Meltan

#0807

Zeraora

#0808

Meltan

#0809

Melmetal

Meltan

Regular
Shiny

Region of origin

Unknown

Main Type

Steel

Pokédex information

Number

#0808

Weight

Height

8 kg
XXS: < 4 kg
XS: < 6 kg
XL: > 10 kg
XXL: > 12 kg

0.2 m
XXS: < 0.1 m
XS: < 0.15 m
XL: > 0.25 m
XXL: > 0.3 m

Buddy, candy and family

Candy

Candy XL

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 Level 50: 1,207 1,221	12 - 114 115 Level 50: 121 122

Second Charged Attack
Stardust cost	Candy cost
100,000	100

Capture stats

Capture rate

Flee rate

30%

0%

Dodge type

Jumping

Gender ratio
Gender unknown
100%

Type effectiveness

Resistant to

62.5% of damage from:

Bug

Dragon

Fairy

Flying

Grass

Ice

Normal

Psychic

Rock

Steel

39% of damage from:

Poison

Weak to

160% of damage from:

Fighting

Fire

Ground

Availability

Available in Wild:

Yes (Mystery Box only)

Available from Eggs:

No

Available as Raid Boss:

No

Available as Shadow Raid Boss:

No

Available from Field Research:

No

Shiny form available:

Yes

Shadow form available:

No

Meltan is a Steel-type Mythical Pokémon from an unknown region. It evolves into Melmetal when fed 400 candies.

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

4 (8) / 4

Charged attacks[]

Flash Cannon

100 (40) / 110

Thunderbolt

80 (32) / 90

Evolution family[]

Meltan is part of a two-member family.

421.

#0808 Meltan

400

#0809 Melmetal

421.

#0808 Meltan

400

#0809 Melmetal

Availability[]

Meltan was released along with the release of Mystery Box on November 14^th, 2018.
Shiny form of Meltan was released on February 5^th, 2019.

Method	Maximum CP	Details
Wild	915 991 (weather boosted)	Only available from Mystery Box
Research tasks	457	Special Research/Timed Research: 8th Anniversary Party Premium Timed Research - Completing 1st part 8th Anniversary Party Timed Research (8 encounters) Professor's Research - Completing 5th part Let's GO, Meltan - Completing 8th part Collection Challenge: Let's GO Collection Challenge TCG Crossover: Advanced Collection Challenge

Shiny form has only been available during:

8th Anniversary Party: 2024 Jun 28 - Jul 3^[1]
Let's GO!: 2023 Mar 21 - 29^[2]
Pokémon TCG Crossover Event: 2022 Jun 16 - 30^[3]
5th Anniversary: 2021 Jul 6 - 15^[4]
Pokémon HOME Event: 2020 Nov 17 - 23^[5]
2019 Apr 24 - May 5^[6]
2019 Feb 5 - Mar 4^[7]

Gallery[]

Avatar Items[]

Meltan Pullover

200

Shiny Meltan release

(male)

Meltan Pullover

200

Shiny Meltan release

(female)

Meltan Cap

150

Shiny Meltan release

(male)

Meltan Cap

150

Shiny Meltan release

(female)

Meltan Earrings

50

Shiny Meltan release

(female)

Stickers[]

Pokémon TCG Crossover Event

8th Anniversary Party

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.^[8]
- Meltan was originally unavailable for capture, but it appeared in the wild as a disguised Ditto.^[9]
- Meltan and its evolution are 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.^[10]
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.^[10] Despite this, Meltan and its evolution are not Electric-type.
Clearly a curious Pokémon, Meltan is very expressive and shows an interest in all kinds of things.^[10]
Meltan and its evolution are the only Pokémon to classified under as being from Unknown origins in Pokédex.
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.
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.
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 mass transfer. ^[10]
Professor Willow said that his buddy is Meltan.