Most "cheapest in my country" searches end in disappointment, because the price list turns out to be the same everywhere. Zenless Zone Zero Monochrome for the United States is a partial exception. When we checked, the US list had exactly one price no other country we looked at could match: the smallest 60 Monochrome pack at $0.77 from XPTopup. Every other country in our sample showed $0.94 as the cheapest price for that pack.
That is the whole of the US-specific difference. From 330 Monochrome upward, the cheapest prices were identical, cent for cent, to Germany, the UK, Japan, Italy, Australia and Norway. So the useful question for a US player is not "where is it cheaper" but "how do I use that one cheap pack, and which bigger pack is worth it".
Zenless Zone Zero Monochrome prices for the United States
Nine sellers had current Monochrome prices for the United States at the time of writing — the most of any country we looked at for this game. Six standard pack sizes had comparable quotes:
| Pack | Cheapest | Seller | Sellers quoting | Spread to dearest | |---|---|---|---|---| | 60 Monochrome | $0.77 | XPTopup | 6 | 57% | | 330 Monochrome | $4.49 | Eldorado.gg | 3 | 16% | | 1,090 Monochrome | $13.29 | Eldorado.gg | 3 | 21% | | 2,240 Monochrome | $24.59 | Eldorado.gg | 3 | 25% | | 3,880 Monochrome | $38.89 | Eldorado.gg | 3 | 34% | | 8,080 Monochrome | $70.86 | Eldorado.gg | 3 | 45% |
All quotes were in US dollars. Bundles listed as a base amount plus a bonus (for example "300 + 30") were left out of this table so every row compares the same standard pack.
Eldorado.gg was cheapest on five of six packs. Only the smallest pack had a different leader, and that is exactly where the United States parts ways with everyone else.
The 60 Monochrome pack breaks the usual pattern
Normally, small packs are the worst value per unit. Here is the cost per 100 Monochrome at each US tier:
| Pack | Cost per 100 Monochrome | |---|---| | 60 | $1.283 | | 330 | $1.361 | | 1,090 | $1.219 | | 2,240 | $1.098 | | 3,880 | $1.002 | | 8,080 | $0.877 |
Look at the first two rows. Because of the $0.77 quote, the 60 pack costs less per Monochrome than the 330 pack — the 330 tier is about 6% more expensive per unit. In every other country we checked, the order is the normal one: 60 Monochrome works out to $1.567 per 100, the worst rate on the ladder.
Put in plain money: six 60 packs would give you 360 Monochrome for $4.62, while one 330 pack costs $4.49. That is 30 extra Monochrome for 13 cents more. Whether a seller lets you buy the same small pack repeatedly is something to check on the seller's own page; we have no data on purchase limits.
Where the bulk discount actually is
From the 60 pack to the 8,080 pack, the cost per Monochrome falls 31.7% in the United States. (Elsewhere, where the 60 pack sits at $0.94, the same drop is about 44%.) After the 330 hiccup the curve falls steadily, with no further tier where value gets worse.
Two exact comparisons show what splitting a purchase costs:
- Two 1,090 packs give 2,180 Monochrome for $26.58. One 2,240 pack gives 2,240 for $24.59 — 60 more Monochrome for $1.99 less.
- Two 3,880 packs give 7,760 Monochrome for $77.78. One 8,080 pack gives 8,080 for $70.86 — 320 more for $6.92 less.
So once you are past the smallest pack, buying one larger pack beats stacking mid-sized ones every time.
Same pack, very different prices
The seller you pick still matters, especially at the extremes. On the 60 pack the dearest quote was $1.21, 57% above the cheapest. On the 8,080 pack the gap was 45%, but in dollars it is far bigger: $102.47 against $70.86, a difference of $31.61 for the same amount of Monochrome.
The middle of the ladder is calmer. The 330 pack showed a 16% spread and the 1,090 pack 21%. If you are buying mid-sized, seller choice moves the price by a few dollars; at the top end it moves it by tens.
How the United States compares with other countries
We put the US list next to several others:
- Germany, Norway, Japan, Italy, Australia and the UK: the cheapest price on every pack from 330 to 8,080 was identical to the United States. The only difference was the 60 pack, at $0.94 from Eldorado.gg.
- Seller counts differ, prices do not: Norway had six sellers, Germany seven, the UK eight, the United States nine. More sellers did not mean cheaper large packs — the extra sellers only changed the bottom tier.
- The full price list for the United States was unique. No other country in our comparison had exactly the same full list.
The honest summary: there is no US-only discount on the packs most people buy. What changes your total is pack size and seller choice, plus one small-pack quote that, for now, only showed up for the United States.
Which pack to buy
- Topping up a little? The 60 pack at $0.77 is the best small-amount rate on the US list, and better per unit than 330.
- Buying a moderate amount? Skip 330 and 1,090 if you can stretch to 2,240 — at $1.098 per 100 it is clearly better value than either.
- Buying a lot? 8,080 at $0.877 per 100 is the lowest rate on the ladder, but it is also the tier with the widest seller gap, so compare before you pay.
Before you buy
- Match the server. Zenless Zone Zero accounts sit on a regional server; make sure the listing tops up the server your account plays on.
- Check the delivery method. Some listings top up directly by account UID, others deliver a code you redeem. Know which one you are buying.
- Never share your password. A top-up needs your UID, not your login.
- Compare live. Prices move between sellers; see the current list on the compare Zenless Zone Zero prices page before you buy.
Prices in this article are the cheapest current quotes when we checked, in US dollars. Your bank or card may add its own conversion or foreign-transaction fee, which is outside anything shown here.