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icycatelf May 4th, 2008 7:28 AM

Resetting for a shiny fossil.
 
Okay, I have given a Skull Fossil to the doctor in the Mining Museum, went out, came back in, & saved the game in front of the desk. If I get the Cranidos from the doctor & it's not shiny, can I reset and keep trying until it is a shiny? I've noticed that the nature and (sometimes) the gender of the Cranidos change, so I would think that a shiny would be a possibility.

You get a shiny Cranidos as a thank you:

Toblerone
Iron Shaman
Gofre
darkrai28
Animangaboy
red_eye_evil_Itachi
~KiTsUnE
DragonFir3
Graceful Assassin (distributed)

Toblerone May 4th, 2008 7:31 AM

Sounds very possible. Yes, i think you might be able to get a shiny fossil poke, but the chance is the same as any other (1 in 8000-ish).

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 7:33 AM

I've heard that people have gotten shiny starters & shiny legendaries by resetting, but it took a lot of resets.

Another question: If you migrate a shiny Pokemon, will that reduce your chances of finding another shiny in D/P?

Iron Shaman May 4th, 2008 7:34 AM

Chance of being shiny is 1 in 8192, so good luck.

Yeah, anything can be shiny (even trainer/battle tower pokemon =( ) but the only way to have increased chances is chaining.

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 7:39 AM

Well, that sucks. It wasn't that long ago that I migrated a shiny Eevee.

Iron Shaman May 4th, 2008 7:44 AM

Yeah, Fossils are the third hardest to get Shiny, behind Running Legends and Safari Pokémon.
A pity, because some of the shinies I like are fossils. D:

El Gofre May 4th, 2008 7:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KougaWolf (Post 3555870)
Another question: If you migrate a shiny Pokemon, will that reduce your chances of finding another shiny in D/P?

Nope, nothing affects chances of shinyness other than chaining, and that only affects the chain itself.

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 7:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gofre (Post 3555898)
Nope, nothing affects chances of shinyness other than chaining, and that only affects the chain itself.

That's great news! (Hopefully it's correct.)

darkrai28 May 4th, 2008 7:57 AM

good luck with that. I should try it too.

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 8:05 AM

I wander what the chances are of getting a shiny adamant Cranidos...
With wild Pokemon, you can use an adamant Abra, but this doesn't work with the fossils.

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 8:11 AM

I've done that with cranidos before,
i got shiny from it.
but it took me like 3 days on and off. xD

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 8:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Animangaboy (Post 3555979)
I've done that with cranidos before,
i got shiny from it.
but it took me like 3 days on and off. xD

Well, I started last night & continued about an hour ago...

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 8:14 AM

i hope you get one, though!

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 8:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Animangaboy (Post 3555992)
i hope you get one, though!

So do I. I have yet to get a shiny (besides trade & migration) on my Diamond Version.
I have managed to encounter a shiny Gastly on my Pearl Version, however.

DSLitegamer1994 May 4th, 2008 8:32 AM

this should work it worked for me twice in my Daiond i got a shiyn carndios in 3 days and in my Pearl i got a shiny shieldon 3 days too
i hope it works for you too

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 8:36 AM

How crazy would it be if I kept trying and finally got it on May 7th, my birthday?

It's a shame I have to reset after getting these good natures & IVs...
I guess I'll try for natures & IVs after I get a shiny.

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 9:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KougaWolf (Post 3556059)
How crazy would it be if I kept trying and finally got it on May 7th, my birthday?

It's a shame I have to reset after getting these good natures & IVs...
I guess I'll try for natures & IVs after I get a shiny.

Then happy birthday!

(fillerrr)

BakingBluePotatoe May 4th, 2008 11:13 AM

that would be crazy. O_O

Good luck!

EDIT:
1/204800 of getting THE nature you want on a shiny Pokemon. I wish you the best of luck. You'll need it.

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 11:50 AM

I'd say I've been trying this for about 7 hours now... I don't plan on giving up until I get a shiny one!

DragonFir3 May 4th, 2008 1:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KougaWolf (Post 3556587)
I'd say I've been trying this for about 7 hours now... I don't plan on giving up until I get a shiny one!

And you shouldn't. Just keep reseting your DS, until you get a shiny one. I'm doing this at every legendary pokemon, so I get all 31 possible IV's at stats, that I want.

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 1:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DragonFir3 (Post 3556838)
And you shouldn't. Just keep reseting your DS, until you get a shiny one. I'm doing this at every legendary pokemon, so I get all 31 possible IV's at stats, that I want.

I am doing that. If I wasn't, I would be digging up Skull Fossils all day.

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 1:43 PM

And hey.
since shiny fossil pokemon are hard to come by, you could get a pretty penny for it!

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 2:26 PM

OMG! After roughly 9 (7 strait) hours... it all paid off. I didn't think it would happen so quickly, but I now have a shiny Cranidos! And it's Adamant (wow, what luck)!!! I'm so happy! I guess this is an early birthday present. XD

I'll try to clone it several times & give everyone who posted in this thread, everyone who has been cheering me on (if they want one), a shiny Cranidos. Thanks you guys!

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 2:28 PM

AMG.
CLONE ME A CRANIDOS
NAO!

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 2:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Animangaboy (Post 3557054)
AMG.
CLONE ME A CRANIDOS
NAO!

XD Okay, but I will need a while. It takes me a while to clone.
I guess you could give me about... 10 minutes?

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 2:34 PM

sure!!!

(uber long filler)

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 2:37 PM

Okay, I just cloned it. You can go ahead and add by Diamond Version FC (see sig).

BakingBluePotatoe May 4th, 2008 2:37 PM

Give... it... NOW.

~~~~~

Well, it seems that you had quite the luck for that! (the chances of getting a Shiny with the nature you want are 1/204800!)

I suggest you do an IV check on that Cranidos! You might be lucky enough to have straight 31s O_O (Chances of getting a Shiny Pokemon with the best nature and exellent IVs: not sure, but it's one in a HUGE number)

AJ™ May 4th, 2008 2:38 PM

can we do it in a second,
i'm gunna battle quick.

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 2:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Animangaboy (Post 3557084)
can we do it in a second,
i'm gunna battle quick.

I just need to add you to my Pal Pad...
then I'll be waiting on Wi-Fi... for whenever you're ready.

POKEMASTERALEX May 4th, 2008 2:53 PM

congratulations on getting one! How did you do it? You gave the guy the fossil, left then went back inside? And saved right before he gave it to you?

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 2:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POKEMASTERALEX (Post 3557122)
congratulations on getting one! How did you do it? You gave the guy the fossil, left then went back inside? And saved right before he gave it to you?

Yup. Took a while... but that's how I did it!

POKEMASTERALEX May 4th, 2008 2:57 PM

great thanks wolf! I'm trying to get a kabuto with good ivs, so I want an easier way to SR. I originally thought you had to save before you gave the guy the fossil

icycatelf May 4th, 2008 2:58 PM

Nope. You can save after you give him the fossil (but before you get the Pokemon).

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~KiTsUnE (Post 3557082)
Give... it... NOW.

~~~~~

Well, it seems that you had quite the luck for that! (the chances of getting a Shiny with the nature you want are 1/204800!)

I suggest you do an IV check on that Cranidos! You might be lucky enough to have straight 31s O_O (Chances of getting a Shiny Pokemon with the best nature and exellent IVs: not sure, but it's one in a HUGE number)

At its current level, the IVs are only: HP18|A17|D27|SA19|SD17|S21

However, I read somewhere that you don't get accurate IV readings unless your Pokemon is lv100.

Brien May 5th, 2008 5:59 AM

I was proud of you, until I read that ur fine with cloning..


You dont deserve a congrats if your cloning it..

Your basically ruining it for all the other people that work hard for shiny fossils..

Way to go....

Atomic Sharks May 5th, 2008 6:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KougaWolf (Post 3556059)
How crazy would it be if I kept trying and finally got it on May 7th, my birthday?

It's a shame I have to reset after getting these good natures & IVs...
I guess I'll try for natures & IVs after I get a shiny.

happy birthday i saw this and i forgot to post on this sorry oh and i really hope you get lucky that would be funny if you did get the right ev and nature and shiny that would be lucky and hilarious

torch2424 May 5th, 2008 6:49 AM

LOLOLOLOLOL
 
omg ima laughing right now......well i transfered over my lvl 100 flygon to diamond,found 2 different shinies in diamond :)

Iron Shaman May 5th, 2008 10:29 AM

Neat, Crani is one of the cooler Shinies.

Good luck with the IVs. =D

Sweet Speed May 5th, 2008 10:30 AM

Yup true, Shiny Cranidos looks really cool :P

Atomic Sharks May 5th, 2008 11:31 AM

I just found out that you were giving all the people that supported you a lv 20 carnidos that is sweet

chaos11011 May 5th, 2008 12:02 PM

congrats i have yet come to find a shiny but still wow and the nature you wanted x2 wow

MilesVulpixPrower May 5th, 2008 12:12 PM

Wow i just got that wierd shield one and i was sad it wasent a shiny i tried and tried there was no hope and i fought this was my first shiny i still tried for six hours and then 3 hours pass my mum was so mad she took the game away from my for a day because i went on it for too long and my brother just took the shield one and saved!

And now i have been reading this thread from yesterday and i fought wow i think he's gonna do it and now you do it i think well done mate so this is to you!

Well done for getting it and now maybe you could try to get a shiny aerodactle because if you have done the national you can do that so make sure you get some super rare shiny fossil pokemon wow let's shorten that down SRSFP cool it sound's awesome wow this is a really long post so i will finish this with this

Well Done!
In and Out
~MilesVulpixPrower~

icycatelf May 5th, 2008 3:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brien (Post 3558700)
I was proud of you, until I read that ur fine with cloning..


You dont deserve a congrats if your cloning it..

Your basically ruining it for all the other people that work hard for shiny fossils..

Way to go....

Well, I'm sorry you feel that way...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomic Sharks (Post 3558762)
happy birthday i saw this and i forgot to post on this sorry oh and i really hope you get lucky that would be funny if you did get the right ev and nature and shiny that would be lucky and hilarious

It's not my birthday quite yet... I did get the nature that I wanted, but the IVs weren't 31...

Quote:

Originally Posted by torch2424 (Post 3558772)
omg ima laughing right now......well i transfered over my lvl 100 flygon to diamond,found 2 different shinies in diamond :)

Go you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Shaman (Post 3559145)
Neat, Crani is one of the cooler Shinies.

Good luck with the IVs. =D

The IVs aren't 31 (at the current level), but I plan on EV training a clone of the shiny Cranidos (PKRS, Macho Brace, & wild Machoke/Medicham).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiny Charmander (Post 3559146)
Yup true, Shiny Cranidos looks really cool :P

Yeah. I think I like the look of black + blue better, but shiny Cranidos does look cool (compared to some other shinies).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomic Sharks (Post 3559280)
I just found out that you were giving all the people that supported you a lv 20 carnidos that is sweet

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos11011 (Post 3559334)
congrats i have yet come to find a shiny but still wow and the nature you wanted x2 wow

Yeah, I was lucky. I'm glad it wasn't something like MODEST or HARDY.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MilesVulpixPrower (Post 3559363)
Wow i just got that wierd shield one and i was sad it wasent a shiny i tried and tried there was no hope and i fought this was my first shiny i still tried for six hours and then 3 hours pass my mum was so mad she took the game away from my for a day because i went on it for too long and my brother just took the shield one and saved!

And now i have been reading this thread from yesterday and i fought wow i think he's gonna do it and now you do it i think well done mate so this is to you!

Well done for getting it and now maybe you could try to get a shiny aerodactle because if you have done the national you can do that so make sure you get some super rare shiny fossil pokemon wow let's shorten that down SRSFP cool it sound's awesome wow this is a really long post so i will finish this with this

Well Done!
In and Out
~MilesVulpixPrower~

That sucks... If you had kept trying (without your mom or brother doing anything with your game), you would have, eventually, gotten a shiny fossil. Thank you. Yeah, I may try to get a shiny Aerodactyl next... I need to dig up another Old Amber, though.

TwilightBlade May 5th, 2008 3:49 PM

Congrats, but this is really going off topic and you shouldn't discuss cloning (if I were you, I wouldn't even ruin its value by cloning since you struck gold o.o)

Go to the shiny sticky to discuss your new shiny and the trade forum for trade arrangements. Thanks.

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