TalonMC Cobblemon wiki
Everything you need to play Cobblemon on TalonMC, split into linkable sections: getting started, gyms and level caps, catching and spawns, legendaries, the economy, and full reference tables for types, items and stat mechanics.
Start here
How to install TalonMC (official guide)
The official TalonMC install walkthrough: download the Modrinth App, link your Minecraft account, install the modpack and join play.talonmc.net.
Getting started on TalonMC
Your first hour on TalonMC: starter, free rank, Poke Ball supply and the quests that get you moving.
How TalonMC differs from vanilla Cobblemon
The server-specific rules that change how you play: level caps, legendary monuments, gimmicks, breeding restrictions and the economy layer.
Playing
Catching, spawns and shinies
How spawning works on TalonMC, how to target a species, catch rate mechanics and shiny hunting.
Gyms, badges and level caps
TalonMC runs six gyms with badge progression and level caps. How to prepare, and why type coverage matters more than one strong Pokemon.
Legendaries and Legendary Monuments
How legendary Pokemon work on TalonMC: monuments, mission chains and how to actually land the catch.
Mega Evolution and battle gimmicks
Which battle gimmicks work on TalonMC, how Mega Evolution is implemented, and what base Cobblemon does not include.
Economy, ranks and voting
How money, jobs, shops, ranks and vote rewards work on TalonMC, and why the server is free-to-play with no pay-to-win.
Dungeons, PokeHunts, bingo and ranked
The endgame content on TalonMC: instanced dungeons, rotating hunts, bingo boards and ranked battling.
Reference
Type chart
The complete Cobblemon type effectiveness chart: all 18 types, every matchup and the immunities that catch players out.
Items and evolution reference
Poke Ball variants and their multipliers, evolution stones and what they evolve, plus the key held items.
IVs, EVs, natures and breeding
The stat systems behind competitive Cobblemon: IVs, EVs, natures, friendship and how breeding passes them down.
Guides
What is Cobblemon? The Pokemon mod for Minecraft, explained
Cobblemon is a free, open source Pokemon mod for Minecraft Java Edition: catch, battle, breed and evolve over 1,000 species. How it works, how it beats Pixelmon, and how to play it online.
How to install Cobblemon in 2026 (Modrinth, CurseForge, Fabric)
Install Cobblemon in under 10 minutes: get the Modrinth or CurseForge app, install a server modpack, hit play. Covers Fabric, NeoForge and the version errors that block joins.
How to join a Cobblemon server (step by step)
To join a Cobblemon server: install the mod or modpack on Minecraft Java, open Multiplayer, add the server IP. Full walkthrough plus what to do in your first hour.
Cobblemon type chart: every matchup explained
The full Cobblemon type chart for all 18 types, with every 2x, 0.5x and 0x matchup. Includes the immunities that lose battles: Ground into Flying, Psychic into Dark, Dragon into Fairy.
Best Cobblemon starter Pokemon for a new server
Which Cobblemon starter should you pick? Grass survives the early game best, Fire clears fastest, Water is most forgiving. Ranked for joining a server, not for final stats.
Cobblemon shiny hunting guide: rates and methods
Cobblemon shiny odds are roughly 1 in 8,192 per spawn, and the roll happens at spawn, so fleeing never rerolls. What actually improves your odds, and how servers change the rate.
Legendary Pokemon in Cobblemon: how to find and catch them
How to get legendary Pokemon in Cobblemon: base spawn rates are brutal, so servers use monuments, raids and mission chains instead. Plus the catch setup that actually lands one.
Cobblemon spawn guide: where Pokemon appear by biome
Where Pokemon spawn in Cobblemon, by biome: which types appear where, how time, weather, light and altitude shift the pool, and how to build a farm that targets one species.
Species and item lookup
For per-species detail and obtainability flags across all 1,025 Cobblemon species, plus the full item list, TalonDex is the deep reference maintained for TalonMC. It marks its sources, so you can tell confirmed mechanics from unconfirmed community claims.
Browse TalonDex for individual species and item lookups. The pages here cover mechanics, progression and server rules, and our Cobblemon glossary defines the terminology.
Official Cobblemon resources
- cobblemon.com, the official mod site with downloads and release notes.
- wiki.cobblemon.com, the canonical wiki for base mod mechanics.
- The TalonMC modpack on Modrinth, one-click client install.
- The TalonMC Discord for anything server-specific.