In ZZZ(Zenless Zone Zero) Relationship with Nicole Demara, the head of the Sly Hares agency and a standard A-rank agent, can be upgraded within the trust system. By increasing friendship with the ever-profit-seeking Nicole, you will earn polychromes, an individual agent buff in the Zero Caverna, live wallpapers, as well as the achievement “The only thing I value more than you is Denny” and the title “Master of Part-Time Jobs“.
This guide will help you learn how to upgrade trust levels with Nicole from ZZZ, answer correctly at each meeting with the agent and unlock all trophies from the “Joint Walk” section.
How to upgrade all trust levels with Nicole in ZZZ
You will get Nicole in the introductory chapters of the story, but then there are a couple of conditions: to fully pump up the level of trust with the chapter of “Sly Hares” and collect the rewards of “Joint Walk”, complete the “Inserted Story of Chapter 2: Mission Impossible” – by this point, Lumina Square will open.
With the release of version 1.4, players now have more ways to increase trust with knocked out agents:
- Using invitations in Knock-Knock contacts;
- Through random encounters;
- Using the “Joint Walk” function.
Next, we will examine in detail what events await during the increase of friendship with Nicole Demara, how to respond in dialogues to receive trust bonuses and collect all the rewards from the “Joint Walk” tab.
Invitations to Knock-Knock
You have 3 invitations to schedule a chat with any agent once per real day (you can't invite the same character at a time). All contacts of heroes with whom you can develop friendship are in the messenger tab (quick access to the English key “Q”). To avoid searching for Nicole's contact for a long time, mark it with a star to the right of the “Invite” text – such chats are always at the top of the list.
By inviting Nicole via chat, you will be able to attend the following meetings (they all take place on Sixth Street):
| Chat | Meeting Place | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| I know you're not busy today/ARE YOU HERE? | «Coffee Cafe» | The answer option in the 3rd choice «Maybe» gives + |
| «The Universe in a Box» | The answer option «Left» gives ++, and another + after the event | |
| The answer option «Left» gives ++, and another + after the event | ||
| Are you here? Are you here? Are you here?/Are you free now? I want to invite you to meet | ||
| …on Sixth Street | Any answer options are given at the end + |
To speed up the development of friendship, it is better to invite Nicole to the “Universe in a Box” – this event gives the most progress and is present in all correspondence options.
In one such meeting, with the right choice of answers, you will fill up to half of the emoticon indicating the current level of friendship (progress is visible in the chat and in the “Partner Profile” tab). And using all the methods, you can develop friendship to the maximum in 1-2 days.
As you progress in your relationship with Nicole Demara, you are guaranteed to participate in the story encounters described in the table below:
| Level | Event | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Starter | «Improvement – Unscrupulous trading partner» | 20 polychromes, 5 thousand denni, 3 rank B ether chips. |
[Sympathy] | «Nicole's ambitions» – watching the film «The first handful of soil» | Nicole can be appointed as a promoter at the video rental store. |
[Friendship] | «Improvement – The Most Provocative Photo» | 30 polychromes, buff for the Zero Cave «Fire from All Barrels», 10 thousand denni. |
[Trust] | «Improvement – Sly Nicole» | 30 polychromes, live wallpapers with Nicole, 15 thousand denni. |
During such events, it is impossible to spoil the relations with the agent (among the answers there are no those that increase or decrease the progress of trust).
When the agent's current stage smiley is completely filled, wait for one of the quests listed above, and only then continue to develop friendship. Until the level is advanced to the next stage, all the points received will not count.
All random encounters with Nicole
Random encounters with Nicole can happen at any time of the day, except at night. To find out where the faction leader is now, open the map and look at the Sixth Street tab.– if there is a mini-portrait of the agent below, then you can meet him.
In the table below, we have listed all possible topics for conversation and answer options that increase relations with Nicole:
| Situation | Trust points |
|---|---|
| At the exit from the noodle shop | The option “Did you treat the children to noodles today?” will give ++, but if there is no such answer, click “Already on my way” and get + |
| Request to buy noodles with mushrooms in a black bowl | Agree and after buying offer her something else to get double progress ++ |
| Customers are looking for Nicole at the van opposite the “Koff-cafe” | Situation 1 (if the NPCs are blondes): the answer “Don't worry, I won't turn you in” gives + Situation 2 (if the NPCs are brunettes): the answer “Yes, a complete lie” gives +, and the answer “But your rates are really high…” lowers trust |
| At the exit from Howl's kiosk | The options “I heard” and “Not yet…” give +, and the line “When will you pay me back?” lowers trust |
| Nicole talking to a customer near the 141 market | The option “Sly hares, by the way, are a very cool agency” gives + |
| In line in front of the 141 market | The option “Fateful, I would say” gives + |
| Dialogue about reviews at the exit of the Koff-cafe | The option “I hired a person who wrote reviews” gives +, but if the option “Congratulations!” appears, it will give double progress ++ |
| Nicole on the box at Random Play | The answers “Yeah, not bad” or “Things aren't going so well…” give +, but if the option “Things have been slow lately” appears, it will give double progress ++ |
Some encounters with Nicole may look the same from the outside, but the topic of conversation and answer options may differ. All dialogues with her have bonus lines, but over time, those that give double progress appear – all of them are listed in the table above.
Even if you talked to Nicole and got points, go to the time of day mode (English key “T”) and rewind to a new day– the meeting can appear again, and the number of such rewinds is quite high.
A joint walk with Nicole: how to collect all the rewards
The “Joint Walk” mode is not tied to chat invitations and can be launched an unlimited number of times. Go to the chat with Nicole and click on the button of the same name to get to a separate menu. Here you can see live wallpapers, at the bottom there is an icon with rewards and the action “Spend time” – click and choose a meeting place (the recommended one is marked with a quest mark). During a walk in the place suggested by the game, you will encounter the following events:
- Wish Events (short story dialogues without answer options);
- Entertainment Events (the agent pays attention to them during a walk around the location);
- Godfingers Games (joint gaming in the arcade on Sixth Street).
Let's start analyzing the walking mode with wish events. Each such activity from the main Demara is entitled to the same reward: 150 Internet points, 10 polychromes, 10 thousand denni, 2 rank B ether chips.
Wish event: Two in a frame
- Location: Lumina square (overground crossing).
Wish event: The laws of business have changed
- Location: Sixth street (“Universe in a box”)
Wish event: Purchase plan
- Location: Lumina square (beauty salon).
Wish Event: Genius of Promotion
- Location: Lumina Square (art object opposite the newspaper kiosk).
Wish Event: Leader's Aura
- Location: Sixth Street (“Soup Falls”)
All Entertainment Events with Nicole
Entertainment Events are specific locations in the location. When approaching them, the agent will stop and say a short line, and before that, an exclamation mark will appear above his head. When you are close, Nicole's comment will flash in the upper left corner of the screen: “it seems like there is something interesting nearby…“.
Nicole may be attracted to the following locations on Sixth Street and Lumina Square:
| Location | Event area |
|---|---|
| Sixth Street | Club 404 Live, Godfingers, Howla kiosk, minimarket 141. |
| Lumina Square | Teahouse, entrance to the Lumina Gallery, entrance to the AIK club, cinema posters, flower shop, view of the embankment behind the cubic art objects. |
If you can't activate all the events in one walk, come back to them another time. To get the reward you need to find any 5 entertainment events, for which you will receive a total of: 22.5 thousand denny, 6 B-rank magazines and 3 B-rank power sources.
Play Godfingers with Nicole
While strolling down Sixth Street with a companion, be sure to stop by the Godfingers slot machines. Playing any co-op mode 2 times will unlock a small reward of 10 thousand denni.
All rewards for maximum trust with Nicole
In addition to rewards for advancing your trust level and those given out in the joint walk mode, maximum friendship with Nicole opens access to live wallpapers and the achievement “I only value Denny more than you” – for receiving it you get 5 polychromes and the title “Master of Part-Time Jobs“, which can be added to your profile.
