Honkai: Star Rail vs Zenless Zone Zero: which pity system is more generous?
Same question every player asks before starting a second gacha: is Zenless Zone Zero kinder than Honkai: Star Rail, or the other way round? This page puts the main banner of each game side by side — the numbers that decide how many pulls a featured unit really costs — and reads the verdict from them. Everything comes from each banner's published rate table, not from opinion.
Main banner, side by side
 Honkai: Star RailCharacter Event |  Zenless Zone ZeroExclusive Channel | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard pity | 90 | 90 |
| Soft pity starts at | 74 | 75 |
| Base rate | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| Featured guarantee | 50/50 with carry-over | 50/50 with carry-over |
| Cost per pull | 160 Stellar Jade | 160 Polychrome |
| Cost of hard pity | 14,400 Stellar Jade | 14,400 Polychrome |
| Featured unit, worst case | 180 · 28,800 Stellar Jade | 180 · 28,800 Polychrome |
| Chance in 10 pulls (pity 0) | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Pulls for a 50% chance | 76 | 77 |
Verdict
- On this point the two games are identical.
- In both games the pity counter carries over to the next banner of the same type, so saving between banners is never wasted.
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