How to Evolve Gimmighoul

Level up Gimmighoul while holding exactly 999 Gimmighoul Coins in your inventory. The evolution triggers immediately upon leveling up via manual battle, Rare Candy, or EXP Candy. The 999 coins are permanently consumed to create Gholdengo. This strict requirement applies across all compatible mainline games.

Evolving Gimmighoul relies entirely on item collection rather than traditional leveling thresholds. You must gather a specific currency scattered across the game world.

• Target: Gimmighoul (Chest or Roaming Form)
• Required Item: 999 Gimmighoul Coins
• Trigger: One level up while the coins are in your bag
• Result: Gholdengo

The coins sit in your materials pouch. You cannot give them to the Pokémon as a held item.

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the urban environment of Lumiose City dictates how you gather resources. You still need 999 Gimmighoul Coins to trigger the evolution.

Follow these steps to complete the process in the Kalos region:

1. Search the alleys and rooftops of Lumiose City for Roaming Form Gimmighoul.
2. Interact with them to collect loose coins, or defeat Chest Forms hidden in redevelopment zones for larger payouts.
3. Check your satchel to confirm you have reached the 999 coin cap.
4. Use a Rare Candy or gain experience in a standard battle to level up your Gimmighoul.

The evolution animation plays immediately, draining your coin stash back to zero.

Paldea offers the most straightforward farming routes for this evolution. Chest Forms guarantee high coin drops, while Roaming Forms provide minimal amounts.

Execute this farming loop to reach your target efficiently:

1. Fast travel to every Watchtower across Paldea.
2. Climb to the top to battle or catch the Chest Form Gimmighoul, yielding 50 to 80 coins each.
3. Investigate ruins in the Asado Desert and South Province for additional Chest Forms.
4. Interact with every Roaming Form hiding on signposts, rocks, and Pokémon Center roofs for 1 to 5 coins.
5. Once your materials pouch shows 999 Gimmighoul Coins, level up your Pokémon manually.

Chest Forms respawn slowly over real-world days. Prioritize discovering new watchtowers rather than waiting for respawns.

The mobile experience alters the currency acquisition entirely. You cannot transfer coins from the mainline games to Pokémon GO.

1. Connect your GO account to Scarlet/Violet to receive the Coin Bag.
2. Use the Coin Bag daily to spawn Roaming Form Gimmighoul and catch them for coins.
3. Spin PokéStops equipped with a Golden Lure Module for massive coin drops.
4. Set Gimmighoul as your Buddy Pokémon and walk to find occasional coins.
5. Once you accumulate 999 coins in your GO inventory, tap the evolve button on Gimmighoul's summary screen.

This process takes several weeks of consistent daily play to complete.

Players frequently encounter roadblocks despite having the required materials. The mechanics have strict, unbending rules.

• Using Auto-Battles: Pokémon cannot evolve through the Let's Go auto-battle feature. You must level up through a traditional manual battle or by consuming an experience item.
• Coin Cap Illusion: The bag caps at 999 coins. Any excess coins go to a janitor NPC in Medali (in Scarlet/Violet). You cannot hold 1,000 coins, so do not wait for the counter to roll over.
• Pokémon HOME Transfers: Gimmighoul Coins do not transfer through Pokémon HOME. Moving a Gimmighoul to a different save file means you must farm the 999 coins entirely on that new save file.

Always keep a Rare Candy on hand to bypass the auto-battle restriction.

Gholdengo dominates story playthroughs and NPC raids. Its Steel/Ghost typing provides nine resistances and three immunities, making it a defensive powerhouse against standard AI opponents.

The Good As Gold ability blocks all status moves. This completely shuts down NPC strategies relying on paralysis, sleep, or stat drops.

However, do not bother farming this Pokémon for serious competitive play. It lacks viability in current Smogon SV tiers, and its speed tier leaves it vulnerable against optimized human opponents. Reserve this evolution strictly for completing your Pokédex and clearing single-player content.