Pokemon

Quickstart

1. Craft a Poke Ball using the recipe below and gather a few extras.
2. Find any mob, damage it until it is nearly defeated, then right-click it with a Poke Ball to capture it.
3. You now hold a Filled Poke Ball — right-click it to open the Moves GUI and see your new Pokémon's summary and moves.
4. Right-click a hostile mob while holding the Filled Poke Ball to send your Pokémon into battle and earn XP.
5. Craft Rare Candy to level up quickly, or craft TMs to teach new moves.

Overview

Pokemon transforms your Minecraft world into a creature-catching RPG. You capture mobs with Poke Balls, store them inside Filled Poke Balls that remember their species, nickname, level, XP, and moves, then deploy them to fight enemies and grow stronger. A dedicated Moves GUI, craftable TMs, and a Pokédex round out the experience.

What It Adds

All items appear in the Pokemon Minecraft Mod creative tab.

How To Use

Capturing a Pokémon

Weaken a mob so its health is low, then right-click it while holding a Poke Ball. A successful capture converts the Poke Ball into a Filled Poke Ball containing that creature. The ball stores the Pokémon's species, name, level, XP, and moves — these persist indefinitely.

Battling

Hold a Filled Poke Ball and right-click a hostile mob to deploy your Pokémon. It will attack using the strongest move it knows, and you earn XP toward leveling up. Your currently held Filled Poke Ball's status is displayed on the action bar so you can always see your active Pokémon at a glance.

Moves GUI

Right-click a Filled Poke Ball to open the Moves GUI. It shows your Pokémon's summary (species, name, level) and up to four move slots. You can also right-click the Pokédex to open the GUI for the first Pokémon you've captured. Press Esc to close.

Teaching Moves with TMs

1. Hold a TM in one hand and a Filled Poke Ball in the other.
2. Use (right-click) the TM.
3. The move is permanently added to that ball's move list (up to four moves total).

Every Pokémon starts with Tackle upon capture. During battle the game automatically selects the strongest learned move.

Leveling Up

Pokémon earn XP from battles and level up automatically, to a maximum of level 50. To skip the grind, use a Rare Candy on a Filled Poke Ball to instantly grant one level.

Crafting And Obtaining

Poke Ball

Pokédex

Rare Candy

TM – Tackle

TM – Ember

TM – Water Gun

TM – Vine Whip

All four TMs are crafted shapelessly with Paper + Redstone + a move-specific ingredient:

(See the TM recipes above — Vine Whip follows the same Paper + Redstone pattern with a Vine.)

Abilities And Mechanics

• Persistent data — A Filled Poke Ball never loses its stored information, even across sessions.
• Up to four moves — Once all four slots are full, new TMs cannot be applied until a move is freed (use /pokemon release to start fresh with a new capture).
• Strongest-move targeting — In battle, your Pokémon automatically uses whichever of its learned moves deals the most damage.
• Action-bar display — When you hold a Filled Poke Ball, a status line appears on-screen showing the Pokémon's name and level.

Progression And Strategy

• Start by crafting several Poke Balls at once so you can attempt multiple captures early.
• Weaken mobs carefully before throwing — a mob that dies cannot be captured.
• Grab a Pokédex early; it gives you quick access to your first Pokémon's move info without needing to select the ball.
• Prioritise teaching Ember, Water Gun, or Vine Whip via TMs as soon as possible — Tackle is a weak default and stronger moves pay off fast in battle.
• Stockpile Rare Candy if you want to hit level 50 without grinding through large numbers of battles.
• Use /pokemon party to review all your captured Pokémon, /pokemon givekit to receive a starter kit of items, and /pokemon release to release a Pokémon from a Filled Poke Ball.