The Past and Tears Will Turn to Dust 1 in ZZZ: How to Complete the Epilogue of the First Season

The past and tears will turn to dust 1 in Zenless Zone Zero — the epilogue of the first season, dedicated to the investigation of the involvement of TOPs in the case of Bringer's Victim in the company of the vampire Hugo and his assistant Vivian. The employer of the Victoria agency, the mayor of New Eridu, personally asked the Proxy to participate in the auction and obtain the core of the Victim. Thus, Weisz and Belle were once again drawn into the war between the factions.

In the guide we will tell you in detail how to complete The Past and Tears Will Turn to Dust 1 in ZZZ, we will analyze the conditions for opening the quest and all the rewards for successful completion, including achievements.

How to start The past and tears will turn to dust 1 in ZZZ

In order to open the epilogue of the first season of The Past and Tears Will Turn to Dust 1, you will need to fulfill several key requirements:

• to reach 36 levels Internota or higher;
• go through the light interlude “How the bird flew out of the cage”;
• Complete Special Issue "Astranomic moment".

After this, a new target will appear in the "Main Line - Echoes of the Interlude" column.

Rebirth

Rebirth is the first task in a quest chain that mostly consists of talking to characters. On Hugo's tip, go participate in a prank and witness justice being done. Return to the rental and get an order from the most influential person in the city, and then go to the cavern and prove your competence.

Talk to the visitor

Talk to Belle or Weisz to learn about the visitor, who turns out to be a young man named Hugo. The man asks you to pick up a rare tape of "Demon Children" for him and mentions an auction, inviting the Proxy to participate.

Head to Lumina Square to take part in the drawing, to do this, move to the pedestrian zone. Near San-Z Studio, you will need to talk to the organizer, and then stand in line for the draw.

The proxy will be forced to enter into conflict with Curtis from the Ravenlock clan. In the dialogue, you can choose more caustic phrases to hurt the interlocutor, in which case he will be highlighted in white. Having dealt with the impudent fellow and listened about the TOPs, Get your reward from the organizers of the draw: the ticket will bring the proxy 50 denny.

Enter the cavern with Lycaon and Ellen

Back at the rental, talk to Lycaon and Ellen. The Victoria Agency staff will arrange a conversation with the current mayor, who will reveal new details about the collapse of the old capital and help Proxy modify the HDD.

The improved HDD consumes less power and does not affect the resistance to ether, due to which the Proxies can now move around the cavern on their own.

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To test the new abilities of the Proxy, you will have to visit the cavern. Having reached the first control , look around and find a note with a , then enter on the device code "7777".

Interact with the next data collection probe and head to the control , which again requires a .

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Accompanied by Lycaon and Ellen, find three clues, then enter them on the control . "0451" and collect data from the last probe.

The Mayor will thank you for your help and ask for one more favor: Proxy will have to get an invitation to the auction and buy the lot with the Victim's core.

A Fateful Reunion

Fateful Reunion is the second mission of the epilogue, during which the Proxy must attend a closed auction and try to obtain the core of the Victim.

Meet Hugo at the flower shop in Lumina Square.

Hugo, who is located near the flower shop, will help you get a to the auction. The fastest way to get there is from the newspaper stand. After hearing the of cooperation from the young man, talk to the owner of the flower shop - she will tell you more about the new ally.

Follow Hartman unnoticed

To fulfill Hugo's request, follow Hartman unnoticed by going to the alley in front of the cinema. Move towards the green car to trigger a short cutscene.

Continue following Hartman: go out to the restaurant and turn left to reach the embankment. Stand behind the trash can and listen to the conversation between TOP and his henchman.

Having found out all the key information, give the information to Hugo, he is waiting for Proxy at the previous meeting place - at the flower shop. During the conversation, the young man will fulfill his part of the deal, handing over a to a closed event.

Head to Lumina Square for the auction

Go to Lumina Square for the auction: approach the employee at the entrance to the mall and agree to go to the lounge. During the conversation with Belle, you will find a strange woman with a child in the room, after which a cutscene will start.

After watching the video, talk to the mysterious girl. Vivian will tell you about ways to scam at auctions and advise you not to trust anyone. From the dialogue, it will become clear that the girl with purple hair has definitely heard about the Proxy.

Before leaving, talk to Lycaon, after which you can take part in the auction itself.

Take part in the first half of the auction

Show the employee the invitation and participate in the first half of the auction. The proxy will compete with Curtis for the statue lot. Suitable choices will be accompanied by an animation of "damage" to the opponent, but ultimately they do not affect the age.

Between the bidding stages, talk to Vivian. The girl will reveal the true motives for buying the painting for such a large sum of money.

Take part in the second half of the auction

Talk to the girl at the exit of the lounge and participate in the second half of the auction. Now the fight is for the Mantle of the Hero, which comes with the Core of the Victim. No matter how hard the Proxy tries, he won't be able to beat Hartman's bid.

After Hartman's victory, the lights in the hall suddenly go out. The Mockingbirds, a group of phantom thieves who are also interested in obtaining the mantle and the Core of Sacrifice, have decided to show up at the event. Return to the lounge and talk to Lycaon to discuss what to do next.

Together with Lycaon, set out in pursuit of Hugo.

With Lycaon, go in pursuit of Hugo, to do this, find the wolf near the lighthouse in the port. You will have to fight in the location exclusively for Lycaon. Move forward, following the markers, there are no secret chests or boxes on this level.

Along the way, you will not only have to fight the Ethereals, but also open the gates that Hugo previously closed. Solve the power supply puzzle and move on.

Once you reach a dead end, you will have to defeat a huge Ethereal. In addition to the enemy, you should also be wary of the mines and shells scattered on the ground, which are fired from time to time by the escaped Mockingbird.

Having climbed onto the roof of one of the buildings, you will finally catch up with Hugo, which will trigger a cutscene. As a result of the arguments, you will still have to engage in battle with him. The boss is predominantly uses unblockable attacks, so be prepared to dodge. The best strategy is to corner the enemy and stun them, after which you can use the ult.

If the enemy is too strong, it is worth lowering the difficulty level. To do this, open the menu, go to the "Other" section and in the "Main Story Difficulty" column set the parameter "Rest mode".

Curse, Gift, Love

After the battle with Vlad, Lycaon and the proxies will return to the video store to discuss what happened and accept a new assignment from the Mayor of New Eridu.

Talk to the security officers nearby

Go to the Public Security Office and talk to Zhu Yuan about the Bringer case. You can ask the three Security officers standing nearby about the man's personal belongings and other facts.

From conversations with workers it will become clear that after the tragedy in the cavern, Bringer experienced problems with his memory and wrote down all important matters in a personal notebook, which disappeared from the evidence, and on a dictaphone.

Try to decipher the recording

After gathering the necessary information, go to the FIST headquarters and talk to Hoshimi Miyabi about the evidence in the Bringer case. Examine the tapes and the recorder to find unusual traces. After choosing the right one, decipher the message left on it by completing a mini-game with finding a signal.

Head to Blazewood to meet Vivian

Return to the rental, then head to Blazewood to meet Vivian and agree on finding Bringer's things hidden in a cavern on the By. In addition to Mockingbird, Enbi and Trigger will be waiting at the agreed location. Later, the team will be ed by the "con artist" Sienna, who was already met as a proxy at the auction.

Go to the cavern with everyone else.

The Tyren woman will ask you to accompany her to the cavern so that she can find a lost item there. Having agreed to go to the cavern together, meet the team on the lower level of the settlement and prepare to leave.

During the exploration of the cavern, it will not be possible to find Sienna's wedding ring. Returning to the woman to report on the results of the search, the proxy and Vivian will find only the lifeless body of the Tiren. Continuing to explore the cavern, the team will find Bringer's old notebook only in the last vending machine.

Find a "decent" informant

The search in the cavern will be interrupted by Hugo Vlad, who has arrived to help his partner. The man will tell more about the role of the "Jubilants" in the case of the Sacrifice, after which the story will move to a few moments earlier. On behalf of Hugo, meet the merchant Casey opposite the "Universe in a Box" at the end of Sixth Street, and then take the subway to Lumina Square. At the cinema, find three likely informants and talk to a man in a formal suit.

Once you have the information you need, head to Lumina's Gallery and meet Hartman to negotiate the transfer of the Victim's core. When the action returns to the present, stroll with Vivian through Lumina Square and ire the river on the embankment.

Who looks into the abyss

With all the missing evidence from the Bringer case now in hand, the team is ready to set out to find the hidden core of the Sacrifice to try and stop the Rejoicing from destroying New Eris.

Vivian at the Ballet Twins

On the next game day, go meet Vivian at the Ballet Twins. At the designated location, the proxy will be met by the girl herself and will inform you that the rest of the team has not yet arrived.

After starting the story from Hugo's perspective, walk around the shopping area and stock up on supplies at Lumina Square, stopping by the 141 convenience store and the local drugstore.

Go to Sixth Street and tune up the amplifier before the battles. By chance, Vlad will meet his former partner in all three places and reminisce about the past with him. Once you've finished your business, return to the square near the Ballet Twins and get ready to head into the cavern.

Meet everyone and enter the cavern

During the exploration of the cavern, the team will encounter many enemies, as well as puzzles. To open the Proxy gate, you will need to repair the electrical circuit by completing a mini-game with repairing the circuit.

Upon reaching the central gate, it will become clear that three devices must be found and activated to unlock the age. The team will split up to reduce the search time, leaving the proxy and Vivian at the first mechanism.

Activate the control and solve the pathfinding puzzle. Build a route so that all the data nodes on the battlefield light up. After successfully completing the mini-game, you will have to find similar control s on behalf of other squad .

Having opened the age, the team will climb to the top of the towers and meet Hartman, to whom Hugo promised the core of the Sacrifice. Mockingbird will betray the allies and side with the man from TOP. During the dialogue, it will become clear that Hugo's promises were just bait for Hartman. In the hopes of avenging the death of his real family, the bastard lured the traitor into the cavern to get rid of the competitor and personally take the ruling place in the Ravenlock family.

At the end of the dialogue, another battle with the boss Hugo Vlad will start, after winning which Lycaon will seriously injure his former friend. The vampire will disappear from the scene of the battle, and his further fate will remain unknown. The remaining team will learn that there are many Victim cores ready to be activated to destroy New Eris. Vivian, who has lost her partner, will remain to live in the rental for a while. After talking with the girl, rest in the bedroom on the second floor to complete the quest.

Achievement Here lies the fate

Complete Phaeton's Chronicle "The Past and Tears Will Turn to Dust (I)" to earn the achievement Here lies the doom in Zenless Zone Zero. The achievement will appear in the section "Chronicle of Phaeton" and will allow you to take 20 as a reward polychromes.

Awards

After completing the quest The Past and Tears Will Turn to Dust 1 you will receive the following rewards:

• Internot loans ×3000;
• cipher copy ×1;
• polychromes ×100;
• expert's journal ×24;
• amplifier energy module ×12;
• ethereal cover ×4;
• Denny ×150.

The past and tears will turn to dust 1 in the video archive Chronicle of Phaeton

After the break, the epilogue of the first season in ZZZ will be added to the video archive located on the first floor of the rental. The tape "The Past and Tears Will Turn to Dust (I)" will appear in the section "The Chronicle of Phaeton" and will allow you to review memorable scenes from 11 different sections:

• The Refined Visitor: "Children of Demons", "True Essence", "True Justice".
• With great force comes…: "The Mayor's Gift", "Liberation", "Rebirth", "The Stolen Core", "Rebuses", "Family".
• Mysterious girl's look: "The Chosen One", "Deception", "Auction", "Broken Promise", "Selling Stories".
• Phantom Thief in the Moonlight: "Center of Attraction", "You Can't Jump Above Your Head", "Planned Performance".
• Predestined meeting: "Sworn Enemy", "Former Partners", "Traitor", "A Moment of Inattention", "An Uninvited Guest", "Ideological Contradictions", "On Principles", "A Crushing Defeat", "With My Own Eyes", "Crime Warning".
• Revenge on all of New Erid: "Words Can't Describe It", "Magnificent Phaeton", "Secret", "Her Tears", "Plan".
• Unlucky Gift: "Search", "Clairvoyance", "When Trouble Comes", "Grief", "About Her Wound", "Mutually Beneficial Cooperation".
• Dark side: "Another Collaboration", "Distortion", "Final Act".
• Behind the scenes: "Mysterious Past", "About Her ions", "Affairs of Bygone Days", "The Oath".
• Before going on stage: "Interruption", "Only Phaeton Can Do This", "Split Up", "Teamwork", "Forced Cooperation", "Secret Request", "Former Partner", "Warning", "Word of Honor".
• Fate flows through your fingers: "Loose Change", "Betrayal", "True Intentions", "Mockingbird Falls", "In the Shadow of Twilight", "The Future in Her Eyes".

We hope this guide helped you get through the Season 1 Epilogue and get the achievement. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in commentsWe will be sure to answer every one. Read others Zenless Zone Zero walkthrough in the relevant section of our website.