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This guide goes over how to get the Metal Coat item in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. You can earn one in the post-game, but you can also get them much earlier if you steal it from certain Pokemon. Read below to find out more, and check the inventory page for more on the special items in Pokemon.

• How to get the Oval Stone in BDSP
• How to get the Soothe Bell in Pokemon BDSP
• Acquiring an Optional HM
• Poketch Application Locations

Where to get Metal Coat in BDSP

One way to get Metal Coat is by talking to Bryon in his home on Iron Island. But you can only do that once you have your National Dex.

You can get a Metal Coat beforehand through wild Bronzor and wild Magnemite. Both Pokemon have a 5% chance of holding a Metal Coat. Bronzor can be found in the Wayward Cave underneath Cycling Road on Route 206. Magnemite can be spotted in the Underground.

You can steal the Metal Coat with the move Thief. Make sure the Pokemon that is using Thief isn’t holding anything already as it will not be able to hold onto the item it steals if it already has something on.

You’ll probably have to go through several Bronzors or Magnemite before you successfully steal a Metal Coat. The Compound Eyes ability increases the chances of encountering a wild Pokemon with a held item. It will increase the 5% chance of a wild Pokemon holding an item to a 50% chance.

The ability is a very helpful tool in trying to find Metal Coats. However, Compound Eyes are only found in Butterfree and Yanma. Both Pokemon are only available in the post-game after you received your National Dex.

Where to get Thief

The only way to have a Pokemon that knows Thief is to use TM46. There’s only one TM46 in the whole game, so use it wisely.

TM46 can be found next to the Team Galactic Eterna Building in the town’s north area. You’ll need the HM Cut, which you can only use outside of battle after defeating Eternia’s Gym Leader Gardenia. Use Cut to tear down the trees in front of the building. Then on the right-hand side, there’s a hidden area hidden behind some trees.

Walk behind the trees and there’s another tree branch that you can cut down. After tearing it down, continue walking down the path until you reach the TM.

• Where to get TM46 - Thief in BDSP

What is Metal Coat?

Metal Coat is a type of item that increases the power of steel-types moves by 20% for any Pokemon holding it. But it is more vital to players as a necessary tool to evolve specific Pokemon. Two species of Pokemon evolve if they are holding onto a Metal Coat as they’re being traded.

These Pokemon are:

• Onix evolving into Steelix

• Scyther evolving into Scizor

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