Pokémon GO: Catch Meikro – How to obtain the new monster in the event ‘Steel Resolution’

Pokémon GO brings the new event “Steel Resolve”. The debut of a new Pokémon is also on the horizon: Meikro and its evolutions will appear for the first time.

When does the event start? Steel Resolve starts on January 21 at 10:00 AM. It runs until January 26 at 8:00 PM. So: From Tuesday to Sunday.

Dual Destiny continues: The season “Dual Destiny” brought its own special research. This will be updated with new steps at the start of “Steel Resolve”. Among other things, you will receive TMs and a lucky egg.

The highlight of Steel Resolve: The debut of the bird Pokémon Meikro is approaching. This is a small flying Pokémon from the eighth generation, which can evolve into Kravonid via Kranoviz.

Krarmor is a popular flying/steel-type Pokémon that trainers from the Galar region use as a flying taxi. The huge steel bird was quite a prominent Pokémon in the eighth generation.

Krarmor also appears in “Scarlet and Violet”, but there is no flying taxi in the Paldea region. The Pokédex provides insight into the “why”: “In Paldea, it does not serve as a flying taxi because airborne attacks from its natural enemies would endanger the passengers.”

It also has a Gigantamax form. However, when it will debut in Pokémon GO remains to be seen.

All content of the Steel Resolve event – How to get Meikro

How do I catch Meikro? You have several chances to catch Meikro during the event.

• It appears in 2 km eggs.
• You can lure it to PokéStops using Magnet Lures.
• You can earn it as a reward in the Battle League, if you win 3 battles in a set.

For the evolution to Kranoviz, you need 25 candies, and for Krarmor another 100.

Event bonuses: You can have your shadow Pokémon forget the useless move Frustration by using a TM. So you get another chance after the upcoming takeover event.

Additionally, the Magnet Lure attracts not only Meikro but also Onix, Tanhel, Schilterus, and other Pokémon.

Special moves: If you evolve certain Pokémon, you will receive a powerful special move for them. These are the following:

• Machoke: Karate Chop
• Feraligatr: Hydro Pump
• Morpeko: Aqua Tail
• Snorlax: Body Slam
• Krarmor: Steel Wing
• Suicune: Waterfall

Battle Week: During the event, there will also be a PvP battle week. This means:

• You can complete a total of 100 battles every day
• Victories yield four times the stardust
• There is a limited research to the PvP league
• The reward Pokémon from the league will have more varied stats

Which Pokémon will appear?

Here we list all Pokémon of the event. Possible shinies are marked with an asterisk*.

In the wild:

• Clefairy*
• Machop*
• Croconaw*
• Marill*
• Budew*
• Paldea-Felino*
• Shutterus*
• Scopel*
• Rocara
• Garstella*

Raids:

• Tier 1: Slurpuff*, Piplup*, Pam-Pam*, Amarino*
• Tier 5: Deoxys Attack Form* (until January 24), Deoxys Defense Form* (from January 24), Dialga* (from January 24)
• Mega Raids: Mega Gallade* (until January 24), Mega Medicham* (from January 24)

2 km eggs:

• Shutterus*
• Rocara
• Garstella*
• Meikro

In the shop, there will also be an optional limited research that costs $5 (comparable to Euros). This will also give you double hatch stardust during the event, but also some other rewards. There are still a few days to go until the event starts. What happens until then, you can read here: All events in Pokémon GO in January 2025.