Zenless Zone Zero update 1.7 patch notes: English VAs for Koleda, Grace, and Rina replaced

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I’m thrilled to share that HoYoverse has unveiled Version 1.7 of Zenless Zone Zero for PC, PS5, iOS, and Android! The Xbox version will follow suit with ZZZ 2.0 in six weeks, arriving on April 23, 2025. In this exciting update, we’re introducing Vivian to the game and furthering the narrative of Mockingbird. Additionally, the English dub voices for Koleda, Grace, and Rina have been refreshed with new talents!

As a devoted gamer, I’ve noticed a significant change in the audio landscape of my favorite games from HoYoverse recently. For months now, I’ve found myself muting numerous characters due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. However, it seems that HoYoverse and their collaborating recording studios have grown weary of this situation. Starting from the new year, there’s been a noticeable shift in the games, such as Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and ZZZ, where characters’ voices have been swapped out more aggressively. It appears they’re making every effort to catch up with their storytelling pace.

Initially, public opinion of the strike was favorable as gaming communities supported its main objectives – improving AI protections for Virtual Actors (VAs). However, opinions have changed in recent times due to some union VAs criticizing a non-union VA who replaced Kinich in Genshin Impact. It’s important to note that this non-union talent doesn’t reside or work in a country where SAG-AFTRA has influence. Now, many fans think the union is using its strike to exert power and force numerous independent VAs to join its ranks. They believe the interim agreement ending the strike could potentially disadvantage non-union talents, forcing them to become members of SAG-AFTRA.

Due to previous debates, the response towards Virtual Assistant replacements is now rather indifferent among users, with some even embracing these changes positively.

Find the full ZZZ 1.7 patch notes below.

Zenless Zone Zero update 1.7 patch notes

New Content

  • S-Rank Agent Vivian (Anomaly – Ether)
  • S-Rank Agent Hugo (Attack – Ice)
  • S-Rank W-Engine Flight of Fancy (Anomaly)
  • S-Rank W-Engine Myriad Eclipse (Attack)
  • S-Rank Bangboo Robin
  • A-Rank Bangboo Overtimeboo
  • Main Story Season 1 – Epilogue: “Bury Your Tears With the Past (B)”
  • New Agent Trust Events and Quality Time Events for Hugo and Vivian
  • New Enemy Tepes
  • Some city areas now have flavor events with Eous and friends.
  • A new teleport location, the flower shop, has been added to Lumina Square.
  • Adds new Achievements related to A Ridu Journey, Phaethon’s Story, Agent Trust, When Opportunities Converge, Inter-Knot Hot Topic, including some hidden achievements.
  • Adds new titles related to Agent Trust, When Opportunities Converge, and the event “Bangboo Bash.” Event titles can be obtained for a limited time only.
  • Dynamic wallpapers for Agents Vivian and Hugo have been added. Obtain the corresponding Agent and increase your Trust Level to a certain amount to unlock.
  • Adds floral arrangement interaction events for all Agents at Dew Gardening in Quality Time mode.
  • Adds photo interaction voicelines for all Agents in Quality Time mode.
  • Adds the Errands Calendar function. Proxies can check the current Version events schedule from the Notices function.

Events:

  • All-New Program
  • Say It With Flowers
  • Bangboo Bash
  • Savor the Flavor: Citywide Delivery
  • Advanced Bounty: Routine Cleanup
  • “En-Nah” Into Your Lap
  • Springtime Snapshots
  • A Tale Through the Looking Glass
  • Data Bounty: Combat Simulation

Changes and Optimizations

  • Optimizes the invitation events for Agents Lighter and Jane. The Invitation Events for these Agents have been upgraded to Quality Time Invites.
  • Changes the English voice actors for Agents Koleda, Grace, and Rina, and replaces the corresponding voice lines.
  • Optimizes the 3D models and art for Agent Hugo.
  • Optimizes the 3D models and art for Agent Vivian in plot dialogue.
  • Optimizes the 3D models and art for the Strange Bird in Hollow Zero.
  • Optimizes the rule display logic for the Badge management system.
  • Optimizes the combat stages of the Main Story commissions “Fateful Reunion” and “Who Stares into the Abyss,” allowing replay upon combat failure.
  • Optimizes the equipment upgrade system. After the Version 1.7 update, Drive Discs can be marked as Discarded even when equipped.
  • Adjusts some Agents’ priority order for skill upgrade recommendations.
  • Optimizes Notorious Hunt so that after consuming your weekly free challenge attempts, you can now directly choose to enter No Reward Mode or Pursuit to the Depths after combat.
  • Optimizes the display logic for score goals in Deadly Assault.
  • Optimizes the Notices function, adjusting the button location and information display.
  • Improves the visual presentation of certain friend chat emotes.
  • Optimizes some camera angles in city chats.
  • Optimizes some voicelines for English, Japanese, and Korean.
  • Optimizes the text description for Agent Jane’s Core Passive: Insight. This adjustment is purely textual and does not affect the actual functionality of the agent’s skills.
  • Optimizes the text description for Agent Jane’s Mindscape Cinema 06 “Shady” Technique. This adjustment is purely textual and does not affect the actual functionality of the agent’s skills.

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where some of Agent Pulchra’s skills have a chance to display abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue where some characters’ visual performance is abnormal during the story.
  • Fixes an issue where, when Agents Astra Yao and Evelyn use their Chain Attack, it does not trigger “When any squad member launches a Chain Attack, it will refresh the duration of all squad members’ Elation” from Agent Lighter’s Additional Ability: Fighting Spirit.
  • Fixes an issue where, under certain circumstances, when the active character triggered an Aftershock from other squad members, certain effects of Agent Caesar’s Radiant Aegis were applied to targets abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue where Agent Trigger had a chance to receive DMG anomalously when triggering Aftershocks.
  • Fixes an issue where certain effects of W-Engine Timeweaver were applied to the equipper abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue in Phaethon’s Database where Ionized – Doppelganger does not unlock normally.
  • Fixes an issue where some enemies displayed abnormally under special camera angles.
  • Fixes an issue in the Drive Disc filter system where the number of Drive Discs does not display normally.
  • Fixes an issue under Controller mode where checking not yet obtained Agents may result in abnormal display.
  • Fixes an issue where, under certain circumstances, the Hollow Codex in the Workbench displays abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue where some PC devices may have abnormal environments.
  • Fixes an issue where there may be abnormal performance when fighting the enemy Geppetto in Hollow Zero.
  • Fixes an issue where NPC models sometimes do not display correctly in some environments.
  • Fixes an issue where certain scenes display abnormally.
  • Fixes some typos in text.
  • Adjusts, improves, and fixes the in-game text for some languages. These changes will not affect gameplay or functions.

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2025-04-23 10:47