Zenless Zone Zero Polychrome Value Malaysia: Which Tier Actually Wins?
Published: 2026-09-20
Verdict up front: the RM 130 tier (1,980 Monochrome / $29.99) is the best value in Zenless Zone Zero's paid ladder, at 1.515 sen per Monochrome, cheaper than the RM 220 and RM 440 packs above it. Buy that one, top up gaps with the RM 22 subscription, and each sweet-spot pack covers 12.4 pulls once Version 3.2's Phase 2 opens on 30 September. Top up ZZZ Polychrome at REDX Game and skip Apple's 30% App Store cut, with 1–3 minute DuitNow delivery.
Version 3.2 "Their Secret Histories" is why anyone is topping up this week
Claret Flint's debut banner, Bloodmoon Rising, went live on 9 September 2026 alongside Nangong Yu's first rerun (Axiom of Captivation), both running until 30 September MYT. Roxy, the second half of Flint Workshop, arrives on 30 September in Cindernight Respite alongside Promeia's Cold Rain Wanes in the Night rerun, and stays until 20 October 2026 MYT.
Claret is the first Armorer Agent in ZZZ, an Electric anomaly-hybrid built around the new "Bloodstorm" mechanic. Roxy is Wind Stun and pairs into Claret's ceiling teams. Two rate-up S-Ranks, two reruns and the Flint Workshop story quest inside 42 days: most Malaysian ZZZ mains are deciding where to spend their next RM 100 right now, which is exactly why the tier maths matters. See the Version 3.2 wiki entry for the full agent kit spread.
Real cost per pull, from Monochrome to Signal Search
One Signal Search on any character banner costs 160 Polychrome, and Monochrome converts 1:1 to Polychrome. Hard pity on the Exclusive Channel is 90 pulls per S-Rank, with soft pity opening at pull 75 (odds jump from 0.6% to 6.6%). Game8's pity guide puts it plainly: "Within 90 Signal Searches, you are guaranteed to obtain at least one S-Rank agent on the Exclusive Channel." The first S-Rank has a 50/50 chance of being the rate-up character; lose that once and the next guaranteed S-Rank is Claret. Worst case for a guaranteed Claret is 180 pulls, or 28,800 Polychrome. New accounts get an S-Rank inside their first 50 pulls, which is why rerollers in Petaling Jaya are targeting Claret's banner even when Flint isn't their main aesthetic.
At the 1,980 Monochrome sweet-spot tier ($29.99, roughly RM 130 at prevailing rates), 28,800 Polychrome is about 14.5 packs, so RM 1,885 to guarantee Claret in the worst case, or roughly RM 850 for the median pull-line that lands her around pull 90. Neither is small money. Tier choice, not total ringgit, decides how many pulls each purchase actually buys.
The paid Monochrome ladder, per-sen ranked
Prices below are HoYoverse's global web-shop USD ladder for Version 3.2. Regional MYR through licensed Malaysian resellers runs a few sen either side of a straight 4.20 conversion, and consistently below the iOS App Store MY listing after Apple's 30% cut. First-purchase bonus doubles Monochrome on the first buy of each tier and never resets, which is why the biggest pack is worth touching exactly once.
Ladder sorted best value to worst (US-sen per Monochrome, before first-purchase bonus):
- 1,980 Monochrome / $29.99: 1.515 US-sen per Monochrome. Sweet spot.
- 3,280 Monochrome / $49.99: 1.524 US-sen. Marginally worse than the tier below it, which is the trap.
- 980 Monochrome / $14.99: 1.530 US-sen. Fine for topping up the last gap to a pity threshold.
- 6,480 Monochrome / $99.99: 1.543 US-sen. Worst per-Monochrome rate; worth touching once for the first-purchase double only.
- 300 Monochrome / $4.99: 1.663 US-sen. Impulse tier, useful only for the double.
- 60 Monochrome / $0.99: 1.650 US-sen. Smallest pack is not the worst rate, but 60 Monochrome is less than half a pull.
Read that list twice: the RM 130 tier beats the RM 440 tier on per-Monochrome value. Repeat that the next time an in-game pop-up dangles the biggest pack. Genshin's Genesis Crystal ladder and Honkai: Star Rail's Oneiric Shard ladder showed the same shape earlier this month — HoYoverse's mid-tier is engineered to look worse than it actually is.
Where REDX Game beats the App Store on ringgit
iOS App Store MY routes every Monochrome purchase through Apple's In-App Purchase system, and Apple keeps 30%. Web-based HoYoverse payment (which is what licensed direct top-up uses) skips that cut. On the 980 Monochrome tier the App Store MY listing sits at about RM 68; the same tier via a Malaysian reseller runs closer to RM 55, roughly RM 13 saved on one mid-tier top-up. Multiply that across a 28,800-Polychrome pity plan and Apple's markup adds RM 260 or more before you have drawn a single S-Rank. The REDX Game ZZZ Polychrome page lists the live MYR ladder with DuitNow QR, TNG eWallet, Boost and FPX rails; delivery is advertised at 1–3 minutes. Senang gila to top up between Zero-Hollow runs.
Two subscription products change the per-pull maths outright. Inter-Knot Membership is a one-time $4.99 (about RM 22) that drops 300 Monochrome up front, then 90 Polychrome every day for 30 days, for 3,000 Polychrome total. That is 18.75 pulls at roughly RM 1.17 per pull, about one-fifth of the raw Monochrome ladder rate. New Eridu City Fund is $9.99 (about RM 44) for 680 Polychrome plus a Perfect Expression Control avatar. Buy both once per patch and you have covered a soft-pity run for the cost of one 1,980 tier.
The Malaysian buyer's playbook for Version 3.2
Here is what a Kuala Lumpur or Shah Alam ZZZ main should be pressing right now if Claret or Roxy is the target. Selangor Red Giants and Team SMG viewers are increasingly overlapping with HoYoverse gacha wallets; boleh tahan long-term planning is cheaper than one-off panic top-ups.
- Buy both subscriptions first. RM 66 (~$14.98) covers Inter-Knot Membership plus New Eridu City Fund. Together they fund around 24 pulls once the daily Polychrome finishes crediting, the cheapest Polychrome you will ever put into ZZZ.
- Commit to the 1,980 Monochrome tier for pull runs. Route it through REDX Game's direct top-up so Apple never touches it. On a rate-up 50/50 win, 12,240 Polychrome (six 1,980 packs plus one 980 pack) carries the median pull-line to a rate-up S-Rank.
- Touch the 6,480 tier once for the first-purchase double, then stop. Base rate is the worst on the ladder; only the 3,240 Monochrome bonus makes that pack competitive, and it only applies once per account.
- Budget for the pity cap, not the median. Lost 50/50s happen. A guaranteed Claret via 180 pulls is 28,800 Polychrome. Set a hard tier count you will stop at before Phase 2 puts Roxy on the same wallet on 30 September.
Frequently asked questions
Bila banner Claret ZZZ tamat?
Claret's Bloodmoon Rising banner closes on 30 September 2026 alongside Nangong Yu's Axiom of Captivation rerun. Phase 2 opens the same day with Roxy's Cindernight Respite and Promeia's rerun, both running until 20 October 2026. All times are MYT (GMT+8).
Berapa Polychrome untuk satu Signal Search?
One Signal Search costs 160 Polychrome or 1 Encrypted Master Tape. Monochrome converts 1:1 to Polychrome. Hard pity is 90 pulls for an S-Rank on the Exclusive Channel; a 50/50 loss means the next guaranteed S-Rank (up to 180 pulls total) is the rate-up character.
Is topping up ZZZ Polychrome direct faster than the iOS App Store?
Licensed Malaysian resellers advertise 1–3 minute direct top-up delivery via DuitNow QR, TNG eWallet, Boost and FPX. App Store credit-card purchases clear in about the same window, but Apple adds a 30% IAP cut on top of HoYoverse's USD ladder. Same speed, higher price is the real cost.
Adakah Inter-Knot Membership berbaloi untuk pemain Malaysia?
Memang best value on the whole ladder: RM 22 for 3,000 Polychrome (300 up front + 90 daily × 30 days) works out to roughly RM 1.17 per pull, about one-fifth of the raw Monochrome tier rate. Worth it only if you log in daily to claim the drip, otherwise the maths collapses.
What is the worst-case cost to guarantee Claret Flint?
Two full 90-pull cycles after a lost 50/50: 180 pulls, 28,800 Polychrome. At the 1,980 Monochrome sweet-spot tier that is about 14.5 packs, or roughly RM 1,885 through REDX Game before subscription offsets. Budget from that number, not the median.
Two Version 3.2 buying traps to watch
Two things are quietly eating Malaysian wallets on Claret's banner. First: the 6,480 Monochrome pack (the biggest icon in the shop) is the worst per-Monochrome rate once its first-purchase double is spent, and the shop UI hides that by not showing sen-per-Monochrome. Second: unlicensed Facebook and TikTok DMs offering "murah gila" ZZZ top-ups almost always route stolen credit-card credit through third-party accounts, which HoYoverse's fraud detection reverses within a week and takes your Agent inventory with it. Stick to licensed Malaysian resellers or the HoYoverse web shop itself for anything above the RM 22 subscription tier.
Roxy's Cindernight Respite opens on 30 September 2026 and runs until 20 October 2026. If Flint Workshop is a dual-target, the Monochrome you save on Apple's 30% cut through REDX Game this week is the same Monochrome that funds an extra 40 pulls three weeks from now.
