Whether it's exploring the Hollows of Zenless Zone Zero through the tile-based map, or remotely operating your Bangboos to guide your agents through the unpredictable dimensions, or knowing the weaknesses of your enemy, the Hollow Deep Dive System always proves to be the best friend of a proxy when the action is happening inside the Hollows. Through the HDDS, you become the mastermind whose strategic moves can discover the rarest of inventory or take out the nastiest of Ethereals. Use Zenless Zone Zero Monochromes to overcome the hurdles you face in your journey. You can easily top up zzz from TOPUPlive.
Random Play
"Random Play" might look like any other video store in the vast city of New Eridu. But what it houses, is one of the most useful resources you can have in the game (Wise and Bell made sure that the proxies always had the upper hand in this war). As soon as you enter the store, head over to the Video Archive room and access the computer. This is the HDD. After accessing it, you will be provided with three commissions to choose from:
- Story Commissions
- Combat Commissions
- Exploration Commissions
Story Commissions
If it's your first time visiting the city of New Eridu, then this is the commission for you. Unlock new map areas, game modes and agent trust events to become the ultimate proxy. Also, try your hand at Mewmew's challenges in order to mingle with your city folks.
Combat Commissions
Are you the one who likes to walk into the battle with guns blazing? If yes, then combat commissions is the place to go. Combat commissions allow you to strategize, build up your agents and inflict some real pain on the enemies! If you think that the regular Ethereals are no match for you, you can take on one of the bosses instead.
Exploration Commissions
Need a break from all the combat within the Hollows? Check out the Exploration Commissions for exciting environmental puzzles which really put your mind to the test. Think you are the one who's all about the side quests in a game? Then the Exploration Commissions has it all. From exploring the unknown lanes to discovering hidden items and finding the secrets of Hollows and New Eridu.
Bangboo
Inside the Hollows, your agents are clueless without your guidance. That's where Bangboos come in. They are your eyes inside the hollows. Bangboos relay every piece of information available about the Hollows so that you are always informed before making those strategic decisions. They also help you guide your agents inside the hollows, navigating through complex layouts and discovering hidden objects.
Bangboos act as the bridge between you and your agent making sure that you are constantly communicating with your agent throughout. And, of course, none of the environmental puzzles in the Exploration Commission are solved without the use of Bangboos. Opt for ZZZ top up to spend the Monochromes when you need to upgrade your gameplay.
When it comes to Bangboos, Eous is probably the most iconic of them all. Operated by none other than Wise and Bell themselves, this legendary character can be seen at many instances throughout the game.
Monitor Board
Every hollow in ZZZ is different, but its pattern is not. When playing a story or an exploration commission, you will be directed to a monitor board, which will consist of many small TV tiles, aka Proxy screen. You will have to move through each of these tiles to progress. These tiles result in a variety of effects. Some will put you right in the middle of a battle, some will provide you with resources, and some will even restore your HP. You will need to move through each one of these tiles in order to escape. But don't forget to collect all the Hollow rewards before you step your foot on the finish line tile, especially the Hollow Observation Data. These will be needed to progress in the main story later on.
Hollow Pressure
Pressure is the meter in which you gain corruption while you are inside the Hollow. As you gain pressure, your chances of getting corrupted increase. Make sure to keep an eye on the Hollow Ether Activity meter on the HDD commission screen to determine the rate at which corruption will increase. In Hollows with low Ether activity, your actions will not increase the pressure on your squad. As the activity in different Hollows increases, so does the pressure on your squad.
Corruption Debuffs
If your pressure reaches up to 100, your squad members will gain a random corruption, and the pressure will be reset to zero. As corruption builds up, the stages start becoming even more difficult to clear. Corruption has five slots, which once filled up, will result in your squad draining its HP. Once the HP is drained, the mission is terminated.
How to Lessen Pressure?
Building up a lot of pressure on your squad? Get to a safety zone immediately to lessen the pressure. But once you are out of there, engaging in battles and acquiring inventory will slightly increase your pressure.
Bangboo Plug-ins
The Hollows are full of unique challenges and that's why you need to prepare your Bangboos accordingly. Plug-ins provide you with all sorts of upgrades and modifications to better equip your Bangboos for the Hollows. Talk about increased movement speed, enhanced puzzle solving or improved information gathering, there's a plug-in for everything.
Conclusion
At the end of the day, the ZZZ Hollow Deep Dive proves to be an all-round, multi-purpose tool for strategic planning, combat matches and navigation through the Hollows. It provides proxies with the ultimate "unfair advantage", which is needed to explore and survive the Hollows and to become the top proxy in New Eridu.
