Zenless Zone Zero Ye Shunguang and Zhao release date

Ye Shunguang and Zhao are heading to the Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 update as playable S-Rank agents. They will be available throughout the entire patch, which launches officially on December 30, 2025. Players will be particularly interested in summoning Ye Shunguang, as she will take on the hypercarry DPS role, competing against the likes of Miyabi and Yi Xuan.

Besides, HoYoverse will let Proxies claim a copy of Zhao for free during version 2.5. This article further discusses the release date and time for Ye Shunguang and Zhao’s banner in Zenless Zone Zero.

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Zenless Zone Zero Ye Shunguang and Zhao release schedule

Ye Shunguang and Zhao are two of the highly anticipated characters arriving with the Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 update. It will launch globally on December 30, 2025, at 11 am (UTC+8). The release time may vary for players from different regions.

Moreover, HoYoverse will roll out a server maintenance five hours before the new patch. It may influence the starting time of the update. If things go according to plan, Ye Shunguang and Zhao banners will drop at:

America (December 29, 2025)

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

Europe (December 30, 2025)

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

Asia (December 30, 2025)

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

Readers can also check the countdown below to track the time until Ye Shunguang and Zhao arrives in ZZZ:

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Zenless Zone Zero Ye Shunguang and Zhao banners explored

The Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 livestream covered every aspect of the upcoming update, including its banners. It has been disclosed that Ye Shunguang and Zhao will be available throughout the duration of the patch. They will be accompanied by three rerun characters in the second phase.

The list below discusses all the agents players can obtain in version 2.5:

Phase 1+ Phase 2

• 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

Phase 2

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

The triple rerun banner has guranteed drop rates for the first S-Rank character.

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Edited by Akash Paul