Cobblemon Random Starter
The author built this one for Minecraft 1.21.1 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
A lightweight and seamless add-on for the Cobblemon and Cobblemon Academy mods that introduces mystery boxes to the starter selection screen.
Instead of choosing a specific Pokémon, players can test their luck with three different random draws!
✨ Features
- Three Mystery Pools:
- 🟢 Classic Draw: A random draw from the starters.
- 🟡 Balanced Draw: Any base-stage Pokémon. Legendaries, Mythicals, Ultra Beasts, and Paradoxes are strictly excluded.
- 🔴 Chaos Draw: Absolute randomness. Any base-stage Pokémon currently implemented in Cobblemon (Specials included!).
- Smart Config Merge: The mod safely injects its custom categories into the
starters.jsonconfig file without overwriting custom starters added by server owners. - Instant Swap Technology: Uses a clever "Ditto UI bypass" to render the mystery boxes in the Academy UI, instantly swapping the placeholder with the actual rolled Pokémon server-side within the exact same tick.
- Bilingual: Native support for English (
en_us) and French (fr_fr). - Auto-Configuration: Automatically tweaks Cobblemon's main configuration to ensure UI compatibility.
⚙️ Setup & Installation (Important!)
For the original starter regions (Kanto, Johto, etc.) to display properly in the UI alongside your new Mystery Boxes, Cobblemon's exportStarterConfig setting must be enabled.
You can do this in two ways:
Option A: The Automatic Way (Recommended)
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- Launch your game/server once with the mod installed.
- The mod will automatically detect and change the required setting in Cobblemon's configuration.
- Close and restart the game a second time for the changes to fully apply and the UI to load properly.
Option B: The Manual Way
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- Before launching the game, open
config/cobblemon/main.jsonin a text editor. - Find the line:
"exportStarterConfig": false - Change it to:
"exportStarterConfig": true - Save the file and launch your game.
- Before launching the game, open
Compatible versions of each mod (for any other version, there is no guarantee that this mod will work):
Cobblemon : Cobblemon-fabric-1.7.3+1.21.1
Same for these versions (you can still try other version but there is no guarantee that this mod will work):
JAVA 21
Minecraft 1.21.1
Fabric - 0.18.4
- 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 CurseForge — 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 randomstarter-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 6.5 MB
- Download link checked 23 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.