Pokémon Legends: Z-A lets you change your player character’s hairstyle and other appearance details at salons in Lumiose City. The confirmed options include hairstyles, solid hair colours, colour blocking, balayage, eyebrows, and additional look settings. You can begin readjusting your outfit and looks after approximately one hour of play, although that estimate does not guarantee that every salon service unlocks at exactly the same moment. The official feature announcement does not publish a complete hairstyle catalogue, salon prices, or exact street addresses, so those details must be checked in the game rather than guessed from a list.
Where do you change your hairstyle in Pokémon Legends: Z-A?
Player-character hair changes happen at salons in Lumiose City. The official announcement describes salons as the place to define your look, including hairstyle, hair colour, eyebrows, and other appearance settings. Read the announcement at The Pokémon Company International’s official “Adventuring in Your Own Style” page.
The published material identifies Lumiose City at city level but does not give a street name, district, landmark, or map coordinate for a particular salon. When you are in the city, use the map, shop signage, and building prompts to locate an available salon. Avoid relying on guides that present an exact address unless they show the location in the current game version.
What the salon is for
- Changing the player character’s hairstyle or overall hair shape.
- Selecting a hair colour, including solid-colour choices.
- Applying colour treatments such as colour blocking or balayage.
- Adjusting eyebrows and other appearance features offered by the salon menu.
These are cosmetic customizations for your character. The announcement does not describe any battle-stat, ability, or exploration bonus tied to a hairstyle.
How do I change my hairstyle?
The game’s official materials confirm the salon feature, but they do not publish a button-by-button control guide. The practical process is therefore to travel to a Lumiose City salon, interact with the attendant or salon prompt, choose the appearance category you want, preview the available choices, and confirm using the on-screen controls.
- Reach Lumiose City. Salon services are described as Lumiose City facilities, so the city must be available in your current story progress.
- Locate a salon. Check the city map and storefront signs. No official source reviewed for this guide provides a universal street address.
- Open the appearance service. Follow the interaction prompt at the salon. The exact wording and button assignments can vary by platform control settings.
- Choose a category. Start with hairstyle, hair colour, eyebrows, or another appearance option shown in the menu.
- Compare the preview. Look at the silhouette first, then the base colour and any colour treatment. This prevents a striking colour from hiding a shape you do not like.
- Confirm the change. Use the salon’s confirmation prompt and leave only after the character preview reflects the look you want.
If a salon interaction is not available, check story progression and whether you have reached the city section that enables appearance services. The sources do not establish a separate level requirement, fee, or one-time limit.
What hairstyle and hair-colour options are confirmed?
The official feature announcement confirms categories rather than a numbered catalogue. It specifically names hairstyles, hair colour, colour blocking, balayage, eyebrows, and “more.” Because no complete inventory is published, a responsible guide cannot name every cut or claim a total number of styles.
| Customization | What is confirmed | What is not officially listed |
|---|---|---|
| Hairstyle | The player character can change hairstyle at a Lumiose City salon. | Individual style names, screenshots for every style, and a definitive count. |
| Solid hair colour | Solid-colour choices are part of hair customization. | The complete colour swatch, ordering, or names used by the in-game menu. |
| Colour blocking | The announcement identifies colour blocking as an available treatment. | Which sections are recoloured by each preset and how many patterns exist. |
| Balayage | Balayage is named as another hair-colour treatment. | The exact gradient placements, intensity controls, and available palettes. |
| Eyebrows | Eyebrow changes are included among salon appearance features. | The number and names of eyebrow shapes or colours. |
| Other appearance settings | The announcement says “and more,” indicating additional settings. | A complete list of those additional settings. |
Treat the table as a confirmed feature map, not a replacement for the live salon menu. A style or swatch shown by another player may reflect a later unlock, a different character setup, or a version of the game that the official page does not catalogue.
What do solid colour, colour blocking, and balayage mean?
These labels describe different ways of applying colour. The game confirms that all three categories exist, but it does not publish technical presets or a salon colour chart.
Solid colour
A solid treatment uses one primary colour across the hair. It is the simplest choice when you want the haircut’s outline to remain the visual focus. Select the shape first if the menu allows you to move between categories without losing your preview.
Colour blocking
Colour blocking uses contrasting or deliberately separated areas of colour. In practice, inspect which sections of the preview change before confirming; the official announcement names the treatment but does not specify whether the game offers manual section selection or preset patterns.
Balayage
Balayage generally refers to a blended, graduated colour effect rather than a single flat swatch. In Z-A, the term is confirmed as a salon option, while the exact blend, starting point, and palette remain menu-specific. Check the full character preview in different lighting or camera angles before saving your choice.
When can I access Outfit & Looks?
The official DLC information page says players can readjust their outfit and looks after approximately one hour of play. This is an approximate access estimate, not a promise that every hairstyle, colour treatment, or salon interaction becomes available at precisely the one-hour mark. See the official “Claim the New Holo-X and Holo-Y Apparel Sets” announcement for that timing statement.
Use the estimate as a progression checkpoint:
- If you have played for less than about an hour, continue the opening story before assuming the appearance system is missing.
- Once the relevant outfit-and-looks feature is available, revisit the city and check a salon rather than expecting every option to appear in a separate early-game screen.
- If the menu appears but a particular service is absent, follow the game’s current story prompts and recheck later. The published page does not identify a precise quest, rank, or separate unlock condition for each salon category.
The wording “approximately” matters: play speed, pauses, and story progress can make the feature appear earlier or later than a literal sixty-minute timer.
How should I choose a hairstyle and colour?
Because the official material does not name every style, the most reliable way to plan a look is to compare the three visual decisions the salon exposes: silhouette, base colour, and treatment.
1. Start with silhouette
Decide whether you want a short, close, long, or otherwise distinctive outline by looking at the character from the front and side. A strong silhouette remains visible in ordinary gameplay, while a subtle colour effect may be noticeable only in close-up scenes.
2. Choose the base colour
Use a solid colour to establish the overall identity of the look. If you are undecided between two palettes, compare them against the outfit you normally wear; a colour that looks good in the salon preview may blend into a similarly coloured jacket or accessory.
3. Add a treatment
Colour blocking creates separated areas, while balayage creates a blended effect. Try the treatment after selecting the shape and base colour so you can judge whether the pattern supports the haircut instead of competing with it.
4. Check facial framing
Look at how the front sections frame the eyes and eyebrows. Since eyebrows are also customizable, changing both together can produce a more coherent expression than adjusting either feature in isolation.
5. Confirm only after a full preview
Rotate the character or use every preview view the salon provides. The official sources do not state whether a salon keeps a history of previous looks, so take a moment before confirming a change you may want to recreate later.
Does the official game information list every hairstyle or salon price?
No. The official announcement confirms the feature categories but does not provide a complete hairstyle inventory, a definitive style count, salon prices, or exact salon addresses. Any guide that supplies those details without showing the live menu is adding information that the cited announcement does not establish.
| Detail players often search for | Officially established? | How to handle it |
|---|---|---|
| Salon city | Yes: Lumiose City. | Use city navigation and in-game signage to find the facility. |
| Individual hairstyle names | No. | Read the names shown in your own salon menu. |
| Total number of hairstyles | No. | Do not treat an incomplete online list as definitive. |
| Salon prices | No. | Check the confirmation screen before accepting a service. |
| Exact street address | No. | Use the current game map and local signs. |
| Approximate Outfit & Looks access | Yes: about one hour of play. | Use it as an estimate, not an exact unlock timer. |
Are Furfrou trims the same as player hairstyles?
No. Furfrou grooming is a separate Pokémon mechanic and should not be confused with the player-character salon. Furfrou trims take place at a specialty shop, where a Scyther learns more difficult Furfrou styles through practice. Those trims change a Pokémon’s appearance; they do not add hairstyles to the player-character menu.
If you are searching for a new character haircut, return to the Lumiose City salon rather than the specialty shop associated with Furfrou. Conversely, if your goal is a Furfrou form, look for the grooming service and its practice progression instead of the human-character appearance menu.
What should I do if a hairstyle option is missing?
Work through the following checks before assuming the feature is broken:
- Confirm the target. Make sure you are editing the player character, not grooming Furfrou.
- Confirm the location. The documented player salon feature is in Lumiose City.
- Check progression. The Outfit & Looks feature is described as arriving after approximately one hour, and individual services may not share the same timing.
- Read the current prompt. The official pages do not define universal button labels, so follow the controls displayed by your platform and settings.
- Look for category navigation. Hair shape, colour, colour treatments, eyebrows, and other settings may be separate tabs or menu entries rather than one long list.
- Do not infer a missing option from an online screenshot. The official material does not establish a complete catalogue or explain whether every choice is available immediately.
If the salon still cannot be used after the relevant story progress, consult the game’s current support information or capture the exact on-screen message. A generic claim that a style is permanently unavailable is not supported by the published feature announcement.
Does buying DLC or apparel unlock hairstyles?
The official DLC announcement discusses apparel sets and the approximate timing for readjusting outfits and looks. It does not say that purchasing an apparel set unlocks a particular haircut, colour, or salon treatment. Treat clothing content and salon customization as separate systems unless the game itself explicitly connects them in its current menu.
The game is identified by the official material as compatible with Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. That compatibility information does not establish different hairstyle inventories between the two systems.
What is the safest way to document your favourite look?
Since no complete official catalogue is available, record your own selections if you expect to recreate them. Note the hairstyle’s in-game label if one is shown, the solid base colour, the treatment type, and any eyebrow setting. A screenshot of the preview is more reliable than a descriptive name copied from an unofficial list, particularly when several styles have similar silhouettes.
Keep the record with the character or outfit context in which you tested it. Colour treatments can look different against different clothing colours and in different scenes, so a short note about the outfit helps you reproduce the same overall effect later.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I change my character’s hairstyle more than once?
The official announcement describes salons as places to define your look but does not state a limit on the number of changes. It also does not publish a cooldown or one-time-use rule, so check the salon’s current confirmation screen for the rules in your game.
Do hairstyles affect battles, stats, or abilities?
No gameplay effect is described in the official feature announcement. The listed salon functions are appearance settings, so there is no documented evidence that a haircut changes combat performance.
Are the same salon options available on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2?
The official information identifies the game as compatible with both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. It does not describe separate hairstyle inventories by hardware, so any difference should be verified in the menus for your installed version.
Can I use the player salon to trim Furfrou?
No. Furfrou grooming uses a separate specialty shop, and its Scyther learns more difficult trims through practice. The player-character salon and Furfrou service are different appearance systems.