In the neon-lit streets of New Eridu, where danger lurks around every corner, fear not, for Zenless Zone Zero Bangboo are here to aid you in your fight.
These quirky yet powerful allies bring unique skills and abilities to your adventures, each one offering something special to enhance your gameplay. And yes, plural or singular, they’re the same noun.
Whether you’re navigating treacherous urban landscapes or engaging in intense battles, they are here to help you survive and thrive in this chaotic world.
Join us as we delve into the fascinating realm of Zenless Zone Zero Bangboo and discover how they can become indispensable partners in your journey.
What are Bangboo in Zenless Zone Zero?
Bangboo are charming creatures are designed to enhance your gameplay by bringing various unique skills and abilities.
Each of them specializes in different aspects of combat and exploration, making them invaluable allies as you navigate the treacherous streets of New Eridu.
Combat Bangboo are described as such in the game:
Each Combat Bangboo has its own Active Skill. When in combat, they will automatically activate their Active Skills to assist the Agents.
Some Combat Bangboo can launch Bangboo Chain Attacks. When these Bangboo are part of your squad, a Bangboo Chain Attack can be triggered following an Agent’s Chain Attack before the last member of the squad acts.
The Bangboo Chain Attack does not count towards the total number of Chain Attacks in the chain.
Clearly they are not just add-ons but integral parts of your strategy, providing benefits that can turn the tide in your favor. Incorporating these versatile companions into your team elevates your gameplay experience to new heights.
All Zenless Zone Zero Bangboo and their skills
S-Rank Bangboo
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Sharkboo | Ice |
Skill a, Dryland Shark Hunt
Active Skill: Plants a trap underfoot which bites, tears, and summons torpedoes at triggering enemies, dealing Ice Damage and accumulating Ice Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Cold Surge
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Ice Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 100% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Relentless Pursuit
Chain Attack: Summons a trap and leaps toward the target, causing an explosion upon landing, dealing Ice Damage and accumulating massive Ice Anomaly Buildup.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Safety | Physical |
Skill a, Boring Burst
Active Skill: Enters the driving state and charges enemies, launching a drilling attack upon hit and dealing Physical Damage.
Skill b, Drill Team Mobilization
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Belobog Heavy Industries character in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack damage increases by 20%. If the target is Burning or Shocked, this buff increases by an additional 20%.
Skill c, Demolition Drill
Chain Attack: Enters the driving state and charges at enemies, launching a multi-hit drilling attack upon hit and dealing massive Physical Damage.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Butler | Physical |
Skill a, Tea Break
Active Skill: Creates a heartfelt afternoon snack. The snack will generate Energy for the receiving Agent.
Skill b, Personal Butler
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Victoria Housekeeping Co. characters in your squad, Active Skill generates an additional 20% energy.
Skill c, Afternoon Dessert
Chain Attack: Use a frying pan and pancakes to attack enemies from afar, dealing massive Physical Damage.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Amilion | Physical |
Skill a, Portable Machine-Gun Debt-Clearer
Active Skill: Builds a machine gun and continuously shoots at enemies, dealing massive Physical Damage
Skill b, Street Code
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Cunning Hares characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack damage increases with fewer enemies in combat, up to a max of 45%.
Skill c, Portable Machine Gun – Gatling Debt Clearer
Chain Attack: Uses machine guns and cannons to continuously attack the target, dealing massive Physical Damage.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Rocketboo | Fire |
Skill a, Boom!
Active Skill: Mounts a rocket and charges at the target. Upon hitting a target, the rocket will explode, dealing Fire Damage to enemies within range and accumulating Fire Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Refueling
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Fire Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 100% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Ka-Boom Express Shipping
Chain Attack: Mounts a rocket and charges at the target. Upon hitting a target, the rocket will explore dealing Fire Damage to enemies in a large area and accumulating massive Fire Anomaly Buildup.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Plugboo | Electric |
Skill a, Shock Sniper
Active Skill: Unleashes an EM cannon attack at the enemy, dealing Electric Damage and accumulating Electric Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Electromancer
Additional Ability: When there are at least two Electric Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 100% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, High-Voltage Resistance
Chain Attack: Unleashes a strong electric attack on all nearby enemies in a large area, dealing Electric Damage and inflict massive Electric Anomaly Buildup.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Resonaboo | Ether |
Skill a, Mini-Black hole
Active Skill: Summon an Ether black hole that continuously pulls in enemies and deals Ether Damage to enemies struck and accumulates Ether Attribute Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Radiation Effect
Additional Ability: When there are at least two Ether Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 100% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Primordial Black Hole
Chain Attack: Throws an Ether bomb at the target, dealing Ether Damage and accumulating massive Ether Attribute Anomaly Buildup
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Bangvolver | Physical |
Skill a, Revolver of Fortune
Active Skill: Use a random bullet for different moves:
- Powerful Firework Shell: Fires at the enemy with great force, dealing massive Physical Damage and accumulating a large amount of Physical Attribute Anomaly
- Regular Firework Shell: Fires at the enemy, dealing Physical Damage and accumulating Physical Attribute Anomaly.
- Paintball: Fails to fire as flowers leave the muzzle.
Skill b, Luck is Skill
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Physical Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 100% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Lucky Trigger
Chain Attack: Fire continuous shots at the target, dealing Physical Damage and accumulating massive Physical Attribute Anomaly Buildup.
A-Tier Bangboo
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Penguinboo | Ice |
Skill a, Iceblade Dance
Active Skill: Executes a series of graceful slashes with an ice blade, dealing Ice Damage and accumulating Ice Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Dry Ice Field
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Ice Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 60% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Frozen Hurricane
Chain Attack: Attacks the target with a series of slashes, dealing Ice Damage and inflicting massive Ice Anomaly Buildup.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Luckyboo | Physical |
Skill a, Lavish Spending
Active Skill: Strikes the target with a barrage of golden coins, dealing Physical Damage and accumulating Physical Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Luck is a Component of Power
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Physical Attribute characters in your squad, Active Skill inflicts 20% more Anomaly Buildup. Active skills’ continuous strikes duration is increased by 0.8 seconds.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Exploreboo | Ether |
Skill a, Modded Ether Detector
Active Skill: Scans and excavates the nearby ground, then gives the character a random buff based on the Bangboo’s stats:
- Buff 1: Recovers HP
- Buff 2: Generates a shield
- Buff 3: Increases Energy Regen
Skill b, Ether Detection Specialist
Additional Ability: Triggered when there is at least one support-type character in your squad. Active Skill’s character buff effect is increased:
- Buff 1: HP recovery increases by 20%
- Buff 2: Shield generation increases by 20%
- Buff 3: Energy Regen rate increases by 0.04 points per second
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Sumoboo | Physical |
Skill a, Finishing Move – Rock Crusher
Active Skill: Jumps towards the target and executes a downward strike, dealing Physical Damage in an area. This skill is good at interrupting.
Skill b, Overpower All Odds
Additional Ability: When there is at least one Stun character in your squad, Active Skill inflicts 18% more Daze to enemies whose Daze is above 50%.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Paperboo | Physical |
Skill a, Decoy Paper Armor
Active Skill: Uses a cardboard box to camouflage itself, inducing a taunt effect. While camouflaged, being attacked by enemies or reaching the camouflage time limit will trigger an explosion, dealing Physical Damage in an area
Skill b, Cardboard Armor
Additional Ability: When there is at least one Defense character in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack generates Shield for all team members based on the number of enemies hit, up to a max of 15% of Paperboo’s Max HP.
Skill c, Paper Armor: Impact Mode
Bangboo Chain Attack: Enters a cardboard box and jumps at the target enemy, causing an explosion when it lands, dealing Physical Damage over a large area.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Bagboo | Physical |
Skill a, Close, Closer…
Active Skill: Unleashes a series of slashes with dual blades, dealing Physical Damage
Skill b, Swiftly Honed
Additional Ability: When there is at least one Attack character in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack damage increases by 30%.
Skill c, That’s Close Enough!
Bangboo Chain Attack: Continually slashes the target, dealing massive Physical Damage.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Cryboo | Fire |
Skill a, Pull-Tab Bomb
Active Skill: Throws a bomb at the target, dealing Fire Damage and accumulating Fire Anomaly Buildup
Skill b, Building Heat
Additional Ability: When there are two or more Fire Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 60% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Shocking Gift
Chain Attack: Throws a bomb at the target, dealing Fire Damage and inflicting massive Fire Anomaly Buildup.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/ SPECIALTY |
Avocaboo | Support |
Skill a, Sweet and Juicy
Active Skill: Shoots juice bullets at the character currently in-combat. If the bullet misses, the juice will remain on the ground for a while. Characters coming into contact with the juice will recover HP. The recovery effect can only trigger up to 15 times per combat.
Skill b, Replenishing Sugar Levels
Additional Ability: When there is at least one Support character in your squad, Active Skill recovers 20% more HP and has 3 more charges.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Boollseye | Physical |
Skill a, Straight in the Heart
Active Skill: Throws a dart at the target, dealing Physical Damage.
Skill b, Crossfire Missiles
Additional Ability: When there is at least one Pierce-Type character in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack damage increases by 30%.
Skill c, Dart of Desperation
Chain Attack: Launches itself with a slingshot, flying towards the target and performing consecutive slashes, dealing massive Physical Damage.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Electroboo | Electric |
Skill a, Maximum Voltage!
Active Skill: Charges the enemy and continuously electrocutes the target, dealing Electric Damage and accumulating Electric Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Inductive Current
Additional Ability: When there are at least two Electric Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 60% more Anomaly Buildup.
Skill c, Billion Volt Thunderbolt!
Chain Attack: Continually electrocutes the target, dealing Electric Damage and inflicts massive Electric Anomaly Buildup.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Magnetiboo | Physical |
Skill a, Magnetic Lock-On
Active Skill: Pulls in nearby enemies and deals Physical Damage to all enemies hit.
Skill b, Magnetic Attraction
Additional Ability: When there is at least one Anomaly character in your squad, Active Skills attack range is increased, and damage is increased by 30%.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Booresure | Ether |
Skill a, Ether Bubble
Active Skill: Releases Ether bubbles that generate Energy for characters coming into contact with them.
Skill b, Balanced Pressure
Additional Ability: When Ether bubbles come into contact with characters, they generate an additional 60% Energy for off-field characters.
| NAME OF BANGBOO | DAMAGE TYPE/SPECIALTY |
Devilboo | Ether |
Skill a, Kiss of Temptation
Active Skill: Enters the flying state, shooting homing bullets at enemies to deal Ether damage and inflict Ether Anomaly Buildup.
Skill b, Ether Activity Increase
Additional Ability: When there is at least two Ether Attribute characters in your squad, Bangboo Chain Attack inflicts 40% more Anomaly Buildup. After activating Bangboo Chain Attack, the coordination state lasts for five more seconds and can activate four more times.
Skill c, Kiss of Confusion
Chain Attack: Fires three homing bullets at the target and then enters the coordination state. Under this state, fires homing bullets in coordination with the on-field character’s attacks, dealing Ether Damage and inflicting Ether Anomaly Buildup for up to 30 seconds or ten activations.
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