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The Proxy and the Hare
The Zenless Zone Zero The Proxy and the Hare quest is one of the first Story Quests in the game. After clearing your first Hollow in the previous main quest, The Hare and the Proxy, it’s time to visit New Eridu, survive a system malfunction, and solve some box puzzles.
Here’s a The Proxy and the Hare walkthrough.
The Proxy and the Hare Commission | |
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Recommended attributes | Ice and Ether. |
Enemy type | Ethereal |
Recommended Lv | 8 |
Objective: | Find the strongbox. |
Optional objectives: |
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Commission rewards: |
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How to Start
After completing The Hare and the Proxy, you must fulfill some objectives in New Eridu before you can start the Proxy and the Hare main quest. First, head inside the Random Play store and speak with your sibling, who’ll ask you to choose a username. This also unlocks the Inter-Knot menu, where you can see your quests, notifications, and Inter-Knot level.
Leave Random Play and speak to Howl, the dog manning the nearby newsstand. Use the scratch card as instructed. Turn around and talk to General Chop in the Noodle Shop, which unlocks Combat Commissions, followed by a talk with Susie, which unlocks Exploration Commissions.
Return to Random Play and speak with your sibling before returning to the Hollow Deep Dive System. You must complete one Combat Commission and one Exploration Commission to continue the main quest. There’s only one of each type to select:
- Combat Commission: Logistics Disaster
- Exploration Commission: The Ultimate Collectibles
Complete both, have another chat with General Chop and Susie in New Eridu, and use the Hollow Deep Dive System to start The Proxy and the Hare!
The Proxy and the Hare Walkthrough
Move right and enter the combat tile. Be ready to defeat some normal Ethereal enemies, after which you can collect the Hollow Observation Data from the lower tile. Continue right after that.
On the next batch of tiles, move directly to the larger one below.
This will cause the system to malfunction, returning you to the Random Play store. To continue the quest, interact with the television.
Exhaust the dialogue to return to the Hollow, where you must defeat a bunch of Ethereals again. Once the fight is over, exhaust the dialogue again and interact with the Hollow Deep Dive system to continue The Proxy and the Hare.
You must push the data boxes to the target location:
- Push the box below you one tile down, then one to the right.
- Push the box in the middle one tile to the right.
- Push the upper box two tiles to the left, then one up.
If you make a mistake, use the green reset button.
On the next batch of tiles, move to Nicole’s tile for an optional dialogue scene (you can skip this). Following the dialogue, you can move right for the fastest route, but if you want extra credits, go left, step on the combat tile, defeat the Ethereals, and then step on the pink tile.
Next, you must step on the enemy tile in the middle of the screen - there’s no skipping this one. Defeat a wave of minor Ethereal enemies followed by an elite Ethereal.
Once you’ve returned to the network screen, collect the credits and Hollow Observation Data on the right, as well as the HP recovery at the top, before moving left.
On the next tile screen, beware that the red ‘route’ tiles will increase your Pressure meter (the yellow bar at the bottom of the screen). When Pressure is full, you will receive Corruption, a negative status effect. You can check your Corruption status on the Corruption bar in the lower left corner (one star equals one negative effect).
To avoid Corruption, you can move along the resource chest first (left route upwards, the yellow box) and then turn around the corner to the left to collect a ‘relieve pressure’ item. You do have to sacrifice some HP at the danger tile though.
Move back the way you came and collect the Hollow Observation Data (the yellow tile in the lower right corner). This fulfills the optional objectives for this Hollow.
Next, go up again and hit the final special tile, below the exit.
You must make a choice here: store the dewdrops you just found, or use them now to heal the team. It’s best to store them if your team still has a high HP.
Defeat the elite Ethereal to complete The Proxy and the Hare. This Ethereal has a ton of golden prompts, so it’s best to focus on switching characters whenever you get the prompt and immediately counterattack.
After finishing some interlude missions in New Eridu, you can start the Escape from Certain Doom story quest.