Quick answer: Phoenix (full name Phoenix Reffaella) is one of the two new Agents confirmed for Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.3, which begins 21 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC+8. Her kit has not been published yet. The reveal lands at the Version 3.3 Special Program on 9 October 2026 at 19:30 UTC+8, with the detailed Agent Mechanics breakdown following around 18 October based on the last three Agent rollouts. Every "Fire Anomaly S-Rank" stat line circulating right now comes from wiki scaffolding, not from HoYoverse.
If you have been reading tier lists this week, you have probably seen Phoenix listed with a full stat block already: Fire attribute, Anomaly specialty, S-Rank. It reads like settled fact. It is not. HoYoverse has published her name, her faction, her voice cast and her version number, and nothing else.
That gap matters, because the community is already building pull plans around numbers nobody has seen. This page separates what is on record from what is placeholder text, and gives you the dates where the real information lands.
Article status: verified 6 October 2026 against HoYoLAB official posts and the Version 3.2 end-of-version notice. Applies to Version 3.2 going into Version 3.3.
Who is Phoenix in Zenless Zone Zero?
Phoenix Reffaella was introduced on 12 September 2026 through a New Eridu Archives "Agent Record" post on HoYoLAB, the same format HoYoverse has used for every pre-release Agent in this game. That post had drawn more than 132,000 views as of 6 October 2026, making it one of the stronger pre-reveal showings this version cycle.
She is attached to the Krampus Compliance Authority, and her Agent Record card carries the tagline "Where the branches fall, judgment awaits." Her own introduction line, quoted verbatim from the official post, is:
"I'm Phoenix, one of Krampus's... judge, of sorts. Standing around's a little tiring — mind if I sit?"
The rest of the record is a Krampus internal dossier, annotated by colleagues. One of them, Zhao, writes:
"Aside from the boss, no one in the entire Krampus can beat her. But if we were to bestow her a shiny title like the 'Unbeaten Legend,' it'll probably knock Phoenix right off her already unsteady feet with a resounding thud..."
A second colleague, Dialyn, notes that anyone going out with Phoenix should bring Zhao along as "the specialist in handling all sorts of unexpected situations", and a third annotation is a flustered Patrolboo telling her she cannot sleep in the middle of the road. The picture is consistent: enormously strong, physically unreliable, frequently horizontal. The community nickname "Wheelchair Phoenix" comes from that characterisation plus the seated pose in her art, not from any announced mechanic.
The most interesting line in the dossier is the experimental report at the bottom, which is also the clearest hint at why she is called Phoenix:
"...Based on existing experimental data, we can infer that the subject is unable to die. Once their vitals begin to decline, the subject's body passively draws upon concentrated Ether energy reserves, entering a state of 'transcendence'..."
A passive that triggers on dropping vitals and draws on stored Ether reads, in gameplay terms, like a revival or threshold mechanic. It is still flavour text — no skill of that name has been published.
A detail worth knowing if you follow Chinese or Japanese streams: "Phoenix" is an English localisation choice. Her name in Simplified Chinese renders as Fiona/Fionie Reffaella, and the Japanese is the same Fionie reading. If you search for her under the English name on CN-language sources you will find very little.
Her English voice actor is Michaela Jill Murphy; the Japanese role goes to Akane Fujita, who also voices Sucrose in Genshin Impact.
When is the ZZZ Phoenix release date?
Version 3.3 starts on 21 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC+8. That is not a guess. The official Version 3.2 event notice states it directly:
"※ Can be claimed until the end of Version 3.2. Please note that Version 3.2 will run for 42 days, ending on 2026/10/21 06:00 (UTC+8)."
Phoenix is confirmed as a Version 3.3 Agent, so 21 October is the earliest she can possibly be pullable, and the version's second half is the latest. The gap from Agent Record post to version launch has run 33 to 50 days across the last five Agents, with a median of 39 days. Phoenix's record posted 12 September, and 12 September to 21 October is exactly 39 days — dead on the median. That is a good sign she is a first-half Agent rather than a late addition.
For local time: 06:00 UTC+8 is 18:00 the previous evening on the US East Coast and 23:00 on 20 October in the UK. The full phase schedule is laid out on our ZZZ 3.3 banners page.
When does Phoenix's kit get revealed?
This has a reliable answer, because HoYoverse releases pre-launch material on a tight and repeatable drip.
The first hard date is the Version 3.3 Special Program, titled "Journey to the Sky", broadcasting 9 October 2026 at 19:30 UTC+8 on YouTube, Twitch and TikTok. That is where new Agents are formally presented, where the banner order is confirmed, and where the exclusive livestream redemption code drops.
After that, the per-Agent drip begins. Measuring the last three Agent rollouts (Claret in 3.2 Phase I, Sigrid in 3.1 Phase II, Roxy in 3.2 Phase II) against their own launch dates gives a consistent pattern:
| Content drop | Claret | Sigrid | Roxy | Projected for Phoenix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character Demo | 5 days before | 5 days before | 5 days before | ~16 October 2026 |
| Agent Mechanics Intro (the kit) | 3 days before | 5 days before | 3 days before | ~18 October 2026 |
| W-Engine Showcase | 2 days before | 4 days before | 3 days before | ~17–19 October 2026 |
| Character Teaser | 1 day before | 2 days before | 2 days before | ~19–20 October 2026 |
The Character Demo has landed exactly five days out for three Agents in a row. The Agent Mechanics Intro — the post that actually lists skills, scaling and combo loops — has landed three days out twice and five days out once.
So the realistic answer is: a broad-strokes reveal on 9 October, and the actual numbers around 18 October, three days before she is pullable. Treat the Phoenix rows in that table as a projection from precedent, not an announcement.
Is Phoenix a Fire Anomaly agent?
Probably, but HoYoverse has not said so, and the sources claiming it are weaker than they look.
Here is the honest split as of 6 October 2026:
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Name is Phoenix Reffaella | Confirmed first-party (Agent Record, 12 Sep) |
| Faction is Krampus Compliance Authority | Confirmed first-party |
| Debuts in Version 3.3 | Confirmed first-party (5 Oct announcement) |
| Voice cast | Confirmed first-party |
| Fire attribute, Anomaly specialty | Not published by HoYoverse |
| S-Rank | Not published; strongly implied by cadence |
| Skills, Mindscapes, signature W-Engine | Not published |
The Fire/Anomaly line traces back to community wiki infoboxes that are visibly unfinished. On the wiki page for Phoenix, the rank field renders literally blank — the page reads "Phoenix Reffaella ( -Rank, Fire , Anomaly )" with nothing where the rank should be. Her Skills, Core Skill Enhancement, Mindscape and Availability sections are all commented out. Her release date field is empty. And her Change History lists her as introduced in Version 2.7 — a version that shipped months ago and plainly did not contain her. Severian's page carries the same defect with an even more obviously wrong value, listing him as introduced in Version 1.1.
Those are template defaults in a page skeleton, not reporting. The same wiki carries a banner stating that datamines from beta versions and leaked information are not allowed on it.
The S-Rank assumption is on firmer ground, but it is still an inference. Every version of this game has shipped exactly two new S-Rank Agents on the Exclusive Channel — 20 versions, 20 for 20. Phoenix and Severian are the two new Agents for 3.3. The cadence makes S-Rank near-certain. It is reasoning from a pattern, not a published fact, and that distinction is worth keeping straight when you are deciding how many Polychromes to hold.
Which banner phase will Phoenix be in?
Version 3.3 should run 42 days, as the last four versions have, and 42-day versions split evenly into two 21-day phases. That projects Phase I at 21 October to 11 November, and Phase II from 11 November to 1 December at 14:59 — not to the version rollover. Version 3.4 would then open 2 December at 06:00 UTC+8.
Two signals point to Phoenix in Phase I. First, her Agent Record posted at 11:00 UTC+8 while Severian's posted an hour later, and in the 7 August batch the earlier-posting Agent (Claret, 12:00) took Phase I while the later one (Roxy, 18:00) took Phase II. Second, the 39-day record-to-launch gap matching the median fits a first-half slot.
This is inference, not confirmation. Phase order is one of the things the 9 October Special Program exists to announce, and it is a coin-flip-adjacent read until then. One thing you can rely on: Exclusive Channel phases in this game always close at 14:59 and the next version opens at 06:00 the following morning, six times out of six. Do not plan around a banner "running until the patch" — it does not.
If you want the pull-planning side of this, our ZZZ pity system breakdown covers how the counters carry between phases, and ZZZ 3.3 has the wider version overview.
Who is Severian, the other 3.3 Agent?
Severian Lowell is the second confirmed Version 3.3 Agent, announced in the same batch. His Agent Record had pulled more than 143,000 views as of 6 October 2026, slightly ahead of Phoenix's.
He introduces himself as "Public Security Commissioner, Severian Lowell", his card is badged to the Metropolitan Order Division, and his tagline is "Order is inherent. The law tempers all." His Japanese voice is Toshiyuki Morikawa; his English voice is Blythe Melin. Community wiki sources additionally describe him as a Feline Thiren of the lynx type and as the older brother of Seth Lowell — plausible and consistent with his design, but wiki-sourced rather than first-party.
The same caveat applies to him as to Phoenix: the "Wind Attack S-Rank" line circulating on aggregator sites is not a HoYoverse publication. His kit arrives on the same drip schedule, offset to whichever phase he lands in.
Should you save for Phoenix?
The honest answer is that nobody — including anyone publishing a Phoenix tier placement today — can give you a defensible answer before 18 October.
What is clear is the shape of the discussion. The prevailing community read is that Phoenix will want a specific support pairing to function, with players expecting her to slot into existing Anomaly cores rather than anchor a new one. One widely echoed warning on the subreddit puts it bluntly: that Phoenix might get pigeonholed as a dedicated partner for one existing support, and that it is worth staying wary of her until more is known. Several players are explicitly prioritising other upcoming pulls ahead of her.
That is a reasonable stance, and it is also a reason not to commit savings yet. If you are deciding what to do between now and 21 October, the practical sequence is:
- Watch the Special Program on 9 October for the banner order and the attribute confirmation.
- Claim the livestream code the same day. There is exactly one code per Special Program, the bundle has not changed in many versions (300 Polychrome, 2 Senior Investigator Logs, 3 W-Engine Energy Modules, 30,000 Denny), and it expires after two days, not 24 hours. Our ZZZ livestream codes page tracks each one as it drops.
- Hold your pulls until the Agent Mechanics Intro around 18 October. That is the first document with actual numbers in it.
- If you want context on who else is queued behind 3.3, see ZZZ upcoming characters.
Three days of patience between the kit reveal and the banner is enough to make an informed call. Pulling on a wiki placeholder is not.
Keep planning your 3.3 pulls with the rest of our Zenless Zone Zero coverage:
FAQ
When does ZZZ Phoenix release? She is confirmed for Version 3.3, which begins 21 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC+8. Her specific banner phase has not been announced; the Special Program on 9 October is where that gets confirmed. On the projected schedule Phase I runs 21 October to 11 November, and Phase II from 11 November to 1 December at 14:59.
Is Phoenix Fire and Anomaly? HoYoverse has not published her attribute or specialty. That stat line comes from community wiki infoboxes whose rank, release date and skill fields are still empty or filled with placeholder values. It may well turn out correct, but as of 6 October 2026 it is unsourced.
Is Phoenix an S-Rank? Almost certainly, though it has not been stated. Every version of this game has launched exactly two new S-Rank Agents on the Exclusive Channel, 20 versions running, and Phoenix is one of 3.3's two new Agents.
What is Phoenix's full name? Phoenix Reffaella. In Simplified Chinese and Japanese she is named Fionie Reffaella instead — "Phoenix" is specific to the English localisation.
When will we see Phoenix's kit and skills? The Version 3.3 Special Program on 9 October 2026 at 19:30 UTC+8 gives the first proper look. The detailed Agent Mechanics Intro, which lists skills and scaling, has landed three to five days before launch for the last three Agents, projecting to roughly 18 October 2026.
Who voices Phoenix? Michaela Jill Murphy in English and Akane Fujita in Japanese, with Song Yuanyuan in Chinese and Song Ha-rim in Korean. This was confirmed first-party in the Season 3 character reveal.
Who is the other new Agent in Version 3.3? Severian Lowell of the Metropolitan Order Division, a Public Security Commissioner. His Agent Record posted the same day as Phoenix's and his kit follows the same reveal schedule.
Is there a Phoenix banner code or free pull? No Agent-specific code exists or has been announced. The one code tied to this cycle is the Special Program livestream code on 9 October, which is a general reward bundle and expires two days after the broadcast.
