In Zenless Zone Zero, Drive discs are special equipment that allows you to increase the characteristics of agents and provide them with special bonuses. In this guide, we will tell you exactly what parameters they can increase, how they can be obtained and created, as well as which characters are best suited for which sets.
What are drive discs in ZZZ
What are drive discs in ZZZ
In short, we are talking about artifacts from Genshin Impact or relics from Honkai: Star Rail, that is, this is special equipment with which you can significantly increase some of the character’s characteristics. Drive discs are grouped into sets consisting of six records that can be inserted into six sectors of the hero.
Each set can provide two different bonuses when collecting 2 and 4 parts. Thus, one agent can receive three different buffs at once, which significantly expands the possible combinations and simplifies the selection of suitable plates for a fighter.
Note that for the first time you will learn about these elements of equipment already in the story mission “Chapter 1: Interlude”, where you will be given a couple of discs. However, you will be able to fully farm them only when you get to “Chapter 2: Interlude.”
Characteristics of drive disks
Any drive disk has two sets of attributes: basic and random. The first are the main parameters of the artifact, and the second are additional.
Basic parameters
They are different for each disk slot, while artifacts placed in the first three cells have fixed characteristics: HP (health), Attack Power and Defense. As for the fourth, fifth and sixth slots, they can increase different attributes, namely:
- Critical damage
- Critical hit chance
- Penetration chance
- HP% (or HP)
- Attack power% (or attack power)
- Defense% (or defense)
- Anomaly Knowledge
- Bonus physical, fire, ice, electrical or ether damage
- Anomaly control
- Energy recovery
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Random parameters
They are understood as secondary characteristics that either appear naturally when receiving the disk, or arise during pumping up the artifact. A maximum of 4 additional parameters can be obtained on one plate. Their list is presented below:
- HP% (or HP)
- Attack power% (or attack power)
- Defense% (or defense)< /li>
- Penetration
- Critical damage
- Critical hit chance
- Knowledge of the anomaly
How to improve drive disks
Everything is quite simple here – to increase the level of drive disks you only need special upgrade materials: plastic coating, crystalline coating and ethereal coating. These resources are obtained in the following ways:
- Passing the “Regular Cleanup” tests.
- Passing tests in the “Combat Simulation Hall”.
- Purchasing at the Banbu minimarket “141” on Sixth Street.
- By parsing drive discs of different rarities.
Let’s add that depending on the rank of the drive disk, the limits for pumping it up will change: B-rank can be pumped up to a maximum of 9 damage, A-rank – up to 12, and S-rank – up to 15.
How to get drive disks in Zenless Zone Zero
Regular cleaning
The main method of obtaining drive disks in the game. These are several combat tests, each of which provides two different sets of artifacts (rarity depends on your proxy Reputation level), money and coatings (materials for leveling up) as a reward. In them you need to defeat two elite opponents.
However, these challenges provide different buffs that enhance certain parameters or types of attacks. Select characters for battle based on this information – this will greatly simplify the destruction of opponents. You will gain access to this mechanic during Chapter 2: Sideshow. To clear them you will have to spend 60 units of battery charge.
Rally Missions
Special combat orders of increased complexity, in which you just need to follow one path, occasionally interacting with levers and buttons, and fight various monsters. At the end there is usually a battle with the bosses you defeated in the story quests. They often give out various drive discs as a reward. These missions are first unlocked during the passage of “Call from the Cavern Depths?..”
Intonation (creating drive disks)
When receiving drive disks, there is a considerable chance that you will not receive the artifact that you would like to have. Especially for this purpose, ZZZ created a system for parsing and creating records. To do this, you need to visit the Music Store located on Sixth Street. It is run by a girl named Elfie. Access to it opens as part of “Chapter 2: Interlude”.
To craft new drive discs you will need special materials: Master discs. They are obtained by dismantling unnecessary artifacts in the same store. They are also given as rewards for increasing the Internot level, defeating bosses in the Expert Challenge challenges, and completing the Shiyu Defense.
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Let’s add that initially only the Initial Intonation will be open to you, which allows you to create artifacts from a random sector no higher than rank “A” without the ability to select the main parameter. At the same time, a 4-star drive disc appears with 100% probability only on the 5th attempt.
But you can choose the sets of drive discs you need using the “Track Settings” function. To unlock advanced store functions, you need to increase its level. The table below contains all the necessary information.
< td>Reach Internot level 35 and talk to Elfie.
| Store level | Opening conditions | New functions |
|---|---|---|
| First (initial intonation) | Absent. | You can get “A” rank drive discs with a choice of kits by spending master discs for equalization. |
| Second (mid-level intonation) | You can get S-rank drive disks with a choice of set and sector by spending master disks for noise reduction. | |
| Third (mid-level intonation) | Reach Internot level 40 and talk to Elfie. | You can get drive disks of rank S with a choice of set, sector and main parameter, spending master disks for full-frequency playback. |
All drive disks: for which characters suitable
The game contains more than a dozen artifacts with certain bonuses. Let us remind you once again that one agent has 6 sectors available, so it is quite possible to give him one full set (with two buffs) and one half set (with one passive). In the table below we have indicated all the drive discs and suggested which heroes they are suitable for.
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Soul rock
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Rina
Grace
Enby
Anton
| Name | Bonuses | Characters |
|---|---|---|
2 parts: Increases defense by 16%. 4 pieces: After taking damage from an enemy attack, the wearer then takes 40% less damage for 2.5 seconds. Fires once every 15 seconds. |
< /p> Ben | |
Dyatlokor-electro | 2 pieces: Increases critical hit chance by 8%. 4 pieces: Each time a basic attack, a counterattack after dodging, or an empowered special attack deals critical damage, the wearer receives 1 level of enhancement. For each stack, the owner's attack power increases by 9% for 6 seconds. The duration of the buff differs for different skills. |
Nekomata
Soldier 11
Billy
Anton
Korin
Ellen
Zhu Yuan |
Chaos Metal | 2 parts: Increases ethereal damage by 10%. 4 parts: The wearer's critical damage increases by 20%. If any team member uses the Infestation effect, it is increased by an additional 5.5% (up to a maximum of 6 times). Lasts 8 seconds. Repeated launches reset the duration. |
Zhu Yuan
Nicole |
Swing Jazz | 2 parts: Increases energy recovery by 20%. 4 pieces: After activating a chain of attacks or a super, all team members deal 15% more damage for 12 seconds. Identical passive effects do not stack. | Suitable for any support or sub-detonator. |
| < p> Ferocious heavy metal | 2 pieces: Increases physical damage by 10%. 4 pieces: When a team member performs Rush on an enemy, the wearer deals 35% more damage for 12 seconds . |
Nekomata
Billy
Corine
Piper |
Hormon-punk | 2 parts: Increases attack power by 10%. 4 parts: When the wearer enters a state of combat readiness or comes out as a replacement, his attack power increases by 25% for 10 seconds. Fires once every 20 seconds. | Suitable for any main DD. |
Thunderstorm heavy metal | 2 pieces: Increases electrical damage by 10%. 4 pieces: If there is an enemy in Shock on the battlefield, the attack power of the agent with this item increases by 28%. | |
Shokstar-disco | 2 parts: Increases impulse by 6%. 4 parts: Basic attacks, dash attacks, and counterattacks after dodging deal 20% more stun to the main target. |
Kolyada
Lycaon
Enby |
< p>Inferno Metal | 2 pieces: Increases fire damage by 10%. 4 pieces: When hitting a burning enemy, the wearer's critical hit chance is increased by 28% for 8 seconds. |
Kolyada
Soldier 11
Lucy |
Fugu-electro | 2 pieces: Increases the chance of penetration by 8%. 4 pieces: Super ability deals 20% more damage. When the ult is activated, the wearer's attack power increases by 15% for 12 seconds. |
Nekomata
Soldier 11
Billy
Anton
Korin
Ellen
Zhu Yuan |
Polar Heavy Metal | 2 parts: Increases ice damage by 10%. 4 pieces: Basic and dash attacks deal 20% more damage. When any team member Freezes or initiates Cleave on an enemy, the effect is increased by 20% for 12 seconds. |
Ellen
Sokaku
Lycaon |
Freedom Blues | 2 parts: Increases knowledge of the anomaly by 30 units. 4 pieces: When hitting an enemy with an empowered special attack, the enemy's resistance to the wearer's attribute anomaly is reduced by 20% for 8 seconds. Effects for one attribute do not stack. |
< /p> Grace
Piper < /td> |
These are all the drive disks that are present in Zenless Zone Zero at a given time. We hope that our guide will help you get the necessary artifacts and distribute them correctly between agents.
