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Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)

Cauldron of Clarity W-Engine Guide

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Zenless Zone Zero - Cauldron of Clarity W-Engine Guide

Cauldron of Clarity is a W-Engine of A rarity in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). See the best characters for Cauldron of Clarity, its stats and effects, how to get it, and its ascension materials in this guide!

Cauldron of Clarity Stats and Effects

Cauldron of Clarity Effects and Overview

Cauldron of Clarity W-Engine Details
ZZZ - Cauldron of Clarity W-Engine Cauldron of Clarity Cauldron of Clarity A Rank
Tier Rank T1 T1 Type RuptureRupture
Base ATK 40 Adv. Stat HP 10%
Effects Summoning Arcanum
When the equipper activates an EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's DMG by 4%, up to 3 stacks, and lasting 20s. This effect can trigger once every 0.5s, and repeated triggers reset the duration. At 3 stacks, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by 6.5%.

Cauldron of Clarity Best Characters

All Recommended Characters

Recommended Characters
Agent Attribute Specialty
Banyue Banyue FireFire RuptureRupture
Yixuan Yixuan EtherEther RuptureRupture
Yidhari Yidhari #IceIce RuptureRupture
Manato Manato FireFire RuptureRupture

The recommended agents for this W-Engine are arranged from most to least recommended.

Since Cauldron of Clarity is not restricted to any Attribute, it is highly versatile, making it a great option for any Rupture Agent, provided that they can rely constantly on their EX Special Attacks.

Doing so will give them a substantial increase in CRIT Rate!

List of All Characters

How to Get Cauldron of Clarity

Get From the Sword Seeker Chronicles Event

Sword Seeker Chronicles W-Engine Reward

Cauldron of Clarity and its overclock material can be acquired by participating in Version 2.5's flagship event, Sword Seeker Chronicles, which went live at the same time the patch does on December 30, 2025!

Since this is an event-exclusive W-Engine, Proxies cannot get this by any other means.
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Sword Seeker Chronicles Event Guide

Cauldron of Clarity Base and Advanced Stats

Cauldron of Clarity Stats Table

Lv. Base ATK Adv.Stat
(HP)
Base 40 10%
10 138 13%
20 236 16%
30 335 19%
40 433 22%
50 532 25%
MAX 594 25%

Cauldron of Clarity Update Levels and Effects

Cauldron of Clarity W-Engine Update Levels and Effects

Lv. Cauldron of Clarity W-Engine Effect
1★ When the equipper activates an EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's DMG by 4%, up to 3 stacks, and lasting 20s. This effect can trigger once every 0.5s, and repeated triggers reset the duration. At 3 stacks, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by 6.5%.
2★ TBD
3★ TBD
4★ TBD
5★ When the equipper activates an EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's DMG by 6.4%, up to 3 stacks, and lasting 20s. This effect can trigger once every 0.5s, and repeated triggers reset the duration. At 3 stacks, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by 10.4%.

Cauldron of Clarity Materials

Total Cauldron of Clarity Modify Materials

Total W-Engine Materials
ZZZ - Rupture Component Rupture Component x3 ZZZ - Specialized Rupture Component Specialized Rupture Component x24 ZZZ - Reinforced Rupture Component Reinforced Rupture Component x26
ZZZ - Denny Denny x320000

Lv. W-Engine Modify Materials
10 ➔ 20
ZZZ - Denny Denny x12000
20 ➔ 30
ZZZ - Denny Denny x22400
30 ➔ 40
ZZZ - Denny Denny x48000
40 ➔ 50
ZZZ - Denny Denny x80000
50 ➔ 60
ZZZ - Denny Denny x160000

Zenless Zone Zero Related Guides

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Stun Stun Attack Attack Support Support
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Housekeeper ImageHousekeeper Starlight Engine Replica ImageStarlight Engine Replica Big Cylinder ImageBig Cylinder
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Gilded Blossom ImageGilded Blossom Marcato Desire ImageMarcato Desire Box Cutter ImageBox Cutter
Tremor Trigram Vessel ImageTremor Trigram Vessel Puzzle Sphere ImagePuzzle Sphere Radiowave Journey ImageRadiowave Journey
Reel Projector ImageReel Projector Grill O’Wisp ImageGrill O’Wisp Cauldron of Clarity ImageCauldron of Clarity

B Rank W-Engines

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Magnetic Storm - Alpha ImageMagnetic Storm - Alpha Lunar - Noviluna ImageLunar - Noviluna Lunar - Pleniluna ImageLunar - Pleniluna
Lunar - Decrescent ImageLunar - Decrescent Vortex - Hatchet ImageVortex - Hatchet Reverb - Mark III ImageReverb - Mark III
Reverb - Mark II ImageReverb - Mark II Reverb - Mark I ImageReverb - Mark I Magnetic Storm - Bravo ImageMagnetic Storm - Bravo
Vortex - Arrow ImageVortex - Arrow Vortex - Revolver ImageVortex - Revolver Cinder - Cobalt ImageCinder - Cobalt

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