Anime Vanguards Revamps Lobby, Introduces Portals Mode

Anime Vanguards' Winter Update 3.0: A Festive Frost of New Content

Roblox developer Kitawari has unleashed Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0, a significant overhaul bringing a revamped lobby, expanded unit roster, and numerous quality-of-life improvements to this popular tower defense game. The update introduces a wealth of winter-themed additions designed to keep players engaged for weeks.

The most striking change is the completely redesigned lobby, offering anime fans a more spacious and visually appealing starting point. This is complemented by a remastered user interface, particularly a significantly improved stage selection screen. As Kitawari explains in the patch notes, the previous lobby was too cramped, prompting the creation of a new lobby described as "10x more impressive," even featuring a customizable day/night cycle accessible in the 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 unrestricted experimentation with strategies.
• 12 New Units: These are distributed across a new Winter Banner, the Portals game mode, the battle pass, and leaderboard rewards. Specific units include Emmie (and her Ice Witch variant), Rom and Ran, Foboko, Karem, Rogita, Soburo, Regnaw, Dodara, Sosora, Seban, Rodock, and Giyu.
• Quality-of-Life Enhancements: These include smoother unit placement, improved Evolution Quest visibility, search bars for skins and familiars, clearer enemy targeting indicators, and more.

The update builds upon the momentum of a recent November update inspired by the anime Dandadan. For further details on Kitawari's ongoing developments, including active codes, refer to this link. Below are the complete patch notes:

Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Patch Notes

Features:

• 12 NEW UNITS! Detailed unit breakdown by source (Winter Banner, Portals, Battle Pass, Leaderboard Rewards) is provided in the original patch notes.
• NEW GAMEMODE! Portals: Features unique mechanics, tiered rewards, including 3 new familiars (Doggo, Sebamon, Padoru), secret units, winter currency, and gift boxes. Utilizing winter units and skins enhances rewards. A new elemental interaction system adds strategic depth.
• NEW GAMEMODE! Sandbox Mode: Offers unlimited resources and customization for testing strategies.
• NEW! Boss Event Rerun! The Blood-Red Commander Igros boss event returns with a weekly rotation of boss events (Sukono next week). The boss event shop is restocked.
• NEW! Lobby Revamp: A significantly larger and more visually appealing lobby with a customizable day/night cycle.
• NEW! Revamped Lobby UI: Improved clarity and aesthetics for the 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. Includes new Vanguard units, secret skins, exclusive units, mythic skins, legendary skins, epic skins, and rare skins.
• NEW! Leaderboard Units: Two new exclusive units replace previous unobtainable ones.
• NEW! Battle Pass Reset: A refreshed Battle Pass with numerous rewards, including 2 exclusive units.
• NEW! Tournament Titles: Unique titles for tournament winners.
• NEW! Collection Milestone: Rewards for collecting units of various rarities.
• NEW! Enemy Index Milestones: Rewards for documenting enemies.
• NEW! Trophy Exchange Shop: Purchase emotes using trophies.
• NEW! Spectate Mode Options: Multiple viewing options (Default, First Person, Third Person, Top-Down) when spectating units.
• NEW! Health Stocks: A revised base health system using stocks instead of a single health pool.
• NEW! The Hidden Gateway: A hidden challenge accessible via a Floor 50 reward in Worldlines.
• NEW! In-Game Update Logs: View update information in-game.
• NEW! New Unit Filters: Filter units by damage, SPA, and range stats.

Changes & QoL:

Numerous improvements are detailed, including animation enhancements, smoother movement, UI refinements, search bar additions, improved unit highlighting, storage expansions, team slot increases, rarity gradient updates, chat service upgrades, inventory sorting, and more.

Bug Fixes:

A comprehensive list of bug fixes is included in the original patch notes.