Avoid These Mistakes as a Free-to-Play Player in Zenless Zone Zero

With over 40 million pre-registrations, Zenless Zone Zero has built up a lot of hype around its release on the 4th of July. The game will be playable on new-gen consoles, Windows, Android, and iOS.

Being a gacha game, how you start out in Zenless Zone Zero is very important, especially if you are a free-to-play player. Wasting resources or not knowing what to do can be very costly in gacha games like Zenless Zone Zero.

Our guide will look at mistakes you should avoid at all costs when playing this game. Avoiding these mistakes will help you keep up with the game’s power curve and have much more fun when playing.

Avoid These Mistakes as a Free-to-Play Player

Most of the mistakes new players make are due to improper resource usage. Free-to-play players will have much fewer resources than players who are spending money on this game. That makes it even more important to get the most out of what you use.

Don’t Use Your Polychrome on the Permanent Banner

You can use your Polychrome in Zenless Zone Zero to purchase Master Tapes. Master Tapes is the currency used to pull characters from Banners in this game. As a free-to-play player, avoid using your Polychrome for pulls from the Permanent Banner.

The game will launch with 2 cool new S-rank characters, and both of them can only be pulled through the limited-time banners. Characters in limited Banners are only available for a few weeks, after which other new characters will replace them.

Except for the first 50 pulls, spend your Polychrome on pulls from the limited-time banners. The first 50 pulls from the Permanant Banner guarantee you an S-rank character. Use those pulls to get the S-rank character before you start pulling from the limited-time Banner. If you buy 10 pulls at a time, you will also get a 20% discount, letting you get the first S-rank character in just 40 pulls.

Other than opening the limited-time Banners on the release version of the game, you can wait for the next version to drop and use your pulls then. Check out our guide on whether to pull characters from 1.0 or 1.1.

Use All of Your Stamina & Complete Dailies

All gacha games have a stamina system where you can complete certain tasks using a self-replenishing resource. To make the most out of your stamina, you will want to use it whenever it’s available. It takes one full day for your stamina to replenish in Zenless Zone Zero.

Alongside spending all of your stamina, make sure you complete your daily quests. Daily quests help you get valuable resources and items, so completing them will help you progress much quicker.

How to Invest in Your Teams

Like other HoYoverse games, Zenless Zone Zero has team-based gameplay where you play the game using teams consisting of 3 different characters. As you play the game, you can level up your characters and unlock additional items for them to make them stronger.

Early on, try to invest in 1 team only, so a total of 3 characters. Your main goal should be to make your team strong enough to deal with the missions and quests you go through. Once you feel that your main team is strong enough, you can start investing resources into additional teams.

When deciding which characters to have in a team, it’s very important to look at the synergies they have with each other. Alongside that, each character in your team will have a specific role in-game. Having 3 DPS dealers might sound very OP, but it actually isn’t as your team will need balance.

Don’t Miss Out on Web Events

Web Events in gacha games are events that take place outside the game. These events can take place on any platform like the game’s official website or social media platforms. Participating in Web Events is very good if you are a free-to-play player as they can get you some extremely valuable items and resources for just participating.

You can stay up to date with Web Events by following Zenless Zone Zero’s various social media accounts. Most Web Events are limited-time events, so make sure you participate within the allowed time frame.

For more on Zenless Zone Zero, check out our complete beginner’s guide to early game progression in Zenless Zone Zero. The guide will help you get started in Zenless Zone Zero and make the most out of the time you spend on the game.