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The character design is likely one of the main reasons for you to playZenless Zone Zero, and even if it’s not, you’ll still need various characters upgraded if you want to beat the hardest content in the game. Most of these characters can only be acquired through the different banners in the game.
You’ll find a total of four main banner types once you progress enough in the game, and while these share some similarities with each other, they’re also very different. It’s important to learn which banner you should spend your currency on if you want to be efficient.
Exclusive Channel, Explained
As you play Zenless Zone Zero, you’ll spend most of your time grinding to get pulls on the Exclusive Banner.You’ll have to use Encrypted Master Tapes to pull here, and you’re able to also buythese pulls using Polychrome. It’s highly recommended to only spendPolychrome to buy Encrypted Master Tapeand nothing else.
On this banner, you can getvarious S-tier agents, A-tier agents, A-tier W-Engines, and B-tier W-Engines. The probability of getting each one of these with every pull is as follows:
0.600 percent
7.050 percent
2.350 percent
B-Tier W-Engine
90 percent
While these low chances might be off-putting since you hardly have a chance of getting S-tier Agents, there’s a pity system to incentivize you to keep going. Essentially, you’re guaranteed to get an S-tier Agent once within every 90 pullsand an A-tier agent or W-Engine once every ten pulls. This count resets if you get an early agent or W-Engine of the respective rarity.
Much like other popular HoYoverse games, it seems like Zenless Zone Zeroalso has a soft pity mechanic.
This essentially means that you have a higher chance of getting anS-tier Agent past 75 pulls on the banner.
Exclusive Channel banners are time-limited, and you may see how long an Agent’s banner is going to last. Whenever you get an S-tier or A-tier Agent on this banner,there’s a 50 percent chance of it being the featured agent. Since there are two A-tier featured Agents, you have an equal chance of getting both of them.
If you end up losing this 50:50 and getting a non-featured character,your next Agent is guaranteed to be the featured one. It’s important to remember that both your pity and the 50:50 situation are shared between all the Exclusive Banners. For example, if you lose your 50:50 on one banner and get 35 into the pity, you’re guaranteed to get the next featured character within the next 55 pulls.
This is true evenwhen there are two Exclusive Channel bannerswith different featured characters at the same time.
Finally, whenever you get acopy of an Agent or get any W-Engine, you can get certain currencies:
Residual and Fading Signals can be used in the Signal Shop to purchase moreMaster Tapes, S-tier W-Engines (only for the former), and various other items.
The Master Tapes you may purchase with Fading Signals arelimited and reset every month, and it’s recommended to claim them each month.
W-Engine Channel, Explained
Right below the Exclusive Channel, you’ll commonly see a W-Engine Channel, and both these banners reset at the same time. Much like the Exclusive banner, the W-Engine banner also features one S-tier W-Engine and two A-tier W-Engines. TheS-tier featured Engine usually belongs to the character currently featuredon the Exclusive Channel.
The pity to get the S-tier on this banner goes down to 80, and you also have a75 percent chance of getting the featured W-Engine when you trigger the S-tier. Similar to the character banner, you’re guaranteed to get the Engine on your next S-tier if you lose the 75:25. The chances of getting the items on this banner for each pull are as follows:
1 percent
13.125 percent
1.875 percent
B-tier W-Engine
84 percent
You have to use the same pulls on this banner as the Exclusive Character banner, which generally makes itnot worth going for if you’re an F2P player.
The Residual and Fading Signals you get from A-tier and B-tier items on this banner are the same as the Exclusive Character, and you can alsoget 40 Residual Signal whenever you get an S-tier W-Engine, regardless of the number of copy. The pity on the W-Engine banner is also shared with every other W-Engine banner, but is separate from every other type of banner in the game.
Stable Channel, Explained
The Stable Channel is the permanent banner in Zenless Zone Zero thatuses a unique type of currency called the Master Tapes. This banner also has a beginner benefit for new players that stays on it permanently until you pull for the first 50 times. This benefit allows you to enjoy a 20 percent discount on these 50 pullsas long as you’re doing ten pulls at a time.
You’re also guaranteed to get an S-tier trigger within these 50 pulls, and while this banner can give you both S-tier Agents and W-Engines,this first trigger is guaranteed to be an Agent. Even if youget the S-tier Agent triggerearly, you may still enjoy the 20 percent discount for the first 50 pulls.
This banner also has a special mechanic where you canchoose one of the standard Agents of your choiceafter you’ve pulled on it 300 times.
Apart from everything mentioned above, the Stable Channel is largelysimilar to the Exclusive Channel when it comes to pity, chances, and the amount of Signalsyou get for each item. However, when you do get an S-tier trigger here past the first one, you have an equal chance of getting one of these items:
Rina
Weeping Cradle
The main reason why it’s not worth spending Polychrome on this banner even after the free choice in 300 is that youcan end up getting consistent W-Engines and not knowing what to do with them. Moreover, this banner is permanent, and the developers give you some free Mixed Tape in every update to pull here and slowly build your pity.
Whenever a new A-tier Agent is featured on the Exclusive Banner,they join this bannerafter their first featured banner.
Bangboo Channel, Explained
This is a special banner introduced in Zenless Zone Zero, and unlike every other banner, youcannot use your Polychrome or any other currency to get Boopons, which is the currency required to pull here. The only way to get Boopons outside of what the game gives you for free is if you buy the premium tier of the New Eridu City Fund.
For this banner, you may choose the S-tier Bangboo you want, and whenever an S-tier triggers, you’re guaranteed to get that Bangboo. It alsoshares the same pity and S-tier and A-tier chances as the W-Engine banner. You can switch the S-tier Bangboo you want at any point without losing pity on the banner.
When you’re choosing a Bangboo, read their b ability as this tells you the perfect condition for them.
This lets you choose onebased on your current rosterand the characters you’re upgrading.
you’re able to get 50, ten, and two Bangbucks whenever you get an S-tier, A-tier Bangboos, and B-tier W-Engines respectively. These can be used in the Signal Shop to obtain various items. Upon receiving up tofive copies of the S-tier and A-tier Bangboos, you’ll gain a Core for them, but you’ll instead get an extra 75 and 15 Bangbucks respectively past that.
