Soulbond — A Cobblemon Modpack

A handcrafted expansion to Cobblemon, built to deliver the ultimate Pokémon adventures in Minecraft.

At the heart of Soulbond is Cobblemon, the mod that brings Pokémon into Minecraft.

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Features

Daycare+ brings balanced Pokémon breeding to Minecraft. Place your Pokémon in the Pasture block and let them grow — even while you’re offline or far away. Eggs are generated based on real elapsed time, and you can preview potential offspring before they hatch. Hatch multiple Eggs at once with incubators, making long-term team building easier and more rewarding.

Cobblemon Unchained and Spawn Chaining give Trainers new ways to hunt. By chaining encounters through battling, catching, fishing, or hatching, you can seek the same Pokémon with higher IVs, hidden abilities, and improved shiny odds. Dedicated hunters will find this perfect for mastering their teams and uncovering rare Pokémon.

Quick Battle lets you send your Pokémon into fast encounters, inspired by Scarlet and Violet. Perfect for quick XP gain, chaining KOs, or smoothing out repetitive battles without slowing your adventure.

Wonder Trade adds surprise and community. Trade a Pokémon at random with other players online, discovering unexpected partners and keeping every journey fresh.

For singleplayer worlds, Cobblemon Home allows you to deposit Pokémon in one world and withdraw them in another. Your Pokémon travel with you across adventures, letting you build a team that grows over time.

Cobblemon: Genesis Forms introduces Mega Evolution and other battle mechanics, taking Pokémon battles to a new level while keeping everything stable and balanced.

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Expanded Pokémon Progression & Addons

Progression, Encounter Control & Team Building

(Cobblemon Capture XP, Spawn Chaining, Cobblemon Unchained)

Soulbond enhances Pokémon progression by giving players more control, clearer feedback, and meaningful long-term goals:

• Capture XP rewards Pokémon with experience when caught, encouraging active team rotation and making exploration consistently rewarding.
• Spawn Chaining allows players to intentionally chain encounters of the same species, increasing the chances of encountering the same species of Pokémon.
• Cobblemon Unchained expands chaining mechanics further, enabling encounters with Pokémon that have improved IVs, hidden abilities, and increased shiny odds — rewarding dedication.

Together, these systems create purposeful Pokémon hunting and training that closely mirrors how players optimize encounters in the mainline Pokémon games.

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✨ Shiny Boosting (Event-Based)

• Designed specifically for server events and special occasions
• Temporarily increases shiny encounter rates for celebrations or community challenges
• Tuned separately from normal gameplay to preserve rarity and balance

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⚔️ Quick Battle

• Enables fast, streamlined wild Pokémon battles
• Reduces downtime by skipping lengthy transitions and animations
• Keeps exploration and progression flowing smoothly

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🔁 Wonder Trade

• Send a Pokémon into the global trade pool and receive a random Pokémon in return
• Encourages experimentation with unfamiliar species and team compositions
• Creates moments of surprise, discovery, and community interaction
• Great for early-game variety or refreshing long playthroughs

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☠️ Nuzlocke Mode

• Optional hardcore ruleset inspired by classic Nuzlocke challenges
• Supports permadeath, limited captures, and stricter progression
• Fully configurable to match casual, competitive, or extreme playstyles

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🏰 Secret Base Trainer — Player-Created Trainer Challenges

Inspired by Pokémon Generation III Secret Bases, Soulbond includes Secret Base Trainer, allowing players to leave their mark on the world as challengers:

• Create trainer clones that replicate your current Pokémon team
• Clones retain Pokémon, moves, held items, and battle rules
• Battles can be customized with formats, difficulty, and rewards
• Enables player-run gyms, hidden challenge bases, and battle gauntlets
• Trainers remain available even while the creator is offline

This system encourages exploration, competition, and creativity — players can build gyms, hide secret bases, or test others against their strongest teams.

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🏠 Cobblemon Home

Cobblemon Home introduces a persistent Pokémon storage system that extends beyond a single world:

• Securely store Pokémon and access them across supported worlds
• Organize collections without relying solely on placed PCs
• Ideal for long-term play, multiplayer environments, and world transitions

This makes Soulbond flexible for players who explore multiple worlds or play in shared sessions.

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🌍 World Exploration & Traversal

• Tectonic, Lithosphere, and Nature’s Spirit generate large-scale terrain and diverse biomes designed for long-distance travel and discovery
• Gliders, inspired by The Legend of Zelda, allow vertical and horizontal traversal across vast landscapes
• Xaero’s Minimap and World Map provide navigation tools without removing the sense of exploration

The world is designed to feel vast, readable, and worth exploring.

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🍲 Reworked Survival & Food System

Soulbond replaces traditional hunger with Melancholic Hunger & HUD:

• Hunger is removed entirely
• Food restores health directly, shifting survival toward preparation rather than constant maintenance
• Different foods provide different healing values and regeneration effects

This system pairs intentionally with Farmer’s Delight and its expansions:

• Farming and cooking directly impact survivability
• Higher-quality meals provide stronger healing
• Encourages cozy base-building, farming, and food production

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🌐 Multiplayer & World Hosting

World Host

• Invite friends directly into your singleplayer world
• No server setup or port forwarding required
• Sessions can be started and stopped freely

Soulbond can be played solo, cooperatively, or socially on demand — without committing to a dedicated server.

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🎯 Overall Vision

Soulbond is built to feel intentional, immersive, and replayable, combining:

• Controlled Pokémon progression and encounter systems
• Player-created gyms and challenges
• Large-scale exploration
• Cozy survival and food mechanics
• Flexible singleplayer and multiplayer play

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🙏 Credits & Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Cobbled Studios for Cobblemon, the heart of this modpack, for bringing Pokémon into Minecraft.

Special thanks to the original authors of the included mods. Soulbond fully credits their work and provides links to each mod, without claiming any part of their creations.

Pokémon is the property of Nintendo, Game Freak, and The Pokémon Company. Minecraft is owned by Mojang Studios / Microsoft. Soulbond is unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these entities.

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📦 Included Mods

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• Cobblemon
• Cobblemon Home
• Cobblemon Quick Battle
• Cobblemon Shiny Boost Mod
• Cobblemon Pokerus
• Cobblemon Wonder Trade
• Cobblemon Capture XP
• Cobblemon Spawn Chaining
• Cobblemon Unchained
• Cobblemon Tim Core
• Cobblemon Battle Extras
• Cobblemon Nuzlocke Mode
• CobbleFurnies
• Cobblemon Emissive Ores
• Cobblemon Counter
• Cobblemon 3D Pokenavs
• Cobblemon Pokenav
• Secret Base Trainer
• Daycare+
• Auth Me
• Storage Delight
• Farm 3x3
• Farmer’s Delight Refabricated
• Farmer’s Delight
• More Delight
• Rustic Delight
• Nature’s Delight
• Crate Delight
• Trail&Tales Delight
• Beans Backpacks
• Carry On
• Storage Drawers
• Comforts
• Gliders
• Better Glider Crafting
• Tectonic
• Lithosphere
• Nature’s Spirit
• Xaero’s Minimap
• Xaero’s World Map
• Melancholic Hunger & HUD
• World Host
• Sodium
• Iris Shaders
• FerriteCore
• Dynamic FPS
• Entity Culling
• Jade 🔍
• GeckoLib
• Fabric API
• Architectury API
• Cloth Config API
• Just Enough Items (JEI)
• Balm
• Simple Voice Chat
• Particle Rain
• Screenshot Viewer
• Screenshot to Clipboard
• Dynamic Crosshair
• Dynamic Crosshair Compat
• BiomeInfo
• E19 - Cobblemon Minimap Icons
• OPAC - Mute Claim Warnings
• SuperMartijn642’s Config Lib
• Item Commander
• oωo (owo-lib)
• Radical Cobblemon Trainers API
• Cobblemon: PlayerXP
• Comforts
• Abridged
• Auth Me
• Camerapture
• Cherished Worlds
• TerraBlender
• Styled Chat
• Lootr
• Banner Text
• Effective
• Athena
• CobbleSounds
• Chat Heads
• Farmer’s Cutting: Nature’s Spirit
• NBT Autocomplete
• Controlling
• BabyAnimalBackportV1.2