Roblox developer Kitawari has released Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0, a major update bringing significant changes to the tower defense game's unit roster, lobby, and numerous quality-of-life improvements.
This update delivers a festive atmosphere with new winter-themed additions designed to keep players engaged for weeks. The most striking change is immediately apparent upon logging in: a completely overhauled lobby, providing significantly more space for players. This revamp also includes a remastered user interface, featuring a cleaner, more intuitive stage selection.
"We heard your feedback about the previous lobby; it was too small and cramped, limiting our ability to add new game modes," Kitawari explained in the patch notes. "Prepare to be amazed by our new lobby—ten times more impressive than before, and boasting a customizable day and night cycle, adjustable in the Settings!"
Quality-of-life enhancements include smoother unit placement, Evolution Quests now appearing in a dedicated tab, and search bars added to the skins and familiar windows. Units now clearly highlight their target enemy. All these improvements are available to players immediately.
This update continues Kitawari's commitment to regular content additions since the game's launch last January. A recent November update, inspired by the anime Dandadan, introduced a wealth of new content. For a complete list of active codes, visit [here]. Below are the full patch notes for Winter Update 3.0.
Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Patch Notes
Features
12 NEW UNITS! These units are available in:
New Winter Banner: Emmie, Emmie (Ice Witch); Rom and Ran, Rom and Ran (Fanatic); Foboko, Foboko (Hellish); Karem, Karem (Chilled); Rogita (Super 4)
New Portals Game Mode: Soburo, Soburo (Contract); Regnaw, Regnaw (Rage)
New Battle Pass: Dodara, Dodara (Contract); Sosora, Sosora (Puppeteer)
Leaderboard Rewards: Seban, Rodock, Giyu
NEW GAMEMODE! Portals: Experience a new game mode with unique mechanics and tiered rewards. Using winter units and skins boosts team damage and currency yield. A new elemental interaction system adds strategic depth with numerous possible interactions.
Rewards include: 3 New Familiars (Doggo, Sebamon, Padoru), 2 Secret Portal Units, Winter Currency, and Gift Boxes.
NEW GAMEMODE! Sandbox Mode: Experiment freely with units, enemies, infinite money, and adjustable stats.
NEW! Boss Event Rerun! The Blood-Red Commander Igros boss event returns, with weekly boss event rotations (Sukono's event follows). The boss event shop has been restocked.
NEW! Lobby Revamp: A significantly larger and more visually appealing lobby with a customizable day/night cycle.
NEW! Revamped Lobby UI: A cleaner and more improved stage selection interface.
NEW! Unit XP Fusing: Fuse unwanted units to level up others.
NEW! Winter Banner & Currency: Earn winter currency in Portals to summon units and skins, or spend it in the Winter Shop.
NEW! Leaderboard Units: Two new exclusive units replace previous unobtainable ones.
NEW! Battle Pass Reset: A completely refreshed Battle Pass with numerous rewards, including 2 exclusive units.
NEW! Tournament Titles: Unique titles awarded to tournament participants.
NEW! Collection Milestone: Earn rewards for collecting units of various rarities.
NEW! Enemy Index Milestones: Earn rewards for completing your Enemy Index.
NEW! Trophy Exchange Shop: Exchange trophies for emotes.
NEW! Spectate Mode Options: Choose from Default, First Person, Third Person, and Top-Down views when spectating.
NEW! Health Stocks: The health system now uses stocks instead of a numerical health bar.
NEW! The Hidden Gateway awakens…: Access a hidden challenge using a Floor 50 reward from Worldlines.
NEW! In-Game Update Logs: View update details in-game.
NEW! New Unit Filters: Filter units by damage, SPA, and range stats.
Changes & QoL
- Custom summon animations now play correctly.
- Evolution quests are now in the special tab.
- Smoother unit placement.
- "Tracks At The Edge Of The World" added to Enemy Index.
- World Markers added to the lobby.
- Auto Ability improvements.
- NPC changes (Normalize to Valentine).
- Item tooltip animation improvements.
- Camera parallax effect added.
- Winter Currency added to the AFK Chamber.
- Search bars added to Familiars and Skins windows.
- Improved Unit Traits Index UI.
- Shiny Hunter Game Pass location changed.
- Units now highlight the enemy they are attacking.
- "Favorite" unit option added.
- Additional unit and team storage slots.
- Revamped rarity gradients and loading circle.
- Switched to Roblox's new chat service (supports automatic translation).
- Inventory item sorting by rarity.
- Fixed item hover preview frame clipping.
- And more!
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Ishtar (Divinity) range buff issue.
- Fixed Haruka Rin animation issue.
- Fixed unit placement and team swapping exploit.
- Fixed highest infinite round not updating.
- Fixed Medusa's ability cursor issue on console.
- Fixed negative ability timers.
- Fixed Battle Pass UI icon quality.
- Fixed Battle Pass Level Up screen shadow.
- Fixed multilane unit name clipping.
- Fixed Money Earned text offset.
- Fixed Fate Mount appearance issue.
- Fixed Worldlines loading screen map issue.
- Fixed interactions with repulse enemies in Golden Castle stage.
- Fixed stage info UI item/currency display.
- Fixed JoJo Stand cosmetic issues.
- Fixed Steel Ball Run map spawning issue.
- Fixed console settings keybind issue.
- Fixed Leaderboard UI stage selection issue.
- Significant performance optimizations for late-game.
- And many more!
