Boss Rush and Spring Event Update 7.0

Update 7.0 Key Highlights and New Content

Introducing **8 New Units** to Anime Vanguards.
Challenge the **NEW! Boss Rush - The Founder, Arin!**.
Explore the **NEW! New Story Stage - Lebereo Raid!**.
Venture into the **NEW! New Legend Stage - Crystal Chapel!**.
The launch of the **NEW! Battle Pass - Blossom & Shrine!**.
Participate in the **NEW! Spring Event Calendar!** for limited-time rewards.
Enhanced player experience with **Increased Daily Rewards!** and a **Daily Rewards UI Upgrade!**.
Quality of Life (QOL) improvements with **15+ Changes/QOL** additions.
Stability fixes with over **40+ Fixed Bugs**.
The **Areas & Daily Rewards UI Upgrade!** improves navigation and reward claiming.

Detailed Features: New Units and Acquisition Methods

This massive update releases **8 brand-new units**:

New Units from Gem Banner

Units available in the **Gem Banner**:

**Aurin** and **Aurin (Nuclear Giant)**.
**Ackers** and **Ackers (Ken)**.
**Riner** and **Riner (Reinforced Giant)**.
**Zak** and **Zak (Ape Giant)**.

Legend Stage and Battle Pass Units

**Legend Stage Drop** unit: **Arin, Arin (Rumbling)**.
**Boss Rush** unit reward: **Giant Queen, Glant Queen (Founder)**.
**Battle Pass** exclusive units: **Reimu, Reimu (Shrine Maid)** and **Sakuya, Sakuya (Time Maid)**.

NEW! Boss Rush - The Founder, Arin Gameplay and Rewards

Face off against **The Founder, Arin** as **The Rumbling awakens**. Players must **fend off the Ape Giant's ruthless attacks** by stunning him. Simultaneously, **Defend Against Arin's Assault Giant**, which transforms into the powerful **Founding Giant** upon death.

Reinforcements and Nightmare Difficulty

Players can purchase **reinforcements** using **Giant Coins** to get help from the **Reinforced** and **Nuclear Giants**, or **Makoso** who targets the **Founding Giant**.

The challenging **Nightmare Difficulty** mode pits players against the **Founding Giant completely alone**. Victory in this mode has a chance to earn rewards:

**Elemental Shards** (10% chance).
**Corruption Crystals** (10% chance).
**Phoenix Shards** (7.5% chance).

Boss Rush Shop and Rewards

General **Boss Rush rewards** include the **Giant Queen Unit**, **Giant Tokens**, **Giant Serum**, **Trophies**, and **Gems**. Use the earned **Giant Tokens** to purchase items from the **SHOP**:

**Cart Giant Mount**.
**Trait Rerolls**.
**Gold**.
**Stat Chips**.
**Essence Stones**.

NEW! Story and Legend Stages: Lebereo Raid and Crystal Chapel

Lebereo Raid Story Stage

The **New Story Stage - Lebereo Raid** features **6 Acts of chaos** on Normal and Nightmare difficulty. It introduces **5+ new enemies** and **9+ bosses**, along with two **brand-new enemy mechanics**:

**Depleted**: Hits on enemies with this mutator will **completely drain any meter or gauge** of the attacking unit.
**Blinded**: Hits on enemies with this mutator will **reduce the attacking unit's range by 5%**.

The stage also includes a **New Rumbling OST**.

Crystal Chapel Legend Stage

The **New Legend Stage - Crystal Chapel** involves navigating **4 grueling Acts**, culminating in a **brutal EX encounter**.

Key features of Crystal Chapel:

New Rumbling OST.
**5 new Evolution Items**.
**2% chance of Arien**.
**EX Act** provides **highly increased odds and rewards** for obtaining **Arin**.
The EX Act is **NOT Hard-Set to 4 Player scaling** like the previous EX Act, and **Giant Units receive a buff**.

Battle Pass, Spring Event, and UI Upgrades

Battle Pass - Blossom & Shrine

The **Sixth Season of the Battle Pass** has started. It features the **2 brand-new Exclusive units: Sakuya and Reimu**. Progressing through tiers grants rewards like **Gems** and **Trait Rerolls**.

Spring Event Calendar and Daily Rewards

The **Spring Event Calendar** is available for **28 Days**, featuring the **Flowers currency** and many **Trait Rerolls**.

The **Daily Rewards UI** received a **revamp** and now features a new style with **greatly increased rewards**, including up to **25 Trait Rerolls**. The daily rewards reset at **11:00:00**.

Revamped Areas Teleport UI

The **Areas screen** was entirely revamped, adding a **Search Bar** and several **teleport options**. Match types include **Story**, **Raids**, **Challenges**, **Dungeons**, **Event Mode**, **Boss Events**, **Odyssey**, **Worldlines**, **PVP**, and **Tournaments**.

Anime Vanguards Changes & QOL (Quality of Life) Updates

Update 7.0 includes over **15 Changes/QOL** enhancements:

Added a **Unit VFX Toggle** within the Unit Upgrade UI.
The Settings Menu now allows selecting any **Game Soundtrack** to listen to.
Selling a **Shiny Unit** now grants **5 Trait Rerolls** (the same as Normalizing).
Hovering over statistics in the Unit Upgrade UI now displays the **exact number**.
**PvP Daily Quests** have been added.
**Three new Bundles** were added to the Store: **Goth Ackers Bundle** for Ackers, **Invulnerable Variants Bundle** for Conqueror Vs Invulnerable, and the **BIG BUNDLE Bundle**.
A "**Unit**" cosmetic option was added, transforming the player into that unit.
**Shiny Units** no longer require evolution to equip their cosmetic.
Update 6.5 Units are now available in **Sandbox** mode.
**New Codes** are available:
- **Freedom**: 10 Rerolls, 1500 Gems, 5000 Gold (Level 10 requirement).
- **TheWorld**: 20 Rerolls, 20 Stat Chips (Level 30 requirement).
- **Sasageyo**: 5 Phoenix Shards, 1000 Gems (No Level Requirement).
Enemies that are invulnerable are **no longer Immune to Crowd Control**.

Extensive Bug Fixes for Anime Vanguards Update 7.0

This update addresses over **40 bugs** across units, competitive play, UI, and general gameplay.

Unit Related Issues Fixed

Fixed Soburo (Contract)'s Charismatic Leader damage buff not doubling after RTZ activation.
Fixed Clatakiri (Mochi)'s slow speed not being specified in his passive.
Fixed Koguro (Unsealed)'s dimension order resetting after deselecting the unit.
Fixed Giyu's ability malfunction.
Fixed Isdead (Romantic) not removing her Mark of Affection after being sold.
Fixed the Scorched status effect permanently blocking elemental reactions.
Fixed Choy Jong En (Guild Leader)'s extra damage instance not accounting for Diseased after intense burn expires.
Fixed Gujo (Infinity) lowering his SPA without having his Domain Active.
Fixed Roku (Super 3) and Vogita (Angel)'s buffs after swapping lasting less than 40 seconds.
Fixed Buffers not removing their buff after a unit leaves their range (multiple issues).
Fixed some Unsellable units being immune to certain Boss Mechanics.
Fixed enemies with the immunity modifier not being pulled by Byeken (Ronin)'s Get Over Here.
Fixed Astolfo (Rider of Black)'s Spellbook doubling the buff's of all placements of a certain unit.
Fixed Conqueror vs Invulnerable's damage spread from Unstoppable Conquest occasionally hitting 4x as hard due to not accounting for multi-hit.
Fixed Arc (True Ancestor)'s summons from Type Earth applying their respective element debuff to enemies.
Fixed Slime (King)'s Great Sage Ability lacking a description for armored.
Fixed Saber (A.W.E) causing placement softlock in sandbox.
Fixed Rom and Ran (Fanatic)'s Neko skin having a detached arm.
Fixed Ishtar (Divinity)'s second passive giving +1% RNG per hit instead of per kill.
Fixed Saber (Black Tyrant)'s Aura of Corruption passive description inaccuracy.
Fixed Sokora (Angra Mainyu) SPA Buff resetting despite corrupted units attacking.
Fixed Yuruicha (Raijin) being unable to be placed on certain areas of the Spider Forest track.
Fixed Astolfo (Rider of Black)'s Hippogriff ability traversing to anywhere on the map.

Competitive Related Issues Fixed

Fixed all the Infinite Season leaderboards not being viewable.
Fixed the Short Sighted modifier in PVP being completely non-functional.
Fixed Cleanse Effect removing intended PvP Debuff Modifiers.
Fixed CC effects not working in the Worldlines Weather Made in Heaven.

UI Related Issues Fixed

Fixed the Boss Bounty timer being visually incorrect.
Fixed some Stat Increase Multipliers displaying a + and a - above the unit when activating.
Fixed not being prompted with a warning before opening Wooden Chest's with max Green Essence.
Fixed Super Lucky Potion icon not displaying when used.
Fixed several instances where the Console back button would not close the UI.
Fixed Itochi's Enemy Index description displaying the incorrect name.
Fixed Setting Button size being smaller than intended.
Fixed the Press It modifier not visually updating the Ability Cooldown if it was already used.

Gameplay Related Issues Fixed

Fixed the Common Loot card in dungeons being non-functional.
Fixed using multiple Vowstones consuming all but only activating the effects of one.
Fixed Fortune Catalysts not stacking, allowing players to lose them.
Fixed playing with VFX Off removing Ant Tunnel indicators within Ant Island Dungeon.
Fixed players being unable to corrupt more than 1 Saber per A.W.E in Saber Boss Event.
Fixed the Unit Skin not appearing within the Trait, Stat and Ascension user interfaces.

...and many, many, more fixes are included in Update 7.0.

Boss Rush and Spring Event July 19, 2025 | Anime Vanguard