Last updated: 21 July 2026

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Money Farming Guide How to Get Pokédollars Fast

Pokédollars are tight in Pokémon Legends: Z-A — and for good reason. The Stone Emporium charges 100,000 Pokédollars for each of the two Mega Stones your starter didn't come with, and picking up additional Mega Stones for the rest of your team pushes the total investment higher still. This guide covers every reliable method to farm Pokédollars fast: from the Gold Canari Plush multiplier that boosts every trainer battle reward, to Jacinthe's repeatable tournament and the passive Z-A Royale nightly payout that accumulates whether you're actively playing or not.

01Why Pokédollars Run Out Fast

The most immediate money sink in Pokémon Legends: Z-A is the Stone Emporium's post-game Mega Stone selection. Both non-starter Mega Stones — for whichever two first partners you didn't choose — cost 100,000 Pokédollars each, adding up to 200,000 total if you want all three starters fully Mega-capable. Mega Stones for non-starter Pokémon like Lucario, Greninja, and Garchomp add further costs on top.

During the story, trainer battles and side missions provide a steady but slow trickle of Pokédollars, and the rewards rarely outpace spending on Poké Balls, restoratives, and gear. Once the post-game opens and the Z-A Royale grind begins in earnest, the three methods below are the fastest ways to close the gap:

• Gold Canari Plush — a permanent 1.5× multiplier on all trainer battle prizes. This is the foundation everything else is built on, and should be your first purchase.
• Jacinthe's tournament rematches — unlocked via Side Mission 119, best single repeatable fight for active grinding.
• Z-A Royale nightly payout — passive income of up to roughly 100,000 base Pokédollars per night at high Royale ranks, accumulating in the background.

02Step One: Buy the Gold Canari Plush (1.5× All Trainer Battle Prizes)

The single highest-value purchase you can make for long-term Pokédollar farming is the Gold Canari Plush — a permanent team item that multiplies all prize money from trainer battles by 1.5×. This bonus applies to every trainer battle in the game, including Jacinthe's repeatable rematch and Z-A Royale encounters, so getting it early maximises every other method on this list.

How to get the Gold Canari Plush:

• Where to buy: The Racine Construction Company shop, on the southeastern edge of Lumiose City.
• Currency: Colorful Screws, not Pokédollars. Fully upgrading the Gold Canari Plush requires 16 Colorful Screws total across all tiers.
• Where to get Colorful Screws: Found as overworld collectibles throughout Lumiose City — on construction scaffolding, rooftops, and in hard-to-reach areas across the city's districts. There are 100 in total. They cannot be purchased with Pokédollars.
• Priority: Upgrade this as early as the Racine Construction Company becomes accessible. Every trainer battle without the 1.5× bonus is leaving money on the table.

In practice: a Z-A Royale nightly payout of ~100,000 base Pokédollars becomes roughly 150,000 with the multiplier active. A rematch that would have paid 10,000 pays 15,000 instead. The sooner you have it, the more it compounds.

03Jacinthe's Tournament Rematch — Best Repeatable Active Fight

The best single source of repeatable active income is Side Mission 119: 'Le Super-Tournoi de Jacinthe O.' Completing it for the first time pays out 300,000 Pokédollars and 30 Luxury Balls — the largest single cash reward in the base game — and permanently unlocks rematches against Jacinthe that award Pokédollars and EXP each time you win.

Jacinthe's full team:

• Carbink — Level 73, Rock/Fairy type.
• Mawile — Level 74, Steel/Fairy type.
• Aurorus — Level 74, Rock/Ice type.
• Gardevoir — Level 74, Psychic/Fairy type.
• Sylveon — Level 74, Fairy type.
• Mega Clefable — Level 75 (holding Clefablite), Fairy type.

Her team is built around Fairy-type Pokémon, which makes Steel and Poison moves the most effective tools across the majority of her roster. A Steel-type attacker — Mega Lucario and Mega Mawile are strong picks — handles most of her lineup cleanly. Bring a reliable Poison attacker as secondary coverage: Poison moves shred through the Fairy types on her bench while Steel takes care of Carbink and the lead threats.

Note on rematch prize amounts: different sources report different per-win figures, so treat the rematch as a reliable Pokédollar-and-EXP source rather than planning around a specific number. With the Gold Canari Plush multiplier, whatever the base payout is, you receive 1.5× automatically.

04Z-A Royale Nightly Payout — Passive Income in the Background

The Z-A Royale competitive ladder distributes a batch of Pokédollars every in-game night based on your standing and accumulated rank progress. At high Royale ranks, this nightly payout reaches approximately 99,990 to 100,000 base Pokédollars — not the highest per-session rate if you are actively grinding Jacinthe rematches, but the key advantage is that it accumulates passively while you pursue missions, explore Wild Zones, or leave the game running.

With the Gold Canari Plush fully upgraded, the 1.5× multiplier pushes the nightly payout to roughly 149,985 to 150,000 Pokédollars — making it the most efficient 'low effort' income source in the game. Players who stack Jacinthe rematches between nightly collection windows run both streams simultaneously.

To maximize the nightly payout:

• Progress your Royale rank as high as possible — higher rank tiers increase the nightly batch amount.
• Collect the batch regularly. If the nightly cap is reached, additional Royale progress doesn't add more to the queue until you collect.
• Upgrade the Gold Canari Plush first before pushing for high Royale ranks — the 1.5× bonus applies to the payout and is the fastest way to increase it.

05Sparkling Ground Spots — Supplemental Income While Exploring

Throughout all of Lumiose City's districts and Wild Zones, small sparkling spots appear on the ground and respawn regularly. Picking these up yields sellable items — they are not a primary farming loop, but they add a few thousand Pokédollars per session for zero extra effort when you're already moving through zones for other purposes.

Common sparkling-spot items and their sell prices at any Pokémon Center:

• Pearl — ₽1,000 each. The best per-item value among common sparkling drops.
• Pretty Feather — ₽500 each.
• Tiny Mushroom — ₽250 each.

These items respawn across all Wild Zones and require no special unlock beyond normal access to each area. Note that the Gold Canari Plush's 1.5× multiplier applies only to trainer battle prize money — not to item sale prices — so sparkling spots are a flat bonus regardless of your equipment.