Cobblemon Options Con Tim
by tmetcalfe89
Cobblemon Options Con Tim lets a server owner decide when Poké Balls may catch Pokémon and whether Pokémon may drop held items outside battle, through a config file.
What it does
Out of the box, the mod leaves catching and item dropping as the base game defines them. Its config file controls two optional rules: preventing captures made outside a battle, and preventing Pokémon from dropping items outside battle. Both rules are off unless the server owner turns them on, and the config is generated the first time the game runs with the mod installed. Changes take effect after the game restarts, so a server owner who edits the file should restart and then test a Poké Ball throw at a wild Pokémon to confirm the new rule works as intended.
Specific Poké Ball types can be marked as exceptions to the out-of-battle capture rule, so a rule that blocks ordinary balls does not also block the Safari Ball. The mod requires Cobblemon and Cobblemon Tim Core, so both must be installed next to it on Fabric or NeoForge. It runs on the server alone: players join without installing anything, and it is published for 1.21.1 only, under the MIT License, though its code is not open source.
Key features
Out-of-battle capture rule
An optional setting blocks catching a wild Pokémon with a Poké Ball unless the throw starts a Pokémon battle.
Item drop rule
An optional setting stops Pokémon from dropping held items while they are outside battle.
Ball type exceptions
Chosen Poké Ball types are excluded from the capture rule, keeping balls such as the Safari Ball working as usual.
Generated default config
The config file is created on the first run, with both rules disabled until the server owner changes them.
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
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners running Cobblemon on Fabric or NeoForge for 1.21.1 who want to tune how captures and item drops behave outside battle.
How it compares
Cobblemon Unique Legends is server-side only, released under the MIT License and open source, for 1.21.1 on Fabric and NeoForge. Cobblemon Shiny Days is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, for 1.21.1 on the same two loaders, but it adds shiny-related content rather than capture rules. Cobblemon Options Con Tim concerns catching and item behavior, so it does not replace the content of either.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblemon Options Con Tim | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-08-10 |
| Cobblemon Unique Legends | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-07-13 |
| Cobblemon Shiny Days | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-04 |
Questions
Does Cobblemon Options Con Tim need Cobblemon Tim Core?
Is Cobblemon Options Con Tim needed on player machines?
Why does a Poké Ball throw get rejected outside battle?
In the catalog
Cobblemon Options Con Tim 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
Run the game with the mod installed at least once in order to generate the default config. Throw a PokeBall at a wild Pokémon without engaging it in a Pokémon battle, and observe how it works as usual. Hop into the config, change outOfBattleCaptures.default to false, fire the game back up, try throwing a PokeBall at…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cobblemon-optionscontim
- Owner
- tmetcalfe89
- Published
- 2025-06-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15