Digimon Survive: How to Befriend Meramon

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With a body made up entirely of flames, Meramon is one of the coolest-looking Digimon that the series has to offer and is a solid option for the early stages of Digimon Survive. Players will first start to encounter the Data attribute 'mon in Part 3 of the main story and will be able to befriend it by talking with it during a Free Battle.

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As with many of the other Digimon in Digimon Survive, players can also get Meramon by Digivolving other Digimon, though, given how rare evolution items are early on in the game, befriending Meramon is definitely the better option. For those having trouble answering Meramon's questions and adding him to their team, this guide will definitely help.

In order to befriend Meramon, players will first need to select the «Talk» option and then select him from the list of foes. From there, they'll be faced with three questions or statements and will need to respond by choosing one of four possible options. The best Meramon responses will fill two segments of the bar above his head, with players needing to fill three or more before the end of the conversation in order to get a chance of befriending the Digimon.

As his appearance might suggest, Meramon has a somewhat fiery personality and often leans into this during conversations. He responds very well to flattery, but players shouldn't allow themselves to be intimidated by his jibes as this will lead to them losing points. For anybody who's still having trouble befriending him, the best responses to Meramon's questions and statements can be found in the table below.

Meramon first shows up in Free Battle areas near the beginning of Part 3, which is around the same time that players can befriend Fangmon and