🧭 Cobblemon Realms – Version 5.4

Version 5.4 is a major content and systems update focused on Pokémon gameplay depth, battle feedback, progression balance, and performance stability across the entire modpack.

✨ Modpack Highlights

• Complete rework of all 1025 Pokémon minimap icons, including all custom Cobblemon forms and selected Mega Showdown extensions.
• Added a large set of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon as rideable mounts.
• Egg encryption disabled following a Discord community poll, allowing egg data to be read before hatching for faster and more efficient breeding.

Want to influence future decisions? Join the Discord and take part in upcoming polls:
https://discord.gg/kb8NSTF45n

🔥 Rustling Spots Expansion

Two new Nether-exclusive Rustling Spot families have been added, expanding exploration and encounters across the Nether.

• NetherFlamme
  Appears on lava surfaces and netherrack.
  Focused on Fire-type Pokémon adapted to extreme heat.
  Loot includes magma-related items, fire berries, Poké Balls, and rare Fire Stones.
• SoulFlame
  Spawns only on Soul Sand and Soul Soil.
  Features Ghost, Dark, and cursed Fire Pokémon surrounded by blue flames and soul energy.
  Loot includes soul-themed blocks, spectral items, Ghost and Dark gems, Dusk Balls, and rare artifacts such as Dusk Stones.

Added new translations: French, Japanese, Russian, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese.

Added Trident, Spelon Berry, and Aguav Berry to the Water items loot pool.

⚔️ Raid Dens Improvements

• Added boss shield mechanics. Shields increase boss defensive stats by 50% and grant immunity to status effects.
• Added IV Candies to Tier 4 and higher raid loot tables.

🐣 New Baby Legendaries

• Neonite – Pre-evolution of Necrozma
• Karfoal – Pre-evolution of Keldeo
• Courpup – Pre-evolution of Zacian and Zamazenta

⚙️ Battle System Enhancements

• Added Physical, Special, and Status icons to move tooltips.
• Added move type icons in battle interfaces.
• Added animation speed multiplier for battles.
• Added XP earned display with a configuration option to disable it.
• Added a new battle info panel showing revealed moves, held items, and abilities.

🌈 Tera and Dynamax Updates

• Added Tera Hats and Tera shader.
• Added Tera Crystals.
• Added Dynamax clouds.
• Max Mushrooms no longer require light to grow.

Player XP is back. Players now earn experience from battles alongside their Pokémon.

📈 Progression and Balance

• Increased IV Booster thresholds. Reaching 50 captures now grants a 5.0 bonus.
• Added automation recipes for Mochis and previously missing Candies.
• Increased spacing between PokéCenter and PokéMark world generation.
• Refreshed all Pokémon City loot tables.

The PokéLoot Datapack has been removed to ensure a smoother transition to Rustling Spots and to eliminate lag spikes.

📜 Quests and Rewards

• Added 10 Ultra Balls as a reward to the "50 Pokémon Battles" quest.
• Added Cobblemax reward to the "1024x Hyper Potion" quest.
• Fixed broken TM rewards.

Some Cobblemon quests currently display a temporary message due to issues with Cobblemon Lib.

🧩 Mods Changes

➕ Added Mods

• PokeBike - PokeBike adds rideable Pokémon inspired bikes to Minecraft
• Catch Indicator (Cobblemon Addon) - Adds an in-game indicator to instantly identify unseen and already caught Pokémon.
• Packet Fixer
• MemorySweep
• Cobblemon: PlayerXP

➖ Removed Mods

• Cobblemon: Living Dex
• Bad Packets
• Concurrent Chunk Management Engine

🎨 Resource Packs and Shaders

⬆️ Updated

• Cobblemon: Dark Edition – updated to version 3

💖 Credits

• Koepss – StoryKeeper Patreon
• DarkSanity – PathFinder Patreon

Both are now credited in-game.

🛠 Fixes

• Fixed Pokémon encounters only triggering for OP players.
• Fixed a JEI crash caused by duplicate subtype registration.
• Fixed Invalid Player Data kicks when joining LAN worlds via Essentials.
• Fixed Cave Rustling Spots not spawning correctly in underground caves.
• Fixed raid health drain effects and post-raid battle delays.
• Fixed Pokémon appearing invisible on multiplayer servers.
• Fixed excessive wild Pokémon cries when becoming aggressive.
• Fixed player Pokémon being unable to attack other players or their Pokémon.
• Fixed incorrect anger effect spawning.
• Fixed ability pop-up duration.
• Removed PC navigation with controller.
• Fixed Protean and Libero type changes for Pokémon with spaces in their names.
• Fixed white pixels on buff and debuff icons.
• Fixed Xerneas Neutralizing Gas transformation issues.
• Fixed Necrozma Ultra Burst transforming into incorrect forms.
• Fixed Dynamax scaling issues.
• Fixed conflicting candy recipes.
• Fixed Dustox textures and animations.
• Fixed Terastallization icon showing incorrect types on singleplayer and dedicated servers.

Pokémon spawn changes are documented separately here:
Cobblemon Expanded Spawns – Changelog