Cobblemon Mike Skills 4.0.0

> ⚠️ Important Warning > > Worlds using older NBT-based progression systems may lose progression after updating. > Back up your world before installing this version.

✨ New Features

🌙 Insomnia Skill Improvements

The Insomnia profession has been heavily expanded and rebalanced.

• Spirits now behave much more naturally in dark environments
• Staying awake for long periods is now more rewarding and dangerous
• Dark areas attract supernatural encounters, while well-lit bases remain safer
• Players can now earn Insomnia XP from defeating spirit-related hostile mobs
• New progression milestones and spirit encounter advancements were added

⛏️ Passive Tool Training

Players can now train professions even without using Pokémon directly.

You can now gain small amounts of XP by:

• Breaking logs manually for Cutting XP
• Mining dirt, sand, and gravel for Digging XP

This system helps early progression feel smoother before unlocking stronger Pokémon abilities.

❤️ Friendship System

Pokémon bonds now matter more.

• Pokémon can require a minimum friendship level before helping with actions
• Digging and Cutting actions can now increase friendship over time
• Your team becomes stronger the more you work together

🏆 Expanded Advancement System

The old advancement system was completely redesigned into a full progression tree.

New advancement categories include:

• Level milestones for all professions
• Shiny encounters
• Legendary encounters
• Profession-specific achievements
• Insomnia survival milestones
• Special move-based achievements

Each profession now has its own progression journey.

⚖️ Gameplay Changes

🌙 Insomnia Rebalance

The entire insomnia mechanic has been adjusted to feel more natural and engaging.

Changes include:

• Spirits can begin appearing earlier
• Light levels now affect spawning more consistently
• Dark areas feel more dangerous
• Long periods without sleep apply stronger penalties
• Sleep warnings and penalties are now properly synchronized

🌲 Cutting Improvements

Tree cutting behavior has been improved significantly.

• Fake or player-made log structures are handled more safely
• Tree validation is more reliable
• Progression scaling for cutting strength is more consistent

⚔️ Battle & Encounter Fixes

Several progression systems now properly detect:

• Shiny Pokémon
• Legendary encounters
• Actual Pokémon levels during battles

This ensures XP rewards and advancements trigger correctly.

🛠️ Quality of Life

📋 Config Menu Improvements

The configuration menu was reorganized to make settings easier to understand and manage.

👻 Better Insomnia Feedback

• Improved status indicators
• Clearer progression feedback
• More readable profession icons

🔥 More Predictable Spirit Spawns

Spirit encounters now behave more consistently depending on lighting conditions, making player-built safe zones more reliable.

🧹 Major Fixes

This update fixes multiple long-standing issues, including:

• Advancements not appearing correctly
• Insomnia progression not advancing properly
• Spirits failing to spawn correctly
• Incorrect sleep progression tracking
• GUI icon inconsistencies
• Several progression and reward synchronization problems

🎯 Current Profession Features

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🎣 Fishing

• Rare encounters
• Progression-based rewards
• Shiny and legendary chances
• Fishing professions and scaling

🌲 Cutting

• Tree harvesting with Pokémon
• Move-based interactions
• Progressive leveling system
• Friendship integration

⛏️ Digging

• Dig-based loot collection
• Ground interaction system
• Progressive unlocks
• Tool XP support

🌙 Insomnia

• Spirit encounters
• Sleepless progression
• Environmental danger scaling
• Unique advancements and encounters

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💾 Recommended

Before updating:

• Back up your world
• Back up player data
• Test on a copy if using older progression systems

Thanks for playing and supporting the project ❤️