The new Pokémon Meltan requires a whopping 400 candy to evolve, which is an outrageous thing to ask a struggling Pokémon Trainer. Sure, Pokémon like Magikarp, Feebas, Wailmer, and Swablu may already need that many candy, so what's the big deal - right? Well those Pokémon are all available to find in the wild, and none of them are all that rare. More importantly - none of them are holding a possible Generation 8 Pokemon at bay.
So, how do you catch Meltan and get enough candies to evolve him if he's so rare? Well, initially the strange little Pokémon was only available through a specific research quest, but these days the easiest way to obtain the 400 candy needed to evolve that little guy into a Melmetal is by connecting your game to
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Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! and transferring Pokémon into the new Pokémon Go Park that is available in Fuschia City. If you do this you will receive a Mystery Box which when opened allows Meltan to appear in your area for a limited amount of time - that being thirty minutes - not unlike a lure.
The good news is that Niantic must have noticed the complaining amongst the player community because with a recent update they have taken measures to fix that. Now, when you use a Mystery Box you will have the opportunity to encounter many more Meltan than you did before. This means it will be much easier for trainers to gather the hundreds of candy they need to evolve and get Meltan's even rarer evolutionary form, Melmetal!
Of course it's unfortunate that you have to wait a full seven days before you can activate the Mystery Box again - but this is definitely going to be a welcome improvement to Trainers who were pulling their hair out trying to figure out how they would complete their Pokédex. The question is, if we complain about something else - will Niantic keep listening? Let us know your thoughts!
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