ZZZ Top Up

Chronicle of Simmering Flavors runs **March 25 to May 5, 2026** in ZZZ Version 2.7. Complete everything and you're looking at **900 confirmed Polychrome** (community estimates reach 1,100 — more on that gap below), a free **A-Rank Stun W-Engine called The Simmering Pot**, Battle Pass EXP, and a pile of upgrade materials. The first three days have time-gated unlocks. Miss them and you're already behind.

Lucy is worth it if you run Fire or Physical teams and lack a reliable off-field ATK support. Community polling places her Tier 0 (SS) with 352 votes — she delivers a 600 flat ATK buff with minimal field time, and her Guard Boars keep working while your DPS is active. Phase 2 goes live April 2, 2026. The All-New Program login event closes April 22, so that's your real deadline for free tape rewards.

The smartest move you can make before Where Winds Meet goes live is building your pull stockpile *before* servers open. Time-gated pre-registration rewards, expiring first-purchase doublers, launch-window payment failures, and a pity system that rewards preparation all favor players who arrive on Day 1 with Echo Jades already banked. Here's exactly why — and how much you can realistically accumulate.

The Over Zone Event Rerun runs **March 5–19, 2026**, with E.H. (SSR Wind Burst III Attacker) on a Special Recruit banner. Community consensus is blunt: **most players should run one Step-Up (6,600 Gems) and bank the rest for the 3.5 Anniversary** in late March–April 2026, where Crown and Rapi: Red Hood offer dramatically better value.

For most players, the answer is **save aggressively through 5.6 unless you have a specific team gap** — Raiden Shogun is the one exception worth spending on. The April 25 livestream confirmed Phase 1 features Escoffier and Navia, Phase 2 brings Kinich and Raiden, and the Snezhnaya Harbinger pipeline — Skirk in 5.7, Durin in 6.2, Sandrone and Columbina potentially in 6.7 — makes 2026 the most Primogem-demanding stretch in the game's history. Every pull you spend on a niche 5.6 banner is a pull you won't have for Skirk.

Ellen Joe returns on the **Mellow Waveride** Exclusive Signal Search banner in Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.1, with A-Rank rate-ups Soukaku and Seth alongside her. Short answer: **pull if you lack a strong Ice DPS and have 75+ pulls saved or pity carryover**. Skip if your roster already covers that role or you're saving for something more critical. Worst-case cost is 180 pulls (28,800 Polychrome) for a guaranteed Ellen — here's everything you need to decide.