
Walk 10 km with Eevee as your buddy (3,000 XP). Swapping buddy Pokémon before evolving the Eevee will ruin the process. Keep in mind that the Eevee has to remain your buddy as you evolve it.
Otherwise, you have to walk 10 km with Eevee and evolve the buddy Eevee during the day. If you haven’t evolved an Eevee into an Espeon yet, you can name the Eevee “Sakura” to turn it into an Espeon, guaranteed. Rewards: Eevee Encounter, 2,500 Stardust, and 1 Metal Coat
Evolve Eevee into Espeon during the day (2,500 XP). Walk 10 km with Eevee as your buddy (2,500 XP). Rewards: Eevee encounter, 1 King’s Rock, 1 Premium Raid Pass Celebi research step 4 of 8
Use a Sun Stone to evolve Gloom or Sunkern (2,000 XP). Rewards: 1 Sun Stone, 1,500 Stardust, 1 Premium Raid PassĮligible grass-types include Bayleef, Gloom, Grovyle, Nuzleaf, Grotle, Ivysaur, Weepinbell, Skiploom, and Roselia. Evolve an evolved grass-type Pokémon (1,500 XP). Catch a Pokémon 3 days in a row (1,500 XP). Rewards: 10 Pokéballs, 1 Fast TM, 1 Special Incubator Celebi research step 2 of 8 Its best PvP moveset is Confusion with Seed Bomb and Leaf Storm, according to GamePress.Īll eight steps to Celebi’s “A Ripple in Time” Special Research are listed below: Celebi research step 1 of 8 It can hold up its weight in PvP, but isn’t the most ideal choice. Like the other Mythical Pokémon, Celebi doesn’t do great in PvE content like raids. Completing “A Ripple in Time” will not reward you with a Shiny Celebi. So if you’re about to evolve that Gloom into a Vileplume, make sure you hold off until you’re at this specific step.Ĭelebi is available Shiny, though only from a limited-time set of Special Research that is no longer available. There are a few resources to save and evolutions to hold off on until you reach those specific steps.įor example: Evolve an evolved grass-type Pokémon requires 100 candies for a specific grass-type that you’ve already evolved. If you want to blast through all the Special Research as soon as possible, you should read through the full lists of tasks first. The long string of quests, called “A Ripple in Time,” can be found on the Special Research Tasks tab. Catching Celebi, the Legendary, time traveling Pokémon, requires completing a large number of tasks in Pokémon Go.