ZZZ Polychrome Guide: Tapes, Pulls and Spending Priorities

One normal Signal Search costs one matching tape, or 160 Polychrome. Ten cost 1,600 Polychrome. Decide which channel you want before converting: Master Tapes and Encrypted Master Tapes have different uses.

Currency and hard guarantees

Channel	Resource	S-rank ceiling	Featured S-rank rule
Stable	Master Tape	90 searches	Standard pool; not a limited-Agent guarantee
Exclusive Agent	Encrypted Master Tape	90	50% featured; after an off-banner S-rank, the next S-rank is featured
W-Engine	Encrypted Master Tape	80	75% featured; after a miss, the next S-rank is featured
Bangboo	Boopon	80	Selected S-rank target

The initial Stable-channel offer discounts its first five ten-search batches to eight Master Tapes each and guarantees an S-rank Agent within those first 50 searches. Its one-time 300-search selector is a separate milestone. Source: Prydwen’s Signal Search reference, checked September 20, 2026. Review the current channel’s Details before spending, particularly for special or future channel formats.

An S-rank appearing early resets its S-rank counter. A ten-search batch does not improve the published chance of each individual search. Do not confuse the maximum guarantee with an expected number of pulls.

Keep channel counters separate

Exclusive Agent channels share their own pity and featured guarantee across their rotations; W-Engine channels retain a separate counter and guarantee. Neither becomes Stable-channel pity. Check the channel-type explanation in Details and its search history before adding counts. The official Phase I channel notice is linked from our dated banner record.

Special rerun formats are separate. Exclusive Rescreening and W-Engine Reverberation have their own rules; the ordinary Exclusive table must not be applied to them automatically. HoYoverse’s selectable-channel explanation states that its one-time Special Guarantee and initial discount reset by period. Distinguish that special benefit from ordinary pity before assuming anything carries over.

A saving example you can calculate

Suppose you have 12,800 Polychrome and 10 Encrypted Master Tapes. That is 80 + 10 = 90 available Agent searches.

If your Exclusive Agent counter is at 30 and the next S-rank is guaranteed featured, the hard ceiling is 90 − 30 = 60 more searches. You have enough for that ceiling. If the featured guarantee is absent, the worst-case remaining budget is 60 + 90 = 150 searches, so the same balance does not guarantee the featured Agent.

These are hypothetical account states, not a prediction of your next result. Use the last S-rank in the correct history to establish your own starting point. Allow delayed history records to update before relying on a count.

Spend according to the team you want

Try the available character trial and identify the role you want to improve. Our team-building guide explains how field time and Additional Abilities affect that decision.

Battery refreshes consume the same Polychrome reserve that could buy tapes. Plan material farming first. Keep Boopon, Dennies and Battery Charge separate from a limited-Agent pull budget, and set a stopping point before opening the search screen.