All Pokemon Legends: Z-A Metal Coat locations

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The Pokemon Legends: Z-A Metal Coat is hard to find, but there are actually several locations dotted around the game where players can find one. Pokemon Legends: Z-A has several merchants that sell items associated with held power-ups and evolution, but there's a specific one that'll sell you a Metal Coat, not to mention several side quests that will give you a free one as a reward for completing them! We'll lay out all the ways to get it in Pokemon Legends: Z-A below.

How to get a Pokemon Legends: Z-A Metal Coat

To get a Metal Coat in Pokemon Legends: Z-A, you can do any of the following at the points marked on the map.

Purchase them from the NPC merchant inside Racine Construction for $4980 each (you can buy them infinitely).
Complete Side Mission 101 "Steadfast As Steel". This is a simple battle with an MZ Grunt who uses Steel Pokemon. Afterwards, she'll give you a Metal Coat as a reward.
Complete Side Mission 114 "A Feather From Skarmory". A chef will ask you to get him a Skarmory feather from Wild Area 17. Go to the roof and interact with the red glint to trigger a battle with the Skarmory and beat it to get the Metal Coat.

You'll have to progress the game sufficiently to unlock some of these – for example, the merchant in Racine Construction probably won't be unlocked until you complete the questline that starts with the Pokemon Legends: Z-A Canari quiz answers. Meanwhile, the other two quests won't be accessible until main mission 35 or further on.

How to use a Metal Coat in Pokemon Legend: Z-A

A Metal Coat in Pokemon ZA boosts the power of Steel-type moves when held, but it also is used to trigger the following evolutions:

Onix to Steelix
Scyther to Scizor

These Pokemon Legends: Z-A evolutions are triggered when either Onix or Scyther are given a Metal Coat to hold, and then you trade them. Once the trade is complete, the option to evolve them should be active.

Doing side quests? Check out where to find all the Pokemon Legends: Z-A Flabebe color locations around Lumiose!

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