Pokemon Legends: Z-A Xerneas location guide

We have a new location guide for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, this time for Xerneas, one of Kalos’ two signature Legendary Pokemon.

As a Legendary Pokemon, it takes a while before you can catch Xerneas – more specifically, you’ll have to clear Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s main story. That should take somewhere around 20 hours if you’re rushing, with a few extra hours tacked on if you take on side quests. Since the game forces autosave to be left on, it’s impossible to fail Xerneas. If you defeat it, it will simply respawn and the mission won’t be cleared until you catch it. That may take a while, though – Xerneas traditionally has a low catch rate!

Xerneas location guide

After clearing the main story, L will appear and you’ll receive two new main missions: The One That Gives and The One That Takes. Xerneas is associated with life, so as you might expect, going for that first quest will lead you right to it. You’ll need to visit Mable at the Pokemon Research Lab, and she will tell you that three Alpha Pokemon have gone rogue in Wild Zones 3, 5, and 9. These take the form of an Alpha Gallade, an Alpha Steelix, and an Alpha Pangoro all at Level 70. Defeat them and Xerneas will appear in Wild Zone 11 at Level 75. It knows Horn Leech, so don’t use a Water-type Pokemon – otherwise Xerneas will continuously restore its health and make itself tougher to capture. It also knows Geomancy, which only provides one stage of stat boost in this game as opposed to the two it normally does.

As mentioned earlier, if you accidentally defeat Xerneas it will simply respawn and give you another opportunity to catch it. It’s also Shiny locked, though when Pokemon Home support comes around you’ll presumably be able to transfer in a Shiny Xerneas from another game. In the meantime, stay tuned for more Pokemon Legends: Z-A guides coming soon.