Cobblemon Mike Skills — 4.0.0

> ⚠️ IMPORTANT — NBT DATA MIGRATION > > Servers using the default NBT storage backend may lose player progression when upgrading from 3.1.0. > > MongoDB users are NOT affected. > > Please read the migration section carefully before updating production servers.

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Version Notice

3.2.0 was never officially released.

All planned 3.2.0 features were merged directly into 4.0.0 together with backend, balancing, and storage changes.

This means 4.0.0 includes:

• all planned 3.2.0 features
• new gameplay systems
• balancing changes
• backend/storage rewrites
• migration requirements

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Added

Skill Ladder

• Global profession leaderboards
• Personal rank display
• GUI integration
• /pokeskill <profession> ladder

Configurable Messages

• All player-facing messages now configurable
• messages.cfg support
• Placeholder support

MongoDB Backend

• Cross-server persistence support
• Velocity/Bungee compatible
• Recommended for networks

Alert System

• Configurable shiny/legendary alert scopes
• Nearby activity notifications
• Persistent encounter history
• /pokeskill history

Profession Config Files

Each profession now has its own config file with:

• enable/disable toggle
• encounter multipliers
• mood weights
• profession balancing

New Config Options

Added:

• insomniaSleepBlock
• insomniaSleepPenalty
• ppCostMode
• dropDigBlocks
• dropCutLogs
• dropFishingLoot
• cutRequireLeaves
• blockCountUsesPokemonAttack

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Changed

Legendary Spawn Rework

Legendary pools were redesigned to be smaller, more focused, and progressively scalable with skill level.

<details> <summary>Current Profession Legendaries</summary>

Fishing

• Kyogre
• Suicune

Digging

• Groudon
• Regirock

Cutting

• Celebi
• Xerneas

Insomnia

• Darkrai
• Lunala

</details>

Progressive Legendary Scaling

Legendary spawn rates now scale with profession level:

• Better progression
• More consistent endgame rewards
• Improved rarity balance

Spawn Alert Refactor

• Alerts are now centralized internally
• More reliable shiny/legendary broadcasts
• Improved Dig/Cut encounter consistency

Vanilla Loot Controls

Vanilla drops are now independently configurable for:

• Fishing
• Digging
• Cutting

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Fixed

Windows NBT Persistence

Fixed a major issue where Windows servers could silently fail to save skill progression due to invalid filename formatting.

Insomnia Logic

Fixed multiple issues involving:

• disabled professions still progressing
• incorrect sleep tracking
• invalid bed interaction checks

Config Parser

Fixed .cfg parsing issues with indented comments.

Leaderboards

Offline players now appear correctly in rankings.

Skill Progression

Improved:

• XP consistency
• level thresholds
• progression balancing

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Migration (NBT Backend Only)

The internal save filename changed.

Old:

cobblemonmikeskills:mike_skills.dat

New:

cobblemonmikeskills_mike_skills.dat

Automatic Migration

If the server is upgraded directly and the new file does not yet exist, migration happens automatically.

IMPORTANT

If the server already started once on 4.0.0 and generated a new empty file, player progression may appear missing.

In this case:

Stop the server
Go to world/data
Delete:
cobblemonmikeskills_mike_skills.dat
Restart the server

The old save will be migrated automatically.

WARNING

If the original NBT file is missing or was never generated correctly on older Windows servers, progression recovery is impossible.

MongoDB users are unaffected.