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Pokémon Legends: Z-A Guide: All Base Game Mega Evolutions

Mega Evolution empowers select Pokémon to temporarily amplify their combat prowess through transformative boosts during battles. 

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, enhanced forms can be unlocked via narrative progression, conquering Rogue Mega adversaries, acquiring items from vendors, or tackling endgame and multiplayer objectives. 

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This guide outlines available Mega Evolutions in the core game, detailing types, base stats, and acquisition methods for required Mega Stones.

Starter Mega Evolutions

Initial partner choices and story completion unlock specific Mega forms.

Selecting Chikorita grants Meganiumite in Mission 10, enabling Grass/Fairy Mega Meganium (625 stats: 80 HP, 92 Atk, 115 Def, 143 SpAtk, 115 SpDef, 80 Speed).

Opting for Tepig provides Emboarite in Mission 10 for Fire/Fighting Mega Emboar (628 stats: 110 HP, 148 Atk, 75 Def, 110 SpAtk, 110 SpDef, 75 Speed).

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Choosing Totodile awards Feraligite in Mission 10 for Water/Dragon Mega Feraligatr (630 stats: 85 HP, 160 Atk, 125 Def, 89 SpAtk, 93 SpDef, 78 Speed).

Abomasite becomes accessible with Chikorita in Mission 10, yielding Grass/Ice Mega Abomasnow (594 stats: 90 HP, 132 Atk, 105 Def, 132 SpAtk, 105 SpDef, 30 Speed).

Rogue Mega Pokémon

Overpower designated Rogue Mega foes to claim their Stones.

Besting Rogue Mega Beedrill yields Beedrillite for Poison/Bug Mega Beedrill (495 stats: 65 HP, 150 Atk, 40 Def, 15 SpAtk, 80 SpDef, 145 Speed).

Ampharosite from Rogue Mega Ampharos unlocks Electric/Dragon Mega Ampharos (610 stats).

Conquering Rogue Mega Barbaracle grants Barbaracite for Fighting/Rock Mega Barbaracle (600 stats: 72 HP, 140 Atk, 130 Def, 64 SpAtk, 106 SpDef, 88 Speed).

Overcoming Rogue Mega Starmie offers Starminite for Water/Psychic Mega Starmie (660 stats).

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Victreebelite from Rogue Mega Victreebel activates Grass/Poison Mega Victreebel (590 stats).

Rogue Mega Altaria’s Altarianite creates Dragon/Fairy Mega Altaria (590 stats).

Defeating Rogue Mega Banette, Camerupt, Mawile, and Absol provides Banettite, Cameruptite, Mawilite, and Absolite for their respective evolutions.

Additional victories reward Lucarionite, Slowbronite, Dragalgite, Froslassite, Hawluchanite, Dragoninite, and Tyranitarite for corresponding Mega forms.

Shop-Purchased Mega Stones

Acquire many Stones using Mega Shards at Quasartico Inc. or Stone Emporium.

Quasartico Inc. sells Pidgeotite (Mega Pidgeot), Gyaradosite (Mega Gyarados), Pyroarite (Mega Pyroar), Clefablite (Mega Clefable), Manectite (Mega Manectric), Gardevoirite (Mega Gardevoir), Galladite (Mega Gallade), Houndoominite (Mega Houndoom), Audinite (Mega Audino), Lopunnite (Mega Lopunny), Excadrite (Mega Excadrill), Sablenite (Mega Sableye), Scolipite (Mega Scolipede), Scraftinite (Mega Scrafty), Chandelurite (Mega Chandelure), Aerodactylite (Mega Aerodactyl), Aggronite (Mega Aggron), Falinksite (Mega Falinks), Skarmorite (Mega Skarmory), Drampanite (Mega Drampa), and Metagrossite (Mega Metagross).

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The Stone Emporium stocks Gengarite (Mega Gengar), Medichamite (Mega Medicham), Garchompite (Mega Garchomp), Charizardite X/Y, Blastoisinite (Mega Blastoise), Scizorite (Mega Scizor), Steelixite (Mega Steelix), and Kangaskanite (Mega Kangaskhan).

Post-Game and Online Rewards

Endgame and competitive activities provide exclusive Stones.

Winning fifteen Infinite Z-A Royale matches post-story unlocks Floettite for Fairy Mega Floette (651 stats: 74 HP, 85 Atk, 87 Def, 155 SpAtk, 148 SpDef, 102 Speed).

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Season 1 Online Ranked Battles award Greninjite for Water/Dark Mega Greninja (630 stats).

Season 2 yields Delphoxite for Mega Delphox, while Season 3 grants Chesnaughtite for Mega Chesnaught.

Story-Related and Late-Game Megas

Mission 37 provides Zygardite, enabling Ground/Dragon Mega Zygarde (778 stats: 216 HP, 70 Atk, 91 Def, 216 SpAtk, 85 SpDef, 100 Speed).