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Celebi Pokemon GO Research Quest COUNTDOWN: New Task News, How to Catch updates and more
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CELEBI UPDATE 1
It's Monday, August 20th and that means Niantic will start rolling out the games latest Mythical Pokemon Research Tasks later today.
The addition of Celebi comes just over a month after Pokemon GO Fest 2018 in Chicago where the elusive Pokemon first appeared.
But later today it will join the game as the second mythical quest following the introduction of Mew last year.
At the time of writing, Niantic hasn't given any exact details or time for when this new feature will go live in the game. We just know that it's today.
However, given that the vast majority of significant in-game updates – such as events, raid bosses and more – have launched at around 9pm BST we suspect that the same will be true for Celebi.
Obviously, we'll be sure to update this page as we learn more and should any research tasks leak beforehand we'll let you know about that too.
If you missed the news about Celebi last week, read on for everything we know so far.
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Niantic has announced when players will be able to catch the Mythical Pokemon Celebi.
In an update released today, the company has announced that it'll be adding the mythical Pokemon to the game via an update on August 20th.
"Professor Willow needs your help once again! It seems hes been tracking the Mythical Pokémon Celebi, which has mysteriously appeared somewhere nearby," reads a press release from Niantic.
"Can you help him locate the Time Travel Pokémon? Prepare yourself for August 20, when this Special Research becomes available worldwide!"
If you've already completed the previous special research – netting you a Mew – this should automatically be added to your Special Research tab on August 20th.
If you haven't caught Mew yet, it seems you'll have to work through your current research up to the third set of tasks before obtaining the new quests.
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Pokemon GO – How to catch Celebi
As per the Niantic instructions so far:
Along the way to discovering Celebis time-shifting nature, youll encounter tasks that will test your skills as a Trainer.
Complete tasks to gain XP, receive useful items, and even encounter certain Pokémon on your journey!
You can begin completing Special Research on Celebi at any time as long as you have done the third group of tasks related to the Special Research on Mew, and actively finish tasks related to both at your own pace!
It's worth noting that, as per the gallery below, Shiny data for the Pokemon has been found in the files for the game, too… so it's likely we're going to see a way of catching the Shiny mythical Pokemon introduced in the game at some point.
Pokemon GO Gen 3 Shiny Legendary Pokemon REVEAED – Celebi, Deoxys, Jirachi and more FOUND
Dataminer Crales has discovered more Pokemon hidden in the data traffic for Pokemon GO – including Pokemon GO Gen 3 Shiny Legendary Pokemon – Deoxys and Jirachi, as well as Gen 2's Celebi. 
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Pokemon GO – Celebi Research Tasks
The presence of Celebi has also drawn out the appearance of more Pokémon originally discovered in the Johto region.
Plus, Field Research relating to Pokémon discovered in the Johto region will be available throughout this 'special time', according to Niantic – though we don't know specifically how long this will be just yet.
It's currently unknown whether these tasks will replace the current August Field Research tasks (read more about those here) that lead to encountering a wild Raikou.
We'll update this page and publish a guide as soon as the Celebi tasks are revealed or datamined, so keep an eye out.
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