Steel Pokémon Meltan can be caught in Pokémon GO in three different ways: first, via the special research story Let’s Go Meltan, second, via the Mystery Box and third, via rare event tasks, such as the current Pokémon TCG Crossover event. This guide introduces you to all three ways to catch Meltan in 2022.

Here’s the good news: Every player in Pokémon GO is guaranteed to at least catch one Meltan through this special research story, which is available to everyone after starting the game. That said, the quest line consists of nine steps with three tasks each, so there’s quite a bit of work to put into completing it. Furthermore, the tasks involve a lot of evolving of certain Pokémon, which you can make easier by planning ahead, and you need to catch Ditto, which makes this whole thing quite dependent on your luck.

Reward: 1,000 Stardust, 10 Poké Balls, an Incubator

Reward: 2,000 Stardust, 2 Lucky Eggs, a Fast ™

Reward: 10 Great Balls, 3 Incense, 3 Max Revives

Reward: 4,000 Stardust, 5 Pinap Berries, 5 Rare Candy

Reward: 5,000 Stardust, 20 Great Balls, 5 Lure Modules

Reward: a Silver Pinap Berry, a Metal Coat, 10 Ultra Balls

Reward: 10 Ultra Balls, a Charge TM, 3 Premium Raid Passes

Reward: 8,000 Stardust, a Star Piece, Meltan

Reward: 9,000 Stardust, a Super Incubator, 5 Meltan Candy

The Mystery Box is a special item in Pokémon GO that can be activated every four days to bring about an encounter with Meltan. It offers the only chance to catch the monster on a regular basis, which is especially important for those hunting the Shiny variant and for evolving it into Melmetal as you will require additional candy for that purpose.

You can get the Mystery Box by linking Pokémon GO with Pokémon HOME or Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu and transferring one of your monsters from the smartphone game there.

To link Pokémon GO with Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu , follow these steps in Pokémon GO :

Once that is done, follow these steps in Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu :

Once you have cleared this hurdle, you need to transfer a monster from Pokémon GO . You’ll now find a Switch icon in the top right corner of your Pokémon storage in the mobile title.

Then head to GO Park in Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu and do the following:

After that, you should get the Mystery Box as an item in Pokémon GO . Activate it like Incense to attract a Meltan to your location. The Mystery Box can only be activated again after three full days have passed and you have transferred another Pokémon out of Pokémon GO .

You don’t necessarily need to own Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu or even a Nintendo Switch to get the Mystery Box. Alternatively, the process works quite similarly via Pokémon HOME . For this, you need the Pokémon HOME app on your smartphone or Nintendo Switch – the free version is sufficient – as well as a Nintendo account. You must use the same Nintendo account for GO and HOME .

HOME prompts you to log in with a Nintendo account after starting it up anyway, so if you don’t actually have one yet, just follow the instructions in the app to register. In Pokémon GO , here’s what you do after you’ve set up HOME :

Once that is done, return to the Pokémon HOME setting in GO , where you will now find the Transfer Pokémon option.

Follow the instructions and choose the monster or monsters you want to transfer – again, it or they can’t return to GO at any point. Confirm the transfer in HOME and you will receive the Mystery Box in Pokémon GO .

The same mechanics will apply here as before: there is a cooldown on the activation and you will also need to transfer another Pokémon to use the box again. This works the same way with both the mobile app and the Switch app. You can also use Pokémon HOME to transfer monsters from Pokémon GO into Pokémon Sword/Shield .

During the TCG Crossover event from June 16, 2022, to July 1, 2022, at 8 p.m. local time, one of the six Collection Challenges rewards you with an encounter with Meltan. To make that happen, you’ll need to trade and catch the following Pokémon:

The TCG Crossover event also shortens the Mystery Box cooldown (it can be activated every two days during the event) and allows you to catch the Shiny variant.

Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.

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