Plume Fossil

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	Introduced in Generation V
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The Plume Fossil (Japanese: はねのカセキ Feather Fossil) is a Fossil introduced in Generation V that can be regenerated into Archen. It is the counterpart of the Cover Fossil.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	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 Plume Fossil can be regenerated into an Archen.

Games	Location
BW B2W2	Nacrene Museum
XY	Ambrette Town Fossil Lab
ORAS	Devon Corporation in Rustboro City
SM USUM	Fossil Restoration Center on Route 8

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	A fossil of an ancient Pokémon that flew in the sky in ancient times. It appears to be part of its wing.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	A fossil from a prehistoric Pokémon that once lived in the sky. It looks as if it could come from part of its wing.
SV	A fossil from a prehistoric Pokémon said to be an ancestor to modern bird Pokémon. It looks as if it could have come from part of some creature's wing.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
BW	Relic Castle (choice between this and the Cover Fossil)
B2W2	Nacrene City (choice between this and the Cover Fossil)	Join Avenue (Antique Shop) Funfest Mission (found in glowing spots in "Not-Found Lost Items!" and for sale in "What is the Real Price?")^W2
XY		Rock Smash (Glittering Cave, after entering the Hall of Fame)
ORAS		Rock Smash (Mirage spots)^OR
SM USUM	Konikoni City (Olivia's jewelry shop)^M^UM	Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun: Rare-Treasure Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting)^USUM

In animation

A Plume Fossil in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

A Plume Fossil in Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

A Plume Fossil appeared in Archeops In The Modern World!, which had been given to Professor Juniper and Fennel by Lenora. They successfully resurrected a female Archen from the Fossil using Musharna's dream energy. With the help of Ash and his Tranquill, Archen learned how to fly and then evolved into Archeops.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

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

In the TCG

Plume Fossil in the TCG

Main article: Plume Fossil (Noble Victories 93)

The Plume Fossil was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game in the Noble Victories expansion, first released in the Japanese Red Collection. It allows players to look at the bottom seven cards of their deck, reveal an Archen they find there, and put it onto their Bench. The other six cards are then shuffled back into the deck.

Unidentified Fossil cards are Fossil Trainer cards which become Basic Pokémon. While they do not feature a Plume Fossil, certain Archen evolve from Unidentified Fossil.

Trivia

While the item description for the Plume Fossil states the Fossil came from a "Pokémon that (once) flew/lived in the sky", the Backpacker who gives away the Fossils in Pokémon Black and White mentions that the Plume Fossil is from a Pokémon that lived in an ancient forest, but could not fly. Considering what is known about the Archaeopteryx genus, this may be intentional to some degree.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	羽毛化石 Yúhmòuh Fasehk * 羽之化石 Yúh-jī Fasehk *
Chinese	Mandarin	羽毛化石 Yǔmáo Huàshí * 羽之化石 Yǔ-zhī Fasehk *
Finnish		Töyhtöfossiili
French		Foss. Plume* Fossile Plume*
German		Federfossil
Italian		Fossilpiuma
Korean		날개화석 Nalgae Hwaseok
Polish		Skamielina Pióra* Pióro Skamielina*
Portuguese		Fóssil Pluma
Russian		Ископаемый Перо Iskopayemyy Pero
Spanish		Fósil Pluma

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