If you’ve played Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! or Eevee! for more than a couple of hours, you may have run into a choice that’ll feel familiar to any veterans of the original games: the decision between the Dome and Helix fossils.

You run into the choice once you reach the end of Mt. Moon, which you’ll get do after defeating your first Gym Leader in Pewter City, and while it is possible to get both fossils by the end of the game you won’t get the chance until much, much later on. So you’ll want to make the right choice first time around.

So, why is it such a big choice?

When you first pick up either fossil, it’s not clear what it’s good for. But later in the game you’ll discover Cinnabar Island, and once there you can convert your fossil into one of two Fossil Pokémon. Which fossil you have determines which Pokémon you get, so really you’re deciding between the two Pokémon.

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Dome Fossil: Kabuto and Kabutops

Choose the Dome fossil and you’ll later get to convert it to Kabuto, a Rock/Water-type Pokémon that evolves into the pretty snazzy looking Kabutops at level 40. It also has the chance to learn some Grass, Steel, Dark, and Ground-type moves, which makes for a pretty diverse set, and can even pick up a few Ice, Poison and Bug-type moves from TMs.

Here are the base stats you can expect: 60 HP, 115 Attack, 105 Defense, 65 Sp. Attack, 70 Sp. Defence, 80 Speed

Helix Fossil: Omanyte and Omastar

Meanwhile, choose the Helix Fossil and you’ll get Omanyte, which is also Rock/Water, and also evolves at level 40 – into Omastar.

Omanyte and Omastar are much more focussed on those core types though, only getting a single move each from Ground and Dark outside Rock/Water/Normal, though can at least get some Ice, Poison and Steel-type moves from TMs.

Here are the base stats, which are also a bit different: 70 HP, 60 Attack, 125 Defense, 115 Sp. Attack, 70 Sp. Defence, 55 Speed

How to convert the fossils into Pokémon

Once you have your fossil of choice, you’ll actually have to hang onto it for quite a while. It won’t do much until you get to the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island, fairly late in the game.

Once you’re there it’s very simple though. In the back right of the building, you’ll see a scientist next to a Poké Ball machine. He’s able to resurrect your fossil and turn it into your Pokémon, at which points it’s yours to train.

How to get both fossils

We mentioned earlier that it is possible to get both fossils, if you don’t mind waiting a while. That’s because right at the end of the game you can find both of them in the Cerulean Cave, near Cerulean City.

You might recognise the name – this is where you’ll also find Mewtwo, but he’s not the only thing of value in the cave. Head to the top floor (2F) and you should find one of the fossils hidden in front of the large crystals in the middle of the floor – your Pokémon should help you find them.

You’ll only find one of the two at any given time – or the Old Amber, which can also be used on Cinnabar Island, to resurrect Aerodactyl – but one spawns at random each day, so keep trying and eventually, you should have all three fossils, and all three Pokémon.

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DAH_Joe 13 years ago

1

The Dome Fossil or the Helix fossil?

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Gunbladelad 13 years ago

2

IIRC, the Helix Fossil's final form has slightly better stats and/or movepool.

They're both pretty much the same thing, however, and never make it into competitive play. Just pick which one you think you'll like better.

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Sir_Fishtopher 13 years ago

3

They are both so dang cool... I always have trouble with this one. Just pick up another game and trade so you can get both!

Mr_GGFan 13 years ago

4

They're both worthless because you don't get to use the fossil until the game is almost over.

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genestealer 13 years ago

5

Helix fossil: If you're not planning to use any other water type, Omastar gets a pretty high special stat, and can do some good damage with Surf and Ice Beam/Blizzard. Omanyte would probably be easier to raise as well since the special stat starts out high and you can teach it surf right away.

Dome fossil: Kabutops is a fairly strong physical pokémon and can do pretty good damage with Slash and uh... Slash. At least it has high attack and near-guaranteed critical hits. Take this fossil if you think it will complement the rest of your team well. ---

pokedude7 13 years ago

6

Get the Dome, you can get Omanyte from the Mew Glitch by fighting the Trainer that has a Hypno in Koga's Gym. That way you can have both Omanyte and Kabutops.