How to Get Gimmighoul Coins in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Easily

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Evolve your Gimmighoul into Gholdengo by collecting Gimmighoul Coins

Co-authored by Hannah Dillon Reviewed by Ishrak

Last Updated: November 20, 2024 Fact Checked

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Obtaining Gimmighoul Coins

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Chest Form Gimmighoul Locations

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Using Gimmighoul Coins

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If you're looking to evolve your Gimmighoul to Gholdengo in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, you'll need to get Gimmighoul Coins. You'll need 999 Gimmighoul Coins to evolve your Gimmighoul, and you can get coins by defeating Chest Form Gimmighoul, finding Roaming Form Gimmighoul, or by sending Postcards from Pokémon GO to Pokémon Scarlet or Violet.

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Defeat Chest Form Gimmighouls to get 10 to 777 Gimmighoul Coins.
Find Roaming Form Gimmighouls to get 1 to 200 Gimmighoul Coins.
Send a Postcard once a day from GO to Scarlet/Violet to get 50 to 100 Gimmighoul Coins.

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Obtaining Gimmighoul Coins

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When Gimmighoul is in Chest Form, you can battle and defeat or catch them. While you likely already have a Gimmighoul that you're trying to evolve into a Gholdengo, defeating or catching a Gimmighoul can yield you 10 to 777 Gimmighoul Coins.^{[1]
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Interact with a Roaming Form Gimmighoul in the overworld. While finding Roaming Form Gimmighoul is a bit difficult, finding one of these Pokémon will net you 1 to 200 Gimmighoul Coins. Roaming Form Gimmighouls cannot be caught, and will run away after you interact with them.
- Roaming Form Gimmighoul can be found in random places around Paldea.
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Send a Postcard from Pokémon GO to Pokémon Scarlet or Violet. Sending a Postcard from GO to Scarlet/Violet will net you 50 to 100 Gimmighoul Coins. Note that you can only send one Postcard per day.^{[2]
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- First, make sure you've connected your GO account with your copy of Scarlet/Violet via the Mystery Gift menu.
- Then, go to your Postcard Book in your Items list in GO, select a Postcard, and select Send to Nintendo Switch.
- Finally, go back to Scarlet/Violet on your Switch, go to Mystery Gift, select Connect to Pokémon GO and receive the Postcard and your Gimmighoul Coins.

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Chest Form Gimmighoul Locations

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South Province. Chest Form Gimmighoul can be found in the following South Province locations:
- Area One: On a cliff north of Poco Path Lighthouse
- Area Two, Three, Four, Five, Six: On watchtowers and Leaking Tower of Paldea
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East Province. Chest Form Gimmighoul can be found in the following East Province locations:
- Area One: On watchtower and on a plateau west of Area Two's southwestern Pokémon Center
- Area Three: On watchtower
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West Province. Chest Form Gimmighoul can be found in the following West Province locations:
- Area One: On watchtower
- Area Two: Inside Colonnade Hollow
- West Paldean Sea: On nearest island southwest of Porto Marinada
- Asado Desert: On watchtower, on rock formation south of watchtower, and in the ruins north of watchtower
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North Province. Chest Form Gimmighoul can be found in the following North Province locations:
- Area One: On watchtower, and in ruins southwest of the lake
- Area Two: In center of shallow pond west of Firescourge Shrine
- Casseroya Lake: On watchtowers, in the ruins, and on the northwest side of the central rock formation in Socarrat Trail
- Glaseado Mountain: On watchtower, near the top of the waterfall west of Montenevere, and in the ruins west of Dalizapa Passage