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Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)

The Champion TV Schedule Event Guide

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Zenless Zone Zero The Champion Event Guide

The Champion is a TV Schedule Event featuring Lighter in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). Check out how to unlock the event, all Side Story and Battle stage guides, and rewards here!

The Champion Guides
Side Story Side Story Eternal Noon Eternal Noon Battle Battle

The Champion Event Information

Lighter TV Schedule Event Details

TV Schedule The Champion
Event Start November 27,2024
Event End December 16, 2024
Rewards
Polychrome Original Chip Specialized Shock Chip Senior Investigator Log
W-Engine Energy Module Bangboo System Widget Denny

The Champion is a TV Schedule event that features Lighter, the champion of the Sons of Calydon. Get to know Lighter in his Agent Story and play as him in the Champion's themed combat stages.

TV Schedule Event Guide

How to Unlock The Champion

Inter-Knot Level Rewards

The Champion can be unlocked after reaching Inter-Knot Level 20.

How to Raise Your Inter-Knot Level

The Champion Schedule

The Champion Stages

Stages Unlock Date
Wasteland Search Wasteland Search and Wasteland Search+ Nov. 28, 2024
Dancing With The King Dancing With the King and Dancing With the King
Fuel Time Fuel Time and Fuel Time+ Nov. 29, 2024
The Fist & The Gun Icon The Fist & the Gun and The Fist & the Gun+
Eternal Noon Eternal Noon
Flaming Fist (I) and Flaming Fist (II) Nov. 30, 2024
Flaming Fist (III) and Flaming Fist (IV)
Flaming Fist (V) and Flaming Fist (VI)

All of the Champion's Side Story and Battle combat stages will unlock over time, from November 28 to November 30, 2024.

Afterwards, the Side Story Stages can be accessed by completing the associated The Fist, The Gun, and The Relic event quest.

The Fist, The Gun, and The Relic Walkthrough

How to Play The Champion

Complete Lighter's Agent Story

Zenless Zone Zero - The Unsung Champion Commission Guide

Get to know more about Lighter's past and Calydon in The Unsung Champion Agent Story.

Unsung Champion Lighter Agent Story Guide

Experience Lighter's Kit to the Fullest

Experience Lighter

Test out Lighter and other supporting characters to defeat enemies in normal and Side scroller battles in exchange for Duel Arena Tokens!

Collect Event Rewards

Collect Event Rewards

Exchange the Duel Arena Tokens you collect for prizes such as Polychromes, and other growth materials from The Champion's event store.

The Champion Walkthrough

The Fist, The Gun, and The Relic Quest Guide

  1. Meet Lighter and Caesar
  2. Talk to Lighter
  3. Meet up With Lighter and Piper
  4. Meet up With Lighter
  5. Talk to Lighter and Billy

Meet Lighter and Caesar in Blazewood

Meet Lighter and Caesar in Blazewood

To unlock Wasteland Search, go to Blazewood and meet with Lighter and Caesar.

Head to the Hollow with Lighter and Burnice to investigate and defeat the Hollow gang members that attacked the Loudmouth Biker.

Talk to Lighter

Talk to Lighter

After completing Wasteland Search, meet with Lighter and Caesar near Blazewood's highway to unlock and proceed with Dancing With the King.

At Caesar's behest to go with Lighter, finish the conversation with them and return to the Hollow to investigate the refinery.

Meet up With Lighter and Piper

Meet up with Lighter and Piper

After Dancing with the King, meet up with Lighter and Piper at Blazewood near the wooden elevator platform.

Investigate the Convoy Alliance route with Lighter, Piper, and Burnice in Fuel Time.

Meet up With Lighter

Meet up With Lighter

After completing Fuel Time, meet up with Lighter at Blazewood's Upper Level to unlock and proceed with The Fist & Gun.

Finish the conversation and coordinate with Lighter and Billy to investigate the old civilization artifact intel.

Talk to Lighter and Billy

Talk to Lighter and Billy

Prepared for the final showdown, return to the Hollow with Lighter and Billy to unlock and complete High Noon.

Listen in to Billy's report to learn the truth about the artifact and to finish the quest series.

The Champion Trial Agents and Buffs

The Champion Trial Characters

The Champion Trial Characters
Lighter Lighter Burnice Burnice Caesar Caesar
Piper Piper Billy Billy

Lighter, Burnice, Caesar, Piper and Billy are the trial characters you can deploy in The Champion's combat stages.

Lighter is automatically deployed, but you can select one Agent to support him for each stage.

The Champion Side Story Stage Buffs

The Champion's Techniques
Wasteland Search
Perfect Coordination:
Press Switch Character to summon your Support Character to unleash a Coordinated Attack. This will not interrupt your character's current action. Coordinated Attacks have an 8s cooldown. Activating a Coordinated Attack right before being attacked will triggers Perfect Coordination, enhancing the effect.
Lighter's DMG greatly increases. Upon triggering Perfect Coordination, Vital View is also triggered.
Dancing With the King
Frenzy:
After defeating 5 normal enemies in a row, Lighter enters the Frenzy state, granting him a powerful buff for 10 seconds. While in Frenzy, defeating every 3 additional enemies extends the state by 5 seconds. Defeating a normal enemy's advanced form counts as defeating 2 normal enemies, and defeating an elite enemycounts as defeating 5 normal enemies.
Lighter's DMG is significantly increased. While in the Frenzy state, Lighter can instantly kill enemies with HP below 20%. The themed mechanic of Perfect Coordination has been applied.
Fuel Time
Full Frenzy:
When Lighter defeats 5 normal enemies in a row within 8 seconds while in Frenzy, he enters the Full Frenzy state, granting him an even more powerful buff for 10s. However, the Full Frenzy state cannot be extended. Defeating a normal enemy's advanced form counts as defeating 2 normal enemies, and defeating an elite enemy counts as defeating 5 normal enemies. enemy's advanced form counts
Lighter's DMG is significantly increased. While in the Frenzy state, Lighter's CRIT Rate increases by 30%, and CRIT DMG increases by 60%. The recovery speed of Morale is greatly enhanced. The themed mechanics of Perfect Coordination and Frenzy have been applied.
The Fist & The Gun
Provoke:
Hold the Dodge button to Provoke. Lighter's DMG is significantly increased. When he provokes an enemy, all squad members' CRIT DMG is increased. While in the Provoke state, Lighter automatically counters enemy attacks when he is about to get hit and further increases all squad members' CRIT DMG. After successfully countering an enemy attack, press the Basic Attack to launch a follow-up attack.
Lighter's DMG is significantly increased. When he Provokes the enemy, all squad members' CRIT DMG increases by 45% for 8 seconds. While in the Provoke state, Lighter automatically parries enemies' attacks when they're about to land, and further increases all squad members' CRIT DMG by 45% for 8 seconds. After parrying the enemy's attack, selecting Basic Attack can trigger a follow-up attack. The themed mechanics of Perfect Coordination, Frenzy, and Full Frenzy have been applied.

The Champion Heat Multipliers

Heat Multipliers
Wasteland Search+
• Enemies respawn faster. When triggering Perfect Coordination, the support character will use Chain Attack.
• Enemy attacks have a chance to trigger a critical hit. When Lighter triggers Perfect Dodge, the cooldown for Coordinated Attack is reduced by 1s and support characters' DMG increases by 100% for 10s.
Dancing With the King+
• Enemy DEF increases by 30%. While in the Frenzy state, Lighter recovers 20 Energy upon hitting an enemy with an EX Special Attack, and generates 1,000 Decibels when hitting an enemy with an Ultimate.
• Enemy ATK increases by 30%. While in the Frenzy state, support characters use Chain Attack when Coordinated Attack is triggered, and they use Ultimate when Perfect Coordination is triggered.
Fuel Time+
• Enemy Max HP increases by 30%. When Lighter launches his Finishing Move during the 5th hit of his Basic Attack, he can trigger Coordinated Attack once, ignoring the cooldown time.
• The enemy's Daze limit increases by 20%. When Lighter activates Chain Attack, he can trigger a Coordinated Attack once, ignoring the cooldown time.
The Fist and The Gun+
• When Provoke is activated, the enemy's ATK increases by 50%, for 8 seconds. When Lighter successfully parries an enemy attack, the current cooldown time for Coordinated Attack is reduced to 0 seconds.
• When Provoke is activated, the maximum number of enemies is spawned and all squad members' ATK increases by 30%. Daze increases by 25%, lasting for 10 seconds. Killing the additionally spawned enemies grants extra points.

The Champion Event Rewards

Get Title - Red Scarf Associate

Get Title - Red Scarf Associate

Obtaining at least 10,000 points in Eternal Noon rewards you with the Red Scarf Associate title for your profile!

Titles and Badges Guide

Lighter Event Total Rewards

The Champion Event Rewards
ZZZ - Polychrome Polychrome x560 ZZZ - Original Chip Original Chip x100
ZZZ - Denny Denny x225,000 ZZZ - Specialized Burn Chip Specialized Burn Chip x15
ZZZ - Senior Investigator Log Senior Investigator Log x15 ZZZ - W-Engine Energy Module W-Engine Energy Module x15
ZZZ - Bangboo System Widget Bangboo System Widget x10

The Champion Exclusive Rewards

Objectives Rewards
Three Days of Gratitude and Revenge
Duel Arena Token Duel Arena Token x650
The Fist, the Gun, and the Relic
Duel Arena Token Duel Arena Token x640
Title Title: Red Scarf Associate x1

The Champion Special Rewards

Item Limit Price
5
Duel Arena Token x200
10
Duel Arena Token x20
15
Duel Arena Token x15
15
Duel Arena Token x10
15
Duel Arena Token x10
10
Duel Arena Token x10
Denny Denny x5,000
45
Duel Arena Token x5

The Champion Battle Pass Rewards

Requirements Rewards
Earn 1,000 Duel Arena tokens in the event ''The Champion''.
ZZZ - City Fund EXP x1600

1,600 City Fund EXP can be obtained to boost your Battle Pass' level!

New Eridu City Fund Battle Pass Guide

Zenless Zone Zero Related Guides

Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) Events

All Events and Schedule

Ongoing Events

Event Guide Event Duration
Lightstream NotesLightstream Notes 12/03/2025 - 12/29/2025
Neo Golden MechaNeo Golden Mecha 11/28/2025 - 12/29/2025
All-New ProgramAll-New Program 11/26/2025 - 12/29/2025
En-Nah Chess SagaEn-Nah Chess Saga 11/26/2025 - 12/29/2025
The Final CallbackThe Final Callback 11/26/2025 - 12/17/2025
Signal Search Thank-You GiftSignal Search Thank-You Gift 10/15/2025 - 01/07/2026

Upcoming Events

Event Guide Event Duration
Data Bounty - Combat SimulationData Bounty - Combat Simulation 12/24/2025 - 12/29/2025
En-Nah Into Your LapEn-Nah Into Your Lap 12/17/2025 - 12/29/2025
100% Miss Bunny100% Miss Bunny 12/17/2025 - 12/29/2025
Advanced Bounty - Area PatrolAdvanced Bounty - Area Patrol 12/11/2025 - 12/16/2025
Simulated Sequence ShowdownSimulated Sequence Showdown 12/08/2025 - 12/29/2025

Permanent Events

Event Guide How To Unlock/Rewards
Road to Proxy Greatness Event Guide Road to Proxy Greatness Reach Inter-Knot Level 8.
Rookie on the Road Event Guide Rookie on the Road Reach Inter-Knot Level 8.

Past Events

Event Guide Event Duration
141 Battery Artwork141 Battery Artwork 07/05/2025 - 07/15/2025
141 Eco Art Exhibition141 Eco Art Exhibition 11/12/2025 - 11/24/2025
141 Exclusive Bazaar141 Exclusive Bazaar 08/02/2024 - 08/12/2024
141 Friendship Fair141 Friendship Fair 10/27/2024 - 11/04/2024
141 Going Green for Everyone141 Going Green for Everyone 02/26/2025 - 03/10/2025
A Dream Come True at LastA Dream Come True at Last 01/24/2025 - 02/05/2025
A Tale Through the Looking GlassA Tale Through the Looking Glass 05/19/2025 - 06/05/2025
Band of Brave BangbooBand of Brave Bangboo 09/05/2025 - 10/13/2025
Bangboo BashBangboo Bash 04/27/2025 - 05/12/2025
Bangboo vs EtherealBangboo vs Ethereal 12/20/2024 - 01/20/2025

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