news | March 11, 2026

What happens when you get a gold gym badge?

Leveling up your local gym now creates a dedicated stop for bonus items, as well as increasing your chance for more rewards from Raids. Trainers have reported receiving up to 30 items from a gym on their seven day streak because they obtained their Gold badge.

How do you get badges in Pokémon?

Badges are usually obtained by defeating a Gym Leader in a Pokémon battle. After collecting 8 Gym Badges in a certain region, a trainer may compete in the Pokémon League. In the game series, the player may collect 8 badges per region. However, in the anime, other Gyms exist where trainers can collect badges.

What is a Pokémon gym badge?

Gym Badges are recognition of how much you’ve interacted with particular Gyms—through battling, defending, or feeding Pokémon treats. Badges have four tiers: Basic, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. You’ll unlock new tiers as you interact more with the Gyms.

Do you get stardust for defending a gym?

You can’t get Stardust from battling at Gyms, but you can get it for feeding Pokémon on Gyms if they’re from the same team.

Do you get XP for holding a gym?

The first time you spin a gym you receive a unique badge for that gym. Everything you do at that gym from then on will earn you Gym XP towards leveling up that Gym Badge to Bronze, then Silver, and finally Gold. Regardless of the Tier, each raid battle yields you 1,000 Gym XP.

How do you get a gold badge at the gym?

In order to push this badge to gold, you need to do about 21 raids in 14 days to make up the extra 20880 exp. This is all at one gym. That would be ~about~ 2 raids at a gym per day, and most gyms usually, hopefully, do host raids at least 2 times per day. That will take some premium raid passes though.

How long does your Pokémon stay in a gym?

How long can your Pokemon stay in a gym? Players get one coin for every 10 minutes a Pokémon is in a gym, for a maximum of 50 coins a day. This means one Pokémon has to be in a gym for eight hours and 20 minutes to max out on coins. The daily reset for coins happens at 12 a.m. in your local time zone.

How long can you defend a gym?

Currently you earn 1 Pokécoin every 10 minutes you defend a gym, up to a maximum of 50 coins per day. This equates to 8.33 hours of defending a gym per day for the daily cap of 50 coins.

What types are strong against poison?

Type chart, effectiveness and weakness explained in Pokémon Go

TypeStrong AgainstWeak Against
FlyingFighting, Bug, GrassRock, Steel, Electric
PoisonGrass, FairyPoison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel
GroundPoison, Rock, Steel, Fire, ElectricFlying, Bug, Grass
RockFlying, Bug, Fire, IceFighting, Ground, Steel

What types are strong against Poison?