{"id":48302,"date":"2026-04-29T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=48302"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:53:50","slug":"how-to-get-shiny-meltan-in-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=48302","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Shiny Meltan In Pokemon Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1578\/15787979\/4689343-4630070417-34964.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pokemon Go&#8217;s Steeled Resolve event is officially underway, shining the spotlight on various steel types like the debuting Orthworm. That isn&#8217;t the only special Pokemon you can encounter in the mobile game right now, however. The event also brings back the elusive shiny Meltan.<\/p>\n<p>This shiny mythical Pokemon only appears during special events, making it rare even among shiny Pokemon. However, finding one involves persistence and a particular item called the Mystery Box, which you can only obtain through some convoluted means. Here&#8217;s a full breakdown on how to get the Mystery Box and catch shiny Meltan before the Steeled Resolve event ends.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"toc\"><span><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong> [hide]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"toc_list\" class=\"collapse in\">\n<li>How To Catch Meltan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"How_To_Catch_Meltan\">How To Catch Meltan<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike most Pokemon, Meltan doesn&#8217;t normally spawn in the wild. Rather, the mythical Pokemon will only appear after you&#8217;ve opened the Mystery Box&#8211;a special item that you&#8217;ll receive after you&#8217;ve linked your Pokemon Go account to Pokemon Home (or Pokemon: Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu or Let&#8217;s Go, Eevee for Nintendo Switch).<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/how-to-get-shiny-meltan-in-pokemon-go\/1100-6539679\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pokemon Go&#8217;s Steeled Resolve event is officially underway, shining the spotlight on various steel types like the debuting Orthworm. That isn&#8217;t the only special Pokemon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[21597,2879,7621],"class_list":["post-48302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-meltan","tag-pokemon","tag-shiny","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}