Gimmighoul Coins are evolution items that are used to evolve Gimmighoul in Pokemon GO. However, they aren’t readily available in the game, so you’ll need to know how to get them.
There are three different ways to collect Gimmighoul Coins in Pokemon GO:
- Catching Roaming Form Gimmighoul
- Adventuring with Gimmighoul as your Buddy
- Spinning Golden PokeStops
Each of these methods can only usually gives one Gimmighoul coin at a time, and, even then, a it is not a guaranteed drop. Therefore, collecting them is an extremely long process!
You’ll need to collect a whopping 999 Gimmighoul Coins to evolve Gimmighoul into Gholdengo in Pokemon GO!

Luckily, Gimmighoul Coins don’t take up any space in your Item Bag. This means you can collect as many as you possibly can without fear of your inventory becoming full.
To see how many Gimmighoul Coins you currently have, you’ll need to head into your Item Bag. Scroll all of the way down to the bottom of your Items list, and you’ll find Gimmighoul Coins.
However, you may want to upgrade your inventory space anyway. Find out the fastest ways to earn PokeCoins in Pokemon GO so you can do just that!
What Do Gimmighoul Coins Do in Pokemon GO?
Gimmighoul Coins are used to evolve Gimmighoul into Gholdengo. They have no other use in the game apart from to evolve Gimmighoul and cannot be discarded.
To use Gimmighoul Coins to evolve Gimmighoul into Gholdengo, you will need to collect 999 of them. Until you have that many, there’s nothing you can do with them.
Of course, plenty of Pokemon require evolution items to evolve in Pokemon GO. Check out our Pokemon GO evolution items guide to find out all of the Pokemon which need special items to evolve!