Here's how to get Meltan in Pokemon Go

While Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee reduce the bestiary of the series to only 151 original monsters (as well as their Alolan variants), players will be able to purchase a brand new Pokemon in the games: the strange mythical Pokemon. Meltan. The Pokemon company had already explained that the way to acquire Meltan involved linking Go Go to Pokemon Go, but we now know exactly how you can get one.

According to The Pokemon Company, the first step to catching Meltan is to send a mobile game Pokemon to the Switch titles. After transferring a Generation 1 monster from Pokemon Go to Let's Go, you will receive a special item called Mystery Box in Pokemon Go. Unlike most of the items you can get in the game, the Mystery Box is reusable . you will be able to activate it from time to time, which will give you an opportunity to capture Meltan in Pokemon Go. You will then be able to transfer the mythical Pokemon to Let's Go titles and add it to your collection.

"Meltan will begin to appear as soon as a mystery box will be opened in Pokemon Go, but be careful, they will only appear to the player who opened the mystery box," Pokemon says on its website. "Touch a Meltan you see on the field map, then try to catch it with a Poke Ball!" Once the mystery box is closed, you will have to wait a while, then transfer another Pokémon to Let's Go to reopen it.

As mentioned earlier, you will only be able to transfer the original 151 Pokémon – as well as their Alolan forms – from Pokemon Go to Let's Go, and the process is a one-way transfer; monsters you send to Switch games can not be sent back to Pokemon Go. The ones you transfer will end up in Go Park, a new installation that will replace the Fuchsia City Safari Zone. As we recently learned, Go Park is made up of 20 parks that each hold 50 Pokemon. You can store up to 1,000 monsters in total on the site.

Go Park is not only good for bringing your favorite Pokemon Go monsters; If you transfer 25 identical species, you will be able to play a mini-game in an area of ​​the Go park called Play Yard. This game is to bring all Pokémon to the goal before the time runs out; if you manage to clean it, you will receive candies that you can give Pokemon to improve his statistics.

In addition to the above method, the official Pokemon website indicates that players will be able to get Meltan in Pokemon Go through a new series of special search quests. The Pokemon company has not given more details on what this new special search quest will involve, but it will be available this winter.

Pokemon fans had a first glimpse of Meltan last month. Immediately after September Community Day, the swarms of Ditto posing as the new mythical Pokémon appeared in the wild for exactly 30 minutes, to disappear just as suddenly. Shortly thereafter, the Pokemon company officially unveiled the first details on Meltan, confirming that it was a pure Steel type Pokémon that could use its liquid body to corrode and absorb metal objects.

Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, launching Eevee for Switch on November 16th. The games will come out in parallel with the Poke Ball Plus, a Poke Ball accessory compatible with Switch and Pokemon Go games. Nintendo also releases Pokemon packs: Let's Go Switch the same day, which include a digital copy of the game. game with the aforementioned Poke Ball Plus, special yellow and brown Joy-Cons, and a switch dock with Pikachu and Eevee patterns.