cobblemon/CHANGELOG-1.8.md

Changelog

1.8.0 (MONTH Xth, 2026)

Additions

• Added a new cobblemon:structure, which is a feature without any restrictions allowing the Builders to place certain structures in much more specific manner.
• Added Configs for Infinite Use TMs and Unlocking all TMs
• Added Type Gem blocks
• Added Type Gem Clusters
• Added TMs
• Added TM Machine
• Added Deepslate Core Block
• Added /givetm Command
• Added advancement triggers for learning TMs: cobblemon:has_learn_specific_tm (per-TM), cobblemon:has_learn_all_tm (all TMs learned), and cobblemon:tms_learned (count-based), backed by a new totalTMLearnedCount on player advancement data.
• Added cobblemon:catch_alpha_pokemon advancement trigger and totalAlphaCaptureCount tracking for capturing Alpha Pokémon.
• Added Move Dex to Pokedex
• Added the Habitat Block, a spawner block for servers and adventure maps that controls spawning in an area.
• Added Disk Rack for storing disks and being an audio sequencer for Noteblocks
• Added intrinsic scaling to all mons (+-5%). Some rendering cases such as shoulder mounting revert to 1.0 scaling to preserve animation accuracy.
• Added scaling to "baby" pokemon (smaller (-20%) at level 1 -> normal sized at level 10)
• Added conditional seats for riding. Seats can be gated by molang such as "is_alpha".
• Added Alpha Pokemon
  • Added alpha scaling (alphas are larger than thier normal counterparts)
  • Alphas will always lead herds and will spawn in herds
  • Alphas spawn with 2 random TM moves from their learnset
  • Alpha pokemon will always defend themselves from players that attack them
  • Added alpha level matching and stat boost (based on level)
  • Added pitch-down and reverb to alpha cries
  • Added alpha pokemon bait effect
  • Added alpha eye rendering including: eye overlay, bloom, eye trail, and particles.

Added sounds to the following moves

• Absorb
• Aurora Beam
• Double Team
• Fire Punch
• Fire Spin
• Flame Charge
• Flame Wheel
• Giga Drain
• Ice Punch
• Leech Life
• Magical Leaf
• Mega Drain
• Minimize
• Poison Gas
• Rock Throw
• Scary Face
• Seed bomb
• Smokescreen
• String Shot
• Tail Whip

Changes

• Data Monitor can accept Disks (TMs, Music Disks, Upgrade, Dubious Disk, etc) to change look
• Rider positioning is now client-driven (Remove poseOffsets and offset per seat/pose) in favor of sending real time passenger position.
• Cleaned up seat data. Removed all now unused fields from seats in all species files. Also made locator seat names explicit in species file (however, this doesn't break legacy format)
• Marks can now provide aspects.
• Added new shiny and Alpha chance configs

Fixes

• Fixed rare Pokémon being far too likely to spawn multiple times in a single spawn cycle. The dev told me that the exact bug is too complicated to explain.
• Resolved the niche issue where Structures would spawn in an incorrect location, creating very funky world gen.
• Fixed Galarian Ponyta missing its cry.
• Fixed various log warnings caused by redundant files and sound events.

Developer

• Tweaked the spawning selector interface to take a bucket function rather than a bucket directly.
• Added a new cobblemon:height_range processor type to allow developers to restrict structure spawning ranges.

Molang & Datapacks

• Added q.world.spawn_loot_table_items(loot_table_id, x, y, z) which spawns the items from the loot table at the position. (Use type: "minecraft:chest" for the loot table.)
• Added q.pokemon.entity to access the entity of pokemon.
• Flamethrower and Seismic Toss had their action effect json cleaned up

Particles

Localization

• Updated translations for: