HoYoverse has penciled in October 15 for Model 2.3 of its trendy action-RPG Zenless Zone Zero. Dubbed “Reminiscences of Desires Bygone,” the patch expands the sport’s neon-soaked New Eridu setting with a spooky detour into the newly opened Timesworn Hills.
That is the third main replace because the recreation’s full launch, persevering with the studio’s fast patch cadence. Count on the standard mixture of recent characters, occasions, and fight tweaks, however this time with a ghost-story spin that leans into the title’s urban-fantasy tone.
Predominant additions in Model 2.3:
- New area – Timesworn Hills: An deserted mining zone wealthy in Lumite ore and even richer in unsettling folklore.
- Three recruitable brokers:
- Lucia (S-Rank, Ether Help) – builds Dream Factors to buff crew HP and injury.
- Yidhari (S-Rank, Ice Rupture) – trades low HP for larger injury, all the time pierces defenses.
- Komano Manato (A-Rank, Fireplace Rupture) – offers Sheer injury that scales with max HP.
- Returning banners: Vivian (Ether – Anomaly) and Ju Fufu (Fireplace – Stun).
- Fight updates: Soldier 0 – Anby receives a full equipment rework aimed toward smoother combos and better sustained injury.
- New modes:
- Threshold Simulation – multi-squad gauntlet that hyperlinks separate battles into one tactical puzzle.
- When Desires Stay Unfinished – limited-time occasion with turn-based skirmishes utilizing monster models; clear it to unlock Manato totally free.
- High quality-of-life: an upgraded “SNAP! Shining Strike” photograph mode with higher digicam controls, filters, and frames.
- Login rewards: 600 Polychromes, 10 Encrypted Grasp Tapes, and 10 Boopons throughout the patch window.
Timesworn Hills is greater than a backdrop. Its deserted labs tease the aftermath of New Eridu’s early Hole expeditions, including threads for lore hunters whereas giving motion followers new enemy varieties tied to hallucinations and hypnotic assaults.
HoYoverse additionally previewed a handful of future brokers corresponding to Banyue, Dialyn, Zhao, and Ye Shunguang, signaling that the studio plans to maintain its roster expansions rolling roughly each six weeks.
Zenless Zone Zero is on the market on PC, iOS, Android, and PlayStation 5 with cross-save assist. The sport blends real-time combo brawling with roguelike dungeon runs, a components that to date has helped it carve out its personal house alongside HoYoverse’s better-known hits.