Wuthering Waves 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 Wuthering Waves, 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
 Wuthering WavesResonator (Limited) |  Zenless Zone ZeroExclusive Channel | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard pity | 80 | 90 |
| Soft pity starts at | 66 | 75 |
| Base rate | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Featured guarantee | 50/50 with carry-over | 50/50 with carry-over |
| Cost per pull | 160 Astrite | 160 Polychrome |
| Cost of hard pity | 12,800 Astrite | 14,400 Polychrome |
| Featured unit, worst case | 160 · 25,600 Astrite | 180 · 28,800 Polychrome |
| Chance in 10 pulls (pity 0) | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| Pulls for a 50% chance | 67 | 77 |
Verdict
- Wuthering Waves guarantees the featured unit sooner: 160 pulls in the worst case.
- Wuthering Waves has the lower hard pity, with a top-rarity drop forced by pull 80.
- Wuthering Waves has the better base rate (0.8%), so lucky early drops are more common.
- 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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