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 If you are near a friendly Gym and it is possible to reinforce it, you will see the '''Add Pokémon''' icon in the lower left corner of the Gym display screen. (If the gym has insufficient prestige to allow you to add a Pokemon, only the '''Fight''' icon will be present in the lower right corner.) If available, touch '''Add Pokémon''', and select the Pokémon you want to add to the Gym. Bear in mind that you can only add one Pokémon per Gym, so make sure to choose carefully.
-===Benefits of defending a Gym===
+===Gym defense reward===
 [[File:GO Guide Gym 5.png|thumb|150px|Earning PokéCoins and Stardust with only one Pokémon stationed in a Gym]]
-If you have ''Added a pokemon'' to a friendly gym, you also earn a reward for leaving that Pokémon there, until it is defeated. Your first reward for defending a friendly gym by adding a Pokémon is available '''immediately''' upon adding it, so it is good practice to collect that reward as soon as you add the Pokemon to the gym.
+For each Gym you have ''Added a Pokémon'' to, you can collect a Gym defense reward. The reward is:
-In the Store/items menu, you will find a shield icon which will let you know how many Pokémon you have defending Gyms. Tap it to collect any rewards. (You must do this while the Pokémon is still defending the gym. After it has been defeated, the ability to collect the reward is gone.) You will earn 500 Stardust and 10 PokéCoins for every Gym held, having a maximum of ten Gyms. You can claim this reward every 21 hours, after which the timer will refresh and you will have to wait until you can cash them in again.
+* 500 Stardust and 10 PokéCoins for each friendly Gym that holds at least one of your Pokémon
+* ...for up to ten Gyms (5000 Stardust and 100 PokeCoins maximum)
+* ...at the ''moment'' you claim the Gym defense reward.
+====How to collect the Gym defense reward====
+In the Store/items menu, you will find a shield icon which will let you know how many Pokémon you own that are defending friendly Gyms at that moment. Tap it to collect any rewards.
+====When defense rewards are available====
+The Gym defense reward is a real time reward. This means that if you ''Add a Pokémon'' to a friendly gym, your reward counter will immediately ''rise'' by one. Conversely, if a friendly Gym's prestige falls low enough that a defending Pokémon you own is sent back to you, your reward counter immediately ''falls'' by one.
+After you collect the Gym defense reward, the option collect it again is locked out for 21 hours. The lockout timer is an unconditional 21 hours, regardless of whether you add new Pokémon to friendly Gyms or have defending Pokémon sent back to you in the meantime. The 21 hour counter does not reset even if ''all'' of your Pokémon are returned to you (meaning your Gym defense reward counter is 0).
+''When'' to collect the Gym defense reward is left as an exercise to the Pokémon Go trainer -- a balance between how widely your powerful Pokémon are spread amongst friendly Gyms (maximizing your counter and its reward) with how long you believe they will last defending said gyms (which reduces that counter and the reward).
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