Anime Vanguards' Winter Update 3.0: A Festive Frostfall of Features and Fixes

Roblox developer Kitawari has unleashed Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0, a substantial update boasting a revamped lobby, a roster of 12 new units, and a host of quality-of-life improvements. This winter-themed update promises weeks of engaging gameplay.

The most striking change is the completely overhauled lobby, offering expanded space for players. This is accompanied by a remastered UI, including a significantly improved stage selection interface. Kitawari stated in the patch notes that the previous lobby was too small and cramped, hindering the addition of new game modes. The new lobby is described as "10x more impressive," featuring a customizable day/night cycle accessible in the settings.

Key additions include:

• New Game Modes: "Portals," a mode encouraging the use of winter units and skins for enhanced rewards, and "Sandbox Mode," allowing unrestricted strategic experimentation.
• New Units: Twelve new units are available across a Winter Banner, the Portals game mode, the battle pass, and leaderboard rewards. Specific units are detailed in the patch notes below.
• Quality-of-Life Enhancements: These include smoother unit placement, improved Evolution Quest visibility, search bars for skins and familiars, and clearer enemy targeting indicators for units.

This update builds on the momentum of a recent November update inspired by the anime Dandadan. For more information, including active codes, visit here.

Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Patch Notes:

Features:

• 12 New Units: Distributed across a new Winter Banner, Portals game mode, Battle Pass, and Leaderboard Rewards (see detailed list below).
• New Game Mode: Portals: Features unique mechanics and tiered rewards, including 3 new familiars (Doggo, Sebamon, Padoru), secret portal units, winter currency, and gift boxes. Using winter units and skins boosts rewards. A new elemental interaction system adds strategic depth.
• New Game Mode: Sandbox Mode: Allows players to experiment with units, enemies, resources, and stats without limitations.
• Boss Event Rerun: The Blood-Red Commander Igros boss event returns, with weekly cycling of boss events. The boss event shop has been restocked.
• Revamped Lobby & UI: A significantly larger and more visually appealing lobby with a customizable day/night cycle. The stage selection UI has been redesigned for clarity.
• Unit XP Fusing: Allows players to fuse unwanted units to level up others.
• Winter Banner & Currency: Earn winter currency in Portals to summon units and skins or spend it in the Winter Shop. Includes 1 new Vanguard unit, 3 secret skins, 4 exclusive units, 4 mythic skins, 3 legendary skins, 1 epic skin, and 1 rare skin.
• Leaderboard Units: Two new exclusive units replace previous unobtainable ones.
• Battle Pass Reset: A completely refreshed Battle Pass with numerous rewards, including 2 exclusive units.
• Tournament Titles: Unique titles awarded to top tournament performers.
• Collection Milestone: Earn rewards for collecting units of various rarities.
• Enemy Index Milestones: Rewards for documenting enemies in the Enemy Index.
• Trophy Exchange Shop: Purchase emotes using trophies.
• Spectate Mode Options: Multiple viewing options (Default, First Person, Third Person, Top-Down) when spectating units.
• Health Stocks: The base health system is now based on stocks (3 per stage), with bosses instantly depleting all stocks upon reaching the base.
• The Hidden Gateway: A new challenge accessible using a Floor 50 reward from Worldlines.
• In-Game Update Logs: View update details in-game.
• New Unit Filters: Filter units by damage, SPA, and range stats.

Changes & QoL Improvements:

• Improved animations, smoother unit placement, added search bars, clearer enemy highlighting, and more (see full list in original patch notes).

Bug Fixes:

Numerous bug fixes addressing various gameplay issues (see full list in original patch notes).

(Detailed list of new units omitted for brevity, refer to original patch notes for specifics.)