Traits

Trait Rerolls, Pity, and Where to Spend Them

One reroll replaces the only trait on a unit. Monarch pity is 1,500 on that unit, and Ethereal can beat it when the unit places three or more times.

Trait Rerolls, Pity, and Where to Spend Them

One reroll replaces the only trait on a unit. Monarch pity is 1,500 on that unit, and Ethereal can beat it when the unit places three or more times.

Traits are permanent stat modifiers. A unit holds one trait at a time. You can roll a trait when the unit is obtained, and you can replace it at any time by spending 1 Trait Reroll at the Mandra NPC in the Upgrades area of the lobby. Rarity does not change the reroll price. A Mythic costs the same one reroll as a common unit.

The 2ndAnniversary code pays 1,000 Trait Rerolls at level 10, and the daily anniversary codes add more. That is enough to fish for Solar or Deadeye. It is not, by itself, Monarch pity.

Published rates

Trait Chance Hard pity Main effect
Monarch 0.1% (1 in 1,000) 1,500 +300% damage, -10% SPA, +5% range, placement limit 1
Ethereal 0.175% (1 in 571.43) 858 +20% damage, -20% SPA, +5% range
Deadeye 0.375% (1 in 266.67) 400 +45% critical rate, +50% critical damage
Solar 0.5% (1 in 200) 300 +10% damage, -5% SPA, +25% range
Blitz 1.85% (1 in 54.05) None listed -20% SPA
Fortune 2.5% (1 in 40) None listed +20% income, and -10% cost on non-farm units
Marksman 6.5% (1 in 15.39) None listed +30% range
Scholar 10% (1 in 10) None listed +50% EXP
Vigor 26% (1 in 3.85) None listed +5% / +10% / +15% damage at tiers I / II / III
Swift 26% (1 in 3.85) None listed -5% / -7.5% / -12.5% SPA at tiers I / II / III
Range 26% (1 in 3.85) None listed +5% / +10% / +15% range at tiers I / II / III

Vigor, Swift, and Range each list a 26% chance to land the family, then split into I at 13%, II at 8%, and III at 5%. There is no trait named Vampire. That name belongs to units and to a familiar, not to this table.

Pity is tracked per unit. Rolling 1,500 times across several units does not finish Monarch on any of them. The July 20, 2025 change cut rare pity from 2.5x the base odds to 1.5x: Monarch 2,500 to 1,500, Ethereal 1,430 to 858, Deadeye 666 to 400, and Solar 500 to 300. Use the current column if an older chart still shows the higher pity.

Monarch is not automatically the best roll

Monarch forces a placement limit of 1. The trait page also lists a damage change next to the unit's original placement cap:

Original placement cap Listed damage change
1 +344.4%
2 +122.2%
3 +48.1%
4 +11.1%
5 -11.1%
6 -25.9%

The headline Monarch line is still +300% damage, -10% SPA, and +5% range. This table is the extra placement-cap row published beside it. For units that can be placed three or more times, the trait page says Ethereal will out-damage Monarch, while cost, passives, and ability cooldowns often still favor Monarch. Read the unit's placement cap before you dump a thousand rerolls.

Where to spend the anniversary pile

  1. Pick one unit you already place in story or Exp Rush.
  2. If that unit's cap is 1, Monarch is the damage trait. If the cap is 3 or more, compare Ethereal before you chase Monarch.
  3. Stop on Deadeye or Solar if the unit cares about crits or range and you cannot afford a 858 or 1,500 pity yet.
  4. Use Fortune on a unit you place for money, not on your main damage unit.
  5. Scholar is a leveling trait. Replace it when the unit is already the level you need.

The odds calculator uses independent trials only. At Monarch's 0.1%, 100 rerolls are about a 9.5% chance of at least one success. That calculation does not include the guarantee at 1,500.

Trait Rerolls and Memoria Shards are different currencies. Shards reroll Memoria traits. Stat Chips reroll substats. Do not spend the wrong stack at Mandra.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Vanguards: 2nd Anniversary the same Roblox experience as Anime Vanguards?

Yes. The live experience at place 16146832113 is titled Vanguards: 2nd Anniversary. Developer posts, the Discord invite, and the in-game systems still use the Anime Vanguards name. This wiki follows that place, not a different game with a similar title.

What should a new account do first in Update 15.0?

Stay in the lobby, play until you reach level 10, then redeem the active codes. Log in during the anniversary event to receive Yuvi. Spend Cake Slices '26 on the Anniversary '26 banner only after you can see its pity rules, and save Trait Rerolls for one unit whose role you already use.

Do the current codes require level 30?

The current resource codes on the active list require level 10. Many archived codes required level 30, and LetTheLarpingBegin had no level listed. kat is a permanent joke code with no items. If a redeem does nothing, check the level on that row before you change the spelling.

Where do Trait Rerolls go, and what is Monarch pity?

Spend them at the Mandra NPC in the Upgrades area. One Trait Reroll replaces the single trait on one unit. Monarch is 0.1% (1 in 1,000) with hard pity at 1,500 rerolls on that unit. Ethereal is 0.175% with pity 858, Deadeye is 0.375% with pity 400, and Solar is 0.5% with pity 300.

Where do the new anniversary units come from?

Yuvi is a login reward while the event is live. Death's Grasp (Remembrance) is the Event Pass tier 50 unit. God Ascended is an evolution of God (Standless) that needs four Saint parts. True Shadow Monarch is a Player Quest evolution of Song Jinwu and Igros. Most other new and returning banner units, including Kokushibo, are pulled on the Anniversary '26 banner with Cake Slices '26.