

  • Reload ammo and drop a shell next to Pierce.

• Gadget: YOU ONLY BRAWL TWICE

  • Pierce will absorb all shells and gain shields for each one, while also pushing back nearby enemies.

• Star Power: MISSION: SWIMPOSSIBLE

  • Pierce's last ammo also slows enemies.

• Star Power: SLIP 'N SNIPE

  • When collecting a shell, Pierce gains a short burst of movement speed.

• Hypercharge: (Coming soon)

• Title: Peed in the pool

A marine biologist working at the Starr Park aquarium, Glowbert is obsessed with sea life, wanting to introduce it to as many visitors as he can. Although he might seem a bit creepy, he’s actually a nice guy! Maybe.

• Trait: Heal trait

• Attack: GLOWBEAM

  • Glowbert fires a glowbeam. If it hits, it creates a tether which damages enemies and heals teammates. Glowbert can be tethered to one enemy and one teammate at the same time. If the tethered target is too far away or out of Glowbert's line of sight, the tether breaks.

• Super: CREEP FROM THE DEEP

  • Glowbert reveals his face, causing any enemies facing him to become feared, and run away! He will also fire damaging and slowing projectiles.

• Gadget: SLIPPERY SAVIOR

  • Glowbert dashes in a target direction, healing himself and teammates on arrival.  

• Gadget: MORE LUMENS!

  • Glowbert supercharges his glowbeam tethers, doubling the damage/healing rate for a short time.

• Star Power: ABIOTIC ECOSYSTEM

  • If Glowbert is tethered to an enemy and a teammate at the same time, it will reduce the enemy damage and increase the teammate's damage.

• Star Power: PARASITISM

  • Tethering to an enemy also heals Glowbert for a percentage of the damage dealt.

• Hypercharge: (Coming soon)

• Title: Sleeps with the fishes

GIGI: PAS DE DEUX

• Gigi's Super deals damage when appearing at a target location, as well as returning to the original location.

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SEASON: STEAMPUNK

BRAWL PASS SKIN SET

• STEAMPUNK STU | Epic | Brawl Pass

  • CRIME LORD STU | Epic |Chroma #1

  • ICED OUT STU | Epic |Chroma #2

BRAWL PASS SKIN SET

• STEAMPUNK GALE | Epic | Brawl Pass

  • FANCY MAN GALE | Epic |Chroma #1

  • DAPPER GALE | Epic |Chroma #2

SHOP SKINS

• CLOCKWORK KAZE | Legendary | 299 Gems

• BOSS BROCK | Mythic | 199 Gems

• PEAKY SAM | Epic | 149 Gems

SEASON: BRAWLENTINE'S

BRAWL PASS SKIN SET

• HEARTBROKEN RICO | Epic | Brawl Pass

  • BREAKUP RICO |  Epic | Chroma #1

  • REVENGE RICO |  Epic | Chroma #2

BRAWL PASS SKIN SET

• BRAWLENTINE’S ANGELO | Epic | Brawl Pass

  • ADONIS ANGELO | Epic | Chroma #1

  • SNATCHED ANGELO | Epic | Chroma #2

SHOP SKINS

• BRAWLENTINE’S BEAR SHADE | Legendary | 299 Gems

• LOVE POTION SQUEAK | Mythic | 199 Gems

• BADDIE ALLI | Epic | 149 Gems

NEW BRAWLER SKINS

• PIERCE: VAMPIRE HUNTER | Mythic | 199 Gems

  • EDGY PIERCE | Mythic | 199 Gems

  • HIGH STAKES PIERCE | Mythic | 199 Gems

MISC. SKINS

BRAWLIDAYS

• SNOWGLOBE NANI | Epic | 149 Gems

LUNAR NEW YEAR

• LUNAR LOTUS WILLOW | Epic | 149 Gems

ESPORTS!

• WORLD CHAMPION MAX | Epic | 149 Gems

TRUE GOLD/SILVER SKINS

• TRUE GOLD GIGI

• TRUE SILVER GIGI

• Larry & Lawrie

  • Hypercharge charge rate - 30 > 35 (+17%)

    • Trebor asked Adrian to buff these 

• Colt

  • Reload Speed: +8% (Epic Gear compensation buff)

• Spike

  • Super: Slow amount +15% (Mythic Gear compensation buff)

• Pearl

  • Reduced time to max Heat - 11 > 9 Sec (22%).

    • Let her cook

• Gigi

  • Damage: +20%

  • Main attack speed boost: 10% > 20% (+100%!)

    • Spin it to win it - now with actual winning!

• Meeple

  • Reduced Hypercharge Charge Rate:50 > 40

    • Let's see how they cheat their way out of this one

• Pam

  • Hypercharge - Charge Rate - 40 > 30

    • BUT SHE JUST BECAME A GOOD BRA- Listen, she will still be plenty good even with this nerf, but the Hypercharge lifetime is too high for the amount of oppressive value it can provide in the right scenarios, so getting it deployed should take longer

• Juju

  • Hypercharge - Charge Rate - 50 > 40

    • Similar story to Pam, great value from a long lasting Hypered Gris-Gris, but she'll still be one of the premier thrower picks due to her versatility.

• Otis

  • Super - Charge Rate - 100 > 90

    • *underwater noises*

• Mina

  • Health: -3%

  • Both Gadgets Cooldown increased: +10% (2 sec)

    • A Bigger nerf than it might seem on paper, as we're increasing Brawler Health across the board. Along with this, her gadgets are extremely strong and tuning down their prevalence is a logical first step to balancing the B-girl.

EVERYONE IS GETTING A HEALTH BUFF! (Except Mina)

As we introduce new mechanics into the game (like Buffies!), they usually come with offensive as well as defensive power.

It can be tough to play against new abilities, so giving every brawler some more time to Brawl will help players ease into the new phase of Brawl Stars, by increasing the time it takes for a brawler to be defeated as a whole.

This makes the game less focused on burst damage and quick takedowns in nature, and allows for more strategic playstyles and Brawlers to shine.

We'll keep a close eye on how the meta shapes as we introduce more Buffies and more balance changes to fine tune.

New Seasonal Game Modes

December / Mechmas

• Bringing back Present Plunder, Paint Brawl

January / Steampunk

• Safe Destroyers:

  • 3v3 Heist variant. The first team to destroy their opponents safe wins.

  • Bombs can be picked up and thrown on the other team’s safe. This is the only way to destroy the safe.

• Line of Sight modifier

  • When this modifier is active, players can only see in a limited radius around themselves and teammates and their sight is blocked by walls.

February / Brawlentine’s

• Love Bombing:

  • 2v2 wipeout variant. First team to 6 takedowns wins the game.

  • Regular attacks stun opponents but do result in takedowns

  • Love bomb can be picked up and thrown on opposing brawlers for takedowns

• Duo Boss fights

  • Defeat Brawlentine’s Bosses to win Chocolate Boxes full of goodies!

Environments

• Removed

  • Stranger Things

  • Oddities Shop

  • Bizarre Circus

• Added:

  • Swamp of Love Showdown (NEW)

  • Sea Monsters Aquarium (NEW, Glowbert)

  • Candyland

  • Darryl's Ship

  • Starr Force

  • Velocirapids 

Maps

Knockout 5v5

+ Rastermind

- The Emptiness Machine

Wipeout

+ WALKING ON HOT SAND

+ Too Gimmicky 2

Hot Zone

+ Tax Evasion

+ The Seven Pillars of Humanity

-Ticket to Die

-Zone Splitting

Brawl Ball

+ Singed Earth

+ Nutmeg

-Grab the Moment

-Flute Chutes

Heist

+ Aridity

+ Quintillion

-All Things Wicked

-Plain Text

Gem Grab

+ Snake Pit

+ Fortress Fall

-Whisper Vale

-Extreme Nonchalance

Knockout

+ Konnakol

+ Pinned Down

-H for...

-A Ballad About Minced Cutlets

Duels

+ Paralysis Pen

-Monkey Maze

Bounty

+ Wall Hugging

+ Choral Chambers

-Don't turn around

-Side by Side

Air Hockey

+ H is for Holiday

+ Hyperspace

-Bouncy Bowl

-Below Zero

Ranked

Season 40

• Featured game mode: Knockout

  • Flowing Springs

  • Goldarm Gulch

• Maxed Brawlers:

  • Mandy

  • Melodie

  • Amber

Season 41

• Featured game mode: Heist

  • Pit Stop

  • Safe(r) Zone

• Maxed Brawlers:

  • Gale

  • Mico

  • Surge

Season 42

• Featured game mode: Gem Grab

  • Rustic Arcade

  • Crystal Arcade

• Maxed Brawlers:

  • Shade

  • Squeak

  • Kit

In the spirit of Buffies, we are also buffing the economy throughout the game!

• All of Trophy Road has been buffed! Mainly via the introduction of Chaos Drops throughout, but we’ve also buffed resource amounts in general

• 2 more Mega Quests added per Season and completion requirements lowered

• Chaos Drops added to Daily Wins (Lucky Days only in December and regular days in January)

• Better rewards from Community Events and other temporary events

NEW FAME LEVEL: STARR FORCE

• Takes 75000 credits to progress through each level.

• Includes a new Battle Card, Player Icon and Pin!

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• Brawl Ball and Air Hockey matches continue after timer runs out while a ball/puck is on the move

• Super Rare skins added to Mythic Starr Drops

• Power Points are now twice as cheap to top up with Gems, and will cost less in offers

• Quests can now contain more game modes that are active/unlocked

• When Shadow Tiger Leon and its chromas use the Clone Projector gadget while Hypercharged, the skin now correctly displays the Hypercharge model.

• Color of ice hockey puck is now correct

• Quest icon for "Play 2 matches with a clubmate" is no longer missing in "Quest" menu

• The correct version of the Jake Ollie Profile Icon is now displayed

• "NEW" badge is now not always present for "Quests" menu while the "Rewards" menu is selected