Where to find all HIA Coins in Zenless Zone Zero

HIA Coins are one of the many collectables in Zenless Zone Zero, found from small interactions like talking to NPCs on the street and helping their problems.

You can unlock HIA Coins by completing the “Trash Talking” side commission from Ellis at Waterfall Soup pretty early on.

Below, we explain where to find all the HIA Coins in Sixth Street, Brant Street, Lumina Square, and Ballet Twins Road.

What are HIA Coins used for in Zenless Zone Zero?

You can trade HIA Coins to the Sage of Barrels, the trashcan in the corner of Sixth Street. The garbage can will give you a random reward from a pool of items for every coin you give it, including EXP materials and Denny.

Where to find HIA Coins in Zenless Zone Zero

You can find HIA Coins in a handful of places, but the thing to look for are NPCs with grey speech bubbles above them or sparkling interactable objects like so:

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Image: Hoyoverse via Polygon

If you’re having a hard time finding the NPCs or sparkling objects, there are a couple things you can do:

• Leave the area and come back to refresh the NPCs.
• Look to see if the NPC is in the “wrong” spot. For example, if you need Clara’s coin but she’s standing in front of Remote Play instead of the remodeling shop, talk to her, and then refresh the area to have her move.
• Be aware that NPCs may get tied up in side commissions, too. For instance, weren’t able to get Ronnie’s coin because Kousaka was busy with another quest.
• Double check that the time is set correctly.
• Make sure you’re not in immersive story mode. If you can’t see the time of day in the top left corner, you won’t be able to find coins.
• The silver “Radiance” coins from Lumina Square and Ballet Twins Road only seem to spawn one at a time, so you may have to travel between the two locations to find them. You may also have to leave the area and come back to get the next coins to spawn.

You can also track your progress for each area by talking to Officer Mewmew. The last task on each page is collecting half or all the HIA coins in the area, which will let you know your progress.

Sixth Street HIA Coin locations

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Below, we list all the HIA Coin locations for Sixth Street, the first map:

• Morning: Interact with the fragrant plant outside of Coff Cafe.
• Morning: Talk to Sjal outside of Waterfall Soup.
• Morning: Talk to Luo outside of the Remodeling Shop, and then interact with the empty crate on the second floor of the shop (almost directly behind Luo).
• Morning: Talk to Mrs. Yani outside of the Remodeling Shop, talk to the Give Change Bangboo outside of the convenience store, and then talk to Mrs. Yani again.
• Afternoon: Talk to Ellis at Waterfall Soup to start the “Trash Talking” commission. This unlocks HIA Coins in general.
• Afternoon: Interact with Mr. Panda at Coff Cafe.
• Afternoon: Talk to Travis outside of Random Play.
• Afternoon: Interact with the packing crate outside of Bardic Needle.
• Afternoon: Talk to Pavol Chuck and Clara next to the convenience store, kick the Sage in a Barrel, and then talk to Pavol Chuck again.
• Afternoon: Talk to Clara outside of the Remodeling Shop, take a photo of her, and then talk to her again.
• Afternoon: Talk to Lupita by the telephone pole in front of the 141 Convenience Store.
• Evening: Interact with the garbage bin next to Officer Mewmew.
• Evening: Talk to Hannah outside of 141 Convenience Store, get a refund from the vending machine to the left of the store, and then talk to Hannah again.
• Evening: Interact with the lockers in Random Play next to the workbench.
• Evening: Talk to Jonah outside of God Finger.
• Evening: Talk to Roy outside of the convenience store and give him dennies.
• Midnight: Interact with the skateboard bench next to the Gadget Store.
• Midnight: Talk to Gerant outside of the Remodeling Shop, then Sita behind Howl’s newsstand, and then Gerant again.

Brant Street HIA Coin locations

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Below we list all the HIA Coin locations for Brant Street Construction, the second area:

• Morning: Talk to Becky by the Junction Box.
• Morning: Talk to Kaeda by one of the elevators to the upper platform, talk to Cole standing in front of her, and then talk to Kaede again.
• Morning: Talk to Luka by the Junction Box.
• Morning: Talk to Ronnie by the pile of crates, take a photo of Kousaka by the Junction Box, and then talk to Ronnie again.
• Afternoon: Talk to Gray in front of the big truck.
• Afternoon: Talk to Ironhead near one of the elevators to the upper platform.
• Afternoon: Talk to Kaidou by the snack shops, talk to Pepper, and then talk to Kaidou again.
• Evening: Talk to Yang by the excavator, interact with the pipes, and then talk to the Sulking Builderboo.
• Evening: Talk to Li by the elevator to the upper platform, interact with the cement bags, and then talk to Li again.
• Evening: Talk to Jen by the pile of crates and then talk to Kaishu by the blue container next to the car.

Lumina Square HIA Coin locations

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As mentioned above, the coins in Lumina Square work a little bit differently: One of them will randomly spawn at a time either in Lumina Square or Ballet Twins Road, based on our testing. If you find one, the next one will spawn in the other area, if that area has remaining coins left for that time of day. It’s a little bit finicky, and we’re not sure if it works like this on purpose.

For example, if you talked to Emmie behind Coff Cafe during the day in Lumina Square to get a coin, you’ll need to head to Ballet Twins Road to grab a daytime coin before any more coins will spawn in Lumina Square. If Ballet Twins Road has no more daytime coins to grab, leave Lumina Square and come back for a remaining daytime coin to randomly spawn.

Our list below does not list them in order of the spawn, since it’s random, but does list them by time of day so you can grab them quickly and efficiently.

• Morning: Talk to Granny Leisha near the silver statue.
• Morning: Interact with the bike in front of the newstand.
• Morning: Interact with the flower bed in front of Richard Teamilk.
• Morning: Talk to Emmie behind Coff Cafe.
• Afternoon: Talk to Orlenda by the pharmacy.
• Afternoon: Interact with the kiddie ride in the playground.
• Afternoon: Interact with the sign outside of the convenience store.
• Afternoon: Talk to Lilac by the HIA building.
• Evening: Talk to Lynn outside of the HIA building.
• Evening: Interact with the manhole cover by Waterfall Soup.
• Evening: Talk to Tarshi by the big silver statue.
• Evening: Interact with the tires at the playground.
• Midnight: Talk to Casey by the parking lot.
• Midnight: Interact with the air conditioner in the alley behind the beauty salon.
• Midnight: Talk to Ruby outside of the HIA building.

Ballet Twins Road HIA Coin locations

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As mentioned above, the coins spawn here in a little bit of a weird way. They seem to alternate between single-coin spawns between Lumina Square and Ballet Twins Road, so you may have to alternate locations to get coins to appear.

Again, our list below doesn’t list them in a numbered order, but are sorted by when you can find them:

• Morning: Interact with the takeout bag on the bench by Officer Mewmew.
• Morning: Interact with the latter on the top area.
• Afternoon: Interact with the bench to the right of the huge statue.
• Afternoon: Interact with the magazine stand inside the subway station.
• Afternoon: Talk to Kaibara on the upper level.
• Evening: Interact with the red vending machine on the upper level.
• Evening: Interact with the payphone on the upper level.
• Evening: Interact with the crate in the pile inside the subway station.
• Midnight: Talk to Archie next to the statue.
• Midnight: Interact with the railing “edge of the platform” around the statue.

For more Zenless Zone Zero guides, see our beginner’s tips, list of codes, a guide to Officer Mewmew Medal locations, “suspicious shadow” location, or our “Speedy Chaser” and “Let’s Go Bro!” exploration walkthroughs.