Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks

Here's a beginner's guide on what you need to know before playing Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). Check out the early game tips, recommended agents, how to keep progressing, and all other gameplay tips and tricks need!

Early Game Tips

Rerolling is Not Recommended

A recurring thing among Hoyoverse games is that it takes a long time to make it to the Gacha banner, called Signal Searches in ZZZ. Even then, the S-class characters will eventually come, and A-class Agents that are easier to obtain can do the job just fine.

Reroll Guide - Is It Worth It?

Focus on Story Quest

Doing the Main Story unlocks more and more features of the game that will greatly help in the early game!

Look out for red speech balloons on top of a character's head or on an objected; that's the sign that interacting with them will proceed with the Main Story.

Collect EXP Materials

After clearing Chapter 1 of the Main Story, the VR Training Mode will be unlocked. It is highly recommended to do this a lot to gain materials that will help level up your characters quickly.

VR Device Guide

Look for Missing Mini Cargo Trucks

Certain Missing Mini Cargo Trucks can be found around the city block, and they can be easily spotted by the bright blue X on its side. Opening these will grant the player some EXP items and Dennies as a reward!

Visit the Daily Check-In Website

Much like its sister games from Hoyoverse, Zenless Zone Zero also has a Daily Check-in website where Proxies can go and log in daily to obtain free items.

The day-by-day reward does not look like much but it eventually accumulates over time, letting players have the necessary materials in the long run.

Zenless Zone Zero Daily Check-In Website

Best Early Game Agents and Teams

Early Game Team Comp

Attack	Stun	Support
Soukaku	Anby	Nicole
Agent Leveling Priority
Supporters > Stun > Attackers

Prioritize DPS Agents

Best Early Game DPS Agents
Soukaku
Runner-Up Agents
Anton	Corin

Attack Agents are usually the main DPS of a team, as their entire kit is built to deal as much damage as possible.

For those who are trying to get used to ZZZ's combat system, Soukaku is a great choice for beginners as she deals lots of damage despite being a Support Agent!

If you have her in your account, she can carry you from her damage alone!

Soukaku is Free in Shinyu Defense

Players can claim a free copy of Soukaku as soon as they complete a certain point of Shiyu Defense, which is unlocked after starting Chapter 2!

Pull on Ellen's Banner

The first Limited Signal Search Banner, Mellow Waveride, features the debut of Ellen Joe as a playable S-Rank Agent. She is currently on top of the Tier List as one of the best Attack Agents in the entire game!

S-Rank Agent	Rate-Up A-Rank Agents
Ellen	Soukaku	Anton

The two A-Rank Agents, Soukaku and Anton, are also really good A-Rank DPS units among the current roster of Agents. It is highly recommended to pull on this Limited Banner if your current roster is lacking in terms of damage!

Ellen Banner Release Date and Schedule

Level At Least One Stun Character

Recommended Stun Agents
Anby	Koleda	Lycaon

Stun Agents specialize in increasing enemy Daze, and immobilizes them once the meter is full. When that happens, your team can go into Chain Attacks or deal even heavier DMG on their own.

Out of the recommended three, Anby is given at the start of the game for free; use this to your advantage and level her up immediately.

Reserve A Slot For a Support

Recommended Support Agents
Nicole	Rina	Grace

Each Support Agent has their own unique way of providing utility to the team. For example, Nicole is good with crowd control, bunching up lots of enemies into one place to make it easier to deal damage all at once.

Despite being an Anomaly character, Grace works as a sub-DPS for other Electric Agents due to her Assist skills focusing on increasing the effect of the Electric Anomaly

Use the Team Builder Tool

If you're having trouble creating your team or choosing the best Bangboo for your team, you can use our handy Team Builder Tool!

Zenless Zone Zero Team Builder Tool

How To Keep Progressing

Things to Check if Account Progress is Slow
・Increase Inter-Knot Level ・Level Your W-Engines ・Equip Driver Discs ・Do Your Dailies ・Do Sub-Quests ・Do Hollow Zero ・Play The Events

Increase Inter-Knot Level

Make it a priority to keep increasing your Inter-Knot Level as well! Reaching certain milestones can break the level cap of the Agents, allowing them to be leveled up even further!

How to Raise Your Inter-Knot Level

Level Your W-Engines

A W-Engine can be considered an Agent's weapon, providing an increase of stats and a passive that innately boost their abilities.

List of W-Engines by Rank
B-Rank	A-Rank	S-Rank

Use Appropriate W-Engines

Make sure to read the descriptions of your W-Engines before you equip them with one! Each one is exclusively used between Agents of five different specialties: Attack, Defense, Support, Stun, and Anomaly!

Equip Driver Discs Early For Stats

Drive Discs are additional equipment that further provides stats to your Agents. Equipping two or four of the same name will trigger a special set effect that provides additional bonus effects.

However, in the early game, it might be hard to get a full set of Drive Discs of the same name. Focus on equipping them first to your best Agent to increase their stats as much as possible.

All Drive Discs and Guides

Beginner's Tuning in Bardic Needle

Make it a point to go to Bardic Needle as soon as the store is unlocked. There are limited A-Rank Drive Discs which are great for beginners who are just focusing on boosting stats as much as possible immediately.

Do Your Dailies and Errands

Daily Errands provide the player a certain set of rewards that will help strengthen the Agents after clearing a certain number of them. Some of the Daily Errands also accumulate into points in increasing the New Eridu City Fund Plans, which is ZZZ's take on the Battle Pass system.

Do not forget to claim your rewards once finished with your Daily Errands! They refresh regardless if you have claimed them or not upon server reset!

Do Puzzles

Some of the commissions, especially Exploration Commissions, have non-combat activities like puzzles that do not involve any form of combat. It is basically free rewards if you ever come across these puzzles!

List of Commissions

Do Endgame Content

After clearing Chapter 1, various endgame mode content is unlocked, and these are some of the best ways to get training and leveling materials for your Agents.

Hollow Zero

Hollow Zero is an endgame game mode, where the gameplay is circled around solving puzzles, gaining special buffs and defeating all enemies

This game mode is simple to do even if your Agents are not yet fully built, so do not hesitate to do this game mode as soon as possible!

Hollow Zero Guide

Shiyu Defense

Shiyu Defense is another endgame mode unlocked after completing the second Inter-Knot Reputation Rank-Up Mission.

This game mode is more challenging as it involves defeating a certain number of enemies under a time limit!

Shiyu Defense Guide

Rally Commissions

Similar to Combat Commissions in the HDD, Rally Commissions are battle-focused challenges that takes players straight into very challenging fights.

Rally Commissions are one-time clears, which means players can obtain the rewards for this endgame content once.

Rally Commission Guide

Play The Events

Every so often, events will be featured prominently in the game, and this is one of the best ways to get crucial items like leveling materials, Dennies and W-Engines. They usually take a long time to do and complete, so be ready to commit some time into doing events when you can!

All Tips and Tricks

All Zenless Zone Zero Tips and Tricks

Gameplay Guides
How to Level Up Characters	How to Build and Enhance Characters
How to Ascend (Promote) Characters	How to Recover Battery Charge
How to Raise Your Inter-Knot Level	All Inter-Knot Level Rewards
Daily and Weekly Server Reset Times	How to Change the Time
List of All Achievements	Trophy Guide
Missing Mini Cargo Truck Locations and Rewards	Reroll Guide
Microtransactions and Best In-App Purchases	How to Increase Agent Trust Level
Fast Travel Guide: How to Teleport	How to Modify and Upgrade W-Engines
How to Gain Energy	How to Heal Characters
Compendium Guide	List of Primer Trials and All Rewards
Best Standard Banner Character Guide	How to Get Promoters for Random Play
Combat Guides
Basic Combat Guide	How to Daze and Stun
Chain Attack Guide	Ultimate and Decibel Rating
Perfect Dodge and Counter	Perfect Assists and Parries
Attribute Anomaly	What are Additional Skills?
Items and Collectibles
How to Farm Polychromes	How to Get and Use Residual Signal
How to Get and Use Fading Signal	How to Get and Use Encrypted Master Tape
Best Ways to Farm Denny (Money)	How to Get and Use HIA Commemorative Coin
How to Get and Use W-Engine Chip	How to Get and Use Ether Battery
How to Get and Use Boopon	How to Get and Use Bangbuck
How to Get and Use Monochrome	Exclusive Skins for W-Engines
How to Get Dynamic Wallpapers	-
Game Modes and Dailies
Dailies - Errands Guide	Hollow Deep Dive Explained
Officer Mewmew Guide	Notorious Hunt Guide
Routine Cleanup Guide	Casual vs Challenge Mode
Frequently Asked Questions
Should You Choose Belle or Wise?	Does Zenless Zone Zero Have Crossplay?
Are There Multiplayer Features?	How to Transfer Data
How to Exit the Game	How to Play With Controller on PC/Mobile
Birthday Guide: What Do You Get On Your Birthday	Which Server Should I Use?
New Eridu City Fund Battle Pass Guide	-

Zenless Zone Zero Related Guides

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Guides by Category

Zenless Zone Zero Categories
News and Game Info	Redeem Codes
Characters	Tier Lists
W-Engine	Drive Discs
Signal Search	Bangboo
Events	Travel
Shops	VR Device
Enemies	Bosses
Hollow Zero	Shiyu Defense
Rally Commissions	Arcade (Godfinger)
Items	Commissions