Opening BLP Files

The BLP file type is primarily associated with Warcraft.

BLP	File extension: BLP
	File type:	picture

What is a BLP file?

BLP files mostly belong to Warcraft by Blizzard. A BLP file is a picture used in Blizzard video games such as the Warcraft series. It usually contains a texture for user interface elements such as icons, chat bubbles, player avatar, logos, and status bars. Another type of BLP file contains various game data (sounds, graphics, and animations) used by Speedy Eggbert (now discontinued) action and puzzle video game.

How to open BLP files

You need a suitable software like Warcraft from Blizzard to open a BLP file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your BLP file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a BLP file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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BLP format details:

Every file has a defined file format, i.e. how the data is arranged in the file. The file format can be determined based on the file extension and the signature (the first few characters of a file). Frequently, however, one file extension is used by different programs for different file formats, and one file format for different file extensions. If there are problems opening a file, you must first determine the file format used. Below you will find our evaluation of the BLP files:

The BLP file extension is quite common and mainly uses a special format. The two most common formats are as follows:

• 75% of all BLP files are associated with Blizzard Picture. They consist of illegible, cryptic characters. Most of these files are 3 KB to 220 KB in size. The file type is old but is used even today. The keywords BLP2 are typical for these files. Such BLP files store data about button, frame, icon, border, bubble, chat, ability and skin.
• 20% of all BLP files have the same signature CIVBLP. The contents of these files cannot be read by a human; only a computer program can interpret the data. The files are 160 KB to 73 MB in size, with a median of 8 MB. Certain words are almost always found in the files, such as CIVBLP. A common filename is Icons.blp or units.blp. Such files are related to leader, fallbacks, uileaders and unit.

All other BLP files (5%) have different formats, often, for example, blpk. These files are often connected to bloomberg, rimdevice, news, nlrt, targeting, loading, status, logo or raid. If you want to find out what your BLP file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.