Afterward years of waiting, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl accept finally arrived. The two titles are the latest in Nintendo's entrada to remake the unabridged Pokemon series for the Nintendo Switch and are adaptations of the original Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl.

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remain faithful to their predecessors, while also adding some quality-of-life improvements. 1 of the classic Pokemon systems to return is the unusual method of evolving Stone/Ground-type Onix into Steel/Ground-type Steelix. Dissimilar most Pokemon, this evolution won't occur naturally and requires players to acquire a special item called a Metal Coat.

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In that location are a few different ways to acquire the Metal Coat item in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, though none of them are easy. The start requires players to have the National Pokedex, which can only be acquired after they've seen every Sinnoh region Pokemon and completed the Pokemon League. After this, players will exist given the Metal Coat by Byron if they speak to him in Riley'due south House on Atomic number 26 Island.

Another method for getting a Metal Coat is to recover the item from a Steel-type Pokemon holding it. Bronzor, Magnemite, and Beldum all accept a chance of holding a Metal Coat by default, and all 3 tin can be plant in the Grand Underground region. Players can take the Metal Coat either by using the Thief movement or by capturing the Pokemon and taking the item in the menu.

How to Evolve Onix in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl Local Room Trading

Finding a Metal Coat is only the start step in evolving an Onix in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. In order to trigger the evolution, the Onix must be traded to another player while it is holding the Metal Glaze. To initiate a trade, players will demand to enter one of Pokemon Vivid Diamond and Shining Pearl's Local or Global Rooms, which tin can exist found up or down the escalators in every Pokecenter.

Trading in this method means that the player who sends the Onix won't be the one to run into information technology evolve, or get to go along the Steelix. Still, many players go around this by like-minded to swap their Onix with friends, each holding a Metallic Coat. Alternatively, there is as well a Pokemon Link Code system available online to brand sure players make it a room that offers the trade they're looking for. No matter which method is used, once Onix has been traded holding the Metal Glaze it will automatically evolve when the trade ends.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are bachelor at present for the Nintendo Switch.

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