Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 banners order and schedule

The Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 banners will drop with the major update on December 30, 2025, and they are quite different from the other patch. For starters, the new characters, namely Ye Shunguang and Zhao, will be available across both phases. The second half will introduce additional banners featuring three rerun characters.

Interestingly, they will have a guaranteed drop rate. This article further discusses the Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 banners' order and their release dates.

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All Zenless Zone Zero 2.3 banners

The Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 livestream has unveiled contents from the upcoming patch, including the new banners. Players will be able to summon Ye Shunguang any time during the update. While Zhao’s banner will also be available throughout version 2.5, Proxies can obtain her for free.

It is worth noting that the A-Ranks agents accompanying the featured characters will be different. We have further discussed the banner contents in the following section.

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Phase 1- (December 30, 2025)

Ye Shunguang and her W-Engine (Image via HoYoverse)

Here are all the characters you can obtain in the first phase of the ZZZ 2.5:

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

Nicole and Lucy will be available on Ye Shunguang’s banner. Anby and Ben will accompany Zhao. You might want to get Ye Shunguang in version 2.5, as she boasts a powerful hypercarry kit and a new element called Honed Edge. It originates from the Physical attribute.

Zhao and her W-Engine (Image via HoYoverse)

The corresponding W-Engine banner will feature the signature options of the aforementioned Zenless Zone Zero characters:

• Cloudcleave Radiance (Ye Shunguang)
• Half-Sugar Bunny (Zhao)
• The Vault (Nicole)
• Kaboom the Cannon (Lucy)
• Demara Battery Mark II (Anby)
• Big Cylinder (Ben)

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Phase 2- (January 21, 2026)

Second phase brings three rerun characters (Image via HoYoverse)

As specified, the second phase of the ZZZ 2.5 will introduce three new rerun characters, while Ye Shunguang and Zhao’s banner will remain active. The first agent you draw from the special channel has a guaranteed drop rate.

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

You can also summon their signature W-Engines:

• Elegant Vanity (Astra Yao)
• Severed Innocence (Soldier 0 Anby)
• Practiced Perfection (Alice)

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Additionally, you can claim Jane Doe’s skin for free in the Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 update. It will launch globally on December 30, 2025, at 11 am (UTC+8).

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Edited by Akash Paul