{"id":438487,"date":"2025-12-10T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/438487\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T20:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:00:39","slug":"z-as-dlc-alleviates-the-shiny-grind-for-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/438487\/","title":{"rendered":"Z-A\u2019s DLC Alleviates The Shiny Grind For $30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A\u2019s<\/a> Mega Dimension DLC is out now, and one of the less publicized things the expansion adds is new Research Requests. These are mini-quests that, upon completion, raise your Research Level and unlock new rewards like attacks to teach your monsters and items to help you level up faster. At the final level, you\u2019ll unlock the Shiny Charm<\/a>, which raises the rate at which alternate-colored critters show up in the overworld. Legends: Z-A made acquiring the Charm a notorious grind, and now Mega Dimension makes it much simpler, but this handy bit of rebalancing is locked behind the $30 paywall of the DLC\u2019s asking price.<\/p>\n

To unlock the Shiny Charm, you have to reach Research Level 50. At a glance, this doesn\u2019t seem that difficult, until you complete all but the last request and realize that you\u2019ve come up short of reaching the final level. The remaining request you have is to complete 1000 battles. To put the scale of that accomplishment into perspective, I\u2019ve put about 60 hours into Legends: Z-A and have only hit around 570 battles. I\u2019m not trying to get the Shiny Charm, so I haven\u2019t been grinding to try and complete this request, but some folks have, and it\u2019s a major time investment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It looks like if you have the DLC, you may not have to do 1000 battles pic.twitter.com\/3BxmF9dv7D<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Austin John Plays (@AustinJohnPlays) December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now that Mega Dimension<\/a> is out, if you progress through the early bits of the story, you\u2019ll unlock a wave of new Research Requests, allowing you to make your way to Level 50 with relative ease. That\u2019s cool for anyone who hasn\u2019t put a ton of effort into the grind. If you have already done it, though, you\u2019re probably feeling some type of way. If you don\u2019t want to do that grind and still want the Shiny Charm, you\u2019re also probably angry that you have to pay a sizable chunk of change to get it more easily<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A has had no shame when it comes to paygating some pretty major stuff<\/a>. Mega Dimension is one side of the problem; the other is that Mega Stones for popular Pok\u00e9mon are rewards for online ranked battles, which require a subscription to access. I guess the silver lining on this particular one is that you don\u2019t have to pay for this to get the Shiny Charm. Maybe boot up a show you\u2019ve been wanting to consume as second-screen content as you grind, though.<\/p>\n