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.