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When getting ready to start your adventure inZenless Zone Zero, there can be a lot to process right off the bat. From wild new terminology like Hollows and Proxies to a wholenew combat system, it can be tricky to learn to swim as you’re thrown in the deep end.
Luckily, through a well-guided tutorial paired with exciting new characters and unique animated cutscenes, learning all the game mechanics becomes an easier task. But, if there’s anything you missed during all the exposition of your first mission, The Hare And The Proxy, then you’ve come to the right place to catch up.
The Hare And The Proxy Walkthrough
The Hare And The Proxy is thefirst part of the main story mission,Business x Strangeness x Justness, that you will have to complete. This mission willautomatically begin once the opening cutscene is finished.
After watching a cutscene involving Anby and Billy’s situation in the Hollow, you will be greeted by Nicole, the leader of the Cunning Hares, who needs you, the Proxy, tofind her missing team membersand escort them to safety.
This mission is a combination ofcinematic cutscenes, combat, and puzzles, each one broken up by tutorials into the various gameplay mechanics.
Accessing The HDD System
The Hollow Deep Dive System, aka the HDD, is aseries of television screensthat serves as apuzzle challenge in between combat encounterswhile completing commissions.
To navigate around the HDD, you canmove up, down, left and rightto move one tile in any direction andtrigger events to progress in the mission.
The first section of the map is relatively easy to navigate. Simplymove right until you reach the magnifying glass. This will open a new section of the map. From here,move right and then up to claim the Gear Coins.However, you will eventually need to go down andtrigger your first round of combat.
Combat
Hitting thecreature with glowing red eyesin the HDD means that acombat sequence will begin. Each Hollow you explore has a difficulty level, as well as different Ethereal foes. In this case, you will have tofight a series of Tyrfings and Alpecas, both of which are minor Ethereals.
Because this mission is part of the tutorial, you will automatically be assigned the agents Anby and Billy to use, and they will both be at the appropriate level for combat. For more information about how combat works in Zenless Zone Zero, readhere.
Once combat is complete, you will bereturned to the HDD mapto continue navigating through the Hollow.
Finishing The HDD Puzzle
With combat complete, you shouldbe on the bottom-left corner of the map.From here, you canmove right to heal your agents.
Once youmove right two tiles, a cutscene will trigger, andan enemy tile will spawn near the start of the map. This represents a group of Ethereals that are now chasing you.
Move to the righttowards the red button.Once pressed, this willactivate a series of tracksthat will speed you along your route.
Before taking the track upwards, verify you have claimed everything in the area, as you will not be able to backtrack.
Take the tracks up, thenmove left towards the glowing orange tile. This tile represents a “safety valve”. You will then be prompted to eitherside with Anby and use coins to open the safe, orside with Billy and let him try to pry it open.
If you side with Anby, you willlose all of your Gear Coins, but the safe will be opened without any repercussions. If you side with Billy, you will not spend any Gear Coins, butBilly will sustain a small amount of damage.
From here,go down and then right to the checkered flag tile. This will trigger thefinal boss battle of the commission.
The Boss Fight
You will enter combat with Anby and Billy against a Metro Goblin.
Weaknesses: Ice, Ether
Resistances: None
For this boss fight, you shouldtarget the Metro Goblin as much as you can early onto increase yourdecibel rating, thenswitch to Billyonce the additional smaller foes spawn.
Billy’s ability totarget multiple enemieswill be key in defeating the smaller Ethereals quickly so you can return to attacking the Metro Goblin. If you have enough of a decibal rating,activate Billy’s ultimate attack while smaller enemies are present.
If there are no smaller foes,switch to Anby and use her skills and ultimate, since she is better at targeting single foes.
Once combat is complete, your commission is complete as well!
Rewards
For completing The Hare And The Proxy commission, you will receive:
After a few final cutscenes, you willunlock the agents Anby, Billy, and Nicoleto use for future commissions. In addition, you will havecompleted the game tutorial, and have access to the overworld and additional missions!
