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newUpdate 1.5.0: Frontiers & Fashion is live

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joey’s cobblemon league

$ connect joeyscobblemonleague.com
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When CurseForge asks, press All Files or the pack won’t work.

  • v1.5.0 live now
  • Frontiers & Fashion
  • open 24/7
port_azure.pngthe S.S. Seabreeze, on its way to the Frontier

src/v1.5.0.md

update 1.5.0

frontiers & fashion

The biggest update the League has had. Here’s what’s waiting for you. Every change is listed in the patch notes.

port_azure.mapnew Port Azure

Spawn now sits on a brand new island. Walk the streets, parks, piers and beaches, visit the Pokémon Lab, Contest Hall and Oceanic Museum, shop two market squares, and find your name in the Hall of Champions.

battle_frontier.datnew Battle Frontier

A whole island of 34 battle rooms, reached on the S.S. Seabreeze once you earn your Ticket to the Frontier. Singles and Doubles from Rookie to Master, seven Frontier Brains, and BP to spend at the BP Exchange.

style.zipnew Style and Wardrobe

Trails, auras and outfits from the Style Crate, a Wardrobe to change your look, and 142 Style Ticket looks for your Pokémon. Over 200 cosmetics are free, and every one can be earned in game.

quest_book.jsonnew JCL Quest Book

Our own quest book, opened with L or /quests. Your progress came with you, plus Claim All, a Requires list on every quest, and new Jobs and Stats tabs.

badge_box.datnew Badges and Badge Box

A badge for every gym challenge, each with its own art. The new Badge Box keeps a record of your battles. Wear it, open it with Shift+B, and dye it any colour.

challenge.shnew /challenge

Battle any player in Singles, Doubles or Triples at any level, with an optional wager and rules like Smogon Singles and VGC. Your real Pokémon never gain or lose anything.

pokerus.binnew Pokérus

Rare, contagious, and it doubles EV gains. Look for PKRS on the summary screen, or check /pokerus to see if your team caught it.

calendar.cfgnew League calendar

Four seasons, twelve months, holidays and full moons. Weather follows the season, and trees and grass turn from spring blossom to autumn colours to winter snow. See /calendar.

crates.cfgnew Crates reworked

New rewards in every crate, from shiny Pokémon and perfect Dittos to Paradox Pokémon, Legendaries and a shiny Mythical in the Master Crate. Click any Random reward to see what it can be.

Read the full patch notes

src/manifest.json

the short version

Everything you need to know before you join, in one file.

{
  "name": "Joey's Cobblemon League",
  "ip": "joeyscobblemonleague.com",
  "version": "1.5.0",  // frontiers & fashion
  "minecraft": "1.21.1",
  "loader": "NeoForge 21.1.266",
  "open": "24/7",  // restarts every 12 hours
  "pay_to_win": false,  // forever
  "free_cosmetics": "200+",  // every one earnable in game
  "titles": 132,
  "trainer_series": 20,
  "frontier_rooms": 34,
  "install_from": "CurseForge",  // modrinth coming soon
  "when_asked": "ALL FILES",  // required, or the pack won't work
  "discord": "discord.gg/QgD4WfJ9t6",
  "twitch": "twitch.tv/joeyzz0"
}

src/features/

what’s on the server

The everyday side of the League, on top of everything new in 1.5.0.

$ ls features/

trainers/

20 trainer series

Brilliant Diamond, Radical Red, Unbound and 17 Scarlet & Violet journeys. Beat each gym challenge for its badge.

battle-gimmicks/

Mega, Z-Moves, Dynamax and Tera

Unlock all four through their own questlines. Every Mega Stone, and colored Mega Bracelets and Z-Rings, can also be bought in the shop.

legendaries/

Legendary Monuments

Hunt legendaries at monuments hidden across the world. Catch one yourself and its quest completes.

trading/

GTS and Wonder Trade

Sell Pokémon and items for CobbleDollars with Buy It Now or timed auctions, or drop one into Wonder Trade and see what comes back. The machines are in the Pokémon Center.

jobs/

Jobs

Pick up work from the people of Port Azure. The Jobs tab in your quest book tells you who to talk to and where.

homes/

Homes, warps and /back

Three free homes with /sethome, more for CobbleDollars up to 30. Ask staff to list your build in Community Warps.

tech/

Create and Applied Energistics 2

Automate your farms and storage, with quest chapters that teach both mods from zero.

discord-bridge/

Chat that reaches Discord

Talk to players on Discord from in game and back again. Hide it any time with /discord toggle.

free-to-play/

Never pay-to-win

Ranks and cosmetics are earned in game. Nothing that gives you an edge is for sale.

src/classified/ branch: next

classified

Files pulled from the next branch. Tap one to declassify it. Some of them are still locked.

src/download.sh

get the pack

Install the pack, give it memory, join the server. One step can’t be skipped.

#!/bin/sh
# 1. install the modpack from CurseForge
# 2. when it asks which files to install:
press ALL FILES   # required, or the pack won't work
# 3. give it 8 GB of memory
connect joeyscobblemonleague.com

CurseForge

live

Install in one click with the CurseForge app.

When CurseForge asks which files to install, press All Files.

Picking CurseForge Files Only leaves out files the pack needs, and it won’t work.

Open on CurseForge

Modrinth

coming soon

A Modrinth version for the Modrinth App and Prism is on its way.

When it’s out: if the app warns about files not hosted on Modrinth, press Install anyway.

Cancelling leaves the pack incomplete, and it won’t work.

Coming soon

Server addressjoeyscobblemonleague.com

src/install.md

install guide

Pick the launcher you use. Each guide takes you from nothing to standing in Port Azure.

  1. Get the app

    Download the CurseForge app from curseforge.com/download/app. The standalone version works fine.

  2. Install the pack

    Open the pack’s CurseForge page and press Install, then let your browser open the app. You can also search Joey’s Cobblemon League under Browse Modpacks in the app.

  3. Press All Files required

    CurseForge asks whether to install CurseForge Files Only or All Files. Press All Files. The pack includes files that aren’t hosted on CurseForge, and without them it won’t work.

  4. Give it more memory

    Go to Settings › Minecraft › Java Settings and set Allocated Memory to 8192 MB (6144 MB at the very least).

  5. Launch and join

    Press Play. In Multiplayer, the League is pinned to the top of your server list. If it isn’t there, choose Add Server and enter joeyscobblemonleague.com.

Updating from an older version? Open My Modpacks, press Update on Joey’s Cobblemon League, and press All Files again if it asks.

Stuck on a step? Post a screenshot in the Discord and someone will walk you through it.

src/faq.yml

faq

Quick answers. For anything else, ask in the Discord.

q:Is the server free?
a:

Yes. Install the modpack, log in with your Minecraft: Java Edition account and join.

q:Is it pay-to-win?
a:

No, and it never will be. Over 200 cosmetics are free, and every one can be earned in game. Nothing that gives you an edge is for sale.

q:When is the server open?
a:

24/7. It restarts every 12 hours, with warnings in chat and on Discord first.

q:CurseForge asked which files to install. Which one?
a:

All Files, every time. CurseForge Files Only skips files the pack needs, and it won’t work. When the Modrinth version is out, its warning has an Install anyway button: press that.

q:Which version do I need?
a:

Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, through the modpack. Install it from CurseForge rather than building your own mod list, so everything matches the server.

q:How do I update to 1.5.0?
a:

In the CurseForge app, open My Modpacks and press Update on Joey’s Cobblemon League. Press All Files again if it asks. From now on, pack updates won’t overwrite your settings and keybinds.

q:How much memory should I give the game?
a:

8 GB is the sweet spot and 6 GB is the minimum. Going far past 8 GB rarely helps.

q:How do I get to the Battle Frontier?
a:

Ride the S.S. Seabreeze from Port Azure. You’ll need a Ticket to the Frontier first: open your quest book with L, go to the Jobs tab, and it tells you who to talk to.

q:Some of my items disappeared after 1.5.0.
a:

Legendary Monuments items, Simply Swords’ runic and unique weapons, and every item from a removed mod were deleted from all inventories and containers. The removed mods are listed in the patch notes.

q:Where did hostile mobs go?
a:

They no longer spawn, apart from Endermen for XP. Winning battles now gives more XP to make up for it.

q:My keybinds changed.
a:

Keybinds were remapped in 1.5.0 so every key does one thing. Type /keys reset to get them back.

q:Why can’t my Pokémon level up past a certain point?
a:

There’s a level cap tied to your trainer progress. Beat more trainers in the trainer series to raise it. The starter chapter of the quest book explains how it works.

q:How do gyms and badges work?
a:

Every trainer series has its own gym challenge. Beat a gym leader to earn its badge, and keep them all in your Badge Box (Shift+B). Player-run gyms are coming soon.

q:Where did Waystones go?
a:

Homes replaced them. Use /sethome and /home. Everyone gets 3 for free and can buy more with CobbleDollars, up to 30. Want your build on the Community Warps menu? Ask a staff member.

q:Can I add my own mods or shaders?
a:

The pack is built to match the server. If you want to add a client-side extra like shaders, ask in the Discord first.

q:I found a bug, or my game crashes.
a:

Post it in the Discord with your crash report or latest.log. If it crashes on launch, check that you pressed All Files when installing and that the game has 8 GB of memory.

src/changelog.log

changelog

Recent versions, newest first, with the full 1.5.0 patch notes below.

  1. *e7a91f0 (HEAD -> main, tag: v1.5.0) frontiers & fashion: port azure rebuilt, battle frontier, style crate, jcl quest book, badges, /challenge, pokérus, league calendar
  2. *c41e9a2 (tag: v1.4.4) bug fixes and stability
  3. *9f03e7b (tag: v1.4.3) homes replace waystones (/home, /sethome), community warps
  4. *5e8d1aa (tag: v1.4.2) AllTheMons x Mega Showdown replaces Complete Cobblemon Collection, new quest book, fixes and QOL

Update 1.5.0: Frontiers & Fashion

patch_notes/1.5.0.md

Heads up: Legendary Monuments items, Simply Swords’ runic and unique weapons, and every item from a removed mod have been deleted from all inventories, ender chests, backpacks, storage and containers.

Features32 changes
  • Port Azure has been rebuilt from the ground up on a brand new island, with streets, parks, piers, beaches and a new lighthouse
  • New buildings: the Pokémon Lab, Library, EV Training Center, Contest Hall, Oceanic Museum, Tournament Arena, Department Store, Warp Station and Ferry Terminal
  • The Hall of Champions replaces the Hall of Fame, with podiums for the top three on every leaderboard
  • Two market squares with 36 vendors across 12 trades. Some of them even give a one-time gift to whoever finds them
  • Two seaside cafés with their own menus: Moomoo Milk, every Aprijuice, Lava Cookies, Casteliacones, Lumiose Galettes and more
  • The Pokémon Center now has working PCs and healing machines, plus new GTS and Wonder Trade machines
  • The Oceanic Museum shows off real fossils, evolution stones and treasures
  • Added the Battle Frontier! A whole island of battle rooms, reached on the S.S. Seabreeze once you've earned your Ticket to the Frontier
  • 34 hand-built Frontier rooms, from the Dojo and the Rose Garden to the Caldera Forge and the Frozen Cathedral
  • Singles and Doubles, brackets from Rookie to Master, plus Little Cup and Flat 50
  • Standard, Marathon, Infinite and Rental runs, with modifiers that change the rules
  • Seven Frontier Brains guard room 21 (Silver Symbols) and room 49 (Gold Symbols)
  • Earn Battle Points and spend them at the BP Exchange
  • A daily featured type, a Daily Challenge, Frontier leaderboards and a full Frontier quest chapter
  • New job: Ticket to the Frontier. Earn your passage with Captain Marlo, Referee Kai, Nurse Joy and Curator Hale
  • Added the JCL Quest Book, our own quest book built for the server! Press L or type /quests. All your progress and claimed rewards carried over
  • Claim All, a "Requires" list on every quest, folding chapter groups, a gold ! on chapters with rewards waiting, and new Jobs and Stats tabs
  • The Master Ribbon now asks for every series, pays way more, and carries your name and the date you earned it
  • Added our own badges for every gym challenge (every region, Radical Red, Starfall Street and more), each with its own art. Gym quests now award their badge
  • Added the new Badge Box: a page for every challenge, and every badge keeps a record of your battles. Wear it, open it with Shift+B, and dye it any colour
  • Added the Style Crate, full of trails, auras and outfits, and the Wardrobe to change your trainer's look
  • Style Tickets: 142 new looks for your Pokémon, used straight from your hand
  • Over 200 cosmetics are free, and every single one can be earned in game. Nothing is pay-to-win
  • 60 new titles (132 total), and every title has a new look
  • Added /challenge: battle any player in Singles, Doubles or Triples at any level, with an optional wager and competitive rules like Smogon Singles and VGC. Your real Pokémon never gain or lose anything
  • Added our own Pokérus: rare, contagious, and it doubles EV gains. Look for PKRS on the summary screen or check /pokerus
  • Added the League calendar: four seasons, twelve months, holidays and full moons, on the sidebar and in /calendar
  • Weather follows the seasons, and the trees and grass change with them, from spring blossom to autumn colours to winter snow
  • Added /back, /afk, /rules and a new /help menu
  • New sidebar with your wallet, Pokédex, playtime and the daily reset timer (/sidebar to move or hide it)
  • Chat between Discord and the server both ways (/discord toggle to hide it)
  • New title screen and menus, and the League is always pinned to the top of your server list
Additions and Removals41 changes
  • Added Cobblemon Armory
  • Added Cosmetic Forms and Cobble Café Forms (the looks behind Style Tickets)
  • Added Cobblemon Battle Extras
  • Added Asymmetric Battles API (needed by the new Raid Dens)
  • Added BattleCam
  • Added Zoomify
  • Added Your Options Must Be Respected, so pack updates never overwrite your settings and keybinds
  • Replaced FTB Quests and Cobblemon Quests Reloaded with the JCL Quest Book
  • Replaced Cobblemon Pokemon Badges and Badge Box with JCL badges and the Badge Box
  • Replaced Cobblemon Battle Tower with the Battle Frontier
  • Replaced Cobblemon Challenge with /challenge
  • Replaced Cobblemon Pokérus with JCL Pokérus
  • Removed Cobblemon Ultra Beasts. Ultra Beasts still come from Ultra and Master Crates, Celesteela and the UB quests are taking a break until our own Ultra-Space ride arrives
  • Removed Shield Generators
  • Removed Cobbledon
  • Removed Cobblemon Effectiveness
  • Removed CobbleStats
  • Removed Cobblemon Capture XP
  • Removed Create: Radars
  • Removed Create Big Cannons
  • Removed Create Ore Excavation and Better Finder
  • Removed Create: Coasters Simulated
  • Removed Create Diesel Generators
  • Removed Create Hypertubes
  • Removed Create Simulated Missiles and Jet Engines
  • Removed Create: Fishing Bobber Detector
  • Removed Create Train Utilities
  • Removed Create: Extended Factory
  • Removed Create Goggles (Create's own Engineer's Goggles stay)
  • Removed More Propulsion
  • Removed Steam 'n' Rails
  • Removed Sophisticated Backpacks Create Integration
  • Removed Cherished Worlds
  • Removed Gravestones and Gravestones Curios Compat
  • Removed Particle Rain
  • Removed Berry Pouch
  • Removed Carry On
  • Removed Catch Rate Display
  • Removed Simply Bows
  • Removed Simply Swords' runic and unique weapons (all the regular weapons stay)
  • Removed Ycurrenci
Updates20 changes
  • Every crate has been reworked with new rewards, from shiny Pokémon and perfect Dittos to Ultra Beasts, Paradox Pokémon, Legendaries and a shiny Mythical in the Master Crate
  • Click any "Random" reward in a crate's preview to see everything it can be
  • Big crate wins are announced in chat, and the biggest on Discord
  • Over 1,000 rare items now only come from crates and the shop. More ways to get them are coming in future updates
  • New shop categories: Ancient Balls, Mega Stones, Held Items, Gimmick Gear, Z-Crystals and Cosmetics
  • Every Mega Stone, the best held items, and colored Mega Bracelets and Z-Rings can now be bought
  • The Omni Ring now accepts any Mega Bracelet, Mega Ring, Z-Ring or Z-Power Ring
  • Every collection quest now pays 1,500 CD
  • Gym leader and rival quests now complete properly, even for leaders you already beat
  • Legendary Monuments quests now complete when you have that legend and caught it yourself (traded ones don't count). Everyone starts this chapter fresh
  • Jobs now live in the quest book's Jobs tab, and tell you who to talk to and where
  • Port Azure is fully protected, but crates, chests, PCs and machines all still work
  • Hostile mobs no longer spawn, except Endermen (XP only). Winning battles gives more XP to make up for it
  • Rental and loaner Pokémon can only be given healing items
  • Keybinds have been remapped so every key does one thing (/keys reset to get them back)
  • The server now restarts every 12 hours, with warnings in chat and on Discord
  • Dropped items are cleared every 20 minutes, with plenty of warning first
  • Discord now has separate channels for the GTS, Wonder Trade, crate wins, spawn alerts, the Frontier, the calendar and server status
  • Updated NeoForge to 21.1.266
  • Updated AllTheLeaks, Almanac, AE2, Architectury, Balm, Better Campfire Pot, Better Mob Combat Reimagined, Cobblemon Raid Dens, Cobblemon Smartphone, Cobbleworkers, Copycats+, Create Crafts & Additions, CreativeCore, Entity Culling, Entity Texture Features, FancyMenu, Fight or Flight, FTB Chunks, FTB Teams, FTB Chunks x Xaero's Compat, Inventory Tweaks, JEED, KubeJS, MezzConfig, Moonlight, MoreCulling, Not Enough Animations, OctoLib, Particular, Sophisticated Backpacks, Sophisticated Core, Sophisticated Storage, Supplementaries, SuperMartijn642's Core Lib and TimCore
Optimizations, Hotfixes, & Misc10 changes
  • Quest rewards you already claimed can't be claimed again after a quest book update
  • Fixed quests that wouldn't connect in the Cobblemon Balls Overhaul chapter
  • The AE2 chapters have their names back
  • Items removed from the game no longer show up in JEI
  • All of Port Azure is lit and safe from mobs, day and night
  • Wandering trainers can no longer show up inside the Battle Frontier
  • Every townsperson now has their own look
  • Login errors from Mojang now show a readable message instead of a wall of code
  • New moderation tools for staff
  • Tons of smaller fixes and polish
terminal
trainer@jcl:~$