Root Fossil

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Root Fossil ねっこのカセキ Root Fossil

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Key items Generation IV Items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 100

The Root Fossil (Japanese: ねっこのカセキ Root Fossil) is a Fossil introduced in Generation III that can be regenerated into Lileep. It is the counterpart of the Claw Fossil.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSE N/A N/A DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUS N/A $500 UM $7,000 $500

Effect

Passive effect

If brought to the one of the following locations, the Root Fossil can be regenerated into a Lileep.

Games Location RSE Devon Corporation in Rustboro City DPPt Oreburgh Mining Museum HGSS Pewter Museum of Science BWB2W2 Nacrene Museum XY Ambrette Town Fossil Lab ORAS Devon Corporation in Rustboro City SMUSUM Fossil Restoration Center on Route 8

Generation III

In the Generation III games, the Root Fossil is a Key Item.

Generation IV onward

From Generation IV onward, the Root Fossil is no longer a Key Item, and is a normal item. Therefore, multiples of them can be obtained, they can be held, and sent to other players via trading.

Description

Games Description RSE A fossil of an ancient, seafloor-dwelling Pokémon. FRLG A fossil of an ancient, seafloor-dwelling Pokémon. It appears to be part of a plant root. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A fossil of an ancient Pokémon that lived in the sea. It appears to be part of a plant root. XYORAS SMUSUM A fossil from a prehistoric Pokémon that once lived in the sea. It looks as if it could be part of a plant's root.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RS Route 111 (choice between it and the Claw Fossil) E Mirage Tower/Desert Underpass (if not picked up at Mirage Tower) DPPt Mining in the Underground (after obtaining the National Pokédex) HGSS Rock Smash (Cliff Cave)SS (after obtaining the National Pokédex) BW Twist Mountain (Ice Rock room) B2W2 Twist Mountain (Ice Rock room) Join Avenue Antique Shops XY Rock Smash (Glittering Cave)X ORAS Route 111 (choice between it and the Claw Fossil) SM Trade USUM Olivia's jewelry shop in Konikoni CityUM Poké Pelago Isle Aphun: Rare-Treasure Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting

Appearances

Underground

In the anime

A Root Fossil in the anime

In the main series

While the fossil itself has not yet physically appeared in the anime, an image of a Root Fossil were seen in Where's Armaldo?, when Professor Proctor explained Ash and his friends how he had restored several Lileep and Anorith back to life from Root and Claw Fossils.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named Root Fossil.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Root Fossil	T	EX Sandstorm		92/100	Miracle of the Desert		048/053
		EX Legend Maker		80/92	Mirage Forest		079/086
		EX Holon Phantoms		93/110
		EX Power Keepers		86/108	World Champions Pack		088/108
		Legends Awakened		139/146	Cry from the Mysterious
Root Fossil Lileep	I	Plasma Blast		87/101	Megalo Cannon		065/076

In other languages

Language Title Finnish Juurifossiili French Foss. Racine* Fossile Racine* German Wurzelfossil Italian Radifossile Korean 뿌리화석 Ppuri Hwaseok Brazilian Portuguese Fóssil Raiz Russian Ископаемый Корень Iskopayemyy Koren' Spanish Fósil Raíz Vietnamese Hóa thạch rễ cây

Fossils and Fossil Pokémon

Helix

Dome

Amber

Root

Claw

Skull

Armor

Cover

Plume

Jaw

Sail

Bird

Fish

Drake

Dino

Generation I

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VIII

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