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1.0.5Current versionAnvil Legends · November 12, 2026

36 companions and battle abilities

18 new companions are here: every rarity now has 6 companions and 6 different battle abilities. Plus loads of new cosmetics, quick chat messages and vibration feedback.

New

  • 18 new companions: Squirrel, Weasel, Mountain Goat, Armadillo, Panda, Badger, Alpaca, Lynx, Tiger, Rhino, Snow Leopard, Bison, Ice Bear, Lightning Hound, Flame Fox, Unicorn, Kirin, Shadow Panther
  • Companion abilities: Shield, Heal, Claw, Frenzy, Hunter's Eye and Roar; the same 6 styles in every rarity
  • In Ranked and Endless Battle, your rival's companion uses its ability too
  • 30 new avatars, 14 new premium avatars, 14 new frames and 20 new animated profile backgrounds
  • One-tap quick messages in chat
  • Vibration feedback (can be turned off in Settings > Game)

Improvements

  • Hammer Forest and Potion Cave now follow your main progress, and so do their rewards
  • Gems and gold shown with their real icons in rewards
  • Turkish letters now match the game font
  • Refreshed auto-forge, anvil, hero panel and profile looks

Balance

  • Merging companions now costs gold (always worth it)
  • Endless Battle opponent search always costs the same
  • Removed the anvil speed-up ad: progress never depends on ads

Fixes

  • Various UI alignment and readability fixes
1.0.4PreviousAnvil Legends · November 11, 2026

Fairer competition, faster progress

Ranked and Endless Battle now unlock earlier, beating stronger rivals is truly rewarded and anti-cheat has been rebuilt from the ground up.

New

  • Cut an anvil upgrade by 30 minutes with an optional ad (3 per day)
  • Your friends, tag and trophies come back when you reinstall
  • One-tap in-game update when a new version is out

Improvements

  • Ranked arena and Endless Battle unlock at anvil level 8
  • Offline production base raised to 4 hours
  • Extra cards of a max-level companion turn into gold
  • The game no longer pauses on short connection drops

Balance

  • Endless Battle: beating stronger rivals earns far more trophies, losing to weaker ones costs more
  • Skipping rivals in a row gets progressively more expensive

Fixes

  • Skipping timers by changing the device clock
  • A brief connection issue could reset a player's online identity
  • An Endless Battle match closed during the intro counted as a loss
  • Ranked opponents' battle stats not matching their shown power
1.0.3PreviousAnvil Legends · November 11, 2026

Ranked entrances, a new Battle Pass and a sturdier world

A cinematic intro for ranked battles, a redesigned Battle Pass, unique sounds for every weapon and hundreds of small UI improvements.

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New

  • Endless Battle: earn trophies, climb ranks across 10 arenas, claim season rewards
  • A new 11-section research tree tied to your anvil level
  • Companion merging and live 3D companions
  • Optional gender and flag on your profile
  • Ad privacy options
  • A VS intro scene that brings both rivals face to face before ranked battles
  • A fully redesigned Battle Pass screen
  • Unique hit sounds for every weapon type
  • A 10-gem bonus for completing all daily quests and 40 gems for all weekly quests
  • Players' avatar, frame and background cosmetics shown on leaderboards and ranked opponents
  • Unique player tags: every Name#1234 now belongs to exactly one player
  • Maintenance screen and account safety infrastructure

Improvements

  • Market: buy button inside the card, a confirmation dialog and item type labels
  • See your own power score on the ranked screen
  • Research screen: fixed header, clearer names and aligned buttons
  • A refreshed profile window and forge-count picker
  • Chat keeps the line you are typing visible when the keyboard opens
  • Tags are shown only in profiles for cleaner lists

Fixes

  • Transition glitches from rapid taps while panels slide
  • Accidentally leaving the screen during a ranked battle
  • Being able to open several chests at once
  • The stray strip behind the quest window's close button
1.0.2PreviousAnvil Legends · November 7, 2026

Friends, armies and smoother battles

Friends and friendly battles, crowded enemy armies, 20 new creatures and a major performance boost across the whole game.

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New

  • Friends: send requests, see who is online and start friendly battles
  • Army system: melee fighters at the front, archers and mages behind
  • 20 new creatures, 6 new body types and new enemy traits (thorns, regeneration, double strike)
  • Weekly login rewards
  • Battle Pass exclusive cosmetics
  • Player tags (Name#1234) and a refreshed chat
  • A 3rd incubator basket and the Deep Sleep research
  • Notifications

Improvements

  • Critical and double-hit animations, leaning shots and class-specific attacks for ranged weapons
  • Defeated enemies turn grey for a clearer battlefield
  • Major performance improvements: the same visuals, much smoother play

Balance

  • Fair ranked matchmaking: both sides fight by the same rules and opponents' pets join the battle
  • Melee and ranged weapons are equally strong at the same rarity and level

Fixes

  • Various bug fixes
1.0.1PreviousAnvil Legends · November 6, 2026

Ranged weapons and chests

Bows, staffs and other ranged weapons arrived; the market got free chests and your save is now protected with Google Play Games.

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New

  • Ranged weapons: new ranged models alongside melee weapons in every age
  • A free chest and an ad-unlocked gem chest in the market
  • Save backup with Google Play Games: your progress returns when you switch devices
  • Nickname dice: a random hero name with a single tap

Improvements

  • Chest alerts and countdowns
  • Prices shown with gem icons, rounded corners and a smoothly filling health bar
  • Daily resets synced to server time
  • Translations reviewed

Fixes

  • A crash when closing the app
  • An empty panel on the research screen
  • Drag-to-scroll on PC
1.0.0PreviousAnvil Legends · October 31, 2026

The anvil glows for the first time

Anvil Legends' first test build on Google Play: the anvil, nine rarity ages, dozens of realms, pet companions, research trees and a weekly ranked arena.

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New

  • Forging at the anvil: 5 gear slots, 9 rarity ages, 8 different passive traits
  • Chapter-by-chapter battles with a boss at the end of every chapter
  • The Enchanted Hammer Forest and the Mystic Potion Cave
  • 18 pets across 6 rarities, with egg incubation
  • Smith, Power and Pet research trees
  • A weekly 9-tier ranked arena and server chat
  • Daily and weekly quests and a 100-tier Battle Pass
  • Turkish, English, German, Russian and Arabic

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