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Cranidos Head Butt Pokémon ズガイドス Zugaidos #408 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Rock Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Mold Breaker Cacophony Cacophony Sheer Force Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Monster Hatch time 30 cycles
Height 2'11" 0.9 m Cranidos 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 69.4 lbs. 31.5 kg Cranidos 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 99 Gen. IV Unknown IV 70 V+	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 1 Cranidos 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cranidos (Japanese: ズガイドス Zugaidos) is a Rock-type Fossil Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It is resurrected from a Skull Fossil and evolves into Rampardos starting at level 30.

Biology

Cranidos is a gray, dinosaur-like Pokémon resembling the Pachycephalosaurus. It has a hooked beak, red irises, and a hard, blue, dome-shaped head with four spikes on its back. It has stubby arms with three claws; despite the stubbiness, it can attack with them. The back half of its body has a large, spiky pattern of blue and it has a short tail. It has feet with three forward claws and one backward.

Its main attacking prowess involves charging head-first into its opponents. When it lived in dense forests and jungles 100 million years ago, it would use headbutts to snap obstructing trees, down its prey, and combat other Pokémon like Aerodactyl. It notably lacks any intelligence.

In the anime

Cranidos in the anime

Major appearances

Roark's Cranidos

Cranidos debuted in Shapes of Things to Come and A Gruff Act to Follow!, under the ownership of Roark. In Wild in the Streets!, it evolved into a Rampardos after being trapped in Meowth's net during an attack by Team Rocket.

Other

In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part 2), a Cranidos was under the control of the Pokémon Pinchers. It fought Ben, who later captured it and released it back into the wild.

Minor appearances

In Tag! We're It...!, James's fantasy featured a Cranidos.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Cranidos in Pocket Monsters DP

Cranidos in Pokémon Adventures

A Cranidos Egg in Pokémon Adventures

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

A Cranidos appeared in Behold The Phantom Thief Of Justice.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

Main article: Roark's Cranidos

A Cranidos appeared under the ownership of Roark in PMDP07.

A wild Cranidos appeared in PMDP06.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Roark's Cranidos

A Cranidos is owned by Roark, which he sends out against Platinum in her Gym match. He seems to be one of the first Pokémon that he owned, having been hatched from an Egg long ago. He later evolved to Rampardos around the three Sinnoh Trainers' arrival on Canalave City. He first appeared in Putting a Crimp in Kricketot.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Main article: Roark's Cranidos

Cranidos assisted its Trainer in rescuing Hareta, who had been captured by Team Galactic Grunts in Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!. Later, Cranidos was used in a one-on-one Gym battle with Hareta's Piplup that ended in Hareta's favor with the help of an Oran Berry Roark gave to him earlier.

In the TCG

Main article: Cranidos (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Passho Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Rock Poké Assist: Rock Field move: None Browser entry R-084 It rams with its rock-hard head.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Rock Poké Assist: (present) Rock Field move: (present) (Crush ×2) Poké Assist: (past) Rock Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entry R-050/N-173 It triggers rockfalls around itself that make Pokémon Tired.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●●● Defense ● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ● Speed ●●●
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Cranidos come to the Cavern Zone to play. They agree that their favorite Attractions are Blaziken's Boulder Bash and Dusknoir's Speed Slam.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Rock Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Rock Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #541 Barrier Bash Removes one barrier-type disruption without fail.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 167 Base Attack: 218 Base Defense: 61 Egg Distance: 10 km Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Zen Headbutt, Take Down Charged Attacks: Rock Tomb, Ancient Power, Bulldoze

Evolution

Unevolved Cranidos  Rock

Level 30 →

First evolution Rampardos  Rock

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Cranidos images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Cranidos and its evolved form are the only Fossil Pokémon of a single type.
• Cranidos is tied with Rockruff for the lowest base Defense stat of all Rock-type Pokémon.
• Cranidos and Shieldon evolve at level 30, the earliest of any Fossil Pokémon.
• Cranidos has the highest Attack stat of all unevolved Pokémon.

Origin

Cranidos seems to be based on the Micropachycephalosaurus.

Name origin

Cranidos is derived from cranium. The "nidos" part of its name may be a corruption of "dinos", which is short for "dinosaurs".

Zugaidos is derived from 頭蓋骨 zugaikotsu (cranium).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ズガイドス Zugaidos From 頭蓋骨 zugaikotsu (cranium) French Kranidos Similar to English name Spanish Cranidos Same as English name German Koknodon From Kopf, Knochen, and don Italian Cranidos Same as English name Korean 두개도스 Dugaedos From 두개골 dugaegol Mandarin Chinese 頭蓋龍 / 头盖龙 Tóugàilóng From 頭蓋 tóugài and 龍 lóng Cantonese Chinese 頭蓋龍 Tàuhgoilùhng Same as Mandarin name

More languages Thai ซึไกโดส Zugaidos Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

Related articles

• Roark's Cranidos
• Fossil Pokémon

External links

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Pokémon

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