12 Jul 2024 10:00 AM +00:00 UTC

Zenless Zone Zero Banner Schedule - Current and Next Banners

Ellen from ZZZ posing with her hand on her hip and twisting to look over her left shoulder, placed on a blurred background of various characters sitting in and on top of a white car.

July 12, 2024: Developer HoYoverse has revealed various new characters that will receive banners in the future.

Gacha fans will already be familiar with ZZZ’s banners, though to newcomers to the genre, it’s an incredibly confusing system. Every two weeks, the Zenless Zone Zero banners offer unique new characters for you to try your luck at acquiring using your hard-earned currencies. As such, knowing the current and next ZZZ banner is crucial to building out your roster of characters.

This Zenless Zone Zero banner guide will go over the characters and items you can get your hands on right now, as well as the pity system and the standard banner. If getting all of the Zenless Zone Zero characters is important to you, especially those at the top of our ZZZ tier list to breeze through the endgame activities, then you’re in the right place.

Zenless Zone Zero Current Banner

The current Zenless Zone Zero banner is Ellen's Mellow Waveride, which runs from Thursday, July 4, 2024, until Wednesday, July 24, 2024, and features the following characters:

Ellen (S-Rank, Ice, Attack)
Soukaku (A-Rank, Ice, Support)
Anton (A-Rank, Electric, Attack)

The current ZZZ banner showing Mellow Waveride, with Ellen posing at the center looking over her shoulder.

Following the pattern HoYoverse has established with Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero’s first banner features the first closed beta banner that players could access - Mellow Waveride, Ellen’s banner. ZZZ continues the trend of these beta banners carrying over directly into the release of the full game.

Ellen is an S-Rank (five-star) Ice damage dealer who is capable of dishing out heavy freeze attacks. At the launch of the game, Ellen is the best main DPS character we can unlock, making the first banner one to keep your eyes on. Remember though, main DPS units are also often the first to get powercrept, meaning Ellen might not be so popular after the next couple of banners. This is particularly true if the upcoming Miyabi is still an Ice Attack unit as she was during closed beta tests.

The current Zenless Zone Zero W-Engine banner shows Dissonant Sonata, with the shark-themed item at the center of the image.

Zenless Zone Zero also has a W-Engine banner known as Dissonant Sonata, which gives you access to new weapons. The current W-Engine weapon banner features Deep Sea Visitor, Ellen’s signature W-Engine. Take a look at our Zenless Zone Zero W-Engine guide to learn more.

The current W-Engine weapon banner includes:

Deep Sea Visitor (S-Rank, Attack)
Bashful Demon (A-Rank, Support)
Drill Rig - Red Axis (A-Rank, Attack)

Zhu Yuan from Zenless Zone Zero wearing a blue jacket and posing with her left arm raised to her ear and her right arm down holding a weapon, set against a blurred background of various characters sitting on a parked car.

Zenless Zone Zero Next Banner

The next Zenless Zone Zero banner, 1.0 phase two, begins on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, and is Unswerving Bullet, which features:

Zhu Yuan (S-Rank, Ether)
Nicole (A-Rank, Ether)
Ben (A-Rank, Fire)

Zhu Yuan will headline 1.0 phase two in her Unswerving Bullet banner. As another S-Rank DPS character, Zhu Yuan will have strong competition, despite her being an Ether character. Packing a variety of firearms from rocket launchers to dual pistols, it’s hard to say no when you see Zhu Yuan in action. This banner, especially considering the popular A-Rank characters featured, will be a popular choice. However, Zhu Yuan will get more powerful when the next banners arrive, as these are slated to include additional New Eridu Public Security characters that will give her more team variety.

The next Dissonant Sonata will feature a rate-up of Zhu Yuan's signature W-Engine, Riot Suppressor Mark VI. As you can expect, this is Zhu Yuan's best-in-slot W-Engine, so it's worth grabbing if you have Polychrome to spare.

The next W-Engine banner includes:

Riot Suppressor Mark VI (S-Rank, Attack)
The Vault (A-Rank, Support)
Big Cylinder (A-Rank, Defense)

Zenless Zone Zero Banner Schedule

Based on official reveals and leaks, the upcoming banners in Zenless Zone Zero are:

Banner	Characters	Date
Mellow Waveride (1.0 Phase One)	Ellen (S-Rank), Soukaku (A-Rank), Anton (A-Rank)	04/07/2024 - 24/07/2024
Unswerving Bullet (1.0 Phase Two)	Zhu Yuan (S-Rank), Nicole (A-Rank), Ben (A-Rank)	24/07/2024 - 14/08/2024
Unknown (1.1 Phase One) - LEAKED	Qingyi (S-Rank), Anby (A-Rank), Billy (A-Rank)	Expected to be 14/08/2024 - 04/09/2024
Unknown (1.1 Phase Two) - LEAKED	Jane Doe (S-Rank), Seth (A-Rank), Corin (A-Rank)	Expected to be 04/09/2024 - 25/09/2024
Unknown (1.2 Phase One) - LEAKED	Harumasa (S-Rank) or Yanagi (S-Rank), and possibly Lighter (A-Rank)	Expected to be 25/09/2024 - 16/10/2024
Unknown (1.2 Phase Two) - LEAKED	Harumasa (S-Rank) or Yanagi (S-Rank), and possibly Lighter (A-Rank)	Expected to be 16/10/2024 - 06/11/2024
Unknown (1.3) - LEAKED	Miyabi (S-Rank) and unreleased Sons of Calydon characters	Expected to begin 06/11/2024

Beyond Ellen and Zhu Yuan during Version 1.0, there are several upcoming ZZZ characters that will feature over the next few major updates - including both S-Rank and A-Rank Agents. The further away the update, however, the harder it comes to accurately pinpoint the banner characters and their order. Plus, remember that HoYoverse can always change plans, whether that's changing the banner characters, tweaking their kit, or delaying updates.

Nevertheless, Qingyi, Jane Doe, Seth Lowell, Harumasa, Yanagi, and Miyabi are all in line to get a banner in the future.

Zenless Zone Zero Standard Banner

The Standard Banner in Zenless Zone Zero is called the Stable Channel, where a handful of characters and W-Engines are permanently available - unlike limited-time event banners.

When you’re just starting out, there is also a discounted beginner banner which reduces the cost of ten pulls down to eight and features the same set of items.

Check out our guide on how to get Polychromes in Zenless Zone Zero to stock up on this valuable resource, as well as how to get free pulls on the standard banner.

S-Rank Selector

The Standard Banner has an S-Rank selector. Like the five-star selector in Honkai Star Rail, in ZZZ, after 300 pulls, you can choose the S-Rank character you would like from the Standard S-Rank characters. The best character to choose is largely dependent on the other characters you own, though Lycaon, Rina, and Grace are generally the strongest characters here, and should stay in the meta for longer than DPS units like Nekomata and Soldier 11.

Standard Banner Characters:

Grace (S-Rank)
Koleda (S-Rank)
Lycaon (S-Rank)
Nekomata (S-Rank)
Rina (S-Rank)
Soldier 11 (S-Rank)
Anby (A-Rank)
Anton (A-Rank)
Ben (A-Rank)
Billy (A-Rank)
Corin (A-Rank)
Lucy (A-Rank)
Nicole (A-Rank)
Piper (A-Rank)
Soukaku (A-Rank)

Standard Banner W-Engines:

Fusion Compiler (S-Rank)
Hellfire Gears (S-Rank)
Steel Cushion (S-Rank)
The Brimstone (S-Rank)
The Restrained (S-Rank)
Weeping Cradle (S-Rank)
Bashful Demon (A-Rank)
Big Cylinder (A-Rank)
Bunny Band (A-Rank)
Demara Battery Mark II (A-Rank)
Drill Rig - Red Axis (A-Rank)
Electro-Lip Gloss (A-Rank)
Housekeeper (A-Rank)
Kaboom the Cannon (A-Rank)
Original Transmorpher (A-Rank)
Precious Fossilized Core (A-Rank)
Rainforest Gourmet (A-Rank)
Roaring Ride (A-Rank)
Slice of Time (A-Rank)
Starlight Engine (A-Rank)
Starlight Engine Replica (A-Rank)
Steam Oven (A-Rank)
Street Superstar (A-Rank)
The Vault (A-Rank)
Weeping Gemini (A-Rank)
[Identity] Base (B-Rank)
[Identity] Inflection (B-Rank)
[Lunar] Decrescent (B-Rank)
[Lunar] Noviluna (B-Rank)
[Lunar] Pleniluna (B-Rank)
[Magnetic Storm] Alpha (B-Rank)
[Magnetic Storm] Bravo (B-Rank)
[Magnetic Storm] Charlie (B-Rank)
[Reverb] Mark I (B-Rank)
[Reverb] Mark II (B-Rank)
[Reverb] Mark III (B-Rank)
[Vortex] Arrow (B-Rank)
[Vortex] Hatchet (B-Rank)
[Vortex] Revolver (B-Rank)

A screenshot of the Bangboo Zenless Zone Zero banner, showing Butler in a display box.

Zenless Zone Zero Bangboo Banner

The only way to get Bangboo is to pull on the exclusive Bangboo banner, known as 'An Outstanding Partner'. This Channel is purely free-to-play, meaning you can't purchase pulls here. Instead, you need a unique currency called Boopons, primarily earned through endgame activities and events.

Like the standard banner, the Bangboo banner is permanently available, and it even features an S-Rank selector. This means you can pick which S-Rank Bangboo you would like to receive. Any S-Rank you receive is guaranteed to be the one you selected.

You can obtain the following Bangboo on this channel:

Safety (S-Rank)
Butler (S-Rank)
Amillion (S-Rank)
Rocketboo (S-Rank)
Plugboo (S-Rank)
Resonaboo (S-Rank)
Sharkboo (S-Rank)
Bangvolver (S-Rank)
Penguinboo (A-Rank)
Exploreboo (A-Rank)
Paperboo (A-Rank)
Sumoboo (A-Rank)
Bagboo (A-Rank)
Cryboo (A-Rank)
Avocaboo (A-Rank)
Boollseye (A-Rank)
Electroboo (A-Rank)
Magnetiboo (A-Rank)
Devilboo (A-Rank)

However, any B-Rank drops will be W-Engines. This means that you are guaranteed one A-Rank Bangboo every 10 pulls, an S-Rank at 80 pulls, and then likely W-Engines on most other pulls.

[Identity] Base (B-Rank)
[Identity] Inflection (B-Rank)
[Lunar] Decrescent (B-Rank)
[Lunar] Noviluna (B-Rank)
[Lunar] Pleniluna (B-Rank)
[Magnetic Storm] Alpha (B-Rank)
[Magnetic Storm] Bravo (B-Rank)
[Magnetic Storm] Charlie (B-Rank)
[Reverb] Mark I (B-Rank)
[Reverb] Mark II (B-Rank)
[Reverb] Mark III (B-Rank)
[Vortex] Arrow (B-Rank)
[Vortex] Hatchet (B-Rank)
[Vortex] Revolver (B-Rank)

Check out our Zenless Zone Zero Bangboo guide to learn more.

Various characters from Zenless Zone Zero posing on a bus stop bench, with Bangboo playing. The left-most character is wearing a red coat and has one leg raised on the bench. The middle character is sitting with her hands on the bench. The right-most character is sitting on the floor next to the bench, playing with a Bangboo.

Zenless Zone Zero Pity System

There are four types of banners in Zenless Zone Zero, each with different pity rates and specific features:

Exclusive Channel

The Exclusive Channel is reserved for limited character event banners which refresh roughly every two weeks.

Cost: Encrypted Master Tape
S-Rank pity - Every 90 pulls, with pity increasing steadily for every pull over 75
A-Rank pity - Every 10 pulls
50% Chance that your S-Rank pull will be the featured rate-up character.
Both pity and 50/50 carry forward to the next ZZZ limited event banner.

W-Engine Channel

The W-Engine Channel is the limited weapon event banner which also refreshes roughly every two weeks.

Cost: Encrypted Master Tape
S-Rank pity - Every 80 pulls
A-Rank pity - Every 10 pulls
75% Chance that your S-Rank pull will be the featured rate-up character.
Both pity and 75/25 carry forward to the next ZZZ limited event banner.

Stable Channel

The Stable Channel is the Standard Banner in ZZZ, which is permanently available and occasionally expanded with additional items.

Cost: Master Tape
S-Rank pity - Every 90 pulls, with pity increasing steadily for every pull over 75
A-Rank pity - Every 10 pulls
50% Chance that your S-Rank pull will be the featured rate-up character.
Both pity and 50/50 carry forward to the next ZZZ limited event banner.
After 300 pulls in Standard Banner, you can recruit a Standard S-Rank character.

It’s worth pointing out that this banner will initially take the form of the Beginner Banner, which can only be used for a maximum of 50 pulls for a guaranteed S-Rank character:

Cost: Master Tape (20% discount - eight Master Tape for ten pulls)
S-Rank pity - 50 pulls
A-Rank pity - Every 10 pulls

Bangboo Channel

The Bangboo Channel is the main source of Bangboo as they are only available in this banner.

Cost: Boopons
S-Rank pity - 80 pulls
A-Rank pity - Every 10 pulls
100% chance it will be your chosen S-Rank Bangboo.

That’s all there is to know about the Zenless Zone Zero banners, including the current and next banners, and a comprehensive overview of the pity system so you know how to spend your valuable currency. Keep up with the Zenless Zone Zero codes and dailies to get your hands on free pulls that will give you a big boost.

For more articles like this, take a look at our Guides , OMG Guides , and Zenless Zone Zero pages.

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