How many Pokémon Centers are in Pokémon Legends: Z-A?

There are nine full Pokémon Centers across Lumiose City, plus smaller healing stations outside some Wild Zones that cannot be used for fast travel.

Does healing at a Pokémon Center cost anything?

No. Healing your team is completely free, restores all HP and cures status conditions, so there is never a reason to limp around the city with a beaten-up party.

What is the Lost Poké Ball Collector?

He stands outside every Pokémon Center and returns any Poké Balls you threw that missed their target, so failed catch attempts do not drain your wallet.

How do I fast travel to a Pokémon Center?

Visit the center once so its grey map icon turns red. After that it stays unlocked as a fast travel destination for the rest of the game.

All 9 Pokémon Center Locations in Pokémon Legends: Z-A

After sitting out Legends: Arceus, Pokémon Centers are back in Pokémon Legends: Z-A — and in a game set entirely inside one enormous city, they double as your fast travel network. There are nine of them dotted around Lumiose, plus smaller healing stations parked outside certain Wild Zones. Unlocking the full set early makes everything else in the game faster, from fossil runs to shard farming.

All Pokémon Center Locations

Pokémon Center	Where to Find It
Bleu Pokémon Center	Southern edge of the Bleu District
Vernal Pokémon Center	On Vernal Avenue
Vert Pokémon Center	Southern edge of the Vert District
Centrico Pokémon Center	North of Prism Tower, south of Rouge Sector 2
Magenta Plaza Pokémon Center	Magenta Sector 1
Magenta Pokémon Center	Magenta Sector 8
Rouge Pokémon Center	Northern edge of the Rouge District
Hibernal Pokémon Center	Hibernal Avenue, Jaune Sector 4
Jaune Pokémon Center	North Boulevard, western edge of the Jaune District

On the map, an unvisited center shows a grey Poké Ball icon. Walk through the door once and the icon turns red — from then on you can fast travel straight to it. The mini stations outside Wild Zones will patch up your team, but they are not fast travel points, so do not rely on them for getting around.

What You Can Do at a Pokémon Center

Heal for free. Hand your party to the nurse and a few seconds later everyone is back to full HP with status conditions cured. It is the same ritual as always, and in a game with real-time battles and trainer damage, you will use it constantly.

Stock up at the shop. Centers sell the essentials: Poké Balls for 100, Great Balls for 300, Ultra Balls for 600, Potions from 150, a Max Potion for 1,200, Revives for 800 and a Full Heal for 200, among other basics. You can also sell items here, and spare Treasures are the best thing to offload because they fetch proper money.

Recover your missed throws. Standing outside every center is the Lost Poké Ball Collector. Every ball you threw and whiffed with during a catch attempt ends up with him, and talking to him returns the lot. It sounds like a small thing until you price up a session of missed Ultra Balls.

Register your birthday. On your first visit you can register your birth date, and the game will greet you specially when your birthday comes around. You can only enter it once, so type carefully.

Unlock Them Early

Make a point of swinging past any center you see while the story carries you around the city. Rouge and Jaune in the north are easy to miss if you beeline between missions, and they are exactly the ones you will want when late-game Wild Zones and rooftop routes open up nearby. Ten minutes of detours at the start saves hours of walking later.

A Note on the Wild Zone Stations

The mini healing stations outside certain Wild Zones deserve a mention of their own. They will patch up your team between hunts, which saves a trek back into the city mid-session, but they sell nothing and cannot be fast travelled to. Treat them as pit stops, not bases: restock at a real center before you head out, use the station to keep a good hunting session alive, and do your shopping and ball recovery back in town.