New Legend Stage & Rift Units Update 8.0 August 25, 2025 - Anime Vanguards

By Paquito Jr Conde | September 27, 2025

New Legend Stage &  Rift Units Update 8.0 August 25, 2025 - Anime Vanguards

This Update 8.0 patch note explains the new Legend Stage Burning Spirit Tree walkthrough, how to trigger and farm the EX Act Silly Fairy Familiar, the Rift unit GG encounter and rewards, and Battle Pass Faith & Steel Season 6 changes. You’ll also find step-by-step guidance for using the new objective tracking event missions UI, an overview of Stage Mechanics (gimmicks, enemies, and mutators), the Hill of Swords story stage mechanics like Dispersal and Wormhole, and a roundup of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements introduced in this release.

⭐ NEW Legend Stage β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” The Strongest: Clear 5 Stages using Gujo (Infinity) β€” progress shown as 0/5 (0%).
  • Event β€” The Strongest: Clear 25 Stages using Gujo (Infinity) β€” progress shown as 0/25 (0%).

⭐ NEW Stage Mechanics β€” 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 β€” 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) β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” Faith & Steel (Season 6)

Season 6 Battle Pass β€” Faith & Steel β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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) β€” skin reward exclusive to the 4 most recent maps.
  • Tournament skins: Weekly Tournament Top 5 earn Uma skins for both Luce and The Witch.

πŸ› οΈ Bug Fixes β€” 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 issuesβ€”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).

βš™οΈ 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 β€” 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 β€” Rage Bundle: 500 Trait Rerolls, 150 Stat Chips, 20,000 Gems, 200,000 Gold.
  • 9999 β€” Skull Horse Bundle: Skull Horse Mount, 400 Trait Rerolls, 150 Stat Chips, 20,000 Gems, 200,000 Gold.
  • 4999 β€” Battlepass Bundle: Premium Battlepass, 50 Tier Skips.
  • 1,999 β€” Abyss Skin Bundle: Abyss skin for The Struggler, 100 Trait Rerolls, 6,000 Gems, 25,000 Gold.
  • 1,999 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” for full in-game details and real-time changes, open the in-game Update Log or Sandbox to test units and mechanics.

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