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Anime Vanguards Update 1.5 – What’s New in Aliens and Spirits

By Paquito Jr Conde | May 14, 2025

Anime Vanguards Update 1.5 – What’s New in Aliens and Spirits

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.

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