Anime Vanguards, the anime-themed tower defense game on Roblox, rolled out Update 14.5, nicknamed the 25th Hour update. It packs in five new units, a demon-filled dungeon called the Lunar Bridge, a competitive Gauntlet mode, a searchable in-game Codex, a fresh Season 14 Battlepass, and a batch of redeemable codes. Here is exactly what arrived and how to get each piece of it.
Quick answer: Grind the Lunar Bridge dungeon for Phantom Thief, Apathetic Savior, and Investigation Leader, hit Worldlines Floor 50 for Rebel Fighter, reach Tier 50 of the Battlepass for Star Crusader, and redeem 1DayDelay, 25thHour, and LetTheLarpingBegin for extra rewards.
New units in Update 14.5 and where to get them
Five brand-new units join the roster, each tied to a different activity. Every one comes with a Normal and a Shiny variant, and each has its own exclusive Memoria to boost its damage.
| Unit | Source | Exclusive Memoria |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom Thief (Jester) | Lunar Bridge, Floor 9 | Life Will Change (Secret) |
| Apathetic Savior (Door) | Lunar Bridge, Floor 11 | It’s Going Down Now (Secret) |
| Investigation Leader (Truth) | Lunar Bridge Floor 1 and Login Event | Reach Out To The Truth (Mythic) |
| Rebel Fighter (Gauntlet) | Worldlines Floor 50 reward | Princess Rosa (Secret) |
| Star Crusader (Platinum) | Battlepass Tier 50 | Want Some (exclusive, Tier 25) |
The Lunar Bridge dungeon
The Lunar Bridge is the update’s headline dungeon, spanning 11 floors with a recommended level range from 30 up to 70. Each floor runs 15 waves and ends with a demon boss. Clearing floors pays out Controller Tokens, the new currency the dungeon shop uses, scaling from 5 tokens on Floor 1 up to 60 on Floor 11.
Units in the Demon Controller category deal double damage inside the Lunar Bridge, so leaning on that category speeds up your runs. Chaos Mode is available here too if you want the floors to fight back harder for better returns.
Unit drop rates and pity
| Floor | Unit | Drop rate | Guaranteed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor 1 | Investigation Leader | 20% | 7th clear |
| Floor 9 | Phantom Thief | 10% | 10th clear |
| Floor 11 | Apathetic Savior | 10% | 10th clear |
Your pity progress for each floor shows on the stage info screen before you enter, so you can see exactly how close a guaranteed drop is.
Demon Familiars and fusion
The dungeon introduces Demon Familiars, a new familiar type dropped by the demons on every floor. They only equip to Demon Controller units, with Apathetic Savior being the single exception that can hold both a normal familiar and a demon at once, in base and evolved form. Odd floors drop one set demon at 20% (guaranteed on your 5th clear), even floors drop one of two demons at 40% (guaranteed on your 3rd clear), and Floor 11 throws all ten demons at you across waves 6 to 15.
Talk to the Demon Fusion NPC to combine two demons and carry their attacks and passives into the result. A few set recipes exist, while any pairing outside them produces a Harpist.
| Fusion recipe | Result |
|---|---|
| Winged Being + Lost Girl | Tempting Devil |
| Samurai + Flower | Trenchcoat |
| Trenchcoat + Tempting Devil | Chosen Savior |
| Any demon + Harpist | Keeps original demon, transfers skills |
Dungeon shop prices
Everything in the dungeon shop is bought with Controller Tokens.
| Item | Cost | Cap |
|---|---|---|
| Stat Chip | 1 | 2,000 |
| Corruption Crystal | 2 | 50 |
| Phoenix Shard | 2 | 50 |
| Trait Reroll | 5 | 500 |
| Memoria Shard | 5 | 500 |
| Rainbow Essence | 10 | 50 |
| TV | 200 | — |
| Universe Arcana | 500 | — |
| Phantom Letter | 500 | — |
| Rose Bundle Vanguard Familiar | 1,000 | — |
Gauntlets, the new PvP mode
Gauntlets are bracket-based showdowns that pit you against seven other players. You enter an 8-player bracket, get a randomized tournament setup, and battle round by round to climb toward the top spot. Each round gives you 24 hours to take your turn, and you get 3 tries per round with your highest score posted. The best score in a matchup advances. You can have up to 5 brackets running at once.
Every run is recorded, so you can study the score above yours before you play. Replays include chapter marks that jump to key moments, slow motion, an enemy-follow camera, and a Final Moments control on failed runs that seeks to the leak and names the enemy that reached the base. You see the runner’s loadout and placed units as they had them, not as you have them.
Custom Gauntlets
You can also build Custom Gauntlets and stake your own prizes, such as tradable units. Staked prizes are held safely until the bracket settles and returned if it never finishes. Brackets run from 2 to 64 players, with 1 to 5 tries per round and round lengths from 1 hour up to 2 days. You set the map pool, modifiers, mutators, banned and buffed units, and banned elements. Invite by name or a code, host up to 2 of your own, and join 3 more, each with its own chat.
Gauntlet rewards
Finishing in the top 4 sends Trait Rerolls and Memoria Shards to your mailbox. The full rate below covers your first 5 top-4 finishes each week. After that, payouts drop to 50 / 30 / 20 / 10 and draw from a weekly pool of 500 of each.
| Placement | Trait Rerolls | Memoria Shards |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 300 | 300 |
| 2nd | 200 | 200 |
| 3rd | 150 | 150 |
| 4th | 100 | 100 |
Worldlines reset and Rebel Fighter
Worldlines progress and rewards have been wiped, and a new unit sits at the top. Raging Oni vs Wrath God is now unobtainable. Rebel Fighter (Gauntlet) takes its place as the Floor 50 reward, so climb the reset Worldlines ladder to claim it.
Season 14 Battlepass
The Season 14 Battlepass runs 50 tiers of Gems, Gold, Trait Rerolls, and Memoria Shards. The Want Some memoria waits at Tier 25, and the new exclusive unit Star Crusader (Platinum) sits at Tier 50, shiny on the premium track.
A third Cosmetic Pass track sits alongside the free and premium lanes for 2,000 Robux and can be gifted. It runs its own 50 tiers of Trait Rerolls and Memoria Shards, with Unit Leveling Tickets at Tiers 5, 15, 35, and 45, Memoria Leveling Tickets at Tiers 10 and 30, Exclusive Memoria Scrap at Tier 20, Exclusive Tokens at Tiers 25 and 40, and the new Noir skin for Star Crusader (Platinum) at Tier 50.
Arcana Login Event
A new set of daily rewards arrives as the Arcana Login Event. Log in for seven days to collect a unique reward each day. Along the way you can obtain the Investigation Leader unit, Trait Rerolls, and Memoria Shards, giving you a second route to Investigation Leader outside the Lunar Bridge.
The Codex
The Codex is a built-in reference that acts like an in-game wiki for units, familiars, items, and systems. Search the whole index from one field, follow a reward back to whatever drops it, and preview units, memoria, familiars, and cosmetics on a model you can rotate and zoom. Anything you already own shows your actual copy, with the stats and traits you rolled.
Older features, including titles, cursor equipping, and banners, have been moved into the Codex to clean up the main interface. Titles and banners can be equipped straight from their pages.
Update 14.5 codes
Three new codes came with the update, granting rewards such as gems, trait rerolls, and exclusive items. Note the level requirements before redeeming, since two codes need you to be at least Level 30.
| Code | Requirement |
|---|---|
| 1DayDelay | Level 30 |
| 25thHour | Level 30 |
| LetTheLarpingBegin | No level lock |
To redeem, open the in-game codes menu, type or paste the code exactly as written, and confirm. A successful redemption sends the reward to your account right away. If a code fails, the usual reasons are a missing level requirement or a typo, so double-check the spelling and your player level.
Quality-of-life changes
Alongside the big features, the update ships a batch of interface and convenience upgrades plus a large round of bug fixes.
- A new soundtrack player menu with cover art, search, and a visualizer.
- A reworked profile banner interface that is easier to navigate, with original-run units now marked by an OG tag.
- The ability to drag units from your inventory straight into the hotbar, plus a redesigned store.
- Fixes covering gameplay mechanics, interface elements, visual rendering, avatar compatibility, and performance.
Between the Lunar Bridge grind, the reset Worldlines ladder, and the fresh Gauntlet brackets, Update 14.5 gives you several parallel routes to chase its five new units. Prioritize the dungeon if you are hunting Investigation Leader, Phantom Thief, or Apathetic Savior, and keep the three codes handy for a quick head start on rerolls and gems.
