Operation Bagel (Enigma of the Labyrinth) is Zenless Zone Zero’s permanent extraction mode, added in Version 3.1 and still live in Version 3.3. There are two maps, Suburbs Illusion and Janus Illusion. You loot valuables in Papago Hollow and extract before the 25-minute timer runs out.
The current season is Spooky Trial (Version 3.3, 2026/10/21 to 2026/12/02 06:00 UTC+8). It adds trial challenges, Candle Cores for Season Coins, and Mimic Substance on High-Risk. Updated 2026-11-06 from HoYoverse’s 3.2 and 3.3 patch notes.
Operation Bagel Quick Facts (Version 3.3, November 2026)
Checked on 2026-11-06 against the official Version 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 update notes. HoYoverse still lists two areas, Suburbs Illusion and Janus Illusion. No new map came with 3.2 or 3.3. Each season brings new commissions, shop items, and rule changes.
Item | Detail |
|---|
Full name | Enigma of the Labyrinth: Operation Bagel |
Type | Permanent 3D extraction mode |
Unlock window | After 2026/08/05 10:00 (server time) |
Entry requirement | Inter-Knot Lv. 40 |
How to start | Talk to Shepherd, then open Investigation Commission → Operation Bagel |
Hub | Porcelloy Hub (Depot Hub, Boojee’s Store, Smart Workshop, Bangboo R&D Center) |
Current maps | Suburbs Illusion, Janus Illusion (HoYoverse says more areas will open in later seasons) |
Run timer | 25 minutes |
Shared weekly track | One weekly Hollow Zero bounty pool with Operation Matrix and Task Force Investigation |
Season loop | Season Commissions → Season Coins → Season Limited shop. Rankings and badge tiers reset each season. |
Current season | Spooky Trial, Version 3.3 “Journey to the Sky”: 2026/10/21 → 2026/12/02 06:00 (UTC+8) |
HoYoverse lists the unlock in the Version 3.1 update announcement. Pre-launch posts that listed Inter-Knot Lv. 20 are outdated.
What you unlock from the story path
Shepherd sends you after Joyous’s Labyrinth Carrot in Papago Hollow. Eous goes missing during the escape. You hold the abandoned research station with survivors such as Diada and Bangboo staff, including Boojee.
Investigation Commissions carry the Primary tag. Live boards walk a line such as Labyrinth Commission → Bangboo Lost → Disappearing Eous. Raise Porcelloy Hub facilities to Level 4 to open the closing story mission. Clearing that chapter does not retire the mode. Weekly and Season Commissions stay on the board.
Rewards snapshot
Reward type | Examples |
|---|
Standard clear loot | Polychrome, Senior Investigator Log, W-Engine Energy Module, Bangboo System Widget, Original Chip, Denny |
Treasures Counter (permanent) | Agent Focus: Pyrois (2 Mindscapes) |
Season / shop exclusives | Twilight Afterimage; Belle: Chipi-Meow; Wise: Dubi-Meow; Sol Exuvia overclock materials (2) |
Mode currency | Gear Coins (run economy + store), Season Coins (Season Limited) |
Collection | Valuables archive milestones pay extra Polychrome |
Badges | Labyrinth Fortune, 6 tiers from highest single-run earnings on a successful extract |
Rewards above are the permanent ones plus the 3.1 season items. 3.2 added Pink Pony Bub, Pink Pony Gal, The Time is Neigh, and the Inventory Expansion Plug-In (Seasonal) for Season Coins. 3.3 adds “Don’t Hound Me” and, for a limited time, Full Moon Homecoming.
Operation Bagel Maps: Suburbs Illusion and Janus Illusion
Both maps have fixed layouts. Enemy packs, loot, and your spawn point change each run, so learn the landmarks and extraction points, not exact box positions.
Map | Areas you will see | Access card rooms (from the community wiki) |
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Suburbs Illusion | Fantasy Beach, Windworn Highway, Bunless Bae Town, Bahamut Warehouse. A larger map with loot spread out. | Bahamut Warehouse 2F Control Room (Z-Rank card), Cheezburg Bistro, Windworn Highway Gas Station, Bunless Bae Town Storage Center, Phantom Aquarium West Gate, Windworn Highway Motel 2F |
Janus Illusion | City blocks around Lumina Square. A tighter layout that many players learn first. | Lumina Central top-floor Conference Room (Z-Rank card) |
Bahamut Warehouse 2F: the locked Control Room on the second floor needs the “Bahamut Warehouse, 2F” access card, a Z-Rank card. Cards drop during investigations, out in the open or in containers, and Boojee’s Store sells them for Gear Coins. Check the tables and floor inside card rooms too, because Valuables can spawn loose.
Since 3.3 the Database has a Map Rankings page with your best result on each map this season. For box and keycard positions, the fan-made Knowaboo interactive map lets you toggle strongboxes, briefcases, keycards, and bosses on both maps.
Video: a full high-score run on Janus Illusion, showing the route, looting and the extraction.
Operation Bagel Seasons: 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 Spooky Trial
The mode stays; the season on top of it changes with each version. When a season ends, server rankings and badge tiers reset and the Season Limited stock rotates.
Season | Dates (UTC+8) | What it added |
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Operation Bagel (3.1) | 2026/08/05 → 2026/09/09 | The mode itself, two maps, Porcelloy Hub facilities, Labyrinth Fortune badges, Pyrois, Twilight Afterimage and the Chipi-Meow / Dubi-Meow accessories. |
Operation Bagel II (3.2) | 2026/09/09 → 2026/10/21 | Z-Rank Valuables, the Break-Even Beacon, Armorer General Gear, Tycoon Investor cap raised to 3,000,000 Gear Coins, early retreat while paused, new season shop items. |
Spooky Trial (3.3, current) | 2026/10/21 → 2026/12/02 | Spooky Trials, Candle Cores, Mimic Substance, Map Rankings, Limited Spookies shop, new Tactical Prisms. |
How Spooky Trial works (Version 3.3)
Open Spookies Carrot containers in the Hollow to collect Spookies Power Candles.
Take the candles to a Spookies Tactics Table. A marker on the map before you enter shows when a trial is available on that run.
Each trial has 3 challenges. Pick a Trial Card (reward and buff) before each one. Rewards and buffs stack, and buffs last for the whole run.
After any challenge you can take Early Claim to keep what you have and stop, or push on for better rewards.
Extract with your Candle Cores. They only turn into Season Coins through Spookies Recycling: sell to Master Devil at the listed price, or at a friend’s, Outpost member’s, or another player’s shop through a share code.
Spend Season Coins in Boojee’s Store. The Limited Spookies tab (3.3 only) has the Full Moon Homecoming accessory, Polychromes, and more Power Candles. The “Don’t Hound Me” mask sits in the Treasures Counter.
Video: Version 3.3 week-one gameplay guide for Enigma of the Labyrinth and the Spooky Trial.
Mimic Substance on High-Risk
High-Risk runs now drop three types of Mimic Substance from random containers, certain enemies, and featured events. Each pickup gives a random Corruption that lasts for that run, and the more you carry, the higher the risk of a severe one. Hold all three types and they fuse into a valuable item. You can do this more than once per run. Leftovers turn inactive after extraction, but you can still sell them.
Loadout Rules: What Matters in Operation Bagel
Drive Discs stay off. Agent power in this mode comes from Mindscapes, W-Engines, and mode-only gear.
Slot | Role |
|---|
Agent Gear (per class) | Sets that agent’s level for the run. Higher tier gear unlocks harder content. |
Inventory backpack | Raises how many items you carry out. |
Anti-corruption device | Slows corruption gain and adds damage reduction. |
Blade of the Other | Unlocks Pyrois ultra skills used inside Labyrinth runs. |
Consumables | Health kits, anti-corruption medicine, Etheric Phantoms. Slot them in the loadout before you deploy. They appear on the left d-pad in combat. |
Durability burns every entry: −1 on Standard, −2 on Hard, −3 on High Risk. Broken gear needs a workshop rebuild or a Hollow drop.
Class gear often ships in two flavors. Attack gear may favor PEN Ratio on the regular blueprint and Energy Regen on the modified one. Check the icon tint before you craft.
Pyrois is your fourth combat piece. Hold the special action for a ranged sneak attack. Blue flashes on enemies mark a Pyrois Perfect Block. That block shreds Ulidim’s Cacophony Shield. Etheric Phantoms copy defeated Ethereals for damage, stealth, or a hide window when the Hound is on you.
How to Play Operation Bagel
Open Investigation Commission → Operation Bagel and finish the intro missions until Porcelloy Hub facilities unlock.
Craft Agent Gear and squad equipment in the Smart Workshop, stock consumables, and park high-value keepers in Safe slots. Add missing mats to the Wishlist so the next Hollow run tracks them.
Pick a map (Suburbs Illusion or Janus Illusion) and a difficulty. Layouts stay fixed. Enemy packs, loot, and spawn point roll each run.
Spend the free planning window (30 seconds) pinning far-side POIs. Distant zones host higher-level enemies and richer boxes.
Explore, open strongboxes, grab valuables, and use Etheric Phantoms when a task asks for them. Track icons on the big map to draw a dotted path on the minimap. Hard and High Risk show the Cacophony Soundscape timer on that overlay.
Extract at a green Evacuation Anchor before the timer hits zero. Clear the area, pay Gear Coins, or beat the designated boss, depending on the exit type. Boss arenas still run the clock. Kill the boss and leave, or the run still fails.
Back at Depot Hub, bulk-sell valuables for Gear Coins, restock, repair durability, then push Weekly and Season Commissions.
Certain difficulties drop Support Supplies crates that hand free Gears and tactical items if your loadout is thin. Pin yellow Advanced Events when they spawn. They pay more than gray filler beacons.
Official map and item rules live in the Enigma of the Labyrinth maps and items guide.
Extraction, Death, and Recovery
Outcome | What happens |
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One agent down | Revive at a heart-marked healing station. |
Full squad wipe or timeout | Run gear and inventory drop. Safe slot items still leave with you. |
Next entry after a wipe | Collectie (blue recovery Bangboo) marks your lost stash for pickup. |
High Risk wipe | No revive stations, no Collectie recovery. Safe slots only. |
Two tools added in 3.2 help on bad runs. A Break-Even Beacon (from Briefcases on Hard and High-Risk) calls a Bangboo that keeps the supplies you hand over even if the extraction fails. You can also pause and retreat early to end an investigation on your terms.
Your inventory shows a Gear Coin value for the haul. High-value extracts feed bonus score rewards at debrief. Valuables beat clutter. Backpack space is the soft cap.
Item quality in the Hollow runs Green → Blue → Purple → Gold → Red. Red matches Z-rank tactical prints, and 3.2 added Z-Rank Valuables. Gold and red valuables are the ones worth a Safe slot. The extra seasonal Safe capacity expires at the end of 3.3; a countdown now shows when it resets.
Research Station Facilities
Upgrade Porcelloy Hub facilities to Level 4 after the story asks for Level 3. Level 4 opens access cards, wider store stock, and the late-game prep loop. HoYoverse’s infrastructure and commissions guide is the source for the facility names below.
Facility | Job |
|---|
Porcelloy Hub | Central upgrade board for the four facilities. Gear Coins and Hollow mats raise levels. |
Depot Hub | Storage plus bulk sell for valuables. Filter by rarity or category. |
Boojee’s Store | Four tabs: Treasures Counter, Permanent Store, Blueprint Direct Sale, Season Limited. Quick Restock pulls missing mats for crafts and hub upgrades. |
Smart Workshop | Craft Agent Gear, squad equipment, and tactical items from blueprints. |
Bangboo R&D Center | Skill tree: start shields, extra storage / Safe slots, corruption resistance, Pyrois ultra upgrades, rail-running unlocks, consumable slot expansions. Grab Tactics Expansion early. |
S-rank blueprints for some squad equipment and Etheric Phantoms drop in the Hollow. You cannot buy every S-rank print at the store. Z-rank (red) tactical prisms cost Season Coins. Yellow S-rank prisms use Gear Coins.
Difficulties and Threats
Difficulty | Revive | Collectie recovery | Durability cost | Notes |
|---|
Standard | Yes | Yes | 1 | Fine for weeklies and learning routes. |
Hard | Yes | Yes | 2 | Stronger packs. Cacophony Soundscape timer shows on the map. |
High Risk | No | No | 3 | Optional Gear Coin gamble at start (Tycoon Investor cap 3,000,000 since 3.2). Mimic Substance drops here in 3.3. Badge tiers 5 and 6 need a High Risk extract. Prep S-tier gear first. |
Threats that eat runs:
Corruption: Caps max HP (grayed HP). Anti-corruption medicine returns 5 to 20% of lost max HP. Opening loot in Cacophony Soundscapes spikes the meter.
Ulidim (the Hound): Phantom form in Cacophony zones (killable). Stalk form after heavy looting (stand your ground or hide). Nightfall form on long High Risk runs sticks to you. Break the Cacophony Shield with Pyrois Perfect Blocks, then extract. You do not finish Ulidim.
Fog / phase timers: Watch Next Phase Fog Zone countdowns on the map overlay before you commit to a far extract.
Labyrinth Fortune badges score your highest single-run earnings on a successful extract. Six tiers. The fourth, Labyrinth Fortune - Big Spender, opens a server ranking for the season. Tiers 5 and 6 require High Risk extracts that hit the listed earnings.
How to Farm More Gear Coins and Season Progress
Sell valuables in bulk at Depot Hub after every successful extract.
Clear Weekly Commissions. Harder tasks move the weekly bar faster. One weekly among Labyrinth, Operation Matrix, and Task Force Investigation is enough.
Finish Season Commission phases in order before the season timer ends. Season Coins buy Chipi-Meow, Dubi-Meow, Twilight Afterimage, Safe expansion, and Z-rank prints.
Fill the Database (Access Cards, Agent Gears, Valuables, Squad Equipment, Tactical Items). New valuables and archive milestones pay Polychrome.
Prep combat extracts early so the exit timer stays comfortable.
Use subway / fissure gear icons and unlocked Pyrois rails to cut travel time on both maps. Named pockets such as Dusk Street and Fantasy Beach sit inside the two Illusion maps.
Keep Etheric Phantoms on the loadout. Season tasks often demand a specific phantom such as Rampant Brute.
Planning pulls with the Polychrome you earn here? The ZZZ pity guide explains how far it goes.
FAQ
What is Operation Bagel in Zenless Zone Zero?
Operation Bagel is the permanent Enigma of the Labyrinth extraction mode added in Version 3.1 and still running in 3.3. You enter fixed 3D Hollow maps, build a mode-only loadout, loot valuables, and extract under a 25-minute timer. Supplies fund Porcelloy Hub upgrades for later runs.
How do you unlock Enigma of the Labyrinth: Operation Bagel?
Reach Inter-Knot Level 40 (the requirement in HoYoverse’s 3.1 notes). Talk to Shepherd so the commission hits your schedule. Open Investigation Commission and start the Operation Bagel primary line.
Do Drive Discs work in Operation Bagel?
No. Mindscapes and W-Engines carry over. Agent level inside the mode comes from Agent Gear. Squad equipment, consumables, and Bangboo R&D talents cover the rest of the build.
What happens if you fail an Operation Bagel run?
On Standard and Hard, Collectie guards your dropped items for the next investigation, and Safe slot loot still extracts. On High Risk, a wipe burns the run except Safe contents. Timeout counts as a fail even after a boss kill if you never leave the fissure.
Is Operation Bagel better for weeklies than Hollow Zero?
Both feed the same weekly bounty track. Use Labyrinth when you want 3D loot runs and season shop progress. Use Hollow Zero when you prefer the older TV / voyage loop. Split the week however you like.
Is Operation Bagel still available in Version 3.3?
Yes. Enigma of the Labyrinth is permanent. In 3.3 it runs the Spooky Trial season until 2026/12/02 06:00 (UTC+8), on the same two maps. Season-only stock (Limited Spookies) and the temporary Safe capacity end with the version.
Conclusion
Operation Bagel is extract-or-lose: Gear Coins fund Porcelloy Hub, the hub funds harder loadouts, and each season’s commissions keep the shop moving. In 3.3, add Spooky Trials and Candle Cores to that loop, and learn both maps by landmarks and exits. If season Polychrome is not enough for the banner you want, you can top up ZZZ Monochrome on BitTopup with your UID.
