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The best side missions to do in Pokemon Legends: Z-A are those that give special rewards or unlock features in the game. Check out a list of the best side quests in the game as well as the special Pokemon, items, and features you can get from them.
| Side Mission Guides | |
|---|---|
| All Side Missions | Best Side Missions |
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Best Side Missions To Do First
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Missions with Special Pokemon Rewards
| Jump to a section! | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kalos Starters | Kanto Starters | Regional Forms |
| Fossils | Shiny Mareep | |
Kalos Starter Missions
 007 A Feisty Chespin |
 008 Get Well, Fennekin |
 009 A Challenge from Froakie |
The three original Kalos Starter Pokemon—Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie—can all be obtained early in the game through side missions. These Pokemon can also be caught in the wild, but they won't be available in that way until much later in the game.
Kanto Starter Mission
You can choose to get either Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle in Side Mission 22: A Call from Mable.
A Call from Mable: Which Kanto Starter Should You Pick?
Regional Form Pokemon Missions
 039 Slowpoke for Slowpoke |
 072 Find my Galarian Stunfisk! |
 075 Some Unusual Pokemon |
 108 Alola, Raichu! |
Galarian Slowpoke, Galarian Stunfisk, and Alolan Raichu can all be obtained in the game through side missions. These Pokemon cannot be obtained in the game through any other means without using Pokemon HOME.
The evolution items required to evolve Galarian Slowpoke can also be obtained through a side mission, Side Mission 075: Some Unusual Pokemon. However, since you only get one Galarian Slowpoke, you will have to choose whether you want to evolve it into Galarian Slowbro using the Galarica Cuff or Galarian Slowking with the Galarica Wreath.
Take note that most of these side missions only become available late in the main story.
All Available Regional Forms and Evolutions
Fossil Restoration Mission
You can get a free Fossil Pokemon during Side Mission 27: Restored from a Fossil. This quest requires you to choose between restoring a Jaw Fossil for Tyrunt or a Sail Fossil for Amaura.
Completing this quest allows you to unlock the feature to restore any fossil you bring to the lab.
Restored from a Fossil Walkthrough (Side Mission 27)
Shiny Mareep Mission
One side mission allows you to encounter a fixed Shiny Pokemon. Catching the Shiny Mareep isn't required to complete the mission, but it is free for you to catch afterwards. However, defeating and failing to catch it will cause it to disappear.
A Shiny Mareep? Walkthrough (Side Mission 17)
Missions with Customization Unlocks
| Jump to a section! | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hair Colors | Contact Lenses | Furfrou Trims |
Hair Color Side Missions
| New Hair Colors | |
|---|---|
 012 The Many Flowers of Flabebe |
 051 Floette Frolicking with Flowers |
You can unlock 17 new hair colors by completing Odette's quests. The Many Flowers of Flabebe unlocks 8 bold hair colors, while Floette Frolicking with Flowers unlocks 9 pastel-leaning hair colors.
Take note that the Floette Frolicking with Flowers unlocks much later compared to The Many Flowers of Flabebe quest.
Contact Lens Side Missions
| New Contact Lenses | ||
|---|---|---|
 030 Show Me a Mega Camerupt! |
 031 Show Me a Mega Sableye! |
 032 Show Me a Mega Medicham! |
You can get 6 new eye colors from Areden's quests, with each quest rewarding 2 contact lenses upon completion. Arden's side missions can be done one right after the other starting from Main Mission 14, and they all require you to present her with a Mega Evolved Pokemon.
Furfrou Trim Missions
| Furfrou Customization | ||
|---|---|---|
 047 Becoming a Furfrou Trimmer |
 062 Becoming a Pro Furfrou Trimmer |
 087 Becoming a Peerless Furfrou Trimmer |
The side missions from Mirte can be completed in order to unlock the Furfrou trimming feature as well as additional Furfrou trims. Each mission unlocks 3 Furfrou trim styles, which Mirte can then use to customize any Furfrou you bring her.
These missions take a while to unlock, however, with the first mission becoming available in Main Mission 19, the second in Main Mission 20, and the third in Main Mission 30.
Furfrou Location, Evolution, and Stats
Holovator Missions
 A Break Time Battle Rouge Plaza |
 Underneath the Holovator Vert Sector 9 |
 A Holovator Without Power Vert Sector 7 |
 On Maintenance Duty Bleu Sector 7 |
 We'll Just Muscle Our Way Through Jaune Sector 6 |
 My Favorite Holovator Bleu Sector 3 |
 The Burning Gaze of Watchog Magenta Sector 2 |
 A Shocking Territorial Dispute Hibernal Avenue |
 The Beldum Blockade South Boulevard |
These side missions allow you to fix broken Holovators found in Lumiose City, opening up new areas. These often allow you to access items, TMs, Pokemon, and even other side missions once their respective Holovators are running.
All Holovator and Ladder Locations
Restaurant Battle Missions
 029 Full Course of Battles: One Star |
 060 Full Course of Battles: Two Star |
 073 Full Course of Battles: High Rolling |
 094 Full Course of Battles: Three Star |
The Full Course of Battles missions allow you to participate in battles at the four restaurants in Lumiose. These are great ways to either gain experience or earn money.
Missions That Unlock Game Features
 025 Trubblesome Patrons Unlocks the Friendship Checker |
 057 The Camerupt Entrepreneur Unlocks a Sewer Entrance |
Some missions unlock game features that aren't initially available such as the Friendship Checker.
Missions That Reward TMs
| No. | Mission | Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| 26 |
 Burn, Litleo, Burn |
・₽900 ・
 Fire Stone x1・
 Will-O-Wisp x1 |
| 29 |
Full Course of Battles: One Star |
・₽300 ・
 Protein x2・
 Iron x2・
 Substitute x1 |
| 34 |
 Moves That Put Up a Wall |
・₽1,100 ・
 Reflect x1・
 Lemonade x1 |
| 41 |
 Watch Out for Traps |
・₽1,300 ・
 Super Potion x5・
 Spikes x1 |
| 46 |
 Pidgeot Soaring High |
・₽2,600 ・
 Repeat Ball x5・
 Fly x1 |
| 60 |
Full Course of Battles: Two Stars |
・₽1,000 ・
 Calcium x・
 Zinc x3・
Whirlwind x1 |
| 79 |
 A Fateful Swing of a Metronome |
・₽1,400 ・
Metronome x1 |
| 88 |
 The Nervous Novice Cabbie |
・₽4,500 ・
 Swift Feather x10・
Agility x1 |
| 94 |
Full Course of Battles: Three Stars |
・₽2,000 ・
 HP Up x5・
 Carbos x5・
 Knock Off x1 |
| 96 |
 Let Us Battle...Artistically |
・₽1,900 ・
 Bottle Cap x2・
Self-Destruct x1 |
Several side missions have TMs as one of their rewards. TMs are moves that you can teach to your Pokemon. Since there is only one of each TM in the game, you will not be able to obtain these items elsewhere.
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