How to earn coins in Pokemon Go

at some point of Pokémon Go it will be necessary to use the poke coins to buy an upgrade from your Pokemon's backpack or stock, if you don't want to discard the items or little monsters you've captured. But, it is not necessary to spend real money to get the Pokécoins, here's how win as coins no Pokémon Go.

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How to earn coins in Pokemon Go

Selling coins is the main source of income in Pokémon Go, but you don't need to buy them if you're patient. When your Pokémon defends a Gym, this exercise can be rewarded up to 50 coins per day.

Gyms are open to players above level 5. When a Pokémon is placed in the Gym, it gains 1 coin every 10 minutes. These coins are received once the Pokémon is defeated in the Gym, when it returns to you.

Some observations:

• As said, there is a maximum of 50 coins that each player can earn per day;
• Even if multiple Pokémon are defending Gyms and return to the player on the same day; only 50 coins will be won;
• Even if the Pokémon spends several days defending the Gym, the reward will still be only 50 coins.

That said, think about optimizing the time of the Gyms that your Pokémon defend: if you've already placed any of them to defend today, wait for them to come back or wait for the end of the day to look for new Gyms for them to stay.

Not putting all your Pokémon in Gyms at once will help you save items when they return and will also give you more chances to spread your defenses across other days or different locations.

If you're in a more contested region, where the three teams (Mystic, Instinct, and Valor) take over the Gym more often, it's worth considering putting another Pokémon in another Gym, as there won't be enough time for your little monster to gather the 50 coins .

What should I use coins with?

Anything available in the Shop, from items like Poké Balls, Lure Modules, Incense, Lucky Eggs to cosmetic items — avatar clothing and accessories.

If none of the items sold are currently needed (in case you have run out of Poké Balls, for example), prioritize backpack and Pokémon stock upgrades to increase storage capacity.

Each upgrade, both backpack and Pokémon, costs 200 coins — the equivalent of four days of defense for a Pokémon in the Gym, assuming it has had maximum performance and returns to you every day — and increases its capacity by 50. These upgrades will allow you to be less worried about collecting items and Pokemon for quite a while.