Hoenn starter Mega Evolutions coming to Pokémon Legends Z-A

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 09/12/2025

More Mega Evolutions are coming to Pokémon Legends Z-A, with the Mega Stones for the Hoenn starters available through ranked.

Pokémon Legends Z-A players will soon be able to get Mega Swampert, Mega Sceptile, and Mega Blaziken through Season 5-7.

This means Nintendo Switch Online membership will be required, adding more Pokémon Legends Z-A Mega Evolutions locked behind paywalls.

The Mega Stones for the three starters will be available as rewards for the upcoming online ranked seasons, just like the Kalos starters were.

These will be available following on from Season 4, which gives out the stone for the new Mega Baxcalibur evolution.

Sceptilite will be the reward for Season 5, Swampertite will be the reward for Season 6, and Blazikenite will then be the Season 7 reward.

Though, none of the starters in Mudkip, Treeko, or Torchic are currently available in the game.

Instead, the trio will be encountered during the upcoming Mega Dimension DLC, which releases on December 10th.

The new DLC is bringing plenty of new Mega Evolutions to the game, including Mega Lucario Z.

The brand new type of Mega will act differently in Pokémon Legends Z-A than other mons, firing moves quicker but using up Mega Power faster too.

Meanwhile, the DLC is headlined by two new Mega Evolutions for Raichu, Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y.

Additionally, the Mega Dimension DLC will have more ties to Hoenn outside of Swampert, Sceptile, and Blaziken.

Screenshots have revealed that the Origin Form Kyogre and Origin Form Groudon will be encounterable in the new DLC too.

New Alpha Charizard Mystery Gift for Pokémon Legends Z-A

Nintendo and Game Freak have released yet another Mystery Gift for Pokémon Legends Z-A.

Just recently, a new Mystery Gift added Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y with a new mission to encounter Mewtwo.

Now, another gift has been released, which gives players an Alpha Charizard.

The Pokémon will be received at level 36 and know the move Solar Beam, something it can’t usually learn through level up.

Additionally, the stones to Mega Evolve it into Charizard X or Y are available in-game at the Stone Emporium on Vernal Avenue.

To get the free Alpha Charizard, players need to:

• Open the main menu and select Link Play
• Select Mystery Gift
• Select Get with Code/Password
• Enter the password B1G0006
• Be sure to save your game afterwards

This gift is out now and available until January 19th, 2026.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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