
Custom Starters Menu - Cobblemon
Relive the excitement of choosing your Starter Pokémon just like in the official games, inspired by the iconic Starter Lab!
⬇ Download on Modrinth
CustomStarterMenu brings the nostalgia of choosing your first Pokémon straight into Minecraft & Cobblemon! 🙌
🌟 For Players
Official-style experience: Relive the moment of picking your starter Pokémon!
Easy interaction:
Look at the “starter” block.
Right-click to open a classic dispenser-style GUI.
Click your favorite Pokémon—and voilà, it’s yours! 🐾
One-time choice: Your selection is saved; you can’t choose again unless an admin resets it. 🔐
Cobblemon flair: Enjoy authentic Cobblemon sound effects when the menu opens. 🔉
⚙️ For Admins
JSON-based configuration:
Menus live in config/customstartermenu/menus/.json with block coords and starter lists.
Player choices recorded in config/customstartermenu/chosen.json.
Quick Admin Guide:
/csm set <menu>
Look at the block you want to use as the selection point and run this command. A file will be created at config/customstartermenu/menus/.json containing its coordinates.
/csm add <menu> <pokemon> <level> [shiny]
Add as many entries as you like to the menu . For example:
/csm add kanto pikachu 5
/csm add kanto2 charmander 5 shiny
permissions: Allow users with csm.user Secured under the customstartermenu.admin node (LuckPerms, etc.).
📜 Available Commands
Command Description
/csm set <menu> Mark the block's location you’re looking at as a starter .
/csm add <menu> <pokemon> <lvl> [shiny] Add a starter.
/csm delete <menu> Remove the menu and its configuration.
/csm info Show mod name, version, and a summary of commands.
/csm reload
/csm reset <plaer>
✨ Give your server a Pokémon twist—let players pick their starter just like the classics! 🎉
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as csm-2.5+1.7.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 90 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.