98% of players haven't even noticed this..

#ZenlessZoneZero #ZZZ
Signature W-Engines special effects

[@AbyssBreakdownYT]

You can turn the special effects on/off when equipping a weapon! (In case, someone didn't know ~)

[@AbyssBreakdownYT]

Also once you have equipped their signature, you can still keep the special fx even after switching to other W-Engine 👌

[@neclordx8425]

I KNEW you could turn off the special effects, what I DID NOT know is which were the special effects because honestly I didnt see any differences until this video pointed them

[@Dyxid]

@@neclordx8425 Aye, same, I never noticed what changed on Anby, or Corin or Billy for that matter because I got theirs too.

[@kranolive]

In cASe sOmEonE diDNT knOw…brother you said 98% of players don’t know (even tho there’s a literal tutorial on it at the beginning of the game) cringe content 💀

[@Smoky3214]

HEY WAIT IS THIS THE REASON WHY KOLEDA'S HAIR TURN RED FOR ME WHEN I USE EMPOWERED ATTACKS!? i had her W-weapon LMAO I just realized the reason why it happens.

[@Willias]

Game actually tells you about this when they give you Anby's for free. It's extremely subtle on some characters (like Anby).

[@maririonette4673]

Yeah I've read that but never seen any difference before so i forgot about it

[@Grassphobic]

Was looking for the change and could never see it lol. Feel like they coulda gone for something more significant like a shader change on the whole body or aura like effects.

[@KazumiKiguma]

Kind of, it doesn't say what exactly is changing about them, just that there's a change. I pretty much exclusively had played with characters that had their signature W Engine so I wasn't sure what it was either lol

[@comedordetraps7337]

But they don't tell what exactly changes 😔😔 really hard to notice except for Corin

[@hanbaebummie3215]

Me who read and didn’t see this…

[@scaletta5847]

Love how every character even A-ranks have signature weapon

[@Just-An-Average-Guy]

yep, most A and all S rank w engines are signatures, and i wish they keep it like that, imo it gives a more unique feeling to the engines

[@derpdudtennoherelol4053]

​​@@Just-An-Average-Guy Yes, to this day I still dont understand why they didnt do that with characters in Genshin, HI3rd also has a few battlesuits that dont have a "signature" weapon, but those are only the really old ones, so every character also has a signature there aswell Meanwhile over half of the characters in Genshin have no personal / signature weapon, instead just unrelated weapons that just fit their stats

[@3xclusive_Z12]

what about hsr?

[@Just-An-Average-Guy]

@@3xclusive_Z12 as long as i remember, a lot of "signatures" (the cones in which the character appears mainly in the picture) in hsr are worse on their characters than other cones, especially the 4 star ones

[@Potadel]

@@derpdudtennoherelol4053I’m pretty sure Genshin does let every character have their signature weapon. It’s what the weapon banner is for. Unless you mean the equipment

[@Aynie10]

Anby's glow was so subtle that I wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't for this video. Great work!

[@ElNebuler]

tbf they give you her signature weapon very early so it's almost impossible to realize that there's a difference

[@ballistic2527]

Infact, it was so subtle, that i couldn't find the difference even with the video

[@devlintaylor9520]

@@ballistic2527 Her hair seems to glow whiter? thats all i see

[@ShadowKiller71]

I still don’t see it 😂 oh ok, someone said all of her hair is whiter, I see that. Nothing about hair tips like the video said tho

[@ElNebuler]

@@ShadowKiller71 yeah her hair just glow white there's no tips color changing

[@yqisq6966]

So in summary, signature weapon = super saiyan mode.

[@RiptornRory]

Subtle Saiyan mode. Lol

[@azureknight729]

I mean… yea i guess, youre not technically wrong, you glow and get better stats lmao 😂😂

[@TheLovedUnbound]

That's really sad. Weapons in genshin look way better.

[@DeehStars]

​@@TheLovedUnbound Last time i played genshin the only signature difference is only on The Knave, other than that its just glowing weapons when procs. on HSR other hand...

[@julianesteban4405]

@@TheLovedUnbound I really prefer an only stats "weapon" to a set of 5 weapons that the characters must be limited to

[@tonkotsuramen8453]

I knew I wasn't tripping when suddenly my Corin turned into hatsune miku at some point

[@Mahirodesune]

Glad im not the only one who thought that while playing

[@TukkyHD]

LMFAOOOO😂

[@yuki-ek5mb]

I was helping a friend to start in ZZZ and then saw corin's hair and i was like... Yo why your corin have that hair and he told me he didnt know XD

[@mitsostamvakis9093]

😂😂😂

[@christianceballos3367]

Lmao sameee

[@tedykar1121]

So with signature weapon every characters somehow become archon

[@Shadow82311]

Lol Genshin reference

[@derpdudtennoherelol4053]

​@@Shadow82311 genshin wasnt the first to make glowing hair

[@itsj0hnnypr]

​@@derpdudtennoherelol4053 it may not be the only one but in this case it is a Genshin reference since only Archon's hair tips glow and its also from the same company

[@gachasimp7437]

okay genshitter

[@itsj0hnnypr]

@@gachasimp7437 no need to be rude simple cuz you don't like a game. F off with that

[@Flappy741]

Coincidentally, I had signatures for Lucy and Nicole and simply thought that was natural. Fun find.

[@currently_in_Teyvat]

I play Ben a lot and I thought his glowing scar was because of an update...

[@mewmew8932]

Same, it looks so natural on them that you don't think it's an effect

[@theampeel]

Anby was done dirty, it's barely noticeable at all...

[@pranktoreap]

It is free afterall

[@roxas5071]

bitch? atleast you can kinda see it, NEKOMATA'S ONE IS BASICALLY INVISIBLE, HER RIBBON GLOWS, AND SHE'S NOT A FREE ONE 😭

[@motorista_ramon]

​@@pranktoreapnah,jus low effort

[@Mr_Red.25]

​​​@@pranktoreap so in your logic because she's a free character, that means she doesn't allowed to have a cool effect like other characters?

[@fuckhumanity607]

​@@pranktoreapNichole and ben are both free characters, but their signatures may not be the same thing but still, Nicholes and ben's are both noticeable, that's stupid to say 'its because she's free' so by that logic anything thats free doesn't deserve to be cool okay, then don't download a single free thing in your life

[@DlolFace]

Corin literally became Huohuo

[@WindDevil1]

she was already huohuo before release lol

[@Aldurfel]

She's literally Huohuo, it's one of those "they're the same picture" memes

[@Misko6]

Can confirm, have a chuck of signature weapons, did not notice ANY of them

[@SpikeTheWolf]

So where can u get there's? And how can you tell who's is whos?

[@Misko6]

@@SpikeTheWolf The exclaimation mark at the bottom of the W-Engine when looking at it with View will indicate a character if it's their Signature. Also if you have the character's signature, there will be a switch on the W-Engine screen below where the W-Engine would "slot in". If you can see red there, you have their signature.

[@zenixkiryu]

​@@SpikeTheWolfyou can also generally tell by the appearance, effect synergy, and there's usually info on the upgrade screen that implies who it belongs to. Also, if you equip it on the respective character, there will be a stamp on the bottom right of the info panel reading "Exclusive Special W-Engine".

[@mark0sExe]

The red locks on Anton's hair glows too with his signature

[@ChozotheBozo]

You can swap them do different W-Engines as long as you've equipped them with their signature W-Engine once before and still keep the special effect!

[@TokyoLeee]

That’s why my koledas hair be turning bright red!! Understood 👍🏼

[@aat1a5]

Same

[@Crowned_Hearts]

A lot of people Including me realised this on Corrin's hair. You know I am really glad I got Mr.Wolf's W-engine from the gacha.

[@Angrycat._.]

Dang i wish i had his, I have everyone's signature weapon for the meta ice team rn except his

[@Crowned_Hearts]

@@Angrycat._. I got lucky. If I hadn't I was just going to save up the 600 of that thing to buy it off the shop anyways

[@Physical_Soul]

it glows...

[@Vekcrazah]

​@@Angrycat._. Same here.

[@Kronman590]

I rly dont know why hoyo went through this effort if nearly all the effects are impossible to see without slowing down to 0.1x with a side by side comparison lol They should all be crazy like Corins, especially if you can turn it on and off

[@darksunrise957]

I don't get why they'd make a skin system, tied to specific weapons, but have the effect so weak that you can barely notice it, and is only visible while you're probably distracted with the combat...

[@dragjamon]

Same

[@LunarEdge7]

It's probably so you won't feel as gimped when using an arguably better W-Engine in the future for your older characters. Future banner units might have more apparent differences to attract more Engine banner pulls.

[@ShOwOba]

Ben's scar change can also be seen in Koleda's ult sometimes, its really cool

[@jotwl]

ellen also has some sfx with her sig

[@Shumoku438]

I believe every character in the game does and will going forward, the poster probably just doesn’t have all the units.

[@jotwl]

@@Shumoku438 i agree, off the top of my head i can't think of a character that doesn't have a signature

[@Jarubimba]

@@jotwl Would be weird to create a feature like this for all the characters and release one without it

[@Ivy64_]

In case anyone wants to say Billy doesn't have one. His is the starlight engine replica, not to be confused with the starlight engine. Idk why they did that, it's just a little confusing

[@ZainKaneko]

@@Ivy64_ they should've named it "pseudo starlight engine" or something to imply it was a fake since that's the lore on it. and then billy modifying it into the starlight engine replica

[@ElNebuler]

I was looking for exactly what the special effect of signature weapons are, you should do it for all the characters. Most of them are barely noticeable , with Ben and Soukaku you almost never look at them from the front while you're fighting so its hard to see tbh

[@MuYi-Shawn]

Soukaku‘s tail also glows if I remember correctly.

[@Just-An-Average-Guy]

​@@MuYi-Shawnyep

[@ElNebuler]

@@MuYi-Shawn with her spinning and all the ice fx i'm not surprised i never realized. Good to know tho

[@calendar6526]

Only if you use the camera lock. For me it's easier to play without it since the combat system kind of already has that built-in.

[@SmashTheAdam]

The game tells you that signature weapons have special effects, but I kept trying to find that in the equipment screen and I never noticed a difference in the weapon, I never knew the difference happens in combat, it's kinda cool how they took Arlecchino's weapon idea from Genshin (how only her signature weapon turns into a scythe, while other weapons just added a glow in the shape of a scythe) and made it possible for all characters

[@LewdGeek]

Thank you for this video man, I was searching WTF was changing and never found it...❤

[@lloytre5379]

Ben's glowing scar is pretyy dope 1:12

[@viviblue7277]

They literally tell you in the tutorial! That’d imply 98% of players haven’t read the tutorial!… actually that’s probably true.

[@zeldamon4420]

What doesn't help is that Anby is the one used in the tutorial, and her change is subtle, cause most wouldn't be paying attention to the lighting of her hair.

[@Yaegashi1121]

So that's why my Lucy's hair glows. I tought it was a unique effect for her

[@Serilia19]

what w engine did you give her?

[@HorusLuperkals]

​@@Serilia19 it's obvious that signature w-engine. Or do you need a name? - Kaboom the Cannon

[@Serilia19]

@@HorusLuperkals yes i needed the name, thank you

[@Angrycat._.]

I have Ellen and her signature weapon and I thought it was just her ult like how archons do in Genshin but I guess not lol. For those wondering the pink streaks in her hair become a little more noticeable and glow

[@phantr2530]

I thought Anton Glowing Hair was natural and found it veeery cool ! but maybe i was mistaking it from the start !

[@isaacaxisa2142]

I have been trying so dam hard to spot the differences while playing Thank you

[@popostarYT]

Soukaku's tail also glows if i have her w engine

[@rexorchid9745]

It makes sense that the agents would get a Hollow-like glow since their W-Engines are modified for exploration compared to normal toy ones. All that ether getting soaked up has to manifest somehow

[@beestek.94]

Instead of glowing hair, why not just made the weapons glow. Or have an aura surrounding the characters.

[@James-kv3ll]

It’s not so flashy to make you feel bad about not having it. But flashy enough to make you happy you have it.

[@kimmithy]

I didn't even notice cause im too busy looking at Von Lycaon kicking ass. 😂

[@Everfrost9]

I watched this video and I still didn't notice. Seriously though, I knew it existed from the in-game tutorial, but it's so minor that they may as well have not wasted time implementing it.

[@Arareemote]

Exactly, it's so unassuming that if I encountered this in game I would probably dismiss it as a graphical bug lmao.

[@YoshimiMilk]

So basically super saiyan. In the tutorial with the W-engines they said visual changes would be applied when equipping signature w-engines but it was so subtle that I couldn't even notice it and thought it was a scam

[@Mylesdesu]

They tell you appearance changes, but not what specifically. So I assumed it was the weapon, not the character model. Thanks for the comparison!

[@OnizenArt]

I honestly thought I was trippin when I saw Corrin's hair change colors lol good to know it was for a good reason

[@thezeroplay8786]

Finally, this is the video I've been waiting for and searching for a long time. Thank you so much! 😍//If possible, I would like to see All character special effects, because I really can't tell what special effects there are It's very hard to notice 😭

[@KitariItsSomethingRottenHere]

*One is so focused on combat that these details... You don't even notice them, at all.*

[@ohno4112]

I'll add to this. Lycaon with his signature makes his ears glow

[@The_FryingPan]

So THAT'S why the hair of some of the characters I use was suddenly glowing, that's actually such a nice little thing, and now I at least know what the option beneath the W-Engine actually turns on/off

[@muhdshazili4652]

The red part of Ellen's hair is glowing when she uses her signature weapon. I realised it back then but i thought i was tripping. It is actually part of the game

[@vi789]

Moom, Plz gift for me Raiden! Mom: my darling, Archon at home! At home :

[@naotomori5900]

imagine if all the bear's fur glows and not the scar hahaha

[@ItsJustKaya]

Piccolo❌ Beccolo✅

[@Phyrite_]

Kinda wish someone to mod that

[@k3salieri]

That's what I was hoping for when I got his weapon. Sadly, it's just his scar which we won't see very often since our camera will mostly be behind him.

[@Al-ng2wn]

Turns into pedo bear

[@danielmayonaka8818]

​@@k3salieri his left eye also glow too

[@legacymse7095]

Thank you!! This is so subtle it's annoying. The only one I've noticed by myself is Corin's signature weapon, it makes her even cuter 😭😭

[@heilamwether8911]

Ok so I found this out today: When you unlock their sig weapon, and equip the character with it, it will unlock a switch at the base of the gear wheel that allows you to both 1. Use the unlocked cosmetic permanently (even when their sig W-engine isn’t equipped they still have the effect.) And 2. Enable and disable the effect. (This is for ppl who have a better w-engine like a s-tier who want to use the cosmetic, but the w-engine there using is bad/under-leveled.) Pretty cool tbh.

[@spice2688]

Corin is my favorite, and I'm happy hers is super noticeable.

[@jmcop30]

I first realized this with Corrin, she has one of the more noticeable differences, I read the tutorial for the effect but didn't really realize what it did untill I saw Corrin's hair

[@gedeonfirpi2219]

Its the W-Engine transformation. It tells you the moment you get Anbys and equip it

[@louiswho]

it's barely noticeable in such a fast moving game :/ Hopefully at some point we get more prominent alt weapon/character re-skins to customize the agents appearance more

[@GatsuRage]

another thing to note is that once u got their signature on stock u can change the wengine and keep the skin effect on.

[@ItsTejYo]

I’ve unlocked so many of these and see the little switch on the W-engine but for the life of me could not tell the difference so thank you for this. I think this is a genuinely cool idea that could be implemented but in the future I think the changes should be a bit more drastic bc this game is so fast paced and visual (well when you even get to battle unless it’s all tvs)

[@headlesshiidra]

If anyone is curious, Grace's gives her red-hot highlights on her hair. its nice :)

[@sanguinetales]

They really need to update the ones who have pure white hair. Maybe match thier glow color to their element so Anby could turn blue, Billy could glow gold, etc

[@scoutboy25]

Didn't know it that what their signature was changing, only knew something changed. Now I know where Koleda's hair glow was coming from and now I wish I had her weapon

[@v.m.6549]

Ben's scar glowing looks pretty cool

[@amphiptered.5355]

I honestly didn't notice that the signature w-engine did anything (thought it was bugged) until I got Koleda's sig, her glowing hair was very obvious.

[@Mattttlantis]

FINALLY someone makes a video on this. It's not just signature weapons, though. Both Anby's signature and Lycaon's count for Anby. Roaring Ride, Weeping Gemini, and Rainforest Gourmet ALL count for Piper. It seems like it might let you turn it on just for HAVING that character's signature even if it's not the one that is equipped. I can use any of my A rank engines with it on Nicole but not on Lucy. I have Nicole's signature but not Lucy's. Maybe someone else can try to confirm based on what they have?

[@Rever900]

If you actually check the lore on each W-Engine, some tells you which is used. If equipped with the right person, lets say house keeper, Corin makes a comment. It even tells you it's supported by which character if equipped correctly. Though I feel like people already have figured it out.

[@remor9637]

So that's why I noticed Corin's hair was glowing

[@micxiao]

Ellen's red highlights in her hair glows red with her signature weapon

[@Xsoskeleton]

Ellen's signature makes the red part of her hair glows more vibrant

[@normanlabow7482]

I’ve been trying to actually find the difference the “exclusive skin effect” makes for ages, thank you so much….

[@BM-13_KATYUSHA]

There's also an option to turn it off without changing the stats in case that you don't like this, it's the little switch below the W-engine in the equipment screen. You can do this separately for each individual character.

[@CyrilCommando]

I seriously believe this is Hoyo's best work. This game is phenomenal

[@kri4ru206]

Shark has glowing red (partly) hair

[@OverFriedBread]

Thanks for this vid, for the characters signature weapons I do got, I was literally only noticing corins cause it was so obvious. This vid was exactly what I as looking for!

[@geneticallygamer]

So signature weapon makes you an archon in this games. Noted.

[@DKZK21]

So its such a miniscule difference it probably wouldn't matter to like 95% of the player base, got it. Good to know.

[@Aisubun]

The game does tell you about this but it's so subtle in most cases that it's really hard to notice, the only one I caught was Ben's and that's only because of the Wipeout screen tipping me off

[@headphones_guy777]

Could have sworn that title said "99%" and not "98%"

[@OverLord-tg7tz]

Also found something that i thought was interesting, Anton's signature 4 star and soldier 11 signature 5 star both give anton the effect

[@5-Volt]

I noticed when I got Corin's sig because it's so obvious with her. 😂 Really cool little detail similar to Archons in Genshin.

[@VonLycaon-TheHandsomeOne]

Actually Lycaon also has a nun weapon. If you equip it, when he uses his ult or e, his black lines shine on the ice.

[@that0nepoptart]

The others details are so subtle ive never noticed, but now I know why my Corin's hair glows since hers was the most obvious

[@bruh10246]

I just got Ellen's sig, and I think the red part of her hair is the glowing part. Since it feels more vibrant than before

[@sharkmawss.]

Didn’t know their hair does that, I’ve had Corin’s signature on her since i always like to have the character and their assigned weapon, and I’ve always thought that the glowing hair was because of the lighting

[@grishan-b]

i like that the changes are small because you don't feel like a scrub if you fail to get a character's signature w-engine.

[@tufcat92]

God forbid their weapons changed color instead

[@zackang4731]

So in general, seems they become archons and have glowing hair with the signature weapon

[@legosiw]

They made a big deal about anbys since it was the tutorial about it, but to be honest, they should've made more obvious changes to the characters. Add some neon to their clothes, change some colors, different effects (visually) to attacks. Something more than they glow a little during some attacks.

[@thefurgoofball]

Fun fact! You don't need their signature for it, I believe it works for all 5 star weapons on any character, my Corin is using Nekomata's weapon and her hair glows!

[@Zarusake]

This Explains why the Red in Ellen's hair glow for me, I thought it was a visual bug.

[@allisonlq4663]

I’ve had Corin and Nicole’s signature w-engine for so long I thought it was standard that their hair glows

[@cabangonlorenz7419]

I got Ellen and her signature weapon and I noticed some parts of her hair which are black suddenly turn neon red glowing, pretty damn cool

[@Arareemote]

It's a great extra detail for sure, but low-key if i didn't see it from this video i would've just thought the hair color change was a graphical bug lol

[@adrianhandley9895]

Good for this game to make you want to get their signature w-engines besides just making them a bit stronger little details like that go a long way

[@scarfbit7354]

If this is going to be a selling point, they need to make it more apparent on a good number of characters.

[@pandoraarts7748]

I didnt know The engines were signature weapons, was so confused. But I've just been matching aesthetics glad I got bout 80% of them correct. 🤣

[@Misaki7Lin]

Since I read it in the tutorial I've been trying to find the special effects but I cannot see them even with a side by side comparison lol, thank u for explaining in text the differences.

[@SowaPieselowa]

Good thing somemone saw the small details, makes life more intresing

[@theexsalted9352]

you should do a showcase for all character with their W engines

[@kenwayfudo3952]

Damn im actually glad that the animations arent THAT different, as a S2p player theres no way ima get everyones main weapon lol.

[@azurememory]

Btw you can unequip the sig w-engine after and still keep the special effects with another w-engine. 🎉

[@samfrancisco1564]

thanks for this, i've been trying to figure out the differences between giving them their signature W-engine and a random one

[@Radd33]

they really need to amp up the effects, they are way too subtle and I don't think anyone would get mad if the features that are modified were a little more visible

[@klaroxy7552]

Now I love this game even more, so detailed so love these hidden appreciateable stuff

[@virtualmartini]

Ben goes Sans mode.

[@PeytonLongmore]

For a fast-paced action game like this (combat), they should have made the effects stand out more.

[@DuyNguyen-ee2uo]

Back then I didn't know what does corin signature engine look like so when I look it up I realized I accidentally give it to nekomata, when I give it back to corin and see her hair glow I was like 'Huh? Is it just me or did corin hair become a glow stick'