Cobblemon glossary: every term explained
The vocabulary you will hit in Cobblemon server chat, wikis and store pages, defined plainly. 50 terms, A to Z.
- Ability
- A passive effect a Pokemon has in battle, such as Intimidate lowering an opponent Attack on switch-in. Each species has one or two possible abilities plus a rarer hidden ability.
- Alpha
- An oversized, stronger variant of a wild Pokemon added by some servers and addons. Alphas usually have boosted stats and are worth catching.
- Apricorn
- A fruit grown on apricorn trees in Cobblemon, harvested in seven colors and used as the main crafting ingredient for Poke Balls.
- Battle gimmick
- An umbrella term for Mega Evolution, Terastallization, Z-Moves and Dynamax. Base Cobblemon does not include these, so servers add them through mods like Mega Showdown.
- Bedrock Edition
- The console, mobile and Windows-store version of Minecraft. It cannot run Cobblemon, which is Java Edition only.
- Breeding
- Producing eggs from two compatible Pokemon placed in a pasture block, used to pass down IVs, natures and egg moves.
- Catch rate
- A per-species number determining how easily a Pokemon is caught. Lower HP, status conditions and stronger balls all improve the effective rate.
- Cobblemon
- The free, open source Pokemon mod for Minecraft Java Edition that all servers on this site run.
- Crossplay
- Java and Bedrock players sharing one server. Cobblemon gameplay itself is Java-only, but networks can offer Bedrock access to their other gamemodes.
- Dex
- Short for Pokedex, the in-game record of species you have seen and caught.
- Ditto
- A Pokemon that can breed with almost any other species, making it the most valuable breeding partner in the game.
- Dynamax
- A battle gimmick that temporarily makes a Pokemon giant with boosted HP and special max moves. Available only on servers that add it.
- EV
- Effort Value. Trainable stat points earned by defeating specific Pokemon, capped per stat and per Pokemon.
- Everstone
- A held item that prevents evolution and, when held by a parent, passes that parent nature to the offspring.
- Evolution stone
- Items such as Fire Stone and Water Stone that trigger evolution on contact. In Cobblemon they are mined as ore or crafted.
- Fabric
- A lightweight Minecraft mod loader, the most common choice for Cobblemon servers.
- Fakemon
- A fan-created Pokemon species that is not in the official games. Some servers, such as Cobblemon Town, add large custom fakemon rosters.
- Fossil
- An item dug from fossil sites and revived into an ancient Pokemon using a Resurrection Machine.
- Free rank
- A rank granted at no cost, usually on first join. TalonMC grants one through the /freerank command.
- Gym
- A structured battle challenge against a leader with a themed team, awarding a badge on victory. The main progression spine on most Cobblemon servers.
- Held item
- An item a Pokemon carries into battle for a passive effect, such as Leftovers for healing or Choice Band for damage.
- A rarer third ability some species can have, usually stronger than their standard options.
- IV
- Individual Value. A fixed stat value from 0 to 31 rolled when a Pokemon spawns. Perfect IVs mean 31 in a stat.
- Java Edition
- The PC version of Minecraft that supports mods, and the only edition that can run Cobblemon.
- Legendary
- An extremely rare, powerful Pokemon. Most servers replace random legendary spawning with monuments, raids or mission chains.
- Level cap
- A server-imposed maximum level, often tied to gym progress, that stops players overleveling past the intended challenge.
- Link Cable
- An item that simulates a trade, letting trade-evolution species evolve in single player or without a partner.
- Mega Evolution
- A temporary in-battle transformation into a stronger Mega form. Added to Cobblemon servers via the Mega Showdown mod.
- Modpack
- A bundled set of mods and configs installed in one click through launchers like Modrinth or CurseForge. The recommended way to join a server.
- Modrinth
- An open source mod and modpack host, and the most common place Cobblemon servers publish their client pack.
- MOTD
- Message of the Day, the text a server shows in the Minecraft multiplayer list.
- Nature
- A personality trait that raises one stat by 10 percent and lowers another. Passed down by a parent holding an Everstone.
- NeoForge
- An alternative Minecraft mod loader that Cobblemon also supports, less common on servers than Fabric.
- Pasture block
- A block that lets Pokemon roam and is used for breeding.
- Pay-to-win
- A store model that sells gameplay advantage rather than cosmetics. See our list of servers with no pay-to-win.
- PC
- The in-game storage system for Pokemon beyond your party of six.
- Poke Ball
- The item used to catch Pokemon, crafted from apricorns and metal. Many variants exist with different catch multipliers.
- PokeHunt
- A rotating objective to catch specific Pokemon for rewards, a common server-added system. TalonMC runs these alongside legendary missions.
- Pseudo-legendary
- A very strong non-legendary species with a high stat total and slow growth, like Dragonite or Garchomp.
- Raid
- A group battle against a powerful Pokemon, added by servers as endgame PvE content.
- Shiny
- A rare alternate coloration of a Pokemon, roughly 1 in 8,192 by default. Cosmetic only, with no stat difference.
- Spawn pool
- The weighted set of Pokemon eligible to appear at your location given biome, time, weather and light level.
- Starter
- The first Pokemon you choose when joining, typically a Grass, Fire or Water type.
- Status condition
- An effect such as sleep, paralysis, burn, poison or freeze. Sleep and paralysis give the biggest catch rate bonuses.
- Terastallization
- A battle gimmick that changes a Pokemon type mid-battle. Added by servers, not present in base Cobblemon.
- Tick
- One twentieth of a second of server time. Servers running below 20 ticks per second are lagging.
- TPS
- Ticks Per Second, the health metric of a Minecraft server. Healthy is 20.
- Votifier
- The protocol that lets a server list notify a Minecraft server that a player voted, so the server can grant rewards automatically.
- Whitelist
- A restriction limiting joins to approved players. Every server on this list is publicly joinable.
- Z-Move
- A powerful one-per-battle attack from Generation 7, available on servers that add the gimmick.