Qualification Assessment

Qualification Assessment is one of the Zones within Hollow Zero. It is an entry-level Zone designed to acquaint players with the mechanics of Hollow Zero. 
==General==
To unlock Hollow Zero, players must have an Inter-Knot Level of Novice Proxy, and then complete the commission "Earlybird Ticket to Safety". Once unlocked, players can access Hollow Zero from the Scott Outpost Interior. Players must complete Qualification Assessment before they can access the deeper Zones. 
==Mechanics==
Qualification Assessment has two difficulty levels: Edge, and Frontline. 
===Edge===
The Edge difficulty serves as a tutorial for the mechanics of Hollow Zero, with a mostly fixed layout. The first floor consists of a looping square layout, with 5 tiles per side. Reaching the end of each side leads players to the next side of 5 tiles, with each tile intended to show the individual aspects of Hollow Zero. 
*The first side has a Gacha event at the end where players can choose one of 3 random Resonia.
*The second side has an enemy encounter at the end, which rewards a Resonium when defeated. 
*The third side has a Call for Support event to allow players to call for additional Agents. 
*The final side has a Bangboo Merchant, and the floor's final boss encounter. 
The second floor also has a fixed layout, consisting of two large rectangular areas connected at the middle by a single tile containing Special Area 7777. Players start out at the bottom left corner of the map, with the objective of reaching the boss encounter on the upper right corner. Crossing through the connecting tile leads players to an enemy encounter linked to locked tiles around it: players must defeat this enemy to unlock the tiles around it and access the boss. 
During combat at the boss encounter, Harumasa and Yanagi will occasionally appear when performing Quick Assists or Chain Attacks, dealing additional damage to enemies. 
===Frontline===
The Frontline difficulty has a more complex level layout for players, and also introduces more of Hollow Zero's unique mechanics, including Artifice Resonia, and the Call for Bangboo event tile on the first floor. 
This mission will also be the player's first encounter with a Frontline Supply Outpost between each level. This will also be the the player's first encounter with the S-Rank Gate, which unlocks additional supplies if the player achieves an S-Rank rating during the previous floor's final battle; for this particular mission, Fairy will unlock the S-Rank Gate for the player, allowing players to access the supplies even if they only achieve a B or A-rank previously. 
==Notes==
*The only Special Area available on this Zone is the roulette-like 7777. Notably, this particular appearance of the Special Area in this Zone will always end in a jackpot, unlike appearances in later Hollow Zero zones where the outcome is randomized.
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