Zenless Zone Zero Pressure and Corruption guide

Pressure and corruption in Zenless Zone Zero are terms that players get familiarized with in Hollow Zero. This roguelike game mode in Zenless Zone Zero consists of six locations with varying difficulty levels. Upon beginning a Hollow Zero session, you must explore multiple HDDs and fight waves of foes to obtain unique rewards.

In Hollow Zero, aim to fight as many powerful foes as possible in the shortest time. As you progress, new locations and levels will appear, bringing more difficult opponents. Upon encountering these harder foes, you must enhance your party suitably with buffs to defeat them.

In this article, we discuss the pressure and corruption in Zenless Zone Zero's Hollow Zero and how they affect your gameplay.

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What are pressure and corruption in Zenless Zone Zero's Hollow Zero?

Pressure and Corruption negatively affect a player's Hollow Zero run (Image via HoYoverse/YouTube-Azrial Vanity)

During the exploration of Hollow Zero, pressure will be a status (indicated by a yellow meter) that is increased for each unexplored tile visited or through Disconnection and random encounter tiles. It is shown at the bottom of the screen in a bar ranging from 0-100.

When the pressure meter reaches its maximum capacity (100), pressure Overload occurs, which delivers a random Corruption that has a negative effect on either your party's exploration or combat capabilities. Following this, the pressure meter will reset and deal another random corruption if Pressure Overload is triggered again.

Corruption is a team-wide debuff that you receive merely by exploring Hollow Zero. When your team reaches 100 pressure points, they will receive a random effect that will badly impact one of their attributes or abilities.

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What are the ways to avoid pressure and corruption in Zenless Zone Zero

Players can unlock various buffs to aid them in Hollow Zero (Image via HoYoverse/YouTube-Azrial Vanity)

Hollow Zero in Zenless Zone Zero provides event tiles and items that can help reduce pressure. There is the Safety Zone tile, which reduces pressure by ten, and then a Sedative item, obtained from the Swift Supply event tile, which reduces pressure by thirty when selected.

Managing pressure levels effectively will limit the rate of corruption, thus allowing you to keep an eye on their pressure meter and effectively manage your Hollow Zero run.

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Does pressure and corruption stack in Zenless Zone Zero?

The 'X' signs denote the number of corruptions applied to a player (Image via HoYoverse/YouTube-Azrial Vanity)

Yes, pressure and corruption eventually accumulate stacks. At the end of each Pressure Overload, it can stack up to four standard corruptions before reaching its maximum capacity. At the bottom left of the screen, you can see how much corruption you have accumulated, represented by an orange "X" sign.

After four regular corruptions have filled the meter, the next Pressure Overload will offer a max level corruption. These have more severe negative effects that will adversely harm your combat or exploration capabilities. It is represented by a purple X on the corruption counter. No more corruption will be granted after obtaining this, even if you trigger another Pressure Overload.

A point to note is that any corruption can be removed with a Purification Room event tile. Players can select which corruption they want to remove from their list, including max corruptions.

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