Armor Fossil

The Armor Fossil (Japanese: たてのカセキ Shield Fossil) is a Fossil introduced in Generation IV that can be regenerated into Shieldon. It is the counterpart of the Skull Fossil.

Armor Fossil
たてのカセキ
Shield Fossil
Bag Armor Fossil Sprite.png
Armor Fossil
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
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Fling
Power 100

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $500
SUS N/A $3,500
MUM $7,000 $3,500

Effect

Passive effect

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

Games Location
DPPt
BDSP
Oreburgh Mining Museum
HGSS Pewter Museum of Science
BWB2W2 Nacrene Museum
XY Ambrette Town Fossil Lab
ORAS Devon Corporation in Rustboro City
SMUSUM Fossil Restoration Center on Route 8

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A fossil from a prehistoric Pokémon that lived on the land. It appears to be part of a collar.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
BDSP
A fossil from a prehistoric Pokémon that once lived on the land. It looks to be from some kind of protective collar.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
DP UndergroundP
Pt Underground (if the last digit on the player's Trainer ID is an even number)
HGSS Trade
BW Twist Mountain (after obtaining the National Pokédex)
B2W2 Twist Mountain
Join Avenue (Antique Shop)
XY Rock Smash (Glittering Cave, after entering the Hall of Fame)
ORAS Rock Smash (Mirage spots)OR
SMUSUM Konikoni City (Olivia's jewelry shop)MUM Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun: Rare-Treasure Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting)USUM
BDSP Grand UndergroundSP

Gallery

Sprites

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

In the TCG

 
The first dedicated Armor Fossil card in the TCG
Main article: Armor Fossil (Mysterious Treasures 116)

The Armor 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 damaged by an opponent's Pokémon's attack, Armor Fossil's owner can flip coins until they get tails and, for each heads, reduce the damage done by the Attacking Pokémon by ten. It can evolve into Shieldon that evolve from an Armor Fossil.

Main article: Armor Fossil Shieldon (Steam Siege 98)

During the XY Series, the Steam Siege expansion included the Item card Armor Fossil Shieldon. It allows players to look at the bottom seven cards of their deck, reveal a Shieldon they find there, and put it onto their Bench. The other six cards are then shuffled back into the deck.

Armor Fossils are also featured on Unidentified Fossil cards. They are Fossil Trainer cards that can evolve into certain Shieldon.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 盾甲化石 Téuhngaap Fasehk
Mandarin 盾甲化石 Dùnjiǎ Huàshí
  French Foss. Armure*
Fossile Armure*
  German Panzerfossil
  Italian Fossilscudo
  Korean 방패의화석 Bangpaeui Hwaseok
  Polish Relikt Pancerza*
  Brazilian Portuguese Fóssil Armadura
  Spanish Fósil Coraza
  Vietnamese Hóa thạch khiên chắn



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