Pokémon Legends Z-A Natures Guide EV IV Training and Mint Changes

Discover how Pokémon natures in Pokémon Legends: Z-A shape your team’s strengths and weaknesses, unlocking hidden potential in battles. Dive into this guide to master nature mechanics and elevate your gameplay to the next level.

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How do natures work in Pokémon Legends: Z-A?

Natures in Pokémon Legends: Z-A influence how a Pokémon grows by adjusting the rate at which its stats increase. Each nature raises one stat while lowering another, making it an important factor in training and team building. While they don’t affect abilities or moves directly, choosing the right nature can greatly enhance a Pokémon’s performance in battles. Players can experiment with different natures or use items to modify them, allowing for more strategic customization suited to each playstyle.

Natures work the same way as they do in previous games.

Each nature boosts one stat while decreasing another. So if you have an Adamant Heracross, it will gain more Attack stats and less Special Attack as it levels up. If your Heracross is Modest, it’ll do the opposite, increasing its Special Attack and lowering its Attack (and you should consider changing its nature). There are a few natures that technically boost and decrease the same stat, effectively canceling the buff/debuff, and thus having no real effect.

You can see a table of the various natures and what they do below.

You can see the nature of your Pokémon on its summary menu, and the page with stats will actually have arrows showing what stats are getting buffed and which are getting debuffed.

How to change natures in Pokémon Legends: Z-A

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, changing a Pokémon’s nature is possible through the use of specific in-game items or features that influence their traits. Players can obtain these items by exploring the world, completing quests, or interacting with certain NPCs. By applying these items or utilizing game mechanics related to nature alteration, you can tailor your Pokémon’s stats to better suit your battle strategy and optimize their performance in various challenges.

To change natures, you’ll need to use mints on your Pokémon. There are mints for almost every nature in the game, with a few exceptions. There’s no mint for Hardy, Docile, Bashful, or Quirky natures. If you want to give your Pokémon a nature that has no increasing or decreasing effects, you can give it a Serious Mint.

To use a mint, open your satchel, scroll over to the “other items” tab, select the mint you want to use, and choose “use this item” on whichever Pokémon you want. This will change its nature and shuffle its stats around.

You can find mints on the ground as sparkling items and get them as rewards for some side missions. You can also buy mints for $20,000 each from the various mint vendors scattered around the city. You can tell they’re a mint seller because they will have herbs and flowers on display at their stand.

Which natures boost and reduce each specific stat in Z-A

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Natures work by boosting one specific stat by 10% and lowering another stat by 10%. Here is the detailed breakdown of which Natures boost and reduce each specific stat:

Attack

• Boosted by: Adamant, Lonely, Naughty, Brave

• Reduced by: Modest, Calm, Timid, Bold

Defense

• Boosted by: Bold, Impish, Lax, Relaxed

• Reduced by: Lonely, Mild, Hasty, Gentle

Special Attack

• Boosted by: Modest, Mild, Quiet, Rash

• Reduced by: Adamant, Impish, Careful, Jolly

Special Defense

• Boosted by: Calm, Gentle, Careful, Sassy

• Reduced by: Naughty, Lax, Naive, Rash

Speed

• Boosted by: Timid, Hasty, Jolly, Naive

• Reduced by: Brave, Relaxed, Sassy, Quiet

Neutral Natures (no stat changes)

• Hardy, Docile, Bashful, Quirky, Serious

Each Nature boosts one stat while lowering another, making it important to select a Nature that aligns with your Pokémon’s intended battle role. For example, an Adamant Nature raises Attack but lowers Special Attack, ideal for physical attackers, while a Modest Nature raises Special Attack but lowers Attack, suited for special attackers.

You can use Nature Mints in the game to change your Pokémon’s Nature to best fit your strategy.

This comprehensive list of Natures and their stat effects will help you optimize your Pokémon’s performance in Pokémon Legends: Z-A battles by selecting or changing to the best Nature for each individual Pokémon.​

List natures that raise Attack and which lower it

Natures in Pokémon Legends: Z-A that raise Attack are:

• Adamant (raises Attack, lowers Special Attack)

• Lonely (raises Attack, lowers Defense)

• Naughty (raises Attack, lowers Special Defense)

• Brave (raises Attack, lowers Speed)

Natures that lower Attack are:

• Bold (raises Defense, lowers Attack)

• Calm (raises Special Defense, lowers Attack)

• Timid (raises Speed, lowers Attack)

• Modest (raises Special Attack, lowers Attack)

These natures influence the Pokémon’s stats by increasing one stat by 10% and decreasing another by 10%, providing strategic options to optimize for physical attacking or defensive roles in battle.​