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Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)
Critical Node Guide for Version 2.4
☆ New: Tier List Maker & Community Tier List Contest!
★ Upcoming: Version 2.5, Zhao, & Ye Shunguang!
☆ 2.4 Agents: Dialyn, & Banyue
★ 2.3 Phase 2: Yidhari Release & Ju Fufu Rerun
☆ Tier Lists: Agents | W-Engines | Bangboos | Teams
★ Redeem Codes for free Polychromes!
Critical Node is the second node of Shiyu Defense in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) that consists of seven stages. Check out when it resets, all the frontier guides, the best characters for each stage, and all the rewards here!
| Endgame Guides | |
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 Shiyu Defense |
 Deadly Assault |
List of Contents
Critical Node Reset Date and Countdown
Critical Node Resets on December 5
| Critical Node Reset Date and Countdown |
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| December 19, 2025 |
Critical Node resets every other Friday. This resets all your progress in Critical Node so that you will be able to collect rewards again upon completion.
This Phase of Critical Node will reset on December 19, 2025.
Critical Node Stage Effects
Current Stage Effect
| Deceitful Steps | |
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• When an Agent with the Stun specialty hits a
Stunned enemy, the enemy's Stun DMG Multiplier
increases by 50%. • Agent EX Special Attack and Ultimate DMG increase by 60%. |
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| Next Reset | 12/19/2025 - 04:00 |
In response to Critical Node's reset time, its Stage Effects also change in turn. This current Stage Effect for Critical Node is applied to all of its Frontiers.
Future Effects and Phases
| Phase | Effects |
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| II 12/19 |
• Agent Sheer DMG increases by 15%, Fire DMG and Ice DMG increase by 20% • When Agent Basic Attacks and EX Special Attacks land a critical hit on an enemy, own CRIT DMG increases by 5% for 10s, stacking up to 10 times. Repeated triggers reset the duration |
How to Unlock Critical Node
Clear Stable Node: Tenth Frontier
Critical Node is unlocked after clearing Stable Node: Tenth Frontier in Shiyu Defense.
Shiyu Defense 11
Critical Node First Frontier Details
| Objectives | 
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 11 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node First Frontier Best Characters
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Shiyu Defense 12
Critical Node Second Frontier Details
| Objectives |
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 12 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node Second Frontier Best Characters
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Shiyu Defense 13
Critical Node Third Frontier Details
| Objectives |
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 13 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node Third Frontier Best Characters
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Shiyu Defense 14
Critical Node Fourth Frontier Details
| Objectives |
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 14 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node Fourth Frontier Best Characters
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Shiyu Defense 15
Critical Node Fifth Frontier Details
| Objectives |
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 15 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node Fifth Frontier Best Characters
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Shiyu Defense 16
Critical Node Sixth Frontier Details
| Objectives |
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 16 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node Sixth Frontier Best Characters
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Shiyu Defense 17
Critical Node Seventh Frontier Details
| Objectives |
- More than 300s remaining
- More than 180s remaining
- Defeat all enemies |
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| Best Attributes | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
| Enemies | 1st Half: 2nd Half: |
Shiyu Defense 17 Critical Node Guide
Critical Node Seventh Frontier Best Characters
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Critical Node Rewards
List of Critical Node Rewards
| Frontiers | Rewards |
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| 1st |  Polychrome
x90 Denny
x45,000 |
| 2nd | Polychrome
x90 Denny
x45,000 |
| 3rd | Polychrome
x90 Denny
x45,000 |
| 4th | Polychrome
x90 Denny
x45,000 |
| 5th | Polychrome
x120 Denny
x45,000 |
| 6th | Polychrome
x120 Denny
x45,000 |
| 7th | Polychrome
x120 Denny
x45,000 |
| Total | Polychrome
x720 Denny
x315,000 |
What is Critical Node?
Shiyu Defense Stages
Critical Node is the second node you will play through in Shiyu Defense. These consist of seven stages that refresh on a regular basis, and you can challenge to collect up to 720 Polychromes.
Zenless Zone Zero Related Guides
Stable Node Guides
| All Stable Node Stages | ||||
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| Frontier 1 | Frontier 2 | Frontier 3 | Frontier 4 | Frontier 5 |
| Frontier 6 | Frontier 7 | Frontier 8 | Frontier 9 | Frontier 10 |
Disputed Node Guides
| All Disputed Node Stages | |||
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| Frontier 1 | Frontier 2 | Frontier 3 | Frontier 4 |
| Frontier 5 | Frontier 6 | Frontier 7 | Frontier 8 |
Critical Node Guides
| All Critical Node Stages | |||
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| Frontier 1 | Frontier 2 | Frontier 3 | Frontier 4 |
| Frontier 5 | Frontier 6 | Frontier 7 | |
Ambush Node Guides
| All Ambush Node Stages | ||||
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| Frontier 1 | Frontier 2 | Frontier 3 | ||
| Frontier 4 | Frontier 5 | |||
Author
Critical Node Guide for Version 2.4
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