Pokémon Go Coins is the games premium currency to buy new items and upgrades in the game.
Though you can earn many consumable items through regular play, some things – such as clothing items for your Trainer, to permanent storage upgrades – are only possible through acquiring Pokémon Go Coins.
There are two ways to get PokéCoins. One is through paying real-world money (the means of which the game is monitised) and the other is by interacting with Gyms.
In May 2020, it was announced there will be changes to how PokéCoins would be earned – giving them out for completing activities as well as defending Gyms daily. This has seen several updates throughout the year as it was rolled out to more regions, before being cancelled in October 2020, meaning Gyms is currently the only way to source Coins for free.
Pokmon Go’s New Gyms Have One Fatal Flaw That Needs To Be Fixed
I want to take a step back from raids and the anniversary event for a moment to track something that has been an issue with Pokémon GO since its big summer update went live. The changes to gyms have mostly seemed like a step in the right direction. Limiting gyms to six slots, to one type per gym, and having the Pokémons power decay over time seems like a recipe for higher gym turnover, and certainly an improvement from the days of Tier 10 gyms everywhere stocked with only Dragonites and Blisseys. However, one important aspect of gym play seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle: The reward system.
Previously, you would get 10 coins and 500 Stardust as soon as you held a single spot in a gym. Hold 10 gyms at once, and you could rake in 100 coins and 5,000 Stardust per day. Thats been heavily altered in the gym rework. Now, your Pokémon earn one coin every 10 minutes per held gym, and you have a max of 50 coins you can earn in a day. The Stardust reward is gone, but you now earn 20 Stardust every time you feed an allied Pokémon a berry.
I understand the goal of this system, to reduce the frankly insane coin and Stardust generation of those powerful enough to indefinitely hold many gyms at once, but also to increase the ability for Average Joe Player to earn a couple coins and a bit of Stardust through normal play.
Other Items In The Pokmon Go Shop
WHERE ARE MY GYM COINS ? ! POKEMON GO MENU CHANGES In summation to Pokéballs, Incense, Lures, and Lucky Eggs, there are assorted early items, upgrades, and cosmetics you can purchase in Pokémon GO. The mainstays include the Egg Incubator for 150 coins, 10 Max Potions for 200 coins, and six Max Revives for 180 coins. If you find yourself buying excessively many items, then you can either buy an supernumerary detail udder or expanded memory for your Pokémon. Each of these upgrades will cost you 200 coins. If you want to get a crowd of goodies in one fell swoop, youre better off buying a box, which is a collection of limited edition items sold at a rebate. At the clock time of write, for model, theres the Adventure Box for 1,480 coins, which includes 10 Super Incubators, three Incense, three Star Pieces, and seven Egg Incubators. Neglecting the Star Pieces, this box would have a measure of over 3,000 coins .
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How the Pokémon Go Coins update was due to work
In May 2020, Niantic announced earning PokéCoins will be adjusted away from defending Gyms and towards other activities. This was amended again in June and August 2020 in response to community feedback and general testing, before being cancelled in October 2020 – rolling back to the existing Gym system.
“We appreciate Trainers participation in the test, and well continue to look for ways to improve how players can earn PokéCoins,” said Niantic.
So how did it work? The following ways to get Coins was tested in Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Taiwan as part of an initial phase, before being scrapped. Its unknown whether Niantic will take some of these for a possible revamp in the future – but for now, Gyms continue to be the only way to earn Coins for free in the game:
- Make an Excellent Throw
- Evolve a Pokémon
- Make a Great Throw
- Use a Berry to help catch a Pokémon
- Take a snapshot of your buddy
- Catch a Pokémon
- Power up a Pokémon
- Make a Nice Throw
- Transfer a Pokémon
- Win a raid
- Team Go Rocket-related tasks
To clarify how this worked – you could still earn PokéCoins by defending Gyms as before, but they were capped at 30 per day as opposed to 50 currently. From there, you can add to your daily PokéCoins total by completing highlighted activities, up to a total of 20.
This was better than it was when the coin changes first cap into place (which slowed Gym earnings significantly). Ultimately, the aim appeared to be diversifying the source of PokéCoins for players, giving them more freedom based on their circumstances – useful for those who arent near Gyms, for example – but for whatever reason, Niantic has scrapped the system.
FAQ
Can I get more than 50 Pokecoins a day?
Can you get more than 50 coins in a gym?
What if your Pokemon is in a gym for multiple days?
Why is there a 50 Pokecoin limit?
