{"id":58113,"date":"2018-10-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/guide_pokemon_go_meltan_melmetal_and_mystery_boxes_-_what_is_meltan_and_how_to_catch_and_evolve_it"},"modified":"2018-10-26T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:00:00","slug":"guide-pokemon-go-meltan-melmetal-and-mystery-boxes-what-is-meltan-and-how-to-catch-and-evolve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/26\/guide-pokemon-go-meltan-melmetal-and-mystery-boxes-what-is-meltan-and-how-to-catch-and-evolve-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Meltan, Melmetal, and Mystery Boxes &#8211; What Is Meltan and How to Catch and Evolve it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/46064f3d19590\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/46064f3d19590\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Meltan\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/46064f3d19590\/meltan.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/46064f3d19590\/meltan.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Meltan\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Meltan is a brand new Pok\u00e9mon coming soon to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee\">Pok\u00e9mon: Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go, Eevee!<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s the only generation eight monster that we know about so far, and The Pok\u00e9mon Company chose to announce it in a completely unprecedented manner. Right after the September Community Day concluded, Meltan appeared in the game with no name or CP, and upon catching it it would turn into a Ditto. This sent the internet raving mad.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all in the past now though, as we know pretty much all there is to know about Meltan. We know it evolves into Melmetal, is a Mythical Hex Nut Pok\u00e9mon, and will be available in both Pok\u00e9mon GO and Let&#8217;s Go. In this guide, we&#8217;ll go through everything we know about Meltan at this point, including its type, evolutions, and when it might appear in the game.<\/p>\n<nav role=\"navigation\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<h2>On this page:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/guide_pokemon_go_meltan_melmetal_and_mystery_boxes_-_what_is_meltan_and_how_to_catch_and_evolve_it#pokemon-go-meltan\">Pok\u00e9mon GO &#8211; Meltan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/guide_pokemon_go_meltan_melmetal_and_mystery_boxes_-_what_is_meltan_and_how_to_catch_and_evolve_it#original-story-meltan-speculation\">Original Story &#8211; Meltan Speculation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"pokemon-go-meltan\">Pok\u00e9mon GO &#8211; Meltan<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"what-is-meltan\">What Is Meltan?<\/h3>\n<p>Meltan is a brand new Steel type Pok\u00e9mon just introduced in Pok\u00e9mon GO. It&#8217;s a Mythical Pok\u00e9mon that is also described as a Hex Nut Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official description:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Most of Meltan\u2019s body is made from liquid metal, and its shape is very fluid. It can use its liquid arms and legs to corrode metal and absorb it into its own body.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Meltan generates electricity using the metal it absorbs from outside sources. It uses this electricity as an energy source and also as an attack that can be fired from its eye.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Clearly a curious Pok\u00e9mon, Meltan is very expressive and shows an interest in all kinds of things<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h3 id=\"how-do-i-catch-meltan\">How Do I Catch Meltan?<\/h3>\n<p>The short answer is you can&#8217;t \u2013 not right now. Meltan won&#8217;t be available in Pok\u00e9mon GO until Let&#8217;s Go launches later this year, and even then the catching method is a little different to the norm.<\/p>\n<p>In what can only be described as a pretty cynical move on The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s part, you actually have to own Let&#8217;s Go to catch Meltan, Here&#8217;s how it works in steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Transfer a Pok\u00e9mon from Pok\u00e9mon GO to Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s GO. You don&#8217;t have to transfer it to your own copy of Let&#8217;s Go, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-10-24-pokemon-go-meltan-melmetal-mystery-box-new-hex-nut-pokemon-5392#section-4\">Eurogamer<\/a>. A friend&#8217;s copy might do the trick.<\/li>\n<li>Open a Mystery Box that you&#8217;ll receive in Pok\u00e9mon GO for doing so. This releases Meltans into the wild for 30 minutes, allowing you to catch them to your heart&#8217;s content.<\/li>\n<li>After 30 minutes, the Mystery Box closes and you&#8217;ll have to transfer another Pok\u00e9mon to Let&#8217;s Go to get another Mystery Box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>New special research tasks will also make their way into Pok\u00e9mon GO shortly that relate to Meltan. That might offer another avenue for collecting the mysterious Pok\u00e9mon, but we won&#8217;t know until it&#8217;s available in the game.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-is-melmetal\">What is Melmetal?<\/h3>\n<p>Melmetal is Meltan&#8217;s evolution, which is a first of its kind for Mythical Pok\u00e9mon. None of the prior Mythical types like Mew or Celebi had evolutions.<\/p>\n<p>So it makes sense then that you have to collect 400 Meltan Candy to evolve into Melmetal \u2013 a feat that might prove surprisingly easy considering how you catch Meltan. Can you game the system to collect a ton of Meltans at whim?<\/p>\n<p>It seems that you can&#8217;t evolve Meltan to Melmetal in Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go, which is curious. Instead, you&#8217;ll have to transfer it from Pok\u00e9mon Go into Let&#8217;s Go.<\/p>\n<p>Melmetal is a Steel-type Pok\u00e9mon with a signature move called Double Iron Bash. It&#8217;s a Steel type too, hits twice, and makes your opponent flinch.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Melmetal\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aef8b31e76a8e\/melmetal.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aef8b31e76a8e\/melmetal.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Melmetal\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"original-story-meltan-speculation\">Original Story &#8211; Meltan Speculation<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"where-did-it-come-from\">Where Did It Come From?<\/h3>\n<p>All we know so far is that this mysterious Pok\u00e9mon randomly started appearing shortly after the September Community Day, and that many players have encountered it since.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-is-it\">What Is It?<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s as of yet unclear. It currently has no name, doesn&#8217;t appear in the Pok\u00e9dex, and turns into a Ditto the moment you try and catch it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Nut Pokemon\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e55161e83f152\/nut-pokemon.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e55161e83f152\/nut-pokemon.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Nut Pokemon\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h3 id=\"is-it-an-accident\">Is It An Accident?<\/h3>\n<p>Initial speculation pointed towards the Nut Pok\u00e9mon being a placeholder inclusion in Pok\u00e9mon GO, and that releasing it into the wild was a accident on Niantic&#8217;s part. This was later somewhat miscredited when Niantic&#8217;s Head of Marketing Kento Suga <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/random_pokemon_gos_nut_pokemon_has_been_causing_mayhem_among_players\">tweeted about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"is-it-kecleon\">Is It Kecleon?<\/h3>\n<p>So far, fan theories have pointed towards two pretty solid conclusions: that this mysterious Pok\u00e9mon is Kecleon or a brand new Pok\u00e9mon entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Kecleon is a chameleon-like Pok\u00e9mon that can take the form of its environment in order to hide, which could explain Ditto&#8217;s confusion when it tries to transform into it. Dataminers found further &#8220;evidence&#8221; when they discovered that the mysterious Nut Pok\u00e9mon was labeled as &#8216;Kecleon&#8217; in the game files.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"could-this-be-the-mysterious-new-pokemon-promised-in-lets-go-pikachu-and-lets-go-eevee\">Could This Be The Mysterious New Pok\u00e9mon Promised In Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go, Eevee?<\/h3>\n<p>Almost certainly. In fact, the Pok\u00e9mon itself has now appeared on the official site for Pok\u00e9mon: Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go, Eevee!, and the official description claims that Pok\u00e9mon GO is &#8220;key to meeting this curious new Pok\u00e9mon in Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu! and Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Eevee!.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Kecleon\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/416713b79ae9b\/kecleon.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/416713b79ae9b\/kecleon.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Kecleon\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h3 id=\"when-will-we-find-out-exactly-what-this-is\">When Will We Find Out Exactly What This Is?<\/h3>\n<p>Either way, we should find out what this mysterious new Pok\u00e9mon is very soon. If it is Kecleon, then Niantic can introduce it properly at any point, as Gen 3 is already available within the game. If not, well, it&#8217;s not that long until Pok\u00e9mon: Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go, Eevee! launch on Nintendo Switch. Maybe then?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, we&#8217;ll keep on top of this fan speculation and keep this guide updated with any developments. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you reckon this mysterious new Pok\u00e9mon is? Is it Kecleon? A Brand new Pok\u00e9mon? Something else entirely? 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It&#8217;s the only generation eight monster that we know about so far, and The Pok\u00e9mon Company chose to announce it in a completely unprecedented manner. 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