ZZZ Agent Promotion Costs: Seals, Dennies and Farming

Promotion raises an Agent’s level cap; it does not supply the EXP needed to reach that cap. For the original starter Agents, all five promotions require 4 Basic seals, 32 Advanced seals, 30 top-tier seals and 800,000 Dennies in total.

Promotion costs by checkpoint

Level cap change	Seals required for this step	Dennies
10 → 20	4 Basic	24,000
20 → 30	12 Advanced	56,000
30 → 40	20 Advanced	120,000
40 → 50	10 top-tier	200,000
50 → 60	20 top-tier	400,000

Costs are incremental. The last row is not the cost of the entire journey. The community-maintained promotion data module documents these quantities; checked September 20, 2026. Promotion also requires the current level cap and the corresponding account progression. Level-60 access requires Inter-Knot 50 and its promotion requirements, not just a full inventory.

Which seal does each starter need?

Agent	Basic and Advanced family	Top-tier seal
Anby	Stun Certification Seal	Buster Certification Seal
Nicole	Support Certification Seal	Ruler Certification Seal
Billy	Attack Certification Seal	Pioneer’s Certification Seal

The specialty determines the seal; the attribute determines ordinary skill chips. Nicole uses Support seals for promotion and Ether chips for skills. See the Agent material reference and our separate skill cost tables.

Farm only the missing amount

Go to HIA → Combat Simulation → Agent Promotion, choose the relevant specialty and inspect the displayed reward tier. Use the material’s Source shortcut if that activity is not yet unlocked. Higher challenge tiers alter yields, so a material total alone does not establish a fixed number of runs.

Inspect synthesis before farming: three lower-tier seals of the appropriate family can make one of the next tier. Review the displayed Denny fee and keep anything needed for another imminent promotion. Universal Prototype Seals are another inventory resource; do not mistake them for a specialty seal with the same conversion value. Synthesis and replacement reference.

For example, Billy’s 30 → 40 promotion needs 20 Advanced Attack seals and 120,000 Dennies. If you own 11 Advanced and 9 spare Basic seals, the Basic seals can supply three Advanced. Your remaining shortage becomes six Advanced, plus any missing Dennies and synthesis fee. This inventory is an example, not a promised HIA drop result.

Stop at the checkpoint that helps

After promotion, budget Investigator Logs and leveling Dennies separately. Check the equipped W-Engine too; Agent seals do not modify it. Only then compare the next attacker upgrade with a missing support skill or Battery farming priority.

For a newly introduced specialty, use the current Agent’s promotion panel to choose its material family. Do not farm Stun seals for a character merely because its animations seem to stagger enemies.