Version 1.3

Version 1.3
Virtual Revenge
Release Date	November 6, 2024
Previous	1.2
Next	1.4

Virtual Revenge

Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.3 "Virtual Revenge" Special Program-2

Release Date: November 6, 2024

Previous: 1.2 - Tour de Inferno

Next: 1.4 - A Storm of Falling Stars

Version 1.3 is the fourth major release of Zenless Zone Zero.

New Content

Playable Agents

• Tsukishiro Yanagi (,  Electric,  Anomaly)
• Lighter (,  Fire,  Stun)

W-Engines

• Timeweaver (-Rank, Anomaly)
• Blazing Laurel (-Rank, Stun)

Combat Bangboo

• Baddieboo (-Rank, Fire)
• Knightboo (-Rank, Ether)

Signal Searches

Exclusive Channels

• Phase 1:
  • Moonlight Serenity (Tsukishiro Yanagi)
• Phase 2:
  • Champion of Embers (Lighter)

W-Engine Channels

• Phase 1:
  • Dissonant Sonata (Timeweaver)
• Phase 2:
  • Dissonant Sonata (Blazing Laurel)

Events

• TV Schedule
• The Mystery of Arpeggio Fault
• Simulated Battle Trial
• Virtual Battlefield Mayhem
• When Sandwiches Come A Knockin'
• "En-Nah" Assistant Program
• Help Kai
• Data Bounty: Combat Simulation
• Advanced Bounty: Routine Cleanup
• All-New Program
• "Eh-Nah" Into Your Lap

Commissions

• Special Episode
  • Virtual Revenge
• Agent Story
  • The Unsung Champion
• Combat Commission
  • Hector's Deathmatch
    • Hector's Deathmatch (HDD)

Locations

• Sān-Z STUDIO

Enemies

• Autonomous Tactical Unit - Shielded Defender Omega
• Thracian
• Grenadier Jaeger

Other Additions

• Replaces the Weekly Custom Schedule with Ridu Weekly.
• Adds the Title feature to player Profiles.
• Adds the Badge feature to player Profiles.
• Adds dynamic backgrounds for Agents Tsukishiro Yanagi and Lighter. Obtain the corresponding Agent and increase your Trust Level to a certain amount to unlock.
• Adds encounters for Agents Piper, Lucy, Lighter, and Tsukishiro Yanagi in Hollow Zero.
• Adds a "Favorite" function to the Agents, remodeling shop, and Bangboo deployment screens. Favorited Agents and Bangboo will be pinned in their respective lists.
• Adds a cross-level material crafting/dismantling function.
• Adds a crafting function to the Drive Disc Master Copies. Lower-level Master Copies can now be used to craft higher-level ones.
• Adds a series of combat tutorials to "Compendium > Tactics." Complete stages to claim rewards such as Polychromes.
• When Engagement is maxed out in "Compendium > Daily," a "Go" button is added to uncompleted tasks. Select "Go" to continue completing daily tasks.
• Changes "Compendium > Challenge" to "Compendium > Combat."
• Adds corresponding Agent functions to Routine Cleanup, Expert Challenge, and Notorious Hunt in Compendium. Proxies can view the Agents needed for certain material drops in Compendium and the corresponding challenge details interface.
• Adds shortcuts to "Simulated Battle Trial," "Arpeggio Fault," and "Investigator Training Course" in "Compendium > Combat."
• Adds a portal to rewards and the Store to Expert Challenge, Notorious Hunt, Hollow Zero, and Shiyu Defense in Compendium, and adjusts the interface's UI layout.
• Adds new achievements for A Ridu Journey, Agent Trust, Special Episode, Hollow Zero, Combat Achievements, Hollow Exploration Guide, and Zero Key including some hidden achievements.
• Adds the achievement "Hollow Descent Training." Proxies who already meet the unlock requirements will receive this achievement once the Version 1.3 update takes effect.
• Adds the new TV show "Bangboo Charging Station."

Adjustments & Optimizations

Agents

• Optimizes certain aspects of the 3D model of Agent Hoshimi Miyabi.
• Optimizes the transparency of the hair of Agent Lucy's 3D model.
• Optimizes the visuals of the hair of Agent Lighter's 3D model.

Systems

• Optimizes stage order for Routine Cleanup, Expert Challenge, and Notorious Hunt in Compendium.

Gameplay

• Optimizes the unlock requirements for some stages in Old Capital Metro, Construction Ruins, and Abandoned Skyscraper in Hollow Zero. Stages will be unlocked once you reach the required Inter-Knot level.
• Clearing a high-difficulty stage in Old Capital Metro, Construction Ruins or Abandoned Skyscraper in Hollow Zero will grant you the first clearance reward from all the lower-difficulty stages in that area.

Input Methods

• Optimizes controls while using a controller for the following interfaces: Preset Config, Remodeling Shop, Deploy Bangboo, Mail, etc.
• Adds a new feature to quickly switch between mouse & keyboard and controller control schemes in the Compendium and Hollow Zero interfaces.
• Expands the scope of customizable keybinds while in keyboard & mouse mode.

Others

• Optimizes the animations of Belle and Wise in some circumstances.
• Optimizes 3D model visuals of some NPCs.
• Optimizes some animations for the Arcade NPC "Asha."
• Optimizes the rendering effects of characters' skin while under lighting.
• Optimizes the layout of Inter-Knot friends interface.
• Optimizes the sorting function on the Drive Disc dismantling and W-Engine recycling screens in the music store, gadget store, and storage screens, and adds function details. The "Select All" function has been replaced with "Quick Select," which can be used to bulk select based on specific sorting criteria.
• Optimizes the Track Settings screen in the music store.
• Optimizes the redirect function triggered when the number of W-Engines and Drive Discs has reached the Storage limit.
• Optimizes the display of the purchase button in New Eridu City Fund.
• Optimizes some English, Japanese, and Korean voice lines.
• Changed the Japanese voice actor for Tsukishiro Yanagi and replaced the corresponding voice lines.
• Changed the English voice actor for Agent "Soukaku," and replaced the corresponding voice lines.

Fixes

Agents

• Fixes an issue where the player sometimes cannot control their Agents as normal when the Agent enters combat.
• Fixes an issue where the special effects for Agent Caesar's Radiant Aegis effect sometimes disappear during some combat scenarios.
• Fixes an issue where Agent Caesar's model sometimes does not display correctly when moving through some environments.
• Fixes an issue where, under certain circumstances, Agent Ellen's Mindscape 06 "The Feast Begins" occasionally fails to apply the DMG buff to the last hit of "Charged Scissor Strike."
• Fixes an issue where NPC interaction error sometimes occurs in some of Agent Lucy's trust events.
• Fixes an issue where, during Agent Soldier 11's 4th hit of Basic Attack: Fire Suppression, switching Agents would cause loss of part of the DMG of her 4th hit.

Systems

• Fixes an issue where some item images do not display correctly in the mail system.
• Fixes an issue where the "new" label sometimes does not display correctly in Phaethon's Database.
• Fixes an issue where the animations on the Partner Archive screen sometimes do not display correctly.
• Fixes an issue where switching between some interfaces sometimes disrupts normal gameplay.
• Fixes an issue where, while playing out the main story, some trial Bangboo's levels do not increase as Inter-Knot Reputation increases.

Gameplay

• Fixes an issue where the environment in the arcade game "Bizarre Brigade" sometimes flashes.
• Fixes an issue where, in some trust events, the playable character sometimes switches after interacting with Inky.

Environments

• Fixes an issue where NPC models sometimes do not display correctly in some environments.

Others

• Fixes an issue where, under certain circumstances, the Frostbite effect caused by Ice Anomaly is not considered an Attribute Anomaly effect.
• Fixes visual issues affecting the animations in "Outer Ring Journey - The Speeding Savior" during the main story.
• Fixes the incorrect NPC name in the mission "Replacement Bounty Hunter."
• Fixes some text that appears on character and Bangboo models.
• Fixes typos found in some in-game text.
• Adjusts, improves, and fixes the in-game text for some languages. These changes will not affect gameplay or functions.

Gallery

Version 1.3 Teaser - "Virtual Revenge" - Zenless Zone Zero-2

Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.3 "Virtual Revenge" Special Program-2