Catch Celebi in Pokémon Go: the best tips
If you want to catch Celebi in Pokemon GO, you can now do it without the special Pokemon event. We'll show you how to get the legendary Pokemon.
Catch Pokemon GO: Celebi in Chicago
Celebi is one of the few legendary Pokémon of the second generation. So far you could only catch it in Chicago.
- The Pokemon GO Fest 2018 took place in the US city of Chicago from July 14th to 15th. As with previous events, there was once again an exclusive legendary Pokemon to catch.
- Anyone entering the restricted area in Lincoln Park received a QR code. The code activated challenges in the app that ultimately led to Celebi.
- The legendary Pokemon has been available to everyone since August this year. All information can be found in the third paragraph.
Pokemon GO Fest 2018: Catch Celebi in the park
Pokemon GO Fest 2018 participants had to master the following challenges to get the legendary Pokemon:
- Spin 15 PokeStops, earn a candy with the buddy and catch 15 Pokemon
- Catch 10 Pokemon each from the categories fire, water, plants, steel, rock and ice
- Turn 20 PokeStops, catch 7 incognitos and hatch 3 eggs
- Catch 5 pluses and 5 minutes
Update: Celebi is now available for everyone in Pokemon GO
Since August 20th you can catch Celebi without the special Pokemon event - under certain conditions:
- In the special research "A leap in time" you get Celebi as a reward. This special research is only available to you after you have completed the three previous special researches. In these projects you will receive, among other things, Mew.
- Professor Willow gives you a total of 8 tasks, each of which contains three additional sub-tasks. Among other things, you have to fight, level up and develop certain Pokemon.
- You will receive several items for each of the 8 tasks as a reward. It can take several days to complete all 8 tasks. As the crowning glory, Celebi appears and you can catch it with a Pokeball.
In the next practical tip, we will show you the rarest Pokemon in Pokemon GO.