Maximising Items

Why should you try to maximise items received?

This general wont impact players who live in the city centre of Edinburgh nearly as much as rural players due to the abundance of pokestops and gyms. However this is vital to be able to maximise number of items received for rural players who have limited stops they can interact with. This is also useful for all players no matter where you live to maximise items particularly premiere balls you will receive when completing a raid to try and capture those elusive legendary Pokemon.
We will discuss one game mechanics which players can influence to maximise items, which is Spinning Gyms

Spinning Gyms

In general you will receive 2 to 3 items per spin of a Pokestop however the way you interact with a gym could result in you receiving 6-8 items per spin. This is due to multiple additional factors which influence item drop volume such as a trainers gym badge level, the team control of the gym, a few other bonuses… and a roll of the dice.
Let’s take a comprehensive look at how these factors result in gym rewards!
Their are 3 types of Reward Items:
Each time a gym is spun, a trainer will receive (at minimum) two BASE REWARD ITEMS eg Pokeballs, Revives, berries. In addition, several types of item bonuses are available. (Trainers can also receive eggs and raid passes from gym discs, but these are omitted from the discussion below.) These bonuses are color-coded as follows:

Gray Circle:The items which are awarded for simply spinning the gym. We refer to them as BASE REWARD ITEMS.

Yellow Circle:The items which are awarded for having a gym badge, getting a FIRST SPIN OF THE DAY BONUS, or a 7-DAY STREAK BONUS. In all cases, we refer to these items as GYM BADGE BONUS ITEMS.

Blue, Red, or Golden Circle:The items which are awarded for the gym belonging to your own team. We refer to these items as TEAM CONTROL BONUS ITEMS. Instinct trainers have to beware as the yellow GYM BADGE BONUS circle is very similar to the golden circle used for Instinct TEAM CONTROL BONUS ITEMS.

Beyond the BASE REWARD ITEMS, five additional bonuses grant extra items. These are:

GYM BADGE BONUS ITEMS
TEAM CONTROL BONUS ITEMS
10TH SPIN BONUS ITEMS
FIRST SPIN OF THE DAY BONUS ITEMS
7-DAY STREAK BONUS ITEMS

While some bonuses (e.g. the GYM BADGE BONUS) always award the same number of bonus items, most bonuses (and in fact even the number of BASE REWARD ITEMS) can vary! For example, trainercan receive 2 or 3 BASE REWARD ITEMS for any given spin, 2 or 3 items for the FIRST SPIN OF THE DAY BONUS, and various amounts of items for a 7-DAY STREAK.The following is a comprehensive list of the number of items a trainer can receive with the above bonuses. (Note that raid passes and eggs are excluded from this table as their drop rate is not tied to any spin bonus.)* Receiving 5 BASE REWARD ITEMS is not possible

Remember, these bonuses can stack. For example, a 10th spin on a Gold gym that a traveler’s team controls might yield:

Overall by getting a Gold badge on a gym which you can regularly spin particularly for streaks will substantially increase the number of items you can receive per spin in comparison to spinning a Pokestop or a grey badge gym. with no team control. Due to this recommend when pokemon hunting to take route which pass by gyms you have golded.
For more info please read: https://thesilphroad.com/science/item-awards-from-gym-spins/

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