Pokemon Go players have finally discovered the hidden meaning of gym details

❘ published: 2023-12-11T12:46:18 ❘ Updated: 2023-12-11T12:46:28

Some Pokemon Go players are learning the meaning behind subtle changes in the appearance of the Pokemon Gyms that populate the overworld.

In the mainline Pokemon video games, each gym is protected by a single gym leader who usually favors one type. As such, players can easily learn how to defend each gym by searching online guides and can prepare a counter-strategy based on their leader type preferences.

In Pokemon Go, gyms are completely different, as they are guarded by Pokemon belonging to regular players. Each player guards their own Pokemon Gym in the name of the team they chose at the start of the game, with battles fought in the promotion’s name of Team Instinct, Team Mystic, or Team Valor.

The color of a Pokemon Gym reflects its current ownership, with blue gyms for Team Mystic, red gyms for Team Valor, yellow gyms for Team Instinct, and gray gyms for unclaimed ones. There’s an additional difference in the gym’s look that some fans are just discovering.

The color of Pokemon Gyms in Pokemon Go equals their difficulty

User on Pokemon go reddit We created a thread asking our fellow players what height different Pokemon gyms are supposed to reflect. It turns out that this is not an accidental design flaw, as the size of the gym reflects its contents.