2025-04-13
With Zenless Zone Zero 1.6 update patch coming to a close for the story between the Obol Squad members Trigger and Silver Soldier Anby, players should look forward to the upcoming release of Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.7 update, all with the reveal of 2 brand new characters - the 5* Ether Anomaly Character Vivian and the 5* Ice Attacker Character Hugo.
In addition to details regarding the upcoming update patch 1.7 for Zenless Zone Zero, special details regarding the game’s upcoming big 2nd season of the main story have also been revealed through the game’s developers’ talk regarding all the changes coming to the game and the direction of the game in the future.
In this guide, we will go over everything players need to know regarding the upcoming Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.7 Update Patch and all the details regarding the game’s future directions from the game developers’ talk and show players what they can expect from the game in the upcoming update patches.
First and foremost, the important upcoming thing for Zenless Zone Zero is the special version update patch 1.7 that will features a lot of brand new limited events, main story chapter, character stories and login events that promise to provide players with a lot of fantastic rewards that players can use to try and roll for the brand new characters releasing during the update patch’s duration.
With the release of the brand new update patch, players will have the chance to experience a brand new story patch with the update patch brand new main story chapter - Bury Your Tears In The Past, featuring the story regarding the past of the brand new characters of the update patch - Hugo and Vivian.
Uncover the past of the brand new characters coming to the game and see how this story will bridge into the game’s brand new 2nd season of the main story with the brand new region coming up and obtain various character upgrading materials and polychromes for more pulls.
Together with the main story chapter Bury Your Tears In The Past, several brand new limited events will be available for players to participate in in order to obtain various character upgrading materials and large amounts of polychromes for players to exchange for character pulls.
The first limited event that players can participate in is the Say it with Flowers event, where players can grow plants and flowers in order to decorate their spaces or sell them to obtain polychromes and complete special commissions from characters.
The 2nd limited event for this version update patch is the Bangboo Dash event, where players can become Nous and participate in a tournament against other players in various minigames in order to obtain special titles and poiychromes.
Two minor events that players can participate in in order to quickly obtain a decent amount of polychromes through completing special daily tasks are the Spring Time Snapshot and A Tale Through Looking Glass events, where players will need to complete specific daily tasks in order to obtain rewards.
Finally, players can obtain double the amount of Disc Drives and character upgrading materials needed to start building characters through the double drop events: Advanced Bounty and Data Bounty.
In addition to the different update and gameplay features coming to the players during Version Update 1.7 for Zenless Zone Zero, several log in events will be available for players to obtain up to 10 Encrypted Mastery Tapes and 10 Boopons.
During the 1st half of the version 1.7 update, log into the game for 7 days straight during the event period to obtain up to 10 Encrypted Mastery Tapes.
During the 2nd half of version 1.7 update, log into the game for another 7 days straight to obtain up to 10 Boopons.
The main attractions of the Version Update 1.7 Patch for Zenless Zone Zero, 2 brand new characters will be introduced and will be available for players to roll for and play as.
The first character to be released during the game’s version update 1.7 patch first half is Vivian - a 5* Anomaly Character of the Ether Element, who excels at constantly dealing Ether damage to enemies and increasing their Anomaly gauge in order to trigger Ether Anomalous Effect and Disorders against the enemies. This banner will be run from the start of Version 1.7 patch from April 23, 2025 until May 14, 2025. In addition to Vivian, the banner will feature 2 different A Rank Agents: Piper and Seth.
The 2nd character to be released during Zenless Zone Zero’s version update 1.7 is Hugo - a 5* Attacker Agent of the Ice Element that excels at dealing rapid Ice elemental attacks to enemies, inflicting them with powerful debuffs that hinders their movements while dealing extreme damage to groups of enemies rapidly. This banner will be run from May 14, 2025 until June 3, 2025. In addition to Hugo, the banner will feature 2 different A Rank Agents: Soukaku and Anton.
Aside from the brand new characters and their banners, 2 rerun banners will also be running alongside them during the 1st and 2nd half of the version update patch respectively: Jane during the 1st half of the patch and Lighter during the 2nd half of the patch.
In addition to the 2 brand new characters - Vivian and Hugo, 2 brand new Bangboos will also be introduced during the Version update patch 1.7 - the S rank Robin and the A rank Overtimeboo. Robin will be featured on a rate up Bangboo banner during the patch’s duration, while Overtimeboo will be available as a free event rewards for players to obtain.
In addition to the special details regarding the game’s version update 1.7 patch, a special developer radio talk have also been held to provide players with brand new information regarding Zenless Zone Zero 2nd season of the main story arc, all with a brand new region to explore, special gameplay features, the teasing of brand new factions and the several teasers of upcoming characters that players can expect from the game’s version update 2.0 and onwards.
Introduced as the main setting for Zenless Zone Zero version update 2.0 and onwards, the brand new region Waifei Peninsula will be the stage for the 2nd season of Zenless Zone Zero’s main story, featuring brand new areas to explore, brand new factions to meet and engage with and brand new characters to meet and fight against in order to uncover the mystery of the Hollows.
In addition, through exploring this new area, players will be able to obtain various rewards through overworld chests and accept brand new quests in order to obtain a large amount of character upgrading materials and polychromes to exchange for character pulls.
Together with the reveal of the brand new region for the 2nd season of the story to take place in, several brand new factions and characters will also be introduced to players, including future playable characters that players can expect to be able to roll for and play as in the future.
The first is the Yunkui Summit Faction, featuring characters that specialize in martial arts and wear Chinese inspired clothing, including the main future characters for version 2.x and above - Wise and Belle’s master - Yi Xuan.
The second faction that is promised to show up during the 2nd season of the game is the Angels of Delusion faction, featuring 3 brand new Vtuber like characters.
Finally, several characters of unknown factions have also been teased with the brand new teaser for the game’s 2nd main story season, with the majority of them possibly become playable in the future, so players can look forward to their releases:
- Possible Hollow Investigation squad members:
- Special Members of Yunkui Summit factions:
- Brand New OBOL Squad members:
And with that, we have gone over the important notes players should know about Zenless Zone Zero upcoming contents for the game’s version update patch 1.7 and some of the game’s future contents coming with the 2nd season of the main story after the version 1.7 update patch as well.
We hope we were able to provide you with important information for you to be able to have a better understanding of that are in store for you while playing Zenless Zone Zero on PC!