Is Celebi Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Event-only in Gold and Silver. Celebi requires a special distribution event or the GS Ball, which was never released outside Japan. For most players, Celebi is an empty Pokedex entry. The Grass/Psychic typing would be excellent if you could actually get one.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Celebi resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi resists most of Chuck's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Celebi resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Celebi has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Celebi resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Celebi trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Trade
Celebi cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 30PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Celebi in Gold & Silver
Celebi cannot be caught in normal play. There is no wild encounter and no in-game event that hands one over, so the only Celebi you will ever own here arrived through an old distribution or a transfer.
Celebi cannot be caught in the wild in Gold & Silver, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Gold & Silver.
How to Get Shiny Celebi in Gold & Silver
Celebi reaches no location in Gold or Silver at all, so a shiny one can only be traded in from a game that offers the mythical. See every game where Shiny Celebi can be hunted
Shiny Celebi Evolution
Does Not EvolveCelebi Weakness
Celebi's Psychic/Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, and Dark. Bug hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Celebi's overall bulk (100/100/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Celebi Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Celebi
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Lugia builds →Aeroblast 2x59-70% Blizzard 2x47-56% Shadow Ball 2x32-37% | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x85-100%KO Fly 2x57-67% Shadow Ball 2x44-51% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x85-100%KO Crunch 2x57-67% Sludge Bomb 2x36-42% Shadow Ball 2x32-37% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x83-98% Fury Cutter 4x10-12% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x78-92% Thief 2x18-22% Smog 2x9-11% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Entei builds →Fire Blast 2x71-83% Bite 2x24-28% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Jynx builds →Blizzard 2x88-103%KO Thief 2x20-24% Shadow Ball 2x20-24% | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x74-87% Shadow Ball 2x44-51% Bite 2x25-30% Smog 2x12-14% | ||
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Scyther builds →Wing Attack 2x43-51% Fury Cutter 4x17-20% Pursuit 2x11-13% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Dragonite builds →Fly 2x59-70% Fire Blast 2x52-61% Blizzard 2x52-61% Fury Cutter 4x12-15% | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Celebi View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x61-72% Fire Blast 2x37-43% Ice Punch 2x23-27% Thief 2x12-15% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Celebi Evolutions
A Psychic/Grass-type mythical at 600 base stats, Celebi can't breed or evolve. Event distribution is the standard way to obtain one. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
GS Celebi Best Moveset
Grass/Psychic with 100 in every stat and MoveRecover for unlimited sustain. MovePsychic and MoveGiga Drain provide dual TermStab, and MoveHeal Bell clears the team's status conditions. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with Recover. Does support and offense from a stat line that handles every role. The most versatile support option available.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Psychic
- Future Sight
- Solar Beam
- Baton Pass
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Celebi's Rock and Normal coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Future Sight and Solar Beam for same-type damage. Future Sight and Dream Eater are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
20 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This POKéMON wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared.
When CELEBI disappears deep in a forest, it is said to leave behind an egg it brought from the future.
Celebi Gold & Silver Guide
Celebi isn't catchable in Gold & Silver. Obtain it through event distribution in Crystal, then trade it to Gold & Silver.
Game Availability
Introduced in Gold & Silver, Celebi shows up in 16 games across 8 generations. Mythical status keeps it locked behind events or specific story content in most appearances.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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