Metal Coat

Items pocket · sells for $50

Effect

An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a special metal film that boosts the power of Steel-type moves 1.2 times.

Follow the linked quests for story requirements. A listed source does not always mean you can get the item more than once.

Gifts from people

• Route 11 · see Route 11: cut the grass or save it (choose a side)

Wild Pokémon holding this item

These wild Pokémon can carry Metal Coat. The hold chance is the base chance that the Pokémon has the item when encountered, before Ability effects such as Compound Eyes. The encounter chance shows how often that Pokémon appears for the listed method and time.

Locations are in rough story order for each Pokémon. Radio, swarm and other special encounters require the conditions shown; see the location page for details. Calendar encounters can replace ordinary encounter slots. Safari Zone entries depend on the selected area and, where noted, its objects and their development. “Not fixed” means no fixed encounter chance is listed. Contest weights are shown as weights, not percentages.

Wild Pokémon holding Metal Coat

Pokémon	Hold chance	Locations
Magnemite	5%	View locations (7)
Magneton	5%	View locations (6)
Steelix	5%	View locations (2)
Skarmory	5%	View locations (2)
Beldum	5%	View locations (2)
Bronzor	5%	View locations (3)
Bronzong	5%	View locations (1)
Magnezone	5%	View locations (1)

Magnemite · 5% hold chance

Where to find Magnemite holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 6	Grass/cave, morning and day	15	10%
Route 6	Grass/cave, night	15	10%
Route 11	Grass/cave, morning	15	20%
Route 11	Grass/cave, day	15	20%
Route 11	Grass/cave, night	15	20%
Route 10	Grass/cave, morning and day	16	10%
Route 10	Grass/cave, night	16	10%
Power Plant	Grass/cave, morning	32–33	20%
Power Plant	Grass/cave, day	33	10%
Power Plant	Grass/cave, night	33	10%
Dark Cave · Dark Cave Route 31 Side	Grass/cave, morning	32–33	20%
Dark Cave · Dark Cave Route 31 Side	Grass/cave, day	33	10%
Dark Cave · Dark Cave Route 31 Side	Grass/cave, night	33	10%
Route 38	Grass/cave, morning and day	16	20%
Route 38	Grass/cave, night	16	20%
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Peak	Safari Zone: Peak area selected, Grass, all day	15	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Peak	Safari Zone: Peak area selected, Grass, all day	16	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Wasteland	Safari Zone: Wasteland area selected, Grass, all day	15	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Wasteland	Safari Zone: Wasteland area selected, Grass, all day	16	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Wasteland	Safari Zone: Wasteland area selected, Grass, all day	17	Not fixed

Magneton · 5% hold chance

Where to find Magneton holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Power Plant	Grass/cave, morning	34	10%
Power Plant	Grass/cave, day	34	10%
Power Plant	Grass/cave, night	34	10%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday	Grass/cave, morning and day	45–47	15%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday	Grass/cave, night	45–47	15%
Victory Road · Victory Road 2F	Grass/cave, any time	55	4%
Cerulean Cave	Grass/cave, morning and day	39–40	11%
Cerulean Cave	Grass/cave, night	40	10%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave 2F	Grass/cave, morning and day	41	10%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave 2F	Grass/cave, night	41	10%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F	Grass/cave, morning and day	45–47	15%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F	Grass/cave, night	45–47	15%
Dark Cave · Dark Cave Route 31 Side	Grass/cave, morning	34	10%
Dark Cave · Dark Cave Route 31 Side	Grass/cave, day	34	10%
Dark Cave · Dark Cave Route 31 Side	Grass/cave, night	34	10%
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Peak	Safari Zone: Peak area selected, Grass, all day	17	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Mountain	Safari Zone: Mountain area selected, Grass, all day	17	Not fixed

Steelix · 5% hold chance

Where to find Steelix holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Victory Road · Victory Road 3F	Grass/cave, morning	75	1%
Victory Road · Victory Road 3F	Grass/cave, day	75	1%
Victory Road · Victory Road 3F	Grass/cave, night	75	1%
Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F	Grass/cave, morning and day	35	1%
Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F	Grass/cave, night	35	1%

Skarmory · 5% hold chance

Where to find Skarmory holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 38	Grass/cave, morning and day	16	10%
Route 38	Grass/cave, night	16	10%
Route 45	Grass/cave, morning	35	4%

Beldum · 5% hold chance

Where to find Beldum holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Monday	Grass/cave, any time	20	1%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park — standing Pokémon	Scripted wild battle; After the Cianwood Gym story opens the Resort Zone, enter Pal Park’s Fixed Catch mode for $10,000 with room for six more Pokémon in the PC. This standing Pokémon appears on Sunday, or Monday 07:00–18:59. Bring your own Poké Balls.	10	Not fixed
Route 26	Grass/cave, morning	30	1%
Route 26	Grass/cave, day	30	1%

Bronzor · 5% hold chance

Where to find Bronzor holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Thursday	Grass/cave, any time	20	10%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Saturday	Grass/cave, any time	20	10%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park — standing Pokémon	Scripted wild battle; After the Cianwood Gym story opens the Resort Zone, enter Pal Park’s Fixed Catch mode for $10,000 with room for six more Pokémon in the PC. This standing Pokémon appears on Thursday or Saturday. Bring your own Poké Balls.	10	Not fixed
Ruins of Alph · Ruins of Alph Underground Hall	Scripted wild battle; Give the injured girl outside the Ruins of Alph a Potion, then touch the fourth statue from the left in the Underground Hall’s top row. One chance: catching it, knocking it out or fleeing removes it; only losing allows a retry.	25	Not fixed
Slowpoke Well · Slowpoke Well B1F	Grass/cave, morning and day	6	20%
Slowpoke Well · Slowpoke Well B1F	Grass/cave, night	6	20%

Bronzong · 5% hold chance

Where to find Bronzong holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F	Grass/cave, morning and day	33	20%
Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F	Grass/cave, night	33	20%

Magnezone · 5% hold chance

Where to find Magnezone holding Metal Coat

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Victory Road · Victory Road 2F	Grass/cave, any time	60	4%

Other uses

Evolution requirements

• Meowth → Perrserker: level up holding Metal Coat (day)
• Scyther → Scizor: level up holding Metal Coat (day)

Held by trainers’ Pokémon (1 teams)

A trainer's held item is not necessarily obtainable. Check the battle location and story conditions on their team page.

• Hoenn Trainer Steven

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