Brawl Stars December 2025 update brings Buffies, Claw Machine, Brawl Pass Changes, and more

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Story Highlights

  • Brawl Stars has added Buffies, a new power you can pull from the Claw Machine, and each Brawler gets three of them.
  • The Brawl Pass is getting buffed with improved rewards, a price adjustment, and additions like Pass Skins, Chromas, Titles, Keys, and a Vault.
  • It is skipping Power Level 12, removing Mythic and Epic Gears, and adding a new Starr Drop called Chaos Drop worth 4x more.

Brawl Stars is getting some exciting updates in December 2025! Players can look forward to new features like Buffies – a new type of power-up – as well as the Claw Machine. Several Brawlers will be reworked, the Brawl Pass will be updated, and the game’s economy will receive improvements. Let’s take a closer look at everything coming soon!

Brawl Stars December 2025 Update: Gameplay Changes

Brawl Stars has fully implemented Hypercharges for all Brawlers, resulting in lasting changes to how the game is played.

  • So, the game has totally skipped Power Level 12.
  • Instead of that, they’re adding the new power, known as Buffies, that acts as buffs to your Starr Powers, Gadgets, and Hypercharge.
  • For this update, you’ll get 18 Buffies, with more coming with separate Claw Machines.
  • You can also look forward to discounted in-app purchases and Gem offers in the future.
  • Additionally, both Mythic and Epic Gears will be removed, once all Brawlers who’ve those Gears get their Buffies.
  • And, you can actually aim with some Gadgets now.

— Brawl Stars (@BrawlStars) November 26, 2025

Buffies and Buffies Design

Brawl Stars is adding a new feature called Buffies to enhance your Brawlers! Buffies will make your Gadgets, Star Powers, and Hypercharge even better. Each Brawler will get three Buffies: one to improve their Star Powers, one for their Gadgets, and one for their Hypercharge. You’ll get these Buffies by playing the new Claw Machine, and they come in three types: Gadget Buffies, Star Buffies, and Hyper Buffies.

I’m really excited about the new profile charms coming to the game! They’ll look like adorable little keychains – you’ll get a quick peek at them during matches, but they’ll mostly hang out on your main screen. The developers are planning to release them for 6 Brawlers in the next update, and that’s going to be the standard amount going forward. Apparently, these take a lot more work to create than something like Hypercharge, so sometimes we might even get fewer than 6 in an update, but 6 is the goal!

Let’s use the updated Spike as an example to illustrate how things work. His initial Gadget lets you shoot two sets of three needles, which both damage and slow down opponents. But, if you use it with his Buffie, you can briefly freeze an enemy if all the needles connect. This principle applies to all of his Gadgets, Star Powers, and Hypercharge as well.

The Claw Machine

I’m excited about this new feature! The Claw Machine lets you win Buffies, and each attempt costs 1000 Coins and 2000 Power Points. Each machine has Buffies from only a few Brawlers. Soon, you’ll also be able to buy them directly using Gems or through in-app purchases.

The team is trying a new strategy: they’re starting by testing with in-game currency, and will add premium currency options later – a different approach than what they did with Hypercharges. This means things could evolve, and they plan to add more collectibles and distribute them across different virtual machines. This will ensure players always have a good variety of rewards available, no matter how many collectibles are added to the game.

You’ll find 18 Buffies available in the Claw Machine, with 6 per machine. This feature becomes available when you reach 1,000 trophies, and your first Buffie is free! Once you’ve collected all 18 Buffies, you can spend 10,000 Bling per pull to get different Skins for them from the Claw Machine.

Reworking older Brawlers, enhancing competitive depth, and more

The team clarified that this new power system enhances the current one instead of completely overhauling it. They aim to increase the strategic options in competitive play without adding unnecessary complexity. This allows experienced players to explore deeper gameplay while still offering something fresh and accessible for those who play casually, without requiring a steep learning curve.

With so many Brawlers now available – almost 100 – the developers think it’s a good time to update older characters and make them more balanced, while still keeping their unique personalities. They also want to emphasize skillful gameplay and helpful abilities over simply making Brawlers more powerful. While some updates will directly increase a Brawler’s strength, not every change will focus on that.

In this update, we’re removing Epic and Mythic Gears from Brawlers who receive Buffies, but you’ll get your coins back. I’m especially excited about the changes to Gadgets! Some will now have an aimable Joystick, which adds a new level of skill, but you can still just tap to use them if you prefer the current way.

Additional Changes

This update will significantly improve the game’s economy. We’re adding more resources at the beginning of the game to help new players, and increasing rewards for experienced players in areas like the Brawl Pass and Mega Quests.

That’s great news, but the really exciting part is the new Starr Drop, called Chaos Drop, because it’s worth four times more on average. Plus, you’ll get all the usual benefits of a Starr Drop, and it can be split up to eight times, just like Sushi.

ItemsDrop Rate
Random Hypercharge24.7%
Mythic Brawler24.7%
Legendary Brawler9.9%
Ultra Brawler0.4%
Epic Skins9.90%
Mythic Skins3.9%
Legendary Skins1.4%
Buffie24.7%

The rarity of the item you receive is multiplied, potentially giving you up to 8 Legendary or 8 Ultra items – Ultra being a brand new, exclusive rarity from Chaos Drops. You can find these Chaos Drops in the new Brawl Pass, through daily wins, and sometimes during special events.

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2025-11-27 17:13