One Free ZZZ Outfit, Three Agents: How the Surprise Screening Plan Login Event Works

Here is a freebie worth planning around: Zenless Zone Zero is currently running a login event called the Surprise Screening Plan, and the headline reward is a limited outfit for one of three Agents. You get exactly one, so the decision deserves a little thought before you commit.

The event runs on server time from 2026-09-23 10:00 through 2026-10-20 03:59. The core loop is simple, but there are a couple of traps that have already tripped up players, so let’s walk through the details.

What you actually get

Complete the login requirements and you can claim one of three event-exclusive looks:

• Nangong Yu: Heartfelt Support
• Aria: Cuteness Loading
• Sunna: Delusions in Business

These outfits do not return through any other channel once the event window closes. That is the part that makes this more than a casual login bonus.

Who can join and what stands in the way

Two conditions gate your participation. First, your account needs to sit at Inter-Knot Lv. 5 or higher. Second, you must have unlocked the Event feature by finishing the Main Story Prologue chapter, “The Hare and the Proxy”.

For anyone who has been playing for more than a few sessions, neither of these should be a barrier. Both milestones come early. Newer players will need to push through the Prologue to open the event menu, but Inter-Knot Lv. 5 falls into place quickly if you clear early missions and commissions.

The choice nobody tells you how to make

Here is the awkward part for free-to-play accounts: you do not actually need to own the Agent to claim their outfit. If Sunna, Aria, or Nangong Yu is not in your roster yet, you can still pick their look and it waits in that Agent’s outfit menu until you pull them later.

So should you spend your one claim on a character you do not have? In most cases, yes. Limited outfits almost never rerun, and this one costs nothing beyond the login days. If there is any real chance you will pull for one of these three down the line, grabbing the look now is the safer play. If you are certain you will never want them, it still does not hurt to take the outfit as a collector’s item. Changing your mind later is not an option, so a free claim you might not use beats an empty slot.

If you already own one or more of the Agents, the math gets easier. Pick the outfit for whoever you actually field, or whichever design you like more. No outfit grants any combat benefit, so this is purely about preference.

How to claim without fumbling it

Logging in is only half the work. Rewards are not pushed to your inventory automatically; you have to open the event page and claim each tier by hand once your cumulative login count qualifies. Miss that manual step and the rewards sit there unclaimed.

A few practical notes to keep straight:

• Log in daily during the event window. The official announcement does not specify the exact number of days required, but these login events typically land between 7 and 14 days, so skipping days can push your claim to the end of the period.
• Each outfit can only be claimed once per Proxy, and you only get one total pick, so choose deliberately.
• After you claim all rewards, the event page closes at 04:00 on the following day, server time. Do not wait until the last minute to collect.
• Once claimed, head to the Agent’s outfit menu to equip your new look.

There is no reason to rush the decision on day one, but there is also no reason to leave a free limited outfit on the table. Pick the Agent you will actually use, claim the rewards the moment they unlock, and the whole event takes under a minute of effort per day.