Cranidos (Pokémon)

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Missingno. けつばん Ketsuban #???
Art by Ken Sugimori from Red and Green
Type Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Glitch Pokémon
Ability ----- ----- Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 Unknown
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate Unknown
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Undiscovered group 1 cycles* (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 0 Battle Exp.: 1*
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[[Category:{{{type1}}}-type Pokémon|{{{ndex}}}]] Cranidos (Japanese: ズガイドス Zugaidos) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

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

Biology

Physiology

Cranidos is a gray, dinosaur-like Pokémon. It is physically based on Pachycephalosaurus. The back half of Cranidos's body is blue and it has a short tail. Cranidos also has stubby arms, but it can still attack with them. Cranidos has a hooked beak, red eyes, four spikes and a dome-shaped head that is colored blue.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Cranidos's main attacking prowess involves charging head-first into its opponents. Cranidos can also use various elemental attacks, but is much weaker with those kinds of moves.

Behavior

Habitat

Cranidos once lived in dense forests, but has been extinct from the wild for 100 million years and only exists via being cloned from fossil samples, and descendants of said clones.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

A Cranidos appears in both Shapes of Things to Come and A Gruff Act to Follow under the ownership of Roark. In Wild in the Streets!, Roark's Cranidos evolved into Rampardos.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Cranidos appeared in the fifth and sixth rounds of the Diamond & Pearl chapter Pokémon Special. A Cranidos is owned by Roark, which he sends out against Platinum in her gym match.

In the TCG

Main article: Cranidos (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

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Learnset

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By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Side game data

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Evolution

Unevolved Cranidos  Rock

Level 30 →

First evolution Rampardos  Rock

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Cranidos and its evolution, Rampardos are the only Pokémon that are revived from a fossil not to have a secondary type.
• Although Cranidos attacks primarily with its head, it could not learn Iron Head until Pokémon Platinum, and cannot learn Skull Bash. It also can't have the ability Rock Head.
• Cranidos and Shieldon evolve at level 30, the earliest of any fossil Pokémon.
• Out of all unevolved Pokémon, Cranidos has the highest Attack stat at Base 125.

Origin

Cranidos is based off of a baby Pachycephalosaurus

Name origin

Cranidos's name is derived from cranium, referring to its thick skull, and dos, a common ending for dinosaur names. Zugaidos's name comes from the word 頭蓋骨 zugaikotsu, cranium.

In other languages

• German: Koknodon - From Kopf (head), Knochen (bone), and don, an ending used for names of dinosaurs.
• French: Kranidos
• Korean: 두개도스 Doogaedos - From 두개골 (cranium).

Related articles

• Roark's Cranidos

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