Beginner Guide
Start your first run with spoiler-light habits for checks, saves, stress, and route notes.
Start with the beginner guideUnofficial spoiler-light guide
Zero Parades Guide
Spoiler-light walkthroughs, builds, item locations, characters, factions, tasks, endings, and Steam Deck tips for ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies.
15Core guides37Catalogued items53Character entries81Total indexed pages
Field briefing
Built for players who are stuck, not for lore dumping
Every core page starts with a quick answer, then gives spoiler-light context, route notes, mistakes, related pages, and a quiet source/update note. The goal is to solve the current problem without flattening the game.
Start Here
Core guides for your first run.
Quick Save
When to quick save, when to make manual branch saves, and what not to overwrite.
Set up safe save habitsBest Build
Pick a first-run build: Coordination, Personalism, or Grey Matter presets.
Compare first-run buildsSkills
All 15 operant skills across Action, Relation, and Intellect faculties.
Browse all 15 skillsPopular Guides
Most visited — the pages readers keep coming back to.
Best Build Guide
Optimal stat spreads, faculty picks, and playstyle builds for every approach.
Open guideBest Skills Guide
First-run skill priorities, skill distribution, endings skills, and build pairings.
Open guideStarting Build Guide
Best first stats, safe first-run spreads, and when to adjust your build.
Open guideBest Stats Guide
Skill distribution for endings, gun routes, social routes, and first runs.
Open guideBest Ending Guide
Spoiler-light best-ending planning, route variables, skills, saves, and faction posture.
Open guideGood Ending Guide
Clean route planning for recruitment, factions, stress, and final-act saves.
Open guideLockpick, Prybar & Chain Cutters
Where to find the three core tools and which barriers each opens.
Open guideHow to Get a Gun
Every gun source in Portofiro: free craft, vendor buy, and quest rewards.
Open guideSkills Guide
All 15 skills explained with faculty, use cases, and build advice.
Open guideVisual Route Guides
High-intent pages with artwork and practical route framing.
Best Build
Pick a first-run preset and avoid flat, unfocused skill spending.
How to Get a Gun
Compare the 100 sol buy route with the Technoflex craft route.
Karolina Recruitment
Prepare the Bazaar context before pushing her recruitment scene.
Ramses Recruitment
Recruit through leverage, faction notes, and careful stress timing.
Stuck?
Practical answers for common roadblocks.
Lockpick
Where to get the 30 sol lockpick, when to buy it, and how it compares with other tools.
Find the lockpickMoney
Sol spending priorities, early purchases, gun cost, vendors, and where to get money.
Plan early spendingMap
Key locations, route order, backtracking notes, and location-based progression.
Navigate PortofiroHow to Get a Gun
Buy route (Goat Eyes, 100 sol) and free craft route with materials.
See gun routes and requirementsMake a Gun
Craft route, Technoflex support, Foto 24 materials, and buy-vs-craft comparison.
Craft a gunAnxiety
How anxiety fits the stress system, when to lower it, and when to save.
Lower anxietyTechnical & Meta Guides
System requirements, save management, and meta-game information.
Steam Deck Compatibility
How well Zero Parades runs on Steam Deck: controls, text readability, and performance settings.
Open guideSystem Requirements
Official minimum and recommended PC specs for Zero Parades.
Open guideQuick Save Guide
When to quick save, when to make manual branch saves, and what not to overwrite.
Open guideEndings Guide
Route variables, save structure, and how to prepare for different endings.
Open guideAll Endings Guide
Branch saves, route variables, and all-ending cleanup planning.
Open guideBomb Ending Guide
Spoiler-light branch notes for bomb-ending searchers and route testing.
Open guideChoices & Consequences
Track people, factions, tools, and pressure as consequences.
Open guideBrowse Database
Explore the world of Zero Parades by category.
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Featured Characters
Key people you'll meet in Portofiro.
Hershel Wilk
Your handler. The first voice you hear and the last one you trust.
Read about Hershel WilkPSEUDOPOD
Your interface. Ask it questions, but verify the answers.
Read about PSEUDOPODKarolina Hayato
Recruitable in Bootleg Bazaar. Network-relevant.
Read about Karolina HayatoRamses Molloy
Responds to leverage and demonstrated competence.
Read about Ramses MolloyFeatured Items
Important objects for routes and checks.
Operant Toolkit
Essential held item for technical checks and interactions.
Learn about Operant ToolkitMysterious Red Disc
Story item found early. Check it thoroughly.
Learn about Mysterious Red DiscWolf Cups
Six cup collection tied to quests and achievements.
Learn about Wolf CupsSol
Currency of Portofiro. Manage early funds carefully.
Learn about SolWorld
Key locations in Portofiro.
Quisach
The roundabout where Goat Eyes does business.
Explore QuisachBootleg Bazaar
Safest early area. Meet Karolina and learn the check system.
Explore Bootleg BazaarFoto 24
Find materials for the improvised gun route.
Explore Foto 24Old Docks
Tall tower holds the chain cutters.
Explore Old DocksFull Guide Index
81 pages across this site: core guides, long-tail answer pages, database hubs, entity pages, and technical resources.
📖 Content & Walkthroughs
👥 Recruitment
🔧 Tools & Items
💻 Technical & Meta
🔀 Endings & Choices
Database hubs: Characters · Locations · Factions · Tasks · Thoughts · Nationalities