Boneco Brawl Stars Kit

Understanding the boneco brawl stars kit situation

Most people looking for this are trying to make custom character models for Brawl Stars. The kit itself is basically a collection of Blender files, texture templates, and rigging scripts that the modding community put together after the game's popularity exploded. I've been working with these assets for a couple years now. The tooling works, but it has some quirks that nobody really talks about.

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Here's what you actually get when you download it. There are pre-rigged character meshes for the basic body types — the stock Brawl Stars silhouette, not anything custom. Then there's a UV mapping template that matches Supercell's naming conventions so your textures actually line up when imported. The rig uses a simplified bone structure compared to full professional rigs. This was intentional. Brawl Stars characters are low-poly and the game engine doesn't need twenty bones per arm. Two bones per limb is enough. The download itself usually comes through Discord communities or GitHub repos. There isn't an official version. I found the most stable release on a Brazilian modding Discord called "BrawlMods BR". The version I'm running is v2.4.3 and it hasn't been updated since early 2025. That's fine because the pipeline hasn't changed.

Setting it up properly

You need Blender 3.6 or later. Anything older and the Python scripts break. I tried running it on 3.3 and spent four hours debugging import errors. Don't do that. Install Blender, then grab the kit. Extract it somewhere with a short path. I learned this the hard way when my project path had spaces and special characters in it. Blender's Python interpreter choked on the file paths and the script couldn't find the texture folder. Short path only. C:\brawl_kit\ or similar. Once it's extracted, open Blender and go to File > Preferences > Add-ons. Click "Install" and select the main .py file from the kit folder. It should register without errors. If you get a syntax error, your Blender version is too old or too new. Check the compatibility note in the README file of the repo.

After installing the add-on, you'll see a new panel in the right side of the 3D viewport when you have a character mesh selected. It's labeled "Boneco Tools". From here you can import the rig, adjust bone weights, and export your finished model. The export function saves to a format that the Brawl Stars mod loader can read. That format is essentially a modified .fbx with a specific material block structure.

Common problems and what actually works

The biggest issue people hit is texture alignment. The UV template in the kit uses a non-standard layout. The arms and legs are packed differently than you'd expect from a standard human UV map. I spent an afternoon trying to figure out why my character's arm texture was showing up on the wrong limb. Turned out the template had swapped the left and right UV shells. I had to manually flip the UV islands before applying my texture. The fix was simple — select all UVs, go to UVEDITOR > UVs > Flip, and then reassign the materials. Another thing that trips people up is the rig weight painting. The default weight paint assignment in the kit is too loose around the shoulder joints. When you animate the character, the mesh distorts weirdly. You need to go into Weight Paint mode and selectively reduce the influence on the upper arm bones near the torso. Set them to zero if they're not supposed to move with the arm. This took me about ten minutes to figure out after watching someone else have the same issue on Reddit.

Exporting and using your model

When you're done modeling and texturing, use the export function in the Boneco Tools panel. This generates the .fbx file you need. But here's the thing — you can't just drop it into the game and expect it to work. Brawl Stars uses its own mod loader, and the most common one right now is the BSMod framework. You need to place your exported file in the correct directory within your game folder, then configure the mod manifest to reference your character name and stats. The manifest file is straightforward. It's a JSON file where you define the character's base stats, attack type, and which skin model to load. I recommend keeping the original balance numbers unless you're making a completely separate custom mode. People notice when a character deals five times the normal damage and it breaks the fun quickly.

Limitations you should know about

This kit is not designed for high-detail characters. The default mesh is around three thousand polygons. If you try to add more geometry, the game will either reject it or run poorly on mobile devices. Brawl Stars is a mobile game at its core. Performance matters more than detail. There's also no built-in support for particle effects or custom shaders. If you want glowing weapons or special visual effects, you'll need to handle that separately through the BSMod framework's shader system, which is a different topic entirely. The boneco brawl stars kit focuses purely on the mesh and rigging side of things.

If you're looking for something more advanced than this kit offers, there's a newer tool called BrawlRig that claims better weight painting and animation support. I haven't used it myself. The community seems split on whether it's actually better or just different. Worth watching if this kit stops working for you. The resources themselves can be found through searching for the BrawlMods BR Discord or checking the GitHub repository linked from their server. The README there has the most current download links. The kit hasn't been updated in a while but it still works for the current version of the game.