Pokemon GO's Celebi Special Research quest is now live in the game, and it gives players a series of objectives they have to complete if they want to add the mythical Pokemon Celebi to their collection. A couple of these objectives revolve around Eevee, with the first tasking players with evolving Eevee into Espeon.

Many Pokemon GO players are likely aware of the "name trick" that allows them to control Eevee's evolution. However, some may not know that this trick only works the first time Eevee is evolved into that particular Pokemon, so if players already have an Espeon using the name trick (nicknaming Eevee "Sakura" before evolving it), then they will have to find another method. Luckily, there is another way players can make Eevee evolve into Espeon.

To evolve Eevee into Espeon without using the name trick, players need to walk with the Eevee they want to evolve for 10km. After having Eevee as their walking buddy for that long, they can then evolve it into Espeon by evolving it during the day.

Luckily, the Celebi Special Research step that asks players to evolve an Eevee into an Espeon also tasks players with walking with Eevee as their buddy for 10km. So players will be able to complete two objectives at once, and earn all the associated rewards in the process.

Of course, players will need to have enough Eevee candy to complete this evolution, but that shouldn't be too hard to come by. After all, Eevee only requires 25 candy to evolve, and there were recently two Eevee Community Day events that should have left players with more Eevee candy than they know what to do with. Not to mention some shiny Eevees as well.

Now that players know how to make Eevee evolve into Espeon without using the name trick, they should be able to avoid some headaches trying to complete all of the Celebi Special Research quest.

Pokemon GO is out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.