Here's how to navigate the Ripple in Time campaign to catch Celebi. Pokemon Go: How to Catch Celebi. In Pokémon Go, that's so far been limited to Pokémon Go Fest Chicago 2018, but it won't be long before Celebi is available to quest for around the world. My phone also don't have gyroscope senser but i caught celebi without ar mode. So u can throw as much as u want. U can throw when it comes near and pokeballs also don't use from our storage. Like the Generation 1 Mythical, Mew, encountering Celebi requires you to complete Special Research. AR mode has never worked on my phone (it shows the AR picture but no Pokemon will appear on it) for some unfathomable reason the game says you must catch celebi in AR mode. Just caught it myself, don't think my AR works because whenever i'm in AR mode, i can't even find him. Pokémon Go has released another mythical Pokémon. And pokeballs don't go through celebi. Power up Pokemon 5 times (1000XP) Battle in a Gym 2 times (1000XP) Battle in a Raid (1000XP) Rewards - … Catching Celebi, the Legendary, time traveling Pokémon, requires completing a large number of tasks in Pokémon Go.The long string of quests, called … If I try to catch it without AR on, I get this weird image of celebi that is uncatchable and keeps disappearing and reappearing. There's eight stages to go through in total, each consisting of three tasks, for a total of 24 things you have to do before you'll have the chance to catch Celebi in Pokemon Go. How to catch Celebi in Pokemon Go Celebi quest stage 1/8. It works without ar. Without the AR mode i just had to be patient and wait for him to come close since I couldn't throw my balls very long, only 2 spots close to me was where i was able to him in. Celebi is too far that it looks like pokeballs go through it but pokeballs just don't reach it. Celebi is the Mythical Pokémon of Generation 2, first discovered in the Johto Region. I cannot catch celebi on my phone.