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#0808 · Generation VII

Meltan

Steel · Hex Nut Pokémon — first seen in Generation VII.

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Base stats

StatBaseMinMax
HP46
202296
Attack65
121251
Defense65
121251
Sp. Attack55
103229
Sp. Defense35
67185
Speed34
65183
Total300

Min and max are at level 100: the minimum is 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature, the maximum 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a beneficial nature. Shedinja's HP is always 1 whatever the formula says.

Type defences

Damage Meltan takes from each attacking type.

×2
FightingGroundFire
×½
NormalFlyingRockBugSteelGrassPsychicIceDragonFairy
×0
Poison
×1
GhostWaterElectricDark

Evolution

Meltan does not evolve, and nothing evolves into it.

In the ROM hacks it evolves differently

Each guide's own line, in the words its creator published.

In Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition

Moves

Meltan is not in any of the 16 official games this site covers (Red & Blue through Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon), so there is no learnset here yet.

Where to find it in the official games

Not obtainable in the wild in any of the 16 official games this site covers. In those games it has to be evolved, traded or bred — or it belongs to a game whose data is not here yet.

Where to find it in the ROM hacks

12 guides on this site put it somewhere you can catch it. Areas link to that guide's own route page, with its own rates and levels.

GuideWhere
Pokémon Too Many Types 2
Meteor FallsHidden · Lv — · 25%
Route 103Hidden · Lv — · 100%
Safari Zone Champion CoveGrass · Lv — · 4%rare
Pokémon R.O.W.E
Artisan CaveGrass · Lv Scales · 1%rare
Meteor FallsGrass · Lv Scales · 1%rare
Celia's Stupid Romhack
Aether Paradise EntranceRock Smash · Lv 5 · 100%
Route 22Rock Smash · Lv 5 · 100%
Route 4Rock Smash · Lv 5 · 100%
and 5 more areas
Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus
BallonleaLegendary · Lv 30 · 100%
Radical Red
Safari Zone Area 1Grass (Day) · Lv 50-52 · 20%
Safari Zone Area 1Grass (Night) · Lv 50-52 · 20%
Rock Tunnel Magearna's ChamberGrass (Day) · Lv 83-85 · 2%rare
and 3 more areas
Elite Redux
Mossdeep City Steven's HouseStatic Encounter · Lv —
Pokémon Ambrosia
Route 32Grass (night) · Lv 15 · 2%rare
Route 32Grass (morning/day) · Lv 15 · 2%rare
Route 38Grass · Lv 26 · 10%
and 3 more areas
Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition
Route 108One-off Pokémon · Lv 30 · static
Pokémon Emerald Squared
Safari Zone NorthwestLand · Lv 40-50 · 5%
Pokémon Tourmaline
Dream ResortGift egg · Lv —
Poke47
Mauville Game CornerGacha (Basic Gacha) · Lv 15-30 · 1%rare
Mauville Game CornerGacha (Master Gacha) · Lv 15-30 · 24%
Pokémon FireRed Deluxe
Crystaleye CavernGrass · Lv 35 · 20%
Unboundnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Emerald Roguenot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Soulgoldnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Heart & Soulnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Inclement Emeraldnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Emerald Imperiumnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrownot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Exceedednot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokemon Kanto Expansion Paknot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
HeartGold Generationsnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Saiph 2not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Parallel Emeraldnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Overcomplicatednot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Mirror Goldnot in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it

Compare official Meltan with the ROM hacks →

In the 26 guides that include it

Changed in 19 of 26 guides: retyped in 2, stats in 6, abilities in 2, evolution in 18.

Every ROM hack on this site that has Meltan, and what it did to it. Guides that changed something are first. Click one for that version's full page — locations, moveset and TMs.

GuideTypeTotalAbilities
Unbound
Evolves into Melmetal with a Metal Coat
Evolves into Melmetal with a Metal Powder
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull, Clearbody
+ Clearbody
Pokémon Too Many Types 2ChangedSteel→LittleThing300—
Pokémon Soulgold
Evolves into Melmetal — Level 60
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon R.O.W.E
Evolves into Melmetal at Level 53
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Celia's Stupid Romhack
Evolves into Melmeowth at Level 1
ChangedSteel→Poison300Pooey, Pooey
+ Pooey, Pooey
Radical Red
Evolves into Melmetal with a Metal Coat
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Elite Redux
Evolves into Melmetal at level 55
ChangedSteel375 +75
+35 HP, +16 Attack, +16 Defense, +8 Sp. Atk
Full Metal Body, Steely Spirit, Gooey
Inclement Emerald
Evolves into Melmetal on level-up while holding a Metal Coat
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon Ambrosia
Evolves into Melmetal at level 50
ChangedSteel360 +60
+34 HP, +15 Attack, +15 Defense, -4 Speed
Boosted punches, Immune to stat drops
Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition
Evolves into Melmetal — use Metal Candy
Changed0 -300
-46 HP, -65 Attack, -65 Defense, -55 Sp. Atk, -35 Sp. Def, -34 Speed
—
Pokémon Emerald Imperium
Evolves into Melmetal with a Metal Coat
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon Exceeded
Evolves into Melmetal with a Metal Coat
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon Emerald Squared
Evolves into Melmetal with a Metal Coat
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokemon Kanto Expansion Pak
Evolves into Melmetal with a Candy Jar
ChangedSteel270 -30
-10 Defense, -20 Sp. Atk
—
Poke47
Evolves into Melmetal — Level up: 32 (Walk 1000 steps)
ChangedSteel310 +10
+10 Sp. Atk
Magnet Pull
Pokémon FireRed Deluxe
Evolves into Melmetal at Level 55
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon Saiph 2
Evolves into Melmetal at level 50
Changed0 -300
-46 HP, -65 Attack, -65 Defense, -55 Sp. Atk, -35 Sp. Def, -34 Speed
—
Pokémon Parallel Emerald
Evolves into Melmetal at level 50
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon Mirror Gold
Evolves into Melmetal — at level 60
ChangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Emerald RogueUnchangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon Heart & SoulUnchangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Sword and Shield Ultimate PlusUnchangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon: Wishes of TomorrowUnchangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon TourmalineUnchanged300—
HeartGold GenerationsUnchangedSteel300Magnet Pull
Pokémon OvercomplicatedUnchangedSteel300Adaptability

Names in other languages

Japaneseメルタン
Japanese (Rōmaji)Meltan
GermanMeltan
FrenchMeltan
SpanishMeltan
ItalianMeltan
Korean멜탄
Chinese (Simplified)美录坦
Chinese (Traditional)美錄坦

Official data here is present-day reference data from PokéAPI, not a snapshot of any one game's era — the Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived partway through the series, so a difference against an older game can belong to the series rather than to that ROM hack.