Everything new in the Pokémon Legends: Z-A — Mega Dimension DLC

Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC is out and it adds a lot of extra content for those looking to extend their stay in Lumiose City. The trailers so far have been somewhat vague. There are Pokémon above level 100? There are... new Mega Evolutions? You make doughnuts? Yes, to all of those questions, but if you're wondering how any of this works, we have your back.

If you're waffling on whether you should buy Mega Dimension and jump back into Lumiose City, we explain all the new features added with the Pokémon Legends: Z-A DLC below.

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An expanded Hyperspace Pokédex

This DLC adds 132 more Pokémon back to the game, obtainable through various means. Notably, if you don't have the DLC, you can still use these Pokémon, so long as you get somebody with the DLC to trade them to you.

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New Mega Evolutions

A ton of Pokémon get new Mega Evolutions, like Mega Raichu X and Y. The Megas that were missing in the base game have also re-appeared (Mega Sceptile, Mega Blaziken, Mega Swampert, Mega Latios, Mega Latias, and Mega Rayquaza).

A few of these (Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, and Baxcalibur) are available to those without the DLC since they're rewards for the Z-A Battle Club, but based on our playthrough, it doesn't seem like you can get the other new Mega Stones without the DLC.

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Hyperspace Missions with a new story

Rather than "Main Missions," the game will branch into "Hyperspace Missions," which follow the DLC's story. To progress in the story, you'll have to gather "Hyperspace Survey Points" by traveling into the various portals that appear around the city and completing objectives inside, somewhat similarly to the mission cards you can collect during the Z-A Royale at night. The gameplay loop is pretty similar to the base game's: Complete a cutscene, farm some points, take on a Rogue Mega Evolution, and repeat.

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Explore Hyperspace Lumiose

As part of the story, you'll need to dive into portals that appear around the map, but you can only dive in if you feed Hoopa a tasty doughnut that you bake with Ansha (more on that below). These maps are somewhat random and vary in size, but different blockades and features will appear throughout these pocket dimensions, making them a little bit different every time you go inside.

Hyperspace Lumiose is filled with the newly added DLC Pokémon, but also is a great place to farm Exp. Candy.

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Bake doughnuts with Ansha

You'll use berries to make these doughnuts, though you don't have to fret about having a low stock of berries initially. As you explore higher-leveled portals and complete the story, you'll be able to unlock special Hyperspace-themed berries and upgrades to make better doughnuts.

Notably, some doughnuts can even increase encounter and shiny rates, just like sandwiches from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

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Pokémon levels above 100 for the first time

That's right, Pokémon will be over level 100 for the first time. That is to say, this is temporary, and it only occurs while within Hyperspace Lumiose. The Pokémon you take on in Hyperspace will get tougher as you progress in the story, and you'll need to make better doughnuts — which grant your Pokémon temporary levels — to keep up.

Pokémon you catch in Hyperspace also won't retain their past-100 levels, they'll scale down. So that level 132 Zangoose you saw will actually only be level 21 or so when you catch it. Dang.

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More side missions

You'll also unlock more side missions as you play through the DLC story, many of which introduce you to some of the new Pokédex additions or just have silly stories. A lot of side missions will unlock in the post-game to give you encounters with legendary Pokémon, too.

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Additional requests from Mable

In the base game, you need to complete a whopping 1,000 battles (as a Mable request) in order to unlock the coveted shiny charm. However, thanks to the additional requests added in the DLC, you don't actually have to do that anymore. Mable has added some Hyperspace-themed requests that will get you to level 50 just by naturally playing the game. Procrastinators win again.

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New clothing and hair options

As part of the new side missions, you'll be able to unlock NPC outfits and hairstyles to use for yourself, specifically Canari's, Ivor's, Corbeau's, Jacinthe's, and Grisham's.

This is less exciting, but if you buy the DLC, you'll also get access to these glowing outfits right away.