Cat Patrol in Zenless Zone Zero: How to Solve the Vortex Puzzle

Cat Patrol in Zenless Zone Zero is the second chapter of Nekomata's “Cat and Mouse” story. In it, you will have to go to the cavern with young officers, help Nekomata pretend to be Ollie, save him from the Ethereals and catch the criminal. If you encounter difficulties while completing this quest, we recommend that you refer to our walkthrough.

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Cat Patrol in ZZZ quest walkthrough

How to start

The quest becomes available after completing the first part of the story, “Mouse-Cat”, and reaching Internet level 27. To start the quest, use the video archive.

Look for Nekomata

Exit the video store and run to the right, then turn in the same direction again. Nekomata will be standing near the Banbu statue. Listen to a conversation between two security officers.

Keep Searching

Go back towards the video rental store and stop at Howl's Newsstand – Nekomata is standing behind it. Eavesdrop on the conversation of the plainclothes security officers and find out what kind of relationship the different departments of the organization have.

Look for the best place to place the bait

Immediately after the conversation, accept the order, return to the video rental store and use the HDD system to complete the task.

You should take characters of physical and fire damage types from level 28 to your team. The enemies in the cavern do not have any resistance, so there are no attribute restrictions as such. When you activate the trial mode, Nekomata will join your party.

From the first moment you enter the cavern, everything will not go according to plan, and Nekomata will have to pretend to be Ollie and cooperate with the officers who have arrived.

Collect the sherlings on the first field and go to the left teleport.

Bait Place 1

Collect the shearlings and supplies and head to the top cage, avoiding the enemies chasing you. You won't be able to set the bait – you'll run into the Ethereals. Defeat 3 groups of enemies.

In the opened part of the field, collect observation data and supplies and restore HP. Go to the teleport in the upper right cell.

Bait Location 2

Now go to the teleporter in the right cell.

On the new field, rows of cells disappear as you go down. To collect supplies, stand on the top red cell, then replenish HP in the green cell, then go left and down again.

Once you reach the new field, collect the denny and restore your HP. Then examine the “Carrot” data. There you will see 4 arrows pointing in different directions: down, right, up, down.

In another field, examine the note: “Red is lying.” The last arrow in the sequence was red, so to get out, you need to go up.

Bait Location 3

Go to the teleporter. After talking to Huggins and Delaney, collect the observation data and move on.

Save Ollie

Ollie will tell you that the Ethereals are approaching him. You need to send Huggins and Delaney somewhere – you can order them to split up or go together, it will not affect the further plot. Go down.

On the new field, move one cell to the left to find Ollie's tracks below. Follow them, opening one cell at a time.

When two cells open at once, first go to the right and collect observation data, then return to Ollie.

Once you reach the final cell, defeat two groups of enemies and talk to by a security officer. At this time, the young officers will find one of the criminals and take him to the police station.