Strange Messages is a main quest in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). This guide provides details on how to unlock and complete the quest, along with a walkthrough, Hollow guide, and rewards.
Contents
List of Contents
- Quest Information
- How to Unlock
- Walkthrough
- Hollow Guide
- Rewards
- Related Guides
Strange Messages Quest Information
Main Story Details:
- HDD Chapter: Chapter 3
- Required Inter-Knot Level: 34
- Enemy Level: 34
- Location: Ballet Twins
- Client: The Cunning Hares
- Difficulty: ⬤⬤〇〇〇
- Recommended Attributes: Ether, Ice
- Time: Anytime
Strange Messages is a Main Story commission set after Perilous Duty.
How to Unlock Strange Messages
Unlock After Reaching Inter-Knot Level 34
- Strange Messages can only be unlocked after raising your Inter-Knot level up to 34. Do the commissions during Chapter 2 Interlude Intemission to raise your reputation level.
Strange Messages Quest Walkthrough
1. Reach Inter-Knot Level 34:
- During Chapter 2 Interlude Intermission, raise your Inter-Knot Level up to 34. Return to Random Play and watch the TV with your sibling.
2. Complete the Commission Using the HDD:
- Access the HDD System after the cutscenes to do this commission.
Strange Messages Hollow Guide
Step-By-Step Guide:
- Get Observation Data 1:
- Navigate the dark map. Go up and take the first left to find the first Observation Data. Defeat the enemy to access it.
- Proceed Until Meeting Unusual Enemy:
- Continue left, then up, and left again until encountering an unusual enemy. It will send you back to the starting point.
- Proceed to the Light Bulb:
- Follow the same path, noting the absence of the unusual enemy. Proceed to the light bulb to illuminate the area.
- Get the Handheld Xenon Flashlight:
- Follow the unusual enemy, ride the conveyor belt, go left and north to find the flashlight. Use it to remove unidentified creatures within 4 tiles.
- Get the Kaleido Flashlight:
- Proceed left and pay 5000 Gear Coins to unlock a valve. Obtain another Handheld Xenon Flashlight and the Kaleido Flashlight to display adjacent areas.
- Use the Booster:
- Continue north to find the unusual enemy and a booster. Ride the booster to the next location.
- Get Observation Data 2 and Open the Light Bulb:
- Get another Handheld Xenon Flashlight and remove the unusual enemy. Defeat an enemy to unlock adjacent tiles, get the second observation data, and use the light bulb to illuminate the area.
- Get Observation Data 3:
- Continue right, then up to reach the final observation data and the exit. Fight the final enemies to complete the commission.
Strange Messages Rewards
Quest Rewards:
- Polychrome: x30
- Denny: x9000
- Bangboo Algorithm Module: x2
- Inter-Knot Credit: x450
- Elite Investigator’s Supply Box: x2
- Senior Investigator’s Supply Box: x2
Related Guides
All Main Commissions:
- Business X Strangeness X Justness
- The Hare and the Proxy
- The Proxy and the Hare
- Prologue: Intermission
- Escape from Certain Doom
- Cat’s Lost and Found
- Explosive Last Train
- Earlybird Ticket to Safety
- Chapter 1 Intermission
- Path of the Proxy I
- Emergency Rescue
- Emergency Rescue 2
- Somewhat Totally Out of Control
- A Call From the Hollow’s Heart
- Let’s Go, Bro!
- Mechanical Love
- Speedy Chaser
- Trace to the Source
- Chapter 2 Intermission
- Path of the Proxy II
- Chapter 2 Interlude: Mission Unthinkable
- Invisible Assistant
- A Perilous Duty
- Chapter 2 Interlude – Intermission
- Strange Messages
- The Midnight Pursuit
- Ascending Dance
- Footprints in Darkness
- Saving Hacker Rain