# Melmetal and Meltan, Mythical Pokémon in Let’s Go: Pikachu and Eevee

*Published:* 2021-07-19
*Author:* Joe Dynamite

As we’ve discussed [before](https://www.joedynamite.com/article/magearna-the-mythical-pokemon-in-sun-and-moon/), I have been a Pokémon fan since *[Pokémon Red](https://ebay.us/7UOldb)* and *[Blue](https://ebay.us/rSAcSA)* came out many, many years ago. When I saw *[Pokémon Let’s Go: Pikachu!](https://amzn.to/3BK7n5f)* and *[Let’s Go: Eevee!](https://amzn.to/3BK5iq7)*, like many others, I was excited for the opportunity to experience the Kanto region again. At that time, I wasn’t following Pokémon anymore, so I missed the announcement of these two new Mythical Pokémon. I eventually heard about them on the [Nintendo Power Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2JiZAV5BmDVHtik3w5OCMMg34D-H3_ad). They are a set of Mythical Pokémon explicitly introduced as a tie-in between *Pokémon Let’s Go* and *Pokémon GO* on mobile.

![](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/meltan-pokedex-entry-pokemon-lets-go.jpg)Meltan Pokedex Entry![](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/melmetal-pokedex-entry-pokemon-lets-go.jpg)Melmetal Pokedex EntryThese Pokémon are Meltan and their evolved form Melmetal. The way to get Meltan is to link your *Pokémon Let’s Go* game for Nintendo Switch with your mobile *Pokémon GO* game. Now, I didn’t play much *Pokémon GO* but I had an account so I was able to link them pretty easily. Once connected, you will get a Mystery Box in *Pokémon GO*. Opening the Mystery Box will attract Meltan to your location for 30 minutes. You’ll want to catch as many as you can, and I’ll explain why.

You can transfer Meltan to *Pokémon Let’s Go* (and now *[Pokémon Sword](https://amzn.to/3vgK6p2)* and *[Shield](https://amzn.to/3BJOBek)*), but there is no way to evolve it outside *Pokémon GO*. The only way to evolve Meltan into Melmetal is with Meltan Candy. You’ll need 400 candies to evolve one Melmetal, and you get them from sending all your extra Meltan to the professor. You can transfer Meltan and Melmetal to your *Pokémon Let’s Go* game by going to Safari Park in Fuschia City. And now you can transfer using Pokémon Home, which also allows you to transfer them to *Pokémon Sword* and *Shield*.

The Mystery Box is only usable once every couple of days. To activate it, you need to transfer any Pokemon from *GO* to your *Let’s Go* game. So it takes a little while to collect enough Meltan Candy for the evolution, but it is worth it. Seeing Melmetal follow you around in *Let’s Go* is pretty awesome since they’re so big.

![](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/melmetal-in-pallet-town-pokemon-lets-go-960x540.jpg)Taking my Melmetal for a walk around Pallet TownAnd while you still cannot evolve a Meltan outside of *Pokémon GO*, and you’ll still have to follow the above steps if you want more than one, there is now another way to get a Melmetal without having to grind. After some updates, you can finally link Pokémon Home and *Pokémon GO* directly. If you transfer any Pokémon from *GO* to Home, you will get a Mystery Gift that contains Melmetal in Pokémon Home. Not only is this Melmetal max level, but it is a Gigantamax Melmetal. So when you’ve transferred it over to *Pokémon Sword* and *Shield*, you can Gigantamax in specific battles and use G-Max Meltdown.

![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/gigantamax-melmetal-960x540.jpg)Gigantamax Melmetal leaping out of its PokéballMeltan and Melmetal don’t count towards Pokédex completion, but for those that want to “catch ’em all,” there are two additional Pokémon you need to catch. Thankfully these ones aren’t too hard to get.