Version/3.1
Last updated 2026-09-08
This article is about the Version. For the Phaethon's Story chapter, see The Long Goodbye.
The Long Goodbye
Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.1 "The Long Goodbye" Special Program-2
Release Date: July 29, 2026
Previous: 3.0 - A Sleepwalker's Confession
Version 3.1, The Long Goodbye, is the nineteenth major release of Zenless Zone Zero.
Confirmed Details
Playable Agents
- Remielle Dan(
-Rank, Lumiflux, ) - Sigrid de L'Azur(-Rank, Ice, )
W-Engines
- Ode of Resurrected Wings (-Rank, )
- Knight's Extolment (-Rank, )
Bangboo
Drive Discs
Outfits
- Moonlight Whispers (Remielle Dan)
- Seashade Pas Seul (Remielle Dan)
- Majestic Wavechaser (Sigrid de L'Azur)
- Princess on Holiday (Luciana de Montefio)
Signal Searches
Exclusive Channels
- Lasting the whole version:
- Paradise Regained (Remielle)
- Phase 1:
- Phase 2:
W-Engine Channels
- Lasting the whole version:
- Phase 1:
- Phase 2:
Events
- Marcel Anniversary Gifts
- Gift From the Clouds
- The Great En-Nah Giveaway!
- Summer Waves Roll In
- Snap! Focus Showdown!
- Dangerous Fugitive's Leisurely Vacation
- Ding-Dong! Delivery Training in Progress
- Crispy Meal Deployment Plan
- Phaethon's Grand Reveal of the Year
- Filmgoer Thank-You Gift
- Potential Hypothesis: Hunting Game
- Extensive Patrol: Triple Bounty
- Combat Training: Triple Bounty
- The Final Callback, first half
- The Final Callback, second half
Commissions
- Phaethon's Story
- Season 3 Chapter 2: The Long Goodbye
New Area
- Roscaelifer - Booastrum - Gear Street
- Roscaelifer - (Restricted Area) Backflow Zone
- Scamall Hollow - (Hollow) Roswick
- Omond Research Station
Enemies
Gamemodes
Other Details
- Proxies can now customize the pool of non-rate-up S-Rank Signals and rate-up A-Rank Signals. Signals between the Exclusive Channel and W-Engine Channel are set separately.
- Tsukishiro Yanagi, Caesar King, and Zhu Yuan, along with their respective W-Engines, can now be added to said Exclusive Channel and W-Engine Channel pools.
Other New Content
- First-purchase double rewards will be reset in the Monochrome Market for all Monochrome tiers.
- Vivian's Iris of the Shore outfit will be permanently available in Store - Today's Outfit for Monochrome ×1,680.
- Adds the new "Beginner Guide," accessible via the button on the right side of the main interface. Compendium - Primer - Proxy Legend will be moved into this system. The Beginner Guide is divided into two main interfaces: "Enhancement Guide" and "Handbook Missions." Complete the various phases of missions in the Beginner Guide to obtain Polychromes, Master Tapes, Tuning Calibrator, Drive Disc sets, and various upgrade material rewards.
- Adjusted some phase mission rewards for the Proxy Legend missions. If you have already completed the corresponding phase missions of the Proxy Legend trials before Version 3.1, the difference in the Polychrome rewards will be reissued based on the adjusted reward values. Please claim them via in-game mail, Proxies.
- Agent Pyrois's detail page will include a new display featuring Wise/Belle. When Wise or Belle's outfit accessories are changed in the city, the Agent detail page will be updated accordingly, and the outfit accessories will also be synced and displayed while in combat with Pyrois.
- Adds a function that enables batch locking and unlocking of A-Rank W-Engines in the Storage. Proxies can also set a target max-overclock quantity for each A-Rank W-Engine to remain locked, and any W-Engines exceeding that quantity will be automatically unlocked.
- Adds the High-Mobility Enhanced Robot, which can transform into a ball to roll and charge into obstacles during Main Story exploration, and can be used for solving puzzles and clearing paths.
- Adds 2 new Side Missions for hidden space exploration.
- Adds new areas: Intelligence Shack, Divination Parlor, Cap Shop, Meridian Hall, Core Danger Zone, and Banquet Venue.
- Adds the "Swiftspine and Splitclaw" challenge to Area Patrol, where the new Drive Discs, Feathered Fate and Thorned Rose, can be obtained.
- Adds the new Light Tuning Test stage to Combat Simulation, where completing the stage grants Specialized Lumiflux Chips, Advanced Lumiflux Chips, and Basic Lumiflux Chips.
- Adds new rewards to the Potential Archive store: Reel Projector, Marcato Desire, and Overtimeboo.
- New enemies, Girtablullu - Stagnant Aberrant, Infernal Revenant, Ulidim, Integrated - Girtablullu, and Metamorphosed - Hornet have been added.
- Adds new achievements related to Phaethon's Story, Agent Trust, When Opportunities Converge, Booastrum, Enigma of the Labyrinth, Combat Techniques, Hostile Targets, and Investigation Zone Adventures, including some hidden achievements.
- Adds Adversity Mode to Deadly Assault. This mode will be unlocked after earning 9 Stars in the current season's Trial Mode. Complete Adversity Mode challenges and reach designated scores to earn a limited-time animated avatar, title, namecard, and Investigation Certificates.
- The Association Supplies Store now features an Exclusive Showcase, stocked with Remielle's exclusive action, camera frames, Graffiti Marks, as well as emoticons. Spend the corresponding Investigation Certificates to redeem them.
- Adds badge sets "Deadly Assault: Purge" and "Deadly Assault: Annihilator" for Deadly Assault's Adversity Mode.
- Adds the "Labyrinth Fortune" badge group for "Enigma of the Labyrinth: Operation Bagel."
- Adds new titles related to Marcel Anniversary Gifts, Agent Trust, Deadly Assault, and Enigma of the Labyrinth.
- Dynamic wallpapers for Agents Remielle and Sigrid have been added. Obtain the corresponding Agent and increase your Trust Level to a certain amount to unlock.
- Adds Dynamic Wallpaper: Summer of Soda Sea.
- Adds the "Options - Graphics - Crowd Density" setting. Proxies can adjust this option to reduce device performance pressure and improve game smoothness.
- Adds DX12 support for select AMD graphics cards. Please refer to the official FAQ for details.
- Adds dynamic light bar effects for the DualSense wireless controller.
- Adds several new menu decoration sets.
- Adds several new Proxy accessories.
Adjustments & Optimizations
- Optimizes the auto-selection logic for W-Engines in the Storage panel on the left side of the W-Engine recommendation interface. The corresponding W-Engine with a higher level and overclock phase will now be selected.
- Adjusts the EXP required to level up from Level 20 to Level 50, reducing overall leveling time for a smoother progression pace.
- Optimizes the control feel and transition timing of some of Agent Rina's skills.
- Reduces the ATK of all enemies at different HP thresholds in Deadly Assault's Trial Mode.
- Removes the "Events Calendar" entry from the Events tab. Proxies can still view it via the Announcements system.
- Adjusts the "Bangbang! The Genius and the Miracle Chip" gameplay: After the Collaboorator reaches max level, the Daily Quests rewards will be updated to Bangboo Module reconstruction items.
- Optimizes the display experience of some tips and tags in the "Bangbang! The Genius and the Miracle Chip" gameplay.
- Adjusts the crafting of Prepaid Power Cards using "Deep Cleaning" Service Cards to the Outpost Logistics interface. Proxies can now use "Deep Cleaning" Service Cards to exchange for Prepaid Power Cards.
- Optimizes the experience of certain red dot notifications in the Compendium.
- Optimizes the rules related to the Drive Disc's Smart Discard function.
- Optimizes the Teleport location at Booastrum City District - Video Store Branch to prevent accidental activation.
- Optimizes some visual effects and art presentation of Booastrum.
- Optimizes some visual effects and art presentation of Fantasy Resort.
- Adjusts the default graphics quality settings for certain iPhone models (iPhone 12, iPhone 13, etc.).
- Fixes some text typos.
- Adjusts, improves, and fixes the in-game text for some languages. These changes will not affect gameplay or functions.
- Optimizes English, Japanese, and Korean voice-overs for story scenes and combat sequences of previous versions.
Issue Fixes
Agents & Enemies
- Fixes an issue where certain enemies had abnormal Anti-Interrupt levels.
- Fixes an issue in Hollow Zero: Operation Matrix where, under certain circumstances, using Auxiliary Agent Manato's Auxiliary Assist could cause subsequent Agent Ultimate activations to behave abnormally.
- Fixes an issue in Hollow Zero: Operation Matrix where Pyrois's Ultimate would trigger abnormally after using Auxiliary Agent Manato's Lv. 4 Auxiliary Assist.
- Fixes an issue in Hollow Zero: Operation Matrix where, after Agent Evelyn is equipped with the Gear Lethal Etiquette, hitting an enemy with any squad member's Quick Assist would fail to properly restore Burning Embers for Evelyn.
- Fixes an issue in Hollow Zero: Operation Matrix where, after Agent Cissia is equipped with the Gear Coiled Strike, the Chain Attack window would open abnormally when Cissia was not on-field.
- Fixes an issue during combat against Integrated: Shining Promise - Billy in Annihilation Simulacrum, where Agents within the Starlight Arena area might not correctly obtain Etch.
- Fixes an issue where Agent Pyrois's actions could appear abnormal on the Agent menu.
- Fixes an issue on the Agent Selection screen where Agent Promeia's hair was displayed abnormally.
- Fixes an issue where some of Agent Norma's actions could appear abnormal.
- Fixes visual issues affecting the models for some Agents and NPCs.
- Fixes an issue in Deadly Assault where, during combat against the enemy Girtablullu, Girtablullu could recover from the Stunned state with an abnormal Stun DMG Multiplier.
- Fixes an issue where Agent Soldier 0 - Anby failed to properly hit enemies under certain circumstances after activating Ultimate: Voidstrike.
Systems
- Fixes an issue where stuttering occurred when entering the game for the first time in DX12 mode. To ensure a smooth gameplay experience after this update, launching with DX12 will trigger a one-time shader compilation.
- Fixes an issue where progress for New Eridu City Fund's Expansion Tasks might not be correctly recorded after participating in Notorious Hunt.
- Fixes an issue where the title management interface could display abnormally or have errors when swapping titles.
Music & SFX
- Fixes an issue where some voice lines in certain languages might be missing when using the 2x speed playback function during the story.
- Fixes an issue where music and sound effects could behave abnormal in certain circumstances.
Environments
- Fixes an issue where scene visuals could appear abnormal in certain circumstances.
Others
- Fixes text and punctuation errors in some missions, interfaces, and descriptions.
Agent Skills, W-Engine & Drive Disc Text Optimizations
Agents
- Updates Agent Hoshimi Miyabi's Additional Ability: Bask in Frost effect.
- Before update: When another character in your squad is a Support character or shares the same faction
- After update: When another character in your squad is a Support or Anomaly character, or shares the same faction
- Updates Agent Aria's Additional Ability: Collaborative Stage effect.
- Before update: When another character in your squad is a Stun or Support character or shares the same faction
- After update: When another character in your squad is a Stun, Support, or Anomaly character, or shares the same faction
- Updates Agent Piper's Additional Ability: Synced Acceleration effect.
- Before update: When another character in your squad shares the same Attribute or Faction
- After update: When another character in your squad is an Anomaly character, or shares the same attribute or faction
Gallery
Special Program Announcement
Animated Splashcreen
Videos
Version 3.1 Teaser - "The Long Goodbye" - Zenless Zone Zero-2
Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.1 "The Long Goodbye" Special Program-2
Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.1 "The Long Goodbye" Is Now Live!-2
Trivia
- The name of the patch and the story episode is a reference to the novel The Long Goodbye by American writer Raymond Chandler which was later adapted into film in 1973.
- Though "Metamorphosed - Hornet" is noted in the Version 3.1 Patch Announcement, this enemy does not appear in combat nor in Phaethon's Database.
