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

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 overall quality of life. This winter-themed update introduces a wealth of new content, most notably a completely overhauled lobby, providing players with a much more spacious and enjoyable experience. Anime Vanguards veterans will immediately notice the improved UI, particularly the cleaner and more intuitive stage selection.

Kitawari explains in the patch notes, "We heard your feedback about the previous lobby—it was too small and cramped, limiting our ability to add new game modes. Prepare to be amazed by our new lobby—it's ten times more impressive, and even features a customizable day and night cycle, adjustable in the Settings!"

A key addition is the new Portals game mode, where using winter units and skins boosts team damage and unlocks additional rewards. For experimental players, Sandbox Mode offers unrestricted strategic testing. The update also introduces twelve new units, available through a new Winter Banner, the Portals game mode, the battle pass, and leaderboard rewards.

Quality-of-life improvements include smoother unit placement, Evolution Quests now appearing in a dedicated tab, searchable skins and familiar windows, and clearer unit targeting indicators. All these enhancements are available now in Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0.

This update follows a string of successful updates since the game's launch last January, including a recent November update inspired by the anime Dandadan. For a complete list of active codes, check here. Below are the full patch notes:

Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Patch Notes

Features

12 NEW UNITS! These new 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, including three new familiars (Doggo, Sebamon, Padoru), two secret Portal units, Winter Currency, and Gift Boxes. Using winter units and skins enhances team damage and rewards. A new elemental interaction system adds strategic depth.

NEW GAMEMODE! Sandbox Mode: Experiment freely with units, enemies, unlimited funds, and customizable stats.

NEW! Boss Event Rerun! The Blood-Red Commander Igros boss event returns, with weekly boss event rotations (Sukono's event follows next week). The boss event shop has been restocked.

NEW! Lobby Revamp: A significantly larger and improved 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 replace the previous unobtainable ones.

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

NEW! Tournament Titles: Unique titles for tournament winners (Champion for 1st place, Contender for 2nd-5th).

NEW! Collection Milestone: Earn rewards for collecting units of different 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: Choose between Default, First Person, Third Person, and Top-Down views when spectating.

NEW! Health Stocks: The base health system is now stock-based (3 stocks per stage).

NEW! The Hidden Gateway awakens…: Unlock a hidden challenge using the Floor 50 Worldlines reward.

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 movement.
• "Tracks At The Edge Of The World" added to Enemy Index.
• Added World Markers in the lobby for easier navigation.
• Auto Ability improvements.
• The normalize NPC has been changed to Valentine.
• Improved item tooltip animation.
• Added a slight camera parallax effect.
• Added Winter Currency to the AFK Chamber.
• Added search bars to Familiars and Skins windows.
• Improved unit Traits Index UI.
• Shiny Hunter Game Pass now shows on the bottom left.
• Units now highlight the enemy they are attacking.
• "Favorite" unit functionality added.
• Additional unit storage and team slots.
• Revamped rarity gradients and loading circle.
• Switched to Roblox's new chat service (supports automatic translation).
• Inventory item sorting by rarity.
• Improved item hover preview frame.
• …and more!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various bugs related to units, abilities, UI, and gameplay.
• …and many more!