Intro

Update 96 brings festive cheer, new features, and tons of holiday fun to your runs! This update introduces a festive makeover, a new holiday Season Pass, special Day by Day events, and more surprises waiting under the tree!

Holiday Obstacles in Gru’s Lab

The holidays have arrived on the track!
Get ready to run through holiday-themed obstacles and decorations, filling every run in Gru’s Lab location with festive lights, snowy surprises, and plenty of holiday spirit.

Content

Holiday Spirit Pass (December 22): Take on snowy challenges and earn frosty in-game rewards in the festive holiday-themed Season Pass.
New Year Day by Day event (January 5, 2026): Celebrate the start of 2026 with limited-time missions, shiny rewards, and plenty of fireworks!
Adventure Run Holiday Skin: The board gets a festive makeover! Roll the dice, collect rewards, and enjoy the snow, glowing presents, and festive lights.
Step by Step Holiday Skin: The Step by Step offers are getting seasonal updates with new skins to match the holiday theme.
Profile Customization: Add holiday cheer to your Minion profile with new avatars and frames!

New feature updates

Main Menu & UI Holiday Theme
The game has been transformed into a holiday wonderland!

• A brand-new holiday-themed Main Menu with festive decorations.
• Holiday SFX and joyful welcome animations for the perfect winter atmosphere.
• Updated UI visuals across menus to match the holiday spirit.

Boosters 
A brand-new advantage system has arrived:

• You can now collect extra Tokens during your run for even more rewards.
• A Booster may automatically activate when you enter the game and will last for a limited time.
• Improved visibility with a new Main Menu entry point, in-run notifications, and an updated Result Screen animation so you never miss your bonuses!

Minion Mash-up improvements

Minion Mash-up events got smoother and more rewarding.

• A new pre-run screen lets you choose gadgets without returning to the Main Menu.
• The Claim Reward state is now clearer, making it easier to spot and collect your main rewards after every victory.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue where the “What’s New” pop-up did not display properly after swiping to the right page on iOS.
• Fixed missing 2D star elements in the background of the “What’s New” pop-up.
• Fixed a stuck state in Adventure Run caused by tapping the “Turn” button after returning from the Progression/Preparation screen during bonus lap activation or deactivation.
• Fixed issue where the minion’s position on the Adventure Run board shifted by the number of die cells when tapping the “Turn” button during bonus lap activation or deactivation.
• Fixed Next Reward Indicator in Adventure Run not displaying rewards when one or two rewards were set for reaching the next stage.
• Fixed jerky scrolling behavior in the Story Puzzles Reward List on the Puzzle Progress screen.
• Fixed overflow of text on the Refund Successful pop-up in certain languages.
• Fixed Season Pass Points progress bar not filling correctly during the Claim animation in Season Pass missions.
• Fixed inconsistent inclination angles on Revive buttons in action phase.
• Fixed missing background behind the 2D avatar icon for certain rarities in the Profile Level section.
• Fixed score and banana bonus counters not functioning properly during Minion costume unlock.
• Fixed issue where the 2D score and banana bonus icons did not move left during the animation on the Minion Reward screen.
• Fixed static jellyfish tentacles on the Jellyfish Stuart costume.
• Fixed Hall of Jam Entry Point refresh banner in the Main Menu.
• Fixed timer refresh information in the Hall of Jam entry point.
• Fixed small display size of the timer with deduct information in the Hall of Jam menu.
• Fixed minion twitching during certain pre-run animations in Endless Run.
• Fixed issue where the minion could run through the saw obstacle without dying in
• Gru’s Lab during Endless Run.
• Fixed broken streak scale when bosses were refreshed during the action phase of Minion mash-up.
• Fixed ticket count always resetting to 5 after a negative balance greater than 5 caused by refunds in Minion mash-up.
• Fixed issue where the chunk could disappear during the action phase after winning a Minion mash-up.
• Fixed UI of the Achievement Zone for regular bosses incorrectly displaying the bonus UI on the Minion mash-up Result screen.
• Fixed lightning effect incorrectly appearing on the progress bar of regular bosses during the action phase and Pause pop-up in Minion mash-up.
• Fixed leaderboard malfunction when the banana record was bitten during Minion mash-up action phase.
• Other bug fixes.