The Coronavirus advances more and more, there are already more than 3.97M infected as of now. In order to help keep the fun for Pokémon fans, Niantic decided to test new ways to provide the famous PokeCoins, the coins used within the game to buy items needed to continue capturing Pokémon with greater ease.
Previously it was only possible to collect PokeCoins in gyms, which are outside people's homes, but from now on more ways to obtain the coins will be available, among those studied by the game's developer are:
- Make a great Poké Ball throw
- Evolve a Pokémon
- Make an excellent Poké Ball launch
- Use a Berry to catch a Pokémon
- Take a picture of your Pokémon friend
- Catch a Pokémon
- Energize a Pokémon
- Make a good Poké Ball throw
- Transferring a Pokémon
- Win a Raid
In addition, the amount of coins a player can earn per day will be increased by 5, previously the limit was 50.
A news that may displease some players is that, to avoid crowds and incentives for people to leave the house, now instead of 6 PokeCoins, per hour, now those who manage to stay in gyms will only earn 2 coins per hour.
The new rules will be tested first in Australia, where Niantic will receive feedback from users to determine what the best methods are and shape the game to the current situation, and then expand the new rules to other countries.