Pokemon GO Player Takes Down Gym That Had Been Defended for Nearly 3 Years

Summary

APokemon GOplayer found a gym in the mountains that had been defended for nearly three years.Pokemon GOgyms have been in the augmented reality mobile game since the very beginning, and at first, they represented one of the few ways players could battle in the game.

Pokemon GOplayers are able to take over a gym for their chosen team and then fill it with Pokemon to defend it. Players can earn coins for successfully defending gyms, which can be spent onhelpful items like egg incubators, raid passes, and more.Pokemon GOupdates have since added more extensive methods of PvP, but taking over and defending gyms remains an integral part of the experience.

Recently, aPokemon GOplayer discovered a gym in the mountains. Reddit user ozgureyb explained in their post that the last time they visited these same mountains, there was nothingPokemon GO-related in sight, but in the four years since their last visit, a gym had been added. The gym is located in a “small village of 30 people with limited internet access” and most of whom are “elderly people.” The gym was being defended by ashiny Jolteonwho had been stuck in there for nearly three years straight, having defended it successfully for 967 days, 6 hours, and 25 minutes.

The Pokemon GO Gym Was Defended for Nearly 3 Years Straight

The Reddit user noticed that the gym wasowned by Team Mystic, and since they are Team Valor, they were able to knock the shiny Jolteon out using their Nidoking. The trainer who was defending the gym was only level 25, and so it’s unlikely that they even playPokemon GOanymore, but it would be interesting to learn if they notice that their shiny Jolteon has returned to them.

There have been other reports of isolatedPokemon GOGyms defended for extensive periods of time. In fact, there was onePokemon GOgym that was defended for six years by a Weedle. As long as otherPokemon GOplayers don’t find the gyms, one could theoretically defend a gym forever, though there really isn’t any in-game advantage to such a feat. AnyPokemon GOplayers that decide to take over a secluded gym to see how long they can defend it should be sure to use a Pokemon with little value, as opposed to a rare Pokemon like the shiny Jolteon that was defending this particular gym.