🌌 Cobblemon Realms v2.8 — Legendary Rebalancing, New Quests & Performance Boosts!

Welcome to the 2.8 update of Cobblemon Realms — a major step forward in world-building, balance, and automation! This update brings a ton of improvements to quests, Pokémon spawns, performance, and crafting, along with new mods and polish across the board. Let's dive in! 🧭

🚀 MAJOR MODPACK UPDATE

• Check Spawn Discord Bot is now live! 🎉
  Use /cr-checkspawn in the Discord server to verify if a Pokémon is currently spawning.

• Mount Speed Overhaul (Cobblemon: Ride On!)
  Riding speed now scales with your Pokémon’s Speed stat — faster Pokémon = faster travel!

• 📝 Pokédex Quests Overhaul

  • Added 54 new Pokédex quests
  • Regional quest layout redesigned for smoother progression and clarity.

• Legendary Spawn Rate Rebalance

  • Massive reduction in natural legendary spawns.
  • Legendaries now rely mostly on special summoning items — which are easier to find!

• +75 Pokémon Added to Non-Natural Spawns Pool
  These Pokémon must be obtained through gameplay methods (eggs, trades, items, etc).

• Spawn Pool Tweaks
  Adjusted natural spawns for: Magikarp, Gyarados, Vivillon, Zygarde, Flabébé, Floette, Florges, Grimer, Muk, Illumise, Volbeat, Slugma, Corvisquire, Corviknight, Riolu, Lucario, Cacnea, Cacturne, Gible, Gabite, Garchomp, Zorua & Hisuian Zorua, Zoroark & Hisuian Zoroark, Spiritomb

• New Regional Forms in Wild Spawns

  • Hisuian: Growlithe, Arcanine, Braviary, Avalugg
  • Galarian: Yamask, Weezing, Stunfisk, Darumaka, Darmanitan, Corsola
  • Alolan: Sandslash, Sandshrew, Muk, Marowak, Grimer, Geodude

• Crafting Recipes Added

  • 4x Great Balls → with Blue Apricorns + Poké Balls
  • 4x Ultra Balls → with Yellow Apricorns + Tier 2 Poké Balls

• Mob Capture Cards are now rarer.

• 🍖 Eternal Steak Returns!
  Restores hunger with a 30s cooldown per bite.

• Wiki & Discord Buttons Added!

  • In the quest welcome page
  • In the Minecraft pause menu

⚙️ MINOR MODPACK UPDATE

• ⚒️ NeoForge updated: 21.1.161 → 21.1.168
• Slower progression on Mob Farm tiers
• General Species Additions cleanup
• Spawn pool standardization to avoid conflicts or duplicate entries
• Improved loot: Some items can now drop in multiple copies per quest reward

🐞 FIXES

• Fixed bug where captured Pokémon via Capture Cards had random form after release.
• Aether Accessories icon now properly displays again.
• Quest rewards with choice are now randomized, useful for the upcoming in-game coin shop.
• Missing data for some Pokémon (used in Pokédex/interactions) has been added to avoid crashes.
• Fixed Sandaconda crash.
• Slight music mixing improvement (further balancing planned).
• Resolved many "Unknown Cobblemon preset name" errors.
• Easier recipes for Explorer’s Compass and Nature’s Compass

➕ ADDED MODS

• Create Cobblemon Potion
  Automate Pokémon potion crafting with Create contraptions!

• CobbleFurnies (by LunazStudios)
  Modular and themed furnaces with Cobblemon integration.

• EMI (Essential Modern Interface)
  A lightweight and modern item interface.

➖ REMOVED MODS

• Connectivity — unnecessary and redundant
• ModernFix — replaced by better optimization methods
• Biome Music (Forge/Fabric) — removed due to harsh music cut without fade

🎨 RESOURCE PACKS & SHADERS ADDED

• Cobblehats 1.6 – Shiny Update
• Cobblemon Interface
• Cobblemon Interface: Modded

🔄 UPDATED MODS & DATAPACKS

• CobbleTowns v1.1.3 — performance and structure fixes
• Sophisticated Storage 1.4.28.1139 — bugfixes and UI polish
• Almost Unified 1.2.5 — tag consistency for unification
• Cobblemon Spawn Notification 1.3.1 — better config and alerts
• Oh The Trees You'll Grow 5.0.11 — better tree diversity
• CobbleFurnies 0.5 — furnace behavior improvements
• Cobblemon MegaShowdown 9.3.8 — battle adjustments
• BadOptimizations 2.2.2 — improved performance
• BerryPouch 0.4.0-beta — berry pouch functionality updates
• EMI 1.1.22 — UI improvements
• Create Cobblemon Potion 1.0.1 — first release!
• ResourcefulConfig 3.0.11 — config stability
• Cobbleride 0.2.5 — speed scaling fix
• Crash Assistant 1.7.16 — better crash reporting
• Sophisticated Core 1.3.34.965 — compatibility fixes
• Bookshelf 21.1.59 — internal API improvements
• RCT Mod 0.15.1-beta — battle tweaks
• Immersive Engineering 12.2.0-187 — performance and machine tweaks
• Deeper & Darker 1.3.5 — biomes and loot changes
• FTB Library 2101.1.13 — core updates
• My Nether’s Delight 1.8 — new nether food additions
• PuzzlesLib 21.1.34 — improved mod dependency handling
• Cobblemon Counter 1.3.5 — improved UI
• Supplementaries 3.1.8 — decoration and redstone fixes
• CraftPresence 2.5.5 — Discord presence update
• Better Combat 2.1.5 — combat balance tweaks
• Moonlight 2.18.13 — lighting and mod support
• Tomtaru's Cobblemon Farmer’s Delight Tweaks R.1.3 — more seamless food integration

✨ That’s all for version 2.8! This update focuses on player experience, balance, and smoother technical performance — paving the way for new content to come.

Thanks for playing and see you in-game! 🧢