update · September 30, 2025
Vanguard Exiles Update v0.3.3.3348 Patch Notes
Vanguard Exiles update v0.3.3.3348 introduces armor durability mechanics, poison stacking changes, uncommon unit rarities, and an interactive tutorial for new players.
The Tea Division has released update v0.3.3.3348 for Vanguard Exiles. This patch introduces mechanical overhauls to armor and poison, adds an uncommon rarity tier, incorporates an interactive tutorial, and rebalances gold generation and unit stats.
Armor and Poison Reworks
Armor now features durability, where each point of armor grants 8 durability that depletes as it blocks damage. Effective armor values decrease as durability lowers, though durability fully restores at the start of each skirmish. Poison mechanics are adjusted so that every stack consistently deals 1 damage per turn, but successive applications of poison carry a diminishing chance of successfully applying.
Economy and Squad Generation
Gold now increases at the barracks over each skirmish, and unit and action gold costs have been reviewed. High-value VP zones appear later to prevent early game swings. An uncommon rarity tier, marked by green highlighting, now applies to select units and actions to increase squad generation variety. Additionally, purchasing specific actions at the barracks now keeps players in the menu to allow a secondary purchase before the next skirmish.
Buffs, Debuffs, and Zone Modifiers
Most permanent buffs and debuffs are now asymmetrical, boosting or reducing either attack or health rather than affecting both simultaneously. New zone modifiers have been added alongside tweaks to existing ones, and extensive balancing passes have been applied to the attack power, health, gold cost, cooldowns, and charges of various actions and units.
Interface and Tooltips
Keyword tooltips have been revamped to streamline player comprehension of unit and action abilities, offering full visibility directly within the updated glossary. The director has received improvements to provide better visibility for critical triggers while reducing unnecessary camera movement and zoom capabilities. Players can also limit maximum zoom via the game settings.
Tutorial and Quality of Life
An interactive tutorial is now available to guide new players. Quality-of-life additions include an extra squad slot, reduced timers for squad rerolls, fixed color palettes for possessed and summoned units in the game log, and the ability to disable on-screen hints and multiplayer waiting indicators in the options menu. Replays from older versions will be invalidated and fail to load.
Why this patch matters
Version v0.3.3.3348 alters the tactical meta of Vanguard Exiles by introducing attrition to defensive armor, rebalancing damage over time, and streamlining the onboarding process for new generals.