In order to add a Pokémon to a gym in Pokémon Go, you’ll need to locate a gym that is “friendly,” which means it’s made up of members of the same team that you joined after achieving level five in Pokémon Go. For us, that means we have to find yellow gyms or those made up of Team Instinct players. Team blue is Mystic and team red is Valor. You can place one of your Pokémon at a friendly gym to help guard it, which also gives you rewards.
We’re going to explain how all of this works, so keep up with us.
Head to a local friendly gym. Once you get there:
- Tap on the gym to open its location.
- To add your Pokémon to that gym’s location, tap the icon in the bottom left-hand portion of your screen—the Pokeball with a plus symbol near it.
- Next, choose one of your Pokémon to place at the gym. Once you’ve selected one, Pokémon Go confirms your choice, asking you if you’re sure you want to assign this Pokémon to the gym. The confirmation box also alerts you that your chosen Pokémon remains placed at the gym until it’s kicked out.
That’s it. When you’ve placed one of your Pokémon at the gym, you’re basically dropping it off to protect and defend your team’s gym against opposing Pokémon that come there to battle. You’ll only be able to place one Pokémon at a gym, but you can put a Pokémon at several different gyms.
Pokémon Gym Rewards
Once you’re successful at placing one of your Pokémon at a gym, you’ll get rewarded every twenty-one hours. You’ll receive ten Pokecoins for each Pokémon at each gym, but the limit is one hundred coins per twenty-one-hour time period. So, don’t place more than ten Pokémon at gyms because you’ll only get rewards for up to ten, which is the limit. Not only do you get Pokecoins, you also get five hundred Stardust for each of your ten Pokémon located at a gym. Your team’s gym also gains prestige by remaining undefeated by other Pokémon rivals. As long as you have a strong team backing your gym and stay in control of a gym’s location, you’ll keep gaining rewards every twenty-one hours and the gym continues to build its prestige. If and when a gym is taken over by a rival team, your Pokémon returns to you and appears back in your Pokémon menu.
That’s a wrap. Find a gym that’s the same team that you’re representing, place a Pokémon there (in up to ten separate gym locations), and collect rewards—sounds like a good deal to us. Also, gyms are the only places you can get Pokecoins unless you buy some with real money in the Pokémon Go Shop.
So, what are you waiting for? Go find a gym and collect your rewards; they’re yours for the taking.
