Fan-favorite Eevee returns in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. 230 Pokémon can be captured, trained, and evolved in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, meaning Eevee’s many evolutions (“Eeveelutions”) take a comparatively sizable chunk of the game’s Pokédex. If you’re looking to get one as early as possible to evolve Eevee into Leafeon, Umbreon, or whichever Eeveelution is your favorite, follow our guide to discover where to find an early-game Eevee.
Eevee location in Pokémon Legends: Z-A
After the game’s lengthy opening tutorial hours, Pokémon Legends: Z-A finally begins to open up. You can stop following Taunie/Urbain around and instead explore Lumiose City at your leisure. But if your main goal in the opening hours is to beeline for an Eevee, we got you covered.
There are multiple places among rooftops to find Eevee, but the quickest spot to find an Eevee isn’t too far away from Hotel Z and Pokémon Research Lab, two locations you’ll become quite familiar with as you play. In between them is Wild Zone 1, and we’ll use that as our starting place.
Head left into the Bleu Sector. You’ll come upon a pond (the blue rectangles on the map) and should see the Nouveau Café truck, which will turn into a fast travel spot when you arrive at it. Facing the truck, you’ll see scaffolding to the left. Do some light platforming along the scaffolding to reach the rooftop, and you should see an Eevee. This Eevee seemingly only shows up during daytime.
The Eevee we found here was level 16, so it might pose a bit of a challenge if you haven’t leveled up your Pokémon or evolved your starter yet. However, if you crouch low and sneak up on the Eevee, try throwing a Poké Ball at its back — this will increase your odds of capturing it.
If you end up engaging in battle with Eevee, try to capture it before completely draining its health. While Pokémon can still hang around for a moment after their health is brought down to zero, catching them isn’t a guaranteed success. In this scenario, if the Eevee breaks out of the Poké Ball, it’ll instantly run away.
Once this Eevee runs or gets knocked out, it’ll take a bit before it respawns in this location again. Based on our tests, we’re not 100% sure what causes a Pokémon to respawn, but it will eventually show back up — it may just take a while.
More Eevee can be found later in the game at Wild Zone 19. However, you’ll have to have ranked up quite a bit by then, so snagging one in the early game is the way to go. Plus, with the coffee stand right by its early-game location, you can enjoy a relaxing cup o’ joe with your newfound Eevee and snap some cute pictures.
