Skull Fossil

Skull Fossil ずがいのカセキ Skull Fossil

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The Skull Fossil (Japanese: ずがいのカセキ Skull Fossil) is a Fossil introduced in Generation IV that can be regenerated into Cranidos. It is the counterpart of the Armor Fossil.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Passive effect

If brought to the one of the following locations, the Skull Fossil can be regenerated into a Cranidos.

Description

Acquisition

Gallery

Sprites

Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

A Skull Fossil was first seen excavated from the Oreburgh Mine in Shapes of Things to Come!. Roark was very interested in it, talking to it and telling it that it would come back to life. He then sent it off to the Oreburgh Mining Museum.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Kiawe found a Skull Fossil in Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, during the Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for Ash and his classmates by Olivia. A Skull Fossil also appeared on a holographic screen during Sophocles's first hunt for treasure.

In the TCG

Main article: Skull Fossil (Mysterious Treasures 117)

The Skull Fossil was introduced as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game in the Mysterious Treasures expansion, first released in the Japanese Secret of the Lakes expansion. It is a Fossil Trainer card, so after being played it is put on the Bench as a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon. It has a Poké-Body that says if it is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, Skull Fossil's owner gets to flip coins until they get tails and put one damage counter on the Attacking Pokémon for each heads. It can evolve into Cranidos that evolve from a Skull Fossil.

Skull Fossils are also featured on Unidentified Fossil cards, which are Fossil Trainer cards that can evolve into Cranidos as well.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 頭蓋化石 Tàuhgoi Fasehk Mandarin 頭蓋化石 / 头盖化石 Tóugài Huàshí French Foss. Crâne* Fossile Crâne* German Kopffossil Italian Fossilcranio Korean 두개의화석 Dugaeui Hwaseok Polish Relikt Czaszki* Brazilian Portuguese Fóssil Crânio Spanish Fósil Cráneo Vietnamese Hóa thạch đầu sọ

Related articles

Fossils and Fossil Pokémon

Helix

Dome

Amber

Root

Claw

Skull

Armor

Cover

Plume

Jaw

Sail

Bird

Fish

Drake

Dino

Generation I

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VIII

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