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4th Gen Resetting for a shiny fossil.

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    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)
     
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    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).
     
    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?
     
    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.
     
    KougaWolf said:
    Another question: If you migrate a shiny Pokemon, will that reduce your chances of finding another shiny in D/P?
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    Nope, nothing affects chances of shinyness other than chaining, and that only affects the chain itself.
     
    I've done that with cranidos before,
    i got shiny from it.
    but it took me like 3 days on and off. xD
     
    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
     
    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.
     
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    KougaWolf said:
    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.
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    Then happy birthday!

    (fillerrr)
     
    KougaWolf said:
    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!
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    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.
     
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