Cobblemon Real-Time Combat: CobbleStrike!

Cobble Strike

Real-time Pokémon combat for Cobblemon — wild AI, manual attacks, move effects and standing orders. One mod, no extra dependencies.

Cobble Strike lets Pokémon fight in the open world, not just in turn-based battles. Wild Pokémon have personalities and decide whether to fight or run, your team defends you and follows your orders, and you can take control of any attack with a compact radial selector. Every move comes with its own animation, projectile, particles and sound.

2.0 is a full rewrite. Earlier versions were an add-on for Cobblemon Fight or Flight. Cobble Strike 2.0 ships its own combat system and no longer needs Fight or Flight (or any other combat mod).

Features

⚔️ Real-time combat

• Wild Pokémon with character. Each one has a temperament and morale: bold ones charge, timid ones flee, and a cornered Pokémon always fights back.
• Smart move choice. Pokémon pick the best move for the situation (range, type matchup, power) instead of spamming the first slot.
• Game-accurate damage. Pokémon-vs-Pokémon hits use the mainline damage formula and type chart, scaled so open-world fights stay readable. Everything is tunable.
• Fair rewards. EXP and EVs are split by the damage each Pokémon actually dealt.
• Respects your world. PvP rules and terrain protection are honoured.

🎯 Manual attack selector

• Hold a key to open a compact radial dial with your Pokémon’s four moves, shown in their real type colours and icons, with camera lock-on to your target.
• Pick a move and your Pokémon uses it on what you’re aiming at.

🧭 Standing orders

Give each Pokémon a permanent order — it is saved with the Pokémon and survives Poké Balls and restarts:

• Follow — walks with you, wanders calmly nearby when you stand still, and only comes after you when you really move away. When you get far, it runs (using its run animation if the model has one) and speeds up to catch you. No more instant teleporting.
• Wander — strolls around you at its own pace and catches up if you go too far.
• Guard — holds a post, attacks anything that comes close, and returns when the fight is over.

Switch orders from the selector’s bottom row or with the optional Cycle Pokémon order key.

✨ Move effects

• Per-move animations, 3D projectiles coloured by type, particles and sounds.
• Uses Cobblemon’s own battle action_effects when available, so resource packs and add-ons that add more of them (for example Cobblemon Move Effects Backport) work automatically.
• Hand-tuned effects for signature moves, such as Ember’s fire bolts, plus a type-based fallback so no move is left without feedback.

⛏️ Moves that affect the world

• Dig, Rock Smash, Cut (fells trees and log cabins, vertically), fire and ice moves — all respecting your protection rules.

🎨 Interface & options

• Cobblemon-style UI with rounded panels, type icons and smooth transitions, themeable from the config.
• English and Spanish included.
• Almost everything is configurable (cobblestrike-common.toml, cobblestrike-client.toml), plus an editable move catalog (config/cobblestrike/move_catalog.json).

Requirements

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| Minecraft | 1.20.1 |
| Loader | Forge 47+ |
| Cobblemon | 1.5.0 or newer (built against 1.5.2) |

Install on both client and server. No Mixins are used.

Optional / works well with: Cobblemon Move Effects Backport, Futurepack Enabler, Cobble Instincts.

Compatibility

• ❌ Cobblemon Fight or Flight is optional and but not recommended. If it is detected, Cobble Strike turns its combat off (the selector and move effects keep working).
• ✅ Upgrading from 1.x (fofmovefx)? Remove the old fofmovefx-*.jar. Your config and key bindings are migrated automatically the first time you start.

Notes

This is the first release of the 2.0 line and the combat system is brand new — please report bugs and balance feedback on the issue tracker. If a fight feels too easy or too deadly, damage.pokemon_vs_pokemon_scale and wild.flee_threshold are the first knobs to try.