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Proto Punk Drive Disc Guide

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Zenless Zone Zero - Proto Punk Drive Disc Guide

Proto Punk is a Drive Disc in Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.2 (ZZZ). See the Proto Punk effects, best characters, and how to get it here!

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Proto Punk Drive Disc Effects

Proto Punk Drive Disc Set Effect

Proto Punk Drive Disc Set
ZZZ - Proto Punk Proto Punk
2pc Effect Shield effect +15%
4pc Effect When any squad member triggers a Defensive Assist or Evasive Assist, all squad members deal 15% increased DMG, lasting 10s. Passive effects of the same name do not stack.
Description Carefully selected as a recommended Drive Disc series by the Hollow Investigative Association. It offers a significant Ether increase, but also requires more effort to control.

Proto Punk Best Characters

Best for Defense Characters

Seth IconSeth Caesar IconCaesar

Proto Punk is best recommended for Defense Agents that provide shields to the party to bring out the effectiveness of this drive disc in battle.

While best on Agents that provide shields to other party members, the 4-piece effect can be triggered by any agent as long as a Defensive or Evasive Assist is triggered.

How to Do Perfect & Quick Assists

How to Get Proto Punk

Hunter and Beast Routine Cleanup Stage

ZZZ - Hunter and Beast Routine Cleanup Stage

Proto Punk can be obtained by successfully challenging the Hunter and Beast stage in Routine Cleanup, which can be accessed via Scott Outpost. Challenging a stage costs 60 Battery for each run.

Routine Cleanup Guide

Get From Bardic Needle with Plating Agents

ZZZ - Get Drive Discs From Bardic Needle with Plating Agents

You can get Proto Punk in the Bardic Needle Music Shop by exchanging Plating Agents you get from Rally Commissions, Routine Cleanup stages, Drive Disc dismantling, and the New Eridu City Fund.

Exchanging higher rarity Plating Agents increases your chances of getting higher rarity Drive Discs!

Bardic Needle Guide

How to Get Plating Agents Per Rarity

Rarity How to Get
B-Rank Routine Cleanup Stages
Dismantling Drive Discs
A-Rank Rally Commissions
Routine Cleanup Stages
Dismantling Drive Discs
S-Rank Rally Commissions
Dismantling Drive Discs
New Eridu City Fund (Battle Pass)

Rally Commissions and Routine Cleanup stages are combat challenges where you can get Plating Agents. You can also get them by dismantling or destroying Drive Discs you don't need.

ZZZ's Battle Pass feature, the New Eridu City Fund, rewards Plating Agents as well when you reach certain tier levels!

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All Drive Discs

List of All Drive Discs
ZZZ - Soul Rock Soul Rock ZZZ - Woodpecker Electro Woodpecker Electro ZZZ - Chaotic Metal Chaotic Metal
ZZZ - Swing Jazz Swing Jazz ZZZ - Fanged Metal Fanged Metal ZZZ - Hormone Punk Hormone Punk
ZZZ - Thunder Metal Thunder Metal ZZZ - Shockstar Disco Shockstar Disco ZZZ - Inferno Metal Inferno Metal
ZZZ - Puffer Electro Puffer Electro ZZZ - Polar Metal Polar Metal ZZZ - Freedom Blues Freedom Blues
ZZZ - Chaos Jazz Chaos Jazz ZZZ - Proto Punk Proto Punk ZZZ - Branch and Blade Song Branch and Blade Song
ZZZ - Astral Voice Astral Voice ZZZ - Phaethon Phaethon's Melody ZZZ - Shadow Harmony Shadow Harmony
ZZZ - Yunkui Tales Yunkui Tales ZZZ - King of the Summit King of the Summit ZZZ - Dawn Dawn's Bloom
ZZZ - Moonlight Lullaby Moonlight Lullaby

All 3rd Beta Test Drive Discs

List of All Drive Discs
ZZZ - Monsoon Funk Monsoon Funk ZZZ - Assassin Assassin's Ballad ZZZ - Doom Grindcore Doom Grindcore
ZZZ - Unicorn Electro Unicorn Electro ZZZ - Mammoth Electro Mammoth Electro ZZZ - Vagabond Folk Vagabond Folk
ZZZ - Ecstatic Punk Ecstatic Punk ZZZ - Twisted Grindcore Twisted Grindcore ZZZ - Noisy Pop Noisy Pop

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2 neutraltowardsbenbigger neutraltowardsbenbigger 6 months

clearly forgotten lol

1 Anonymous Anonymous 6 months

If this set is best for Defense characters, then why is Ben not included?

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