This Pokémon's moves completely ignore abilities that could hinder or prevent their effect on the target.

For example, this Pokémon's moves ignore abilities that would fully negate them, such as water absorb; abilities that would prevent any of their effects, such as clear body, shell armor, or sticky hold; and abilities that grant any general protective benefit, such as simple, snow cloak, or thick fat.  If an ability could either hinder or help this Pokémon's moves, e.g. dry skin or unaware, the ability is ignored either way.

Abilities that do not fit this description, even if they could hinder moves in some other way, are not affected.  For example, cursed body only affects potential future uses of the move, while liquid ooze and shadow tag can only hinder a move's effect on the user.  This ablity cannot ignore type or form changes granted by abilities, for example color change or forecast; nor effects that were caused by abilities but are no longer tied to an ability, such as the rain from drizzle.  This ability cannot ignore multitype at all.

An ability ignored by this ability is only nullified while the move is being used.  For example, this Pokémon's moves can paralyze a Pokémon with limber, but Limber will activate and heal the paralysis immediately thereafter, and this Pokémon's spikes are not affected by this ability after they have been placed.

When this Pokémon enters battle, all participating trainers are notified that it has this ability.

This ability functions identically to teravolt and turboblaze.

The Pokémon's moves are unimpeded by the Ability of the target.

Mold Breaker

This Pokémon's moves with extra effects have 1.3× their power, but lose their extra effects.

An effect chance is a move's chance to inflict a status ailment, cause a stat change, or make the target flinch in addition to the move's main effect. For example, thunder shock's paralysis is an extra effect, but thunder wave's is not, nor are knock off's item removal and air cutter's increased critical hit rate.

Moves that lower the user's stats are unaffected.

Removes any additional effects from the Pokémon's moves, but increases the moves' power.

Sheer Force

level-up

rampardos

cranidos

An item to be held by a Pokémon. This curious
scarf boosts Speed but only allows the use of
one move.

mold-breaker

sheer-force

Cranidos

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

rock

An incredibly rare sight. They duel each other by ramming their
heads together, and the resulting sound echoes throughout the
area like the pealing of a bell.

legends-arceus

Its hard skull is its distinguishing feature. It
snapped trees by headbutting them, and then
it fed on their ripe berries.

ultra-moon

A primeval Pokémon, it possesses a hard and
sturdy skull, lacking any intelligence within.

ultra-sun

In rock layers where Cranidos fossils are found,
the fossilized trunks of trees snapped in two
are also often found.

moon

It lived in jungles around a hundred million years
ago. It used its skillful headbutts to
combat Aerodactyl.

A lifelong jungle dweller from 100 million years
ago, it would snap obstructing trees with headbutts.

alpha-sapphire

It was resurrected from an iron ball-like fossil.
It downs prey with its headbutts.

omega-ruby

A lifelong jungle dweller from 100
million years ago, it would snap
obstructing trees with head butts.

white-2

black-2

white

black

CRANIDOS toughen up their already
rock-hard heads by headbutting
one another.

soulsilver

heartgold

platinum

It was resurrected from an iron
ball-like fossil. It downs prey with
its head butts.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	67	—		142
Attack	125	1		145
Defense	40	—		60
Sp.Atk	30	—		50
Sp.Def	30	—		50
Speed	58	—		78
Total	350	1	0/510	525

Cranidos

Stat

Recommended Battle Sets

Choice Scarf

Evolution Chain

Type Matchups