
There are conflicting reports about there being two types of Golden PokéStop – the idea being that you have a central Golden PokéStop that causes other PokéStops around it to turn Golden however, there are questions as to the accuracy of this theory.stop being Golden), it will do so at half-past or on the hour. If a PokéStop is going to become blue again (i.e.If a PokéStop is going to become Golden, it will do so between 00 and 15, or 30 and 45 past the hour (e.g., 1:00–1:15, or 1:30–1:45).Golden PokéStops stay Golden for at least 15 minutes, but no more than 30 minutes after they become golden.However, in the days following the start of the event, community testing and reporting (from the likes of Unessential across two threads and eevvee33 on reddit) has revealed a couple of interesting observations:

The Golden PokéStops appear at random, but you can see whether they’re Golden or not from any distance – unless you want to spin it, you don’t need to approach the PokéStop at all! To find them, simply walk around the overworld and check your local map. If you see one, go spin it and try to get mysterious coin! In the days after release, the Golden PokéStops continued to spawn in-game. Spinning these either dropped a lot of items – like a normal PokéStop, but more so – or you got a mysterious ? coin.

The Golden PokéStops appeared for Trainers as soon as the Dratini Community Day event ended on 5th November, with random PokéStops changing from their standard blue to a golden colour.

Watch on YouTube What are the Gold PokéStops and how do you find them? Golden PokéStops are visible from any distance and easily recognisable.
