Year's First Dawn

Year's First Dawn is a special stage that appears during the first eight days of a new year. When clearing it, you get an amount of XP similar to the number of the year.

Stage Information
Energy:	30
Enemy Base's Health:	(current year) HP
Enemies:	- Baa Baa (100%) (2015 only) - Gory (100%) (2016 only) - Jackie Peng (100%) (2017 only) - Doge (100%) (2018 only) - Li'l Bore (100%) (2019 only) - Rat Doge (100%) (2020 only)
Enemy Boss:	- Angry Sun (100%)
Treasure:	Cat Food +30 (first time)
Misc. Information
Score Rewards:	500: Rare Ticket +1 1000: XP +2019 2000: XP +2019 3000: XP +2019 4000: XP +2019 5000: XP +2019 6000: XP +2019 7000: XP +2019 8000: XP +2019 9000: XP +2019
XP earned:	2018 XP
Stage Width:	4000
Max number of Enemies:	10
Japanese Version Information
JP Name:	First Sunrise!
Script:	初日の出！

Strategies

Use cheap cats because Angry Sun is considered a metal enemy. Using cats like Cow Cat and its variants is a very good strategy but don't save up for anything that does crits, it's not worth it for the time.

Differences

• Differences for 2015
  • Baa Baa this year.
  • Costed 27 Energy.
  • 20% chance for 2,015 XP.
  • Base has 2015 health.
  • Stage originally called First Sunrise!

• Differences for 2016
  • Gory this year.
  • Costed 28 Energy.
  • Timed Score reward.
  • Base has 2016 health.
  • Stage was called Auld Lang Syne!

• Differences for 2017
  • Jackie Peng this year.
  • Costed 29 Energy.
  • Base has 2,017 health.

• Differences for 2018
  • Doge this year.
  • Costed 30 energy.
  • Base has 2,018 health.

• Differences for 2019
  • Li'l Bore this year.
  • Costed 31 energy.
  • Base has 2,019 health.
  • Stage was called New Year's Dawn!

• Differences for 2020
  • Rat Doge this year.
  • Costed 2 energy.
  • Base has 2,020 health.
  • Stage was called Happy 2020!

Walkthrough

Video	Player	Note
The Battle Cats - You Nears - Year's First Dawn Stage!	Regit

Gallery

2015 Stage location

2015 Stage name

2016 Stage location

Appears

• January 1st, 2015 to January 4th, 2015 (first)
• January 1st, 2016 to Jan 8, 2016 (new)
• January 1st, 2018 to Jan 9, 2018

Trivia

• During 2015, the stage You Nears! was originally called Happy 2015!
• During 2016, the stage You Nears! was originally called Auld Lang Syne!

Reference

• Year 2015
• Year 2016
• Year 2017
• Year 2018
• Year 2019
• Year 2020

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