
Custom Starters Menu - Cobblemon
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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 10 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.