Cobblemon
An open-source Pokemon mod that lets you catch, raise, and battle authentic Pokemon within Minecraft.
📦 Modpacks With This Mod
COBBLEVERSE - Pokemon Adventure
A full-scale Pokémon adventure modpack built on Cobblemon. Experience an authentic Pokémon RPG within Minecraft — complete with gym battles, evolution, and trainer fights.
🎯 Best for Suits players who want an authentic Pokémon RPG (gym battles, trainers) over automation.
All the Mons
A dream crossover of the All the Mods series and Cobblemon. Raise Pokémon through tech and magic automation, build a powerful team, and enjoy all the mods together.
🎯 Best for A fit if you enjoy Pokémon catching/training but also want ATM-style automation on the side.
📖 Introduction
Cobblemon is a free, open-source mod that adds an authentic Pokemon system to Minecraft. Starting as an alternative to Pixelmon, it has rapidly gained popularity thanks to its clean codebase and active updates.
Various Pokemon spawn naturally across different biomes and can be captured using Poke Balls crafted from Apricorns. Caught Pokemon grow stronger through leveling up and evolution, and you can engage in turn-based battles against other trainers or wild Pokemon.
The combination of a system faithful to the original games with Minecraft's freedom creates a unique experience.
🕒 When to Use This Mod
Reach for it when you actually want catching and raising Pokemon to be the game, not a side activity. The progression starts with Apricorn trees and a starter, so it works best on a fresh world where you build the playthrough around it — bolting it onto a long-running survival save rarely lands the same way.
📦 Where It Matters Most
Cobbleverse is essentially built around it — the whole pack flows like a gym-challenge run with a Pokedex to fill. All The Mons does something different: it bolts Cobblemon onto ATM10's massive tech tree, so you end up automating Apricorn farms and stuffing Poke Balls into your ME system. That cross-pollination is genuinely unique to that pack.
🎮 How It Changes Your Playthrough
Give it an hour and your sense of time in Minecraft warps — the classic 'just one more catch' loop transfers over completely, and suddenly you can't walk past a tall-grass biome without checking it. Having a partner Pokemon trail you around as the friendship climbs sounds minor, but it changes how attached you get to a save in a way pure survival rarely does.
💡 Gameplay Tips
- Apricorns grow on trees. You can craft different types of Poke Balls using different colored Apricorns.
- Cobblemon has biome-specific spawns. Explore various biomes to collect different Pokemon.
- You can store and swap Pokemon using the PC system.
- Some Pokemon gain friendship automatically when you explore nature together with them.
- Wild Pokemon you meet in the first thirty minutes are weaker than they look. Resist the urge to chase a powerful catch right away — get familiar with the friendship system first, because even a weak Pokemon you walk around with for a while ends up becoming the partner you bring to your first gym fight. That bond is half of why this mod works.
⚠️ Common Confusing Points
- • Not all features are 100% implemented like in the original games. Some features are still in development.
- • The conditions for legendary Pokemon to appear can be quite demanding.