Meltan

#649

Genesect

#808

Meltan

#809

Melmetal

Meltan

Regular
Shiny

Region of origin

Unknown

Main Type

Steel

Pokédex information

Number

#808

Height

Weight

0.2 m

8 kg

Buddy, candy and family

Candy

Pokémon family

Meltan family

Buddy distance

Buddy type

20 km

Medium

Base stats
Attack	Defense	Stamina
118	99	130

Combat stats
CP range	HP range
11 - 1,068 1,081	12 - 114

Second Charged Attack
Stardust cost	Candy cost
100,000	100

Capture stats

Capture rate

30%

Gender ratio
Genderless
100%

Type effectiveness

Resistant to

62.5% of damage from:

Bug

Ice

39% of damage from:

Poison

Weak to

160% of damage from:

Fighting

Fire

Ground

Availability

Available in the Wild:

Yes (Mystery Box only)

Available from the Eggs:

No

Available as the Raid Boss:

No

Available from Research Tasks:

Yes (Special Research)

Shiny form available:

Yes

Meltan is a Steel-type Mythical Pokémon. It evolves into Melmetal when fed 400 candies. Meltan is available as the reward for Special Research tasks series — Let's GO, Meltan. Alternatively, a Mystery Box can be received from Pokémon: Let's Go in order to capture more Meltan.

Pokédex description

Hex Nut Pokémon

It melts particles of iron and other metals found in the subsoil, so it can absorb them into its body of molten steel.

► - Meltan's cry

Possible attacks

Fast attacks

Thunder Shock

5 (8)

Charged attacks

Flash Cannon

100 (37)

Thunderbolt

80 (32)

Evolution family

Meltan is part of a two-member family.

421.

#808 Meltan

400
→

#809 Melmetal

Availability

Meltan was released on Let's GO, Meltan Special Research on November 16^th, 2018.
Shiny form of Meltan was released on February 5^th, 2019.
- It was available until March 4^th, 2019.^[1]
- Shiny Meltan became available again from April 24^th, 2019 until May 5^th, 2019.^[2]

Method	Maximum CP	Details
Wild	915 991 (weather boosted)	Only available from Mystery Box
Research tasks	457	Special Research: Let's GO, Meltan - Completing 8th part

Gallery

Trivia

Meltan was first teased after the September 2018 Community Day on September 22^nd, 2018. Then it was officially revealed on September 25^th.^[3]
- It was originally unavailable for capture, but it appeared in the wild as a disguised Ditto.^[4]
- It is the first and only Pokémon to debut in Pokémon GO before any other Pokémon game, including the main series.
Most of Meltan's 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.^[5]
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.^[5] Despite this, Meltan and its evolution are not Electric-type.
Meltan and its evolution are the only Pokémon to classified under as being from Unknown origins.
Clearly a curious Pokémon, Meltan is very expressive and shows an interest in all kinds of things.^[5]
Its name was originally displayed as "???" in gameplay and in game data it was referred either as "Pokémon 891" or "Kecleon", the second one was because of Meltan being initially released in the game by replacement of Kecleon assets before its own were added to game files.
- Additionally, following names were given for this Pokémon in player community before its official name was announced: "Nutto", "Nutface", "Incogditto", and “DittoNut”. All of these nicknames refer to either its nut-shaped head or its resemblance to Ditto.
Its small, silver body resembles Ditto and a hardware nut-shaped head with an eye floating inside, which when displayed in nearby as shadow silhouette resembles Unown.
Before Melmetal was revealed there were speculations that Meltan would have an evolution form, as there were sound files in game data hinting it as well as mysterious shadow at the end of Pokemon Let's Go: Meltan Evolution Teaser Trailer.
There are sound files of Meltan's and Melmetal's cries in game assets. These files are called "pv891.wav" and "pv892.wav" and they implied that Meltan's National Pokédex entry number could be 891, which could confirm at least 86 new Pokémon species introduced in Generation VIII of the core games series, however after final release of this Pokémon to the game its Pokédex number was revealed to be #808.
It is one of the 4 Pokémon that require 400 candies to evolve, the other being Magikarp, Swablu and Wailmer.
Meltan candies can be acquired by sending Meltan from Pokémon GO to Pokémon: Let's Go which is strongly recommended since Meltan like all mythical Pokémon cannot be selected to transfer. ^[5]
Meltan is the only Mythical Pokémon that can evolve.
- Meltan and and its evolution are also the only Mythical Pokémon that can be transferred, traded, and be deployed as Gym defender.