During the initial hours of Pokemon Legends: Z-A gameplay, Trainers will meet an character known as Mable. Mable is the Director at the Research Labs, and offers you the opportunity to help her out with a series of research tasks to earn various rewards.
If you’re wondering what these research tasks involve, how to reach new research levels, and what the rewards for each research level are, everything you’ll need to know has been outlined in the Pokemon Legends: Z-A guide below.
Where to Find Mable & Start Research in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
In Pokemon Legends: Z-A, Mable can be found on the third floor of the Pokemon Research Labs. As part of your first few main story objectives, Urbain will task you with completing the local challenge of capturing five different species of Pokemon.
As you already have your starter Pokemon as number one, you only need to capture four more within the first Wild Zone. Luckily, you will enter a tutorial cutscene that results in the capture of both Fletchling and Bunnelby, knocking two more off the list. Now, you’ll lastly need to just run around this Wild Zone and capture two more Pokemon species from the various Weedle, Mareep, and Scatterbug roaming around.
Once you have your five different Pokemon species captured, head over to the nearby Pokemon Research Labs. The building should be marked on your in-game map with a yellow objective, but in the case that you’re having difficulty finding it, the exact location has also been pinpointed in the screenshot below.
Head inside, then take the elevator up to the third floor. Here you will find Mable tucked away at her desk. Talk to her to initiate the completion of the story objective as well as become introduced to Mable’s Research. You will even be able to gain your first reward of Rock Smash at this moment, letting you bypass obstacles around the city, such as giant boulders or clusters of Mega Crystals.
Now, you will have permanent access to Mable’s Research Tasks, which ask you to meet certain capture objectives. This includes filling in your Pokedex, discovering all Pokemon in one area, or capturing multiple Pokemon of the same Type, for example. After completing a task, you will gain a certain number of points. Upon stockpiling the required amount of points, you will progress to the next research level and gain a brand-new reward item such as a TM or other valuable goods.
All Mable’s Research Levels & Rewards in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
In Pokemon Legends: Z-A, there are 50 total levels to reach for Mable’s Research. Each research level reached rewards one item to the player. The only exception to this is level 1, as this is obviously the starting point, meaning there are 49 items up for grabs altogether.
To unlock the next research level, players need to spend time completing the various Research Requests that Mable provides, as well as working their way through the main story to add more Research Requests to the line to continue progressing through.
Here is a complete breakdown of the reward given out upon reaching each level of Mable’s Research:
| Mable’s Research Level | Mable’s Research Reward |
|---|---|
| 1 | N/A – starting level |
| 2 | TM 004 – Rock Smash |
| 3 | TM 046 – Mud Shot |
| 4 | TM 017 – Protect |
| 5 | TM 021 – Thunder Fang |
| 6 | TM 014 – Fire Fang |
| 7 | TM 015 – Ice Fang |
| 8 | TM 070 – Whirlpool |
| 9 | TM 061 – Shadow Claw |
| 10 | EXP Candy S x10 |
| 11 | TM 016 – Light Screen |
| 12 | TM 042 – Giga Drain |
| 13 | TM 024 – Ice Punch |
| 14 | TM 003 – Psyshock |
| 15 | TM 023 – Thunder Punch |
| 16 | TM 032 – Double Team |
| 17 | TM 029 – Fire Punch |
| 18 | TM 078 – Bulldoze |
| 19 | TM 082 – U-turn |
| 20 | TM 059 – Zen Hedbutt |
| 21 | TM 030 – Swords Dance |
| 22 | TM 084 – Flash Cannon |
| 23 | TM 012 – Rock Slide |
| 24 | TM 067 – Thunderbolt |
| 25 | EXP Candy M x10 |
| 26 | TM 006 – Calm Mind |
| 27 | TM 077 – Poison Jab |
| 28 | TM 068 – Heat Wave |
| 29 | TM 073 – Surf |
| 30 | TM 087 – Iron Tail |
| 31 | TM 097 – Heal Block |
| 32 | TM 053 – Sludge Bomb |
| 33 | TM 106 – Thunder |
| 34 | TM 069 – Earthquake |
| 35 | TM 055 – Giga Impact |
| 36 | Bottle Cap x10 |
| 37 | TM 107 – Close Combat |
| 38 | TM 083 – Nasty Plot |
| 39 | TM 064 – Solar Beam |
| 40 | TM 096 – Hydro Pump |
| 41 | TM 038 – Fire Blast |
| 42 | TM 105 – Blizzard |
| 43 | EXP Candy L x10 |
| 44 | TM 102 – Focus Blast |
| 45 | TM 050 – Overheat |
| 46 | TM 093 – Outrage |
| 47 | EXP Candy XL x10 |
| 48 | Gold Bottle Cap x3 |
| 49 | Master Ball |
| 50 | Shiny Charm |