Time until Zhao releases in Zenless Zone Zero

Zhao is an S-Rank agent featured in the first phase of Zenless Zone Zero 2.5, which launches globally on December 30, 2025. Being a Defense specialist, she is expected to take on the support role. While some players may skip Zhao for her fighting style, they will still want to track her arrival, given she is a free character.

Yes, Proxies will receive a copy of the agent upon tuning in to the next patch. Additionally, her banner will be until the end of version 2.5. This article further explores when Zhao will be released in Zenless Zone Zero.

When will Zhao release in Zenless Zone Zero?

Zhao will be released once the Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 update goes live on December 30, 2025, at 11 am (UTC+8). Servers in America will receive the patch on December 29, 2025, due to the time zone differences. To avoid confusion, players can use the countdown below to further track Zhao’s arrival in the game:

Readers might also want to check the following list, which explores the time until Zhao releases in ZZZ across major regions:

America

• Pacific Standard Time (PST): December 29, 2025, 7 pm
• Mountain Standard Time (MST): December 29, 2025, 8 pm
• Central Standard Time (CST): December 29, 2025, 9 pm
• Eastern Standard Time (EST): December 29, 2025, 10 pm

Europe

• Western European Time (WET): December 30, 2025, 3 am
• Central European Time (CET): December 30, 2025, 4 am
• Eastern European Time (EET): December 30, 2025, 5 am

Asia

• India Standard Time (IST): December 30, 2025, 8:30 am
• China Standard Time (CST): December 30, 2025, 11 am
• Japanese Standard Time (JST): December 30, 2025, 12 pm
• Philippine Standard Time (PHT): December 30, 2025, 11 am
• Korea Standard Time (KST): December 30, 2025, 12 pm

Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 update banner characters

Zhao will be available alongside Zenless Zone Zero's Ye Shunguang throughout the version 2.5 update. The second phase of the patch will further introduce a special rerun banner featuring three other S-Rank agents with 100 percent drop rate.

Phase 1

• Ye Shunguang (S-Rank): Honed Edge, Attack
• Zhao (S-Rank): Ice, Defense
• Nicole (A-Rank): Ether, Support
• Lucy (A-Rank): Fire, Support
• Anby (A-Rank): Electric, Stun
• Ben (A-Rank): Fire, Defense

Phase 2

• Astra Yao (S-Rank): Ether, Support
• Soldier 0 Anby (S-Rank): Electric, Attack
• Alice (S-Rank): Physical, Anomaly

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Edited by Akash Paul