New Rift Units and Burning Tree Legend Stage August 25, 2025 | Anime Vanguard

⭐ NEW Legend Stage — Burning Spirit Tree (Guide & Mechanics)

Travel to the Burning Spirit Tree, a Legend Stage where serenity has been consumed by flames. The stage runs across 4 Acts and culminates in a challenging EX encounter.

• Acts: 4 grueling Acts plus a brutal EX encounter.
• Music: New Unending Rage OST available in-game via the volume slider.
• Eclipse Event: 1% chance to trigger an Eclipse on wave clear (cannot occur after wave 10 in any non-infinite mode).
• Evolution Items: 3 new evolution items introduced for stage progression and unit growth.
• Featured Familiar: Silly Fairy Familiar obtainable in EX Act with increased odds and improved rewards.

⭐ NEW Objective Tracking — Event Missions UI (How to Use)

A new objective tracking feature pins Event Missions directly to the in-match HUD. Press the Pin icon in the Event Missions UI to show mission progress in real time.

Example tracked missions:

• Event — The Strongest: Clear 5 Stages using Gujo (Infinity) — progress shown as 0/5 (0%).
• Event — The Strongest: Clear 25 Stages using Gujo (Infinity) — progress shown as 0/25 (0%).

⭐ NEW Stage Mechanics — Prepare Before Battle

Stage Mechanics is a new info button in Stage Info and the Stage Selection lobby UI. Use it to review stage-specific information so you can plan your composition and item choices.

• Stage Gimmicks: Unique stage mechanics such as Talismans within the Occult Hunt Rift.
• Stage Enemies: Lists of enemies featured per Act to help you choose counters.
• Stage Modifiers / Mutators: Enemy modifiers and behaviors to prepare for (e.g., Overshield, Dispersal, Wormhole).

⭐ NEW Units — 8 Brand-New Units & Where to Find Them

Update 8.0 introduces 8 new units distributed across Special Banner, Eclipse Event, Rift, and Battlepass:

• Special Banner: The Smith (orange), The Witch (green), The Struggler (red), The King (purple)
• Eclipse Event: The Falcon (purple)
• Rift: GG (purple) — new Rift unit
• Battlepass: Priestess (yellow), Goblin Killer (red)

Press a unit card to view normal and shiny variants. If the UI fails to show variants, refresh the page and try again.

⭐ NEW Rift & Rift Unit — GG (Turbo Spirit Crab's Realm)

Mysterious rifts have opened across Vanguardian Plaza. Gather up to 6 players to challenge the new Rift boss and earn Rift-specific rewards.

• Rift Unit: GG — a powerful new rift-only enemy.
• Rewards: x750 Gems, 30–50 Rift Shards, a Rift unit drop, and x1,000 Gold.
• Rift Attempts: Shows remaining attempts per player (example UI shows 1/1 attempt).
• Rift Shop: Exchange Rift Shards for rewards and units.

⭐ NEW Battle Pass — Faith & Steel (Season 6)

Season 6 Battle Pass — Faith & Steel — is live with two exclusive units (Priestess and Goblin Trapper) plus tier rewards including Gems, Trait Rerolls, and more.

• Exclusive units: Priestess, Goblin Trapper (season unlocks and premium tiers).
• Rewards: Gems, Trait Rerolls, Stat Chips, Tier Skips, cosmetic models shown in the Battle Pass UI (Tier 50 preview available).

⭐ NEW Story Stage — Hill of Swords (Enemies & New Mechanics)

Hill of Swords is a new story stage featuring five new enemies and eight bosses. Two new enemy mechanics are introduced:

• Dispersal: Enemies with Dispersal only take 30% direct damage — the remaining 70% spreads to nearby enemies.
• Wormhole: Certain enemies (e.g., The Falcon) open a portal on the track and spawn powerful enemies through it.

⭐ NEW Events & Event Calendar (Update 8.0)

Update 8.0 comes with new events and returning favorites. Example highlighted event:

• I, Sacrifice (Event): The Falcon sacrifices everything — every wave cleared before wave 10 has a 1% chance to trigger the Eclipse. Survive without losing units to obtain The Falcon. Duration: Update 8.0.

⭐ NEW Leaderboard Rewards — Infinite Season 8

Infinite Season 8 rewards are live. Top leaderboard placements grant exclusive skins and tournament cosmetics:

• Leaderboard exclusive: Alchemist skin for Choy Jong En (Guild Leader) — skin reward exclusive to the 4 most recent maps.
• Tournament skins: Weekly Tournament Top 5 earn Uma skins for both Luce and The Witch.

🛠️ Bug Fixes — Unit, Competitive, UI & Gameplay Fixes

Key fixes implemented in Update 8.0:

• Fixed multiple units being unplaceable on Crystal Chapel Legend Stage and Spirit Society Story Stage.
• Fixed Divalo (Requiem) missing a scythe model on his character.
• Fixed a clone placement issue for Monkey King (Awakened) after match end and across multiple maps.
• Fixed status effect naming issues—units with Nullify were incorrectly called Vulnerable.
• Fixed various cosmetic and mount issues related to animation and collision.
• Fixed Competitive PVP issue when opponents left mid-ban phase and other competitive flow problems.
• Fixed UI problems such as exit issues on console LTM UI and daily rewards popping when there were none.
• Fixed gameplay modifiers (Drowsy, Immunity card interactions, Nightmare boss rush Unit Pity progression).

⚙️ Changes & Quality of Life Improvements

• Wave Skip and Vote Start pop-up refreshed; removed "No" option to reduce accidental misclicks and made the UI draggable.
• Added auto familiar replacement when equipping a familiar on a unit that already has one.
• Filter units by Element and Status in the Unit Index; abilities usable in Unit Manager.
• Current Stage Info display visually improved; settings now include "All" category.
• Press "P" to ping your current location in-game.
• SPA minimum removed — units can reach 0 SPA; visual animations will not stack beyond a unit's visual SPA timing.
• Added new store bundles, including Abyss Skin Bundle, Summertime Skin Bundle, and Battlepass Bundle with gem and trait reroll rewards.
• All Update 7.5 units have been added to Sandbox for testing.
• All Challenges now run on a global cooldown.

🧾 Store Bundles & Premium Offers

• 9999 — Rage Bundle: 500 Trait Rerolls, 150 Stat Chips, 20,000 Gems, 200,000 Gold.
• 9999 — Skull Horse Bundle: Skull Horse Mount, 400 Trait Rerolls, 150 Stat Chips, 20,000 Gems, 200,000 Gold.
• 4999 — Battlepass Bundle: Premium Battlepass, 50 Tier Skips.
• 1,999 — Abyss Skin Bundle: Abyss skin for The Struggler, 100 Trait Rerolls, 6,000 Gems, 25,000 Gold.
• 1,999 — Summertime Skin Bundle: Summertime skin for Slime, 100 Trait Rerolls, 6,000 Gems, 25,000 Gold.

Notes & Tips

• For the best chance to encounter the Eclipse event, focus on early-wave clears (waves 1–10), since Eclipse cannot trigger after wave 10 in non-infinite modes.
• Use the new Stage Mechanics panel to preview enemy modifiers and plan adaptability counters (e.g., units or gear that negate Overshield or Dispersal mechanics).
• Pin event objectives in the Event Missions UI to track progress while playing — especially useful for multi-stage objectives and Infinity runs.
• Check the Rift Shop regularly to exchange Rift Shards for GG-related rewards and limited-time units.

Patch compiled by the Update Team — for full in-game details and real-time changes, open the in-game Update Log or Sandbox to test units and mechanics.