Anime Vanguards Update 1.5 – What’s New in Aliens and Spirits
By Paquito Jr Conde | May 14, 2025

Anime Vanguards just got a major upgrade! Update 1.5, titled "Aliens and Spirits", brings an exciting new dungeon event, fresh units, powerful familiars, a revamped Odyssey mode, and much more. Here's everything you need to know to jump back into the game stronger than ever.
Anime Vanguards Update 1.5: "Aliens and Spirits"
Released on November 22, 2024, this major update brings a ton of new content, gameplay tweaks, and improvements to the Roblox tower defense game. Here’s everything you need to know:
🧿 Occult Event & Dungeon
The heart of this update is the brand-new Occult Event, featuring a challenging dungeon and exciting new mechanics.
- Talismans: A new gameplay mechanic that adds strategic depth.
- Spirit Wisps: Special event currency earned by defeating dungeon enemies. Use them in the Occult Shop or summon units from the Occult Banner.
- New Modifiers:
- Starting: No Trait No Problem, Warding off Evil, Fisticuffs, Money Surge, King’s Burden
- Additive: Champions, Strong (III–V), Speed (II–III), Dodge (III–V), Damage (I–II), Cooldown (I–II), Range (I–II), Slayer (I–II)
- Other: Press It, Precise Attack, Planning Ahead, Harvest, Common Loot, Uncommon Loot
- Occult Shop & Banner: Spend Spirit Wisps to purchase powerful items or summon new heroes.
🧙 New Units & Skins
Plenty of new units and a fresh skin system make their debut in this update.
New Units
- Divalo (Vanguard)
- Saiko (Exclusive)
- Okorun (Exclusive)
- Pweeny (Exclusive)
- Mimi (Exclusive)
New Skins
Customize your characters with unique looks, available through the Occult Banner. Some even offer damage boosts during special events!
- Igros (Infernal Paladin)
- Haruka Rin (Miku)
- Chaso (Vampire)
- Jag-o (Bling)
- Todu (School Girl)
- Tengon (Pirate)
- Grim Wow (Cacoa)
- Nazuka (Dress)
- Goi (Suit)
- Kinnua (Suit)
🐾 Unit Familiars
A new companion system adds depth to your squad. Unit Familiars give buffs and can drop with a rare 1% chance when defeating bosses in the Occult Hunt.
🏙️ New Raid Map – Ruined City
The new raid map, Ruined City, has players team up to take on the menacing Lord of Shadows.
- Team Play: Join forces with up to three friends in Normal or Nightmare modes.
- Rewards: Earn exclusive drops like the Delusional Boy Unit, Birb Familiar, and new currency: Auric Coins.
- Raid Shop: Spend Auric Coins on items like Dog Bone, Atomic Essence, Mythic Familiars, and more.
🌀 Odyssey Rework
The Odyssey mode got a complete makeover with smarter team and difficulty management.
- Team Swapping: You can now rotate team members between floors (except farms).
- New Floor System: Floors are single-stage, and difficulty adapts based on your performance.
- Boss & Vault Rooms: Boss fights appear every 5th floor. You can continue to a Vault Room for extra rewards.
- New Rewards: Earn Phoenix and Elemental Shards for rerolling familiar stats.
- Limitless Mode: The original Odyssey format is now its own dedicated mode.
🌐 Worldlines Season Refresh
- All players have been reset to Floor 1.
- New Floor 50 Reward: Secret unit Clatakiri and a new evolution item called “Donut.”
- Note: Friran is no longer available.
🏆 Tournament Rework
Competitive play just got better with updated rules and new twists.
- Map Pool: Only story maps are used now, with no back-to-back repeats.
- Modifiers: Each tournament includes two random Mutators and three Modifiers.
- Element Buffs/Debuffs: One element gets boosted and another weakened each week (50% to 200%).
🔧 Quality of Life Improvements
- Match Restart: You can now restart matches through the settings. In multiplayer, it requires a group vote.
- UI Enhancements: Added animations and improved UI highlights.
- Cosmetic Management: Equipping a new item now automatically unequips the old one.
- Notifications: Newly summoned units now alert you in the unit index.
- Performance: Small optimizations and bug fixes throughout.