Anime Zero Update Log: Every Patch Since Launch

LY* posts patch notes only in its Discord. We have not read that channel directly: details here come from two fan wikis that copy it, matched against each other, the Roblox game page and on-screen footage from creators. Newest first; all times UTC.

  1. Update 1: Flame Director

    Bath House raid and Hu Tao's weapon, Paramita Pyre.

    • Game renamed Anime Zero [FLAME DIRECTOR] around 09:00 UTC; the day's peak passed 16,000 players online.
    • New Bath House raid (Spirited Away theme, chosen in a Discord poll by 2,260 of 4,041 votes). Nightmare only, 3 lives per player, final boss No Face, who splits into shadow clones below half health.
    • Raid drops: Paramita Pyre (Hu Tao) 2% with a 35-clear guarantee, Staff of Homa 25% with a 5-clear guarantee, Ghosts 33%.
    • Instant Spins pass added (149 Robux).
    • Codes NEWRAID (level 50+) and SORRYFORDELAY (level 25+).
  2. Balance patch and same-day rollback

    Zenless becomes Lyth, Infinite pays per wave, crit rework.

    • Zenless rarity renamed Lyth.
    • Infinite pays coins, gems and XP every wave; by wave 50: 6,000 / 9,450 / 13,500 / 21,000 coins and 200 / 525 / 1,200 / 2,450 gems by difficulty, then each wave pays 1.35x the last. Materials drop from wave 16, better ones at 31 and 46.
    • Four traits added (Razor Focus, Overkill, Sniper, Deadeye), aimable trait pity and auto reroll that stops on Legendary or Mythic.
    • Crit rework: crits deal 200% base, caps of 60% crit chance, 275% crit damage and 40% cooldown reduction; skill tree crit nodes give 3 / 6 / 10 / 15%.
    • Story material drops cut 15%, only normal enemies drop them; Story wins can drop a trait crystal (5 / 10 / 20 / 40% by difficulty).
    • 8 cosmetic titles; Boss Slayer +2% crit chance, Boss Reaper +8% crit damage.
    • Rollback hours later: every spin counts for pity again at Mythic 175 / Arcane 350 / Lyth 3,500; VIP, VIP+ and 2X Drop Rate restored; material pity restored; lost levels returned.
    • Codes TYASHIRA and TYFRIGID.
  3. Back after the age restriction

    Roblox restored access with no data lost.

    • Roblox age-restricted the game on the evening of October 3; it returned at 13:58 UTC on October 4 and all ages were confirmed back at 17:14 UTC.
    • Discord passed 40,000 members; staff and tester applications opened.
    • Codes BACKUPSTRONGER, BENICE2ME and SERVERLIVE67.
  4. 1M visits and difficulty rebalance

    Enemy health scales by difficulty.

    • 1,000,000 visits within two days, 10,000+ players online, 30,000 Discord members.
    • Enemy health: Easy 0.85x, Normal 1.3x, Hard 1.6x, Nightmare 2x.
    • HxH spawns 40 / 51 / 76 / 105 enemies by difficulty plus the boss, every enemy can drop materials, each act has its own drop list.
    • All 14 accessory crafts re-costed; Alucard skills 1 and 3 no longer fling or teleport you.
    • Codes 1MVISITS and SIXSEVEN.
  5. Performance patch and hotfixes

    FPS, synergies, guard bar, AFK rework.

    • 30-75% more FPS in big fights, faster loads, fix for lag that built up with skill use.
    • Guard bar (perfect blocks cost no guard), six weapon synergy pairs, +20% damage for 4 seconds after swapping a weapon in.
    • Material pity after 5 runs without a drop, material shop in crafting, difficulty select in Infinite with boss material drops.
    • Pity counts every spin; Miyabi's pity shipped at 12,500 by mistake and was cut to 3,500 (code BIGTYPO).
    • Story rewards nearly quadrupled (Nightmare 15,000 coins and 350 gems a run); AFK chamber pays 10 coins a second, 50 gems every 2 minutes and a Lucky Spin every 15 minutes; trait rerolls removed from the chamber.
    • Game passes giftable; controller and shift-lock fixes.
    • Codes LESSLAG, PATCHNOTE67, SORRYXD67 and BIGTYPO.
  6. Full release with Patch 1

    HxH map and the create-lobby menu.

    • HxH Story map with rubble-blocked areas; create-lobby menu previews each act's materials.
    • Kill popups, parry sounds, chat titles, material drops in runs, a working 2X drops pass, a damage rebalance for every weapon, tougher bosses.
    • Shanks (Divine Emperor) moved from Mythic to Arcane.
    • The owner said release content was about half of the original plan, with mini updates to follow.
    • Codes RELEASE, AZISOUT, LETSGO, HOP3YOU3NJOY, PATCH1 and PATCH2.
  7. Chamber phase

    Soft opening a day before release.

    • A chamber phase opened on September 30, a day before full release, with a countdown Stage on the Discord.
    • heiyun posted the release trailer on YouTube.

What to expect next

Nothing is dated. Two creators showed a Sung Jin-Woo teaser after Update 1, and the owner has said launch content was about half of the plan. New codes have arrived with every patch so far, so the codes page is the quickest place to check after an update.

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Update questions

When is the next Anime Zero update?

No date has been announced as of October 6. Creators have shown a Sung Jin-Woo teaser, and the developers have told players to save coins for new banners. LY* has patched almost daily since launch.

What did Anime Zero Update 1 add?

The Flame Director update on October 5 added the Nightmare-only Bath House raid, Paramita Pyre (Hu Tao) as its 2% drop, the Instant Spins pass and the codes NEWRAID and SORRYFORDELAY.

Where are the official patch notes?

In the update-log channel of the official Discord (discord.gg/animezero). There is no official Trello or wiki. This page summarises those notes as copied by two fan wikis, checked against the Roblox game page.

What happened to Anime Zero on October 3?

Roblox age-restricted the game for about a day. It came back on October 4 with the same rating and no lost progress.