Celebi (quest)

Celebi (quest)
Region Johto	Difficulty Hard	Compulsory? No
Starting location Ruins of Alph.
Requisites Be Johto Champion Own at least 6 level 100 Pokémon Have all Generation 1 Pokémon and Generation 2 Pokémon seen Have all Generation 1 Pokémon and Generation 2 Pokémon and Mew captured with the exception of other legendary Pokémon Have over 150 hours of playtime Have at least 121 evolved Pokémon data
Rewards One out of 4 Fossils Chance to catch Celebi Accomplished requirements for other quests

The Celebi Quest is one out of many additional, not story related Legendary Pokémon quests and is the only way to catch the Mythical Pokémon Celebi.

Instructional walkthrough

Ruins of Alph (Part 1)

Despite that the Ruins of Alph is accessible after completing Goldenrod City‘s gym, police officers will be blocking every ruin until the player has completed the Johto Elite Four. Once that has been achieved, the police officers will trust the player with a mission; find the scientist that have gone missing inside the ruins.

The Scientist, called Alexander will be found in the Puzzle 2 building, and thus is will be necessary to bring a Spinarak. After finding him, he will explain that he’s looking for an important item, and wants the player to find it for him.

After speaking to Scientist Alexander, it will now be possible to examine the Pokéballs at the bottom of each Puzzle room. The item he is looking for is in the Puzzle 4 building, and thus it will be necessary to bring a Rattata and reach the building through Union Cave. At its bottom, the G.S Ball, the item he is looking for, will be the northeast item.

After bringing the G.S Ball back to him, he will reward the player with one of four different Fossils, namely the Helix Fossil, the Dome Fossil, the Claw Fossil and the Root Fossil. The Hoenn fossils being rarer, it is recommended to pick between the latter two. He will then ask to return later when he has fixed the G.S Ball, putting an end to the first part of the Celebi quest.

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier	Held Item
#138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	Rare
#140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	Rare
#347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	Rare
#345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	Rare

Ruins of Alph (Part 2)

The second part of the Celebi quest begins by talking to Scientist Alexander back in Ruins of Alph Second Chamber. If the following requirements have been fulfilled, he will give the G.S Ball back to the player:

• All Generation 1 Pokémon and Generation 2 Pokémon seen.
• All Generation 1 Pokémon and Generation 2 Pokémon captured, with the exception of the legendary Pokémons (Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Suicune, Raikou, Entei, Lugia, Ho-Oh and Celebi).
• Over 150 hours of playtime.
• 121 evolved Pokémon data.
• The Johto Elite Four completed.

With the G.S Ball obtained, the Celebi quest will continue at Ilex Forest.

Accomplishment of the dex requirements

In order to move forward at the Celebi quest, you need the owned data of all all possible Kanto and Johto Pokemon (Included Mew, excluded other legendaries) on your Pokédex.
You also need at least 121 different evolution’s in your Pokédex. Spawns for all Pokémon can be found at their specific pages.

More specific information regarding owned and evolved Pokémon and their mechanic in regards to the Dex can be found at the Pokédex page.

Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Mewtwo’s seen data

The first step of this quest is to obtain the seen data of certain legendary Pokémon.
The seen data of this Pokémon can be obtained by a battle. They appear as Pokémon sprited NPC’s and are one time battles. Once you have fought them, the seen data is saved, no matter if you win or lose.

While the three legendary birds don’t need specific requirements, besides having a Pokémon knowing HM03-Surf, Mewtwo can only be reached after doing the eponymous quest.
Articuno is located at Seafoam B4F, Zapdos at Power Plant, Moltres at Victory Road and Mewtwo in Cerulean Cave B1F in Kanto.
Moltres seen data should already be obtained in case Victory Road was already passed through.

Suicune, Raikou, Entei and Ho-Oh’s seen data

Travel to Ecruteak City and talk to Scientist Ray at the Bell Tower Entrance. When you are Johto champ, he will ask you if you could help him and his researching team, since you have the Pokédex. Now head to Scientist Ray inside of the building and interact with him. He will ask if you return to him when you have the seen data of all three Legendary Dog’s. Fight your way through the Bell Tower Basement and interact with the three Legendary Dog’s, which will flee afterwards.

Now you can obtain their seen data by battling them at their specific locations. Entei is located at Johto Safari Mountain Zone. You need a Pokémon knowing Rock Smash or a Pick Axe in order to smash some rocks which are on the way to Entei. Suicune is located at Tohjo Falls and you need a Pokémon knowing HM07 Waterfall. You need a Pokémon knowing HM03 Surf or a Surf Mount. Raikou is located at Mt. Silver 3F.

Once you fought them and got their seen data, head back to the scientist and report your findings.
Now you can walk to the Bell Tower Rooftop and get Ho-Oh‘s seen data.

Lugia’s seen data

The seen data of Lugia can be obtained by defeating Thor which requires you to be Johto Champion, or by fighting the Lugia Mini Boss behind Thor. You also need a Pokémon knowing Surf or a Surf Mount to reach him. Thor is located in Whirl Islands B4F and can be challenged on any difficulty to acquire the Lugia Seen Data.

Lineup

Easy

Thor’s Lineup
Dragonite Nature Ability Item Adamant Multiscale None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100	Ursaring Nature Ability Item Adamant Guts None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Return Normal Physical — 100
Greninja Nature Ability Item Naive Protean None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 Low Kick Fighting Physical — 100 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80	Clefable Nature Ability Item Modest Unaware None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Moonblast Fairy Special 95 100 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70
Mamoswine Nature Ability Item Jolly Thick Fat None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Icicle Crash Ice Physical 85 95 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100	Lugia Nature Ability Item Modest Multiscale None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Aeroblast Flying Special 100 95 Thunder Electric Special 110 70 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Medium

Thor’s Lineup
Dragonite Nature Ability Item Adamant Multiscale Choice Band Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100	Tyranitar Nature Ability Item Adamant Sand Stream Choice Scarf Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100
Greninja Nature Ability Item Naive Protean Life Orb Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 Low Kick Fighting Physical — 100 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80	Clefable Nature Ability Item Modest Unaware Choice Specs Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Moonblast Fairy Special 95 100 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70
Mamoswine Nature Ability Item Jolly Thick Fat Focus Sash Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Icicle Crash Ice Physical 85 95 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100	Lugia Nature Ability Item Modest Multiscale Choice Specs Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Aeroblast Flying Special 100 95 Thunder Electric Special 110 70 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Hard

Thor’s Lineup
Dragonite Nature Ability Item Adamant Multiscale Choice Band Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100	Tyranitar Nature Ability Item Adamant Sand Stream Choice Band Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100
Greninja Nature Ability Item Naive Protean Life Orb Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 Low Kick Fighting Physical — 100 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80	Zapdos Nature Ability Item Modest Static Rocky Helmet Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Discharge Electric Special 80 100 Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90 Hidden Power Ice Ice Special 60 100 Toxic Poison Status — 90
Mamoswine Nature Ability Item Jolly Thick Fat Focus Sash Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Icicle Crash Ice Physical 85 95 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100	Lugia Nature Ability Item Modest Multiscale Choice Specs Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Aeroblast Flying Special 100 95 Thunder Electric Special 110 70 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Celebi’s seen data

Celebi’s seen data can easily be obtained by battling the Celebi NPC in Ilex Forest near the shrine.

Ilex and Chronos Forest

Ilex Forest

After retrieving the G.S Ball from Scientist Alexander in Ruins of Alph, the next destination for the quest will be in Ilex Forest. The next thing to do is to examine the shrine in the middle of the path through the forest at any time ingame. The G.S Ball will react and the player will be teleported to the Chronos Forest, where he or she will be put to a few trials before being able to capture Celebi.

Before entering the Chronos Forest, make sure to prepare a Synchronize Pokémon, a Pokémon to weaken Celebi, a sufficient amount of Pokeballs, as well as a Surf method; many bodies of water are necessary to cross in order to reach Celebi.

Chronos Forest Area 1

Upon entering Chronos Forest, Time Guardian Charles will present the player the first trial before getting Celebi. The trial consists of finding a total of 10 Time Shards, all of which are hidden items spread throughout Chronos Forest Area 1.

The location of each Time Shard is shown on the area map below.

Once all 10 Time Shards have been obtained, it will be necessary to hand them to Time Guardian Charles, after what the two Time Guardians blocking the way to the next area will disappear. Charles will also notify the player of how many Time Shards he or she has obtained by speaking to him.

Chronos Forest Area 2

The second trial will be explained by Time Guardian Topan. The goal is simple: reach the other end without being seen by the many Time Guardians in the way. If they see the player, they will kick him or her back to the end of Chronos Forest Area 1, as such there is no significant penalty by failing the trial.

Lake of Shine

Celebi will be located in the middle of the last area, the Lake of Shine. While there are no particular trial here, there are a couple short mazes to cross in order to reach Celebi.

Once in front of Celebi, talking to him will automatically initiate a battle in which he can be captured. The Celebi will be level 30 and know the moves Ancient Power, Magical Leaf, Safeguard and Recover.

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier	Held Item
#251		Celebi	Grass	Psychic	Unhuntable

With Celebi fought, Time Guardian Charles back in Chronos Forest Area 1 will return the player back to Ilex Forest.
In case Celebi was not successfully caught, you have the chance to catch it again by beating Nikola.

External Links

• Legendary Megathread