Shieldon

The Shield Pokémon
#410 - Shieldon
Evolve	Bastiodon
Debut	Pokémon: Diamond Version Pokémon: Pearl Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	0.5 m (1'08")
Weight	57.0 kg (125.7 lbs.)
Color	Gray
Gender Ratio	7♂ : 1♀
Ability	Sturdy
Hidden Ability	Soundproof
Egg Group	Monster
Icon		Sprite
		File:410sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	30	Speed	30
Attack	42	Sp. Attack	42
Defense	118	Sp. Defense	88
Training Info
Catch Rate	045	Hatch Steps	7,680
Base Exp.	099	Effort Points	Def
Happiness	70
To Lv.100	Erratic

Kanto #	Johto #	Hoenn #	Sinnoh #
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Unova #	Johto (IV) #

Shieldon is an armored-faced fossil Pokémon that was introduced in the fourth generation games. It can be revived from an Armor Fossil, and its evolved form is Bastiodon.

Information

Shieldon is a Pokémon that lived in jungles over 100 million years ago. It is known for its outstandingly hard facial hide. Shieldon habitually polishes its face by rubbing it against tree trunks. This armored face also allows it to eat berries and grass without having to fight for it. However, Shieldon is vulnerable from behind. Its fossil, the Armor Fossil, was apparently dug out of a layer of clay older than anyone knows.

It evolves into Bastiodon at Level 30.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Pearl Version, Armor Fossils could be dug out of the Underground. They could also be found there in Platinum, but the fossil would only appear instead of the Skull Fossil if the player had an ID Number ending in an odd digit. The fossils could be revived at the Oreburgh Mining Museum in all of the versions. In Black and White, the Armor Fossil along with all of the other fossils from the first four generations could be received from a worker at Twist Mountain at random on a daily basis. The fossils could be revived at the Nacrene Museum.

Other Games

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, Shieldon could be recruited at the seventh through eleventh basement floors of Crystal Cave. In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, it was found at Peril Cliffs. In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, it appeared at Daybreak Ruins and the Fire Temple. Shieldon also appeared in Pokémon Rumble at Fiery Furnace.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, one episode of the Sinnoh series featured Ash's group working with Gary Oak to protect four Shieldon from Pokémon Hunter J. Aside from that, Shieldon have mostly made minor appearances.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, a Shieldon was initially shown as one of Byron's Pokémon in the Diamond/Pearl arc. He introduced Diamond to the Shieldon at the beginning of his training at Iron Island, due to being unable to befriend it. Diamond was able to become the Shieldon's friend, so Byron let him have it. Diamond trained with it, and the Shieldon eventually evolved into Bastiodon while fighting at Team Galactic's Veilstone City base.

Trivia

• Its name is a combination of "shield" (due to its protective face) with "don" (which is used as a suffix for various dinosaur names).