You'll want increase your Pokemon's IV if you want to use their maximum potential in Pokemon Legends: ZA. IVs, or Individual Values, are hidden traits that affect your Pokémon's stats. Similar to: electric cars (or effort values), it's just another sneaky method of increasing your Pokemon's stats.
There is no reproduction in it Pokemon Legends: ZAThat's why The only way to upgrade your Pokemon's IV is to use bottle caps to hyper train the Pokemon you catch.. Notably, Alpha Pokémon usually already have three or four perfect IVs, making them pretty good to begin with.
Below we'll explain how to check your Pokemon's IVs, where to find bottle caps, and where to use Hyper Train in Pokemon Legends: ZA.
How to Check IV in Pokémon Legends: ZA
You can only check a Pokemon's IV after you achieve credits. After this, the next time you go to the Pokemon Center, you will be prompted to see a notification that you have unlocked the IV Judge feature.
To use it, open the Pokémon Summary page and press the right stick to display the stats labeled “Best!” which indicates an ideal IV of 31.
Where to find bottle caps in Pokémon Legends: ZA
There are many different ways to obtain bottle caps, so you need to make sure that you use bottle caps wisely.
You can reliably obtain them in the following ways:
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10 bottle caps for reaching level 36 in Mabel's Requests.
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3 Gold Bottle Caps for reaching level 48 in Mabel's Requests.
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2 bottle caps for completing side mission 96 “Let's fight… artistically.”
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1 gold bottle cap for completing side mission 103 “Facing the Furfrou League.”
Both side missions will unlock along the way once you complete main mission 35, although the Furfrou quest also requires you to complete other previous side missions based on Furfrou:
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Side mission 47: “Become a furfroo trimmer.”
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Side mission 62: “Become a professional furfruit trimmer”
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Side Mission 87: “Become the Peerless Furfru Timmer”
You can also get any type of bottle cap as a random reward for completing matches in Infinite Royale.but the chances are pretty low.
Where to Hyper Train Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: ZA
This NPC in the Justice Dojo will offer Hyper Training to your Pokemon in exchange for bottle caps if the Pokemon is level 50 or higher:
Once you talk to her, she will ask you which Pokémon you want to use in the Hyper Train and what currency you want to pay with. If you choose regular bottle caps, she'll ask you which stats you want to boost – and you can select several to train at once.
It should be noted that most Pokemon do not need to have all six IVs at 31. Since almost every Pokemon (if not all of them) focuses on either a physical attack or a special attack, you only need to upgrade its attack or special attack, but not both.
After hypertraining, the statistics will say “Hypertraining!” when you judge the droppers.
Looking for more about Pokemon Legends: ZA? We have beginner's guide to help you get started, and Type Advantages Tableif you have a hard time remembering which is better and which is better. We also have guides on how to find other early game Pokemon to help you on your journey, such as Kalos snacks, Kanto snacksand even an early place to find Evie. If you're looking for even more, we've got you covered. interactive map of Lumiose Citytoo much.
We also have guides for special evolutions which require more than just leveling up, e.g. Inkai and Malamarand a list of cases when you can unlock all Mega Stones you will need Mega Evolution.
