Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Brings Lobby Revamp and New Portals Game Mode

Anime Vanguards' Winter Update 3.0: A Festive Overhaul

Developer Kitawari has unleashed Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0, bringing a blizzard of changes to this tower defense game. The update boasts a revamped lobby, a significantly expanded unit roster, and a host of quality-of-life improvements designed to keep players engaged throughout the winter season.

The most striking alteration is the completely redesigned lobby, offering anime enthusiasts a more spacious and visually appealing starting point for each session. This is complemented by a remastered user interface (UI), featuring a streamlined and improved stage selection screen. As Kitawari notes in the patch notes, the previous lobby was deemed too cramped, prompting this significant upgrade. The new lobby even includes a customizable day/night cycle accessible within the game's settings.

Key additions in Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 include:

• New Game Modes: "Portals," a mode encouraging the use of winter units and skins for enhanced rewards, and "Sandbox Mode," allowing for unrestricted strategy experimentation.
• 12 New Units: A dozen new units are available across a new Winter Banner, the Portals game mode, the battle pass, and leaderboard rewards.
• Quality-of-Life Enhancements: Numerous improvements enhance gameplay, including smoother unit placement, a dedicated tab for Evolution Quests, search bars for skins and familiars, and clearer unit targeting indicators.

The update builds upon the momentum of a recent November update, which introduced content inspired by the popular anime Dandadan. For a complete list of active codes, visit here.

Below are the complete patch notes for Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0:

Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Patch Notes

Features

12 NEW UNITS! These new units are spread across:

• 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: A new game mode with unique mechanics and tiered rewards. Using winter units and skins boosts rewards. Features a new elemental interaction system.

NEW GAMEMODE! Sandbox Mode: Experiment freely with units, enemies, resources, and stats.

NEW! Boss Event Rerun! The Blood-Red Commander Igros boss event returns, with weekly boss event rotations.

NEW! Lobby Revamp: A significantly larger and more visually impressive lobby with a customizable day/night cycle.

NEW! Revamped Lobby UI: A cleaner and more user-friendly 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 are available as leaderboard rewards.

NEW! Battle Pass Reset: A completely refreshed Battle Pass with numerous rewards, including two exclusive units.

NEW! Tournament Titles: Unique titles awarded to top-performing tournament players.

NEW! Collection Milestone: Unlock rewards by collecting units of various rarities.

NEW! Enemy Index Milestones: Earn rewards for documenting enemies in the Enemy Index.

NEW! Trophy Exchange Shop: Exchange trophies for emotes.

NEW! Spectate Mode Options: Multiple viewing options when spectating units.

NEW! Health Stocks: A revised base health system using stocks instead of a single health pool.

NEW! The Hidden Gateway: 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

Numerous quality-of-life improvements are included, such as smoother unit movement, improved UI elements, and added search functionality.

Bug Fixes

A large number of bug fixes address various issues across the game. See patch notes for details.