How to Ascend (Promote) Characters

Ascending or promoting characters is necessary to increase their level cap in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). Check out how to ascend your agents, and what materials you'll need to do so!

How to Promote Agents

Level Up and Use Certification Seals

To ascend or promote a character, you'll first need to hit their current level cap. From there, you'll get the option to promote your character using Certification Seals and Denny.

How to Level Up Characters

List of Certification Seals

List of Items
Basic Stun Certification Seal	Basic Support Certification Seal	Basic Offense Certification Seal
Basic Anomaly Certification Seal	Basic Defense Certification Seal	Advanced Stun Certification Seal
Advanced Support Certification Seal	Advanced Offense Certification Seal	Advanced Anomaly Certification Seal
Advanced Defense Certification Seal	Pioneer's Certification Seal	Buster Certification Seal
Controller Certification Seal	Ruler Certification Seal	Defender Certification Seal

Inter-Knot Reputation Requirements

Before you can promote a character, you'll also need to reach a specific Inter-Knot Reputation level. You can rank up your Inter-Knot Reputation by beating Rank-Up Commissions.

You can check your current Inter-Knot Reputation by clicking on your profile from the main menu.

Ranking Up Inter-Knot Reputation Has Its Own Requirements

If you want to rank up your Inter-Knot Reputation, you'll first need to fulfill the Rank Up Requirements listed on your profile page. Once they're completed, you'll gain access to the respective Rank-Up Commission in the HDD.

Why Should You Promote Agents?

Increased Base Stats

Besides unlocking the level cap, the character you'll promote will also get a general boost to their HP, ATK, and DEF. Even if you can't level them up yet, it's still worth promoting an Agent if you can.

Upgrade Skills and Core Skills

Promoting a character will also allow you to unlock upgrades for Agent Skills and Core Skills once they reach the requisite level. If you don't upgrade these skills, your characters will be noticeably weaker in battle.

Meet Recommended Levels

Each commission will have a recommended level that tells you the overall strength of the enemies. You'll need to promote your Agents to reach these recommendations, otherwise, you might struggle using lower-level characters.

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