Cobblemon Friends Forever
by tmetcalfe89
Cobblemon Friends Forever changes how wild Pokémon join a team in Cobblemon: players feed them instead of throwing Poké Balls.
What it does
Players hold a stack of apples and offer food to a wild Pokémon, which raises its affection toward the player. Once the affection is high enough the Pokémon can join the player's team. The game tells the player whether a Pokémon liked a given food, so feeding can be aimed at the right choice. A neutral food gives a baseline of about 32 pieces, and the base configuration makes a join happen at that level.
Because the mod gives players a way to bribe Pokémon with food, capture no longer depends only on battling or on running out of Poké Balls. The mod removes the Poké Ball recipes altogether, so the shift from battling-to-capture and feeding-to-capture is built into the game's crafting. The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything and the server owner controls the feature.
Key features
Feeding to recruit
Offer food to a wild Pokémon to raise its affection until it joins the team.
Food preference feedback
The game reports whether a Pokémon liked the food it was given, guiding the next choice.
Neutral food baseline
A neutral food sets a baseline of about 32 pieces, and the base configuration makes a join happen at that level.
Poké Ball recipes removed
The Poké Ball recipes are removed, so capture happens through feeding or battling instead.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Feeding-based captures
Players who run out of Poké Balls can still recruit Pokémon they come across by feeding them.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want Cobblemon capture to rely on feeding instead of Poké Balls, and players who prefer that route. Players need Cobblemon and Fabric Language Kotlin on the server to use the mod.
How it compares
Pokemon Editor [Cobblemon] is a Fabric and NeoForge tool for versions 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, released under All rights reserved and running on both client and server. FCCombo is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that is server-side only and released under All rights reserved. Cobblemon: Capture PC Heal is a server-side Fabric mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, so it adds capture behavior without removing the Poké Ball recipes.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblemon Friends Forever | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-06-16 |
| Pokemon Editor [Cobblemon] | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-10-13 |
| FCCombo | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-12-04 |
| Cobblemon: Capture PC Heal | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-11-10 |
Questions
Does Cobblemon Friends Forever need Fabric Language Kotlin?
Do players need to install Cobblemon Friends Forever?
Can Poké Balls still be crafted with this mod?
In the catalog
Cobblemon Friends Forever is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Friends Forever adds a new way to add Pokémon to your team in Cobblemon. Feed Pokémon - both wild and not - in order to increase their affection toward you. If they’re wild, they may join your team! Simply grab a stack of apples and start ramming it down the nearest wild Pokémon’s gullet. The game will tell you…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cobblemon-friends-forever
- Owner
- tmetcalfe89
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15