The Pixelmon Modpack

"1.21.1 (9.3.12)"

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• The Java requirement for 1.21.1 is Java 21. This will come shipped with most launchers. For manual installation, you may need to install a later JDK.
• The minimum Neoforge version for this update is 21.1.200 and is required for a Pixelmon client to run.
• Beta releases will move to the recommended downloads after a few days of public release.

Additions

• New Pokemon have been added:
  • Iron Crown
  • Iron Boulder
• New Research has been added.
  • Capture Cobalion to begin a new research.
  • Capture Terrakion to begin a new research.
• Added AG Rotation, AG Triples, Uber Rotation, and Uber Triples battle rules.
• Added a new Monotype battle rule, now available in the "AG Monotype" PvP battle rule set.
  • Includes new configuration files: monotype.json and ag_monotype.json to enforce monotype team restrictions.
• Added a new Poké Ball Rendering Mode setting under Options → Video Settings
  (Auto — default, Smooth, Blocky, Sprite; Auto follows your global rendering mode).
• Added a new keybind to instantly open the summary screen of your currently selected Pokémon.
• The same keybind also opens the summary screen while hovering over a Pokémon in your inventory UI.

Changes

• 23130 Shoulder-riding Pokémon now give a message when they fall off.
• Overhauled the Poké Ball capture and send-out animation.

Fixes

• Amaura and Aurorus now display their manes correctly from both sides.
• Binacle’s model no longer appears see-through in certain areas.
• Cosmog’s body no longer shows unintended holes.
• Tinkaton’s hammer now renders properly without transparency issues.
• Vivillon’s wings are now visible from both sides.
• Petilil and Lilligant have had model holes fixed and now include proper animations.
• 23130 Pokémon no longer become wild or duplicable when falling off a player’s shoulder; they now return to their Poké Ball under proper conditions.
• 23130 Pokémon are far less likely to slip from a player’s shoulder, only doing so when the player takes damage or dies.
• Critical Capture particles now trigger at the correct moment.
• Poké Balls no longer fall through the ground during captures in battle.
• Restored missing Poké Ball capture and release sounds.
• Critical captures now always perform a single shake.
• Shake animations now play correctly.
• Red ring flash during the shake sequence now displays properly.
• Thrown Poké Balls no longer veer off in random directions during battle.
• Proper momentum is now applied after the beam animation, allowing the ball to fall naturally.
• Fixed an issue where Pokémon could take non-battle damage during battles, causing them to faint and crash the encounter (especially when attempting to catch).
• Fixed a crash that could occur after finishing a battle when a Pokémon attempted to level up or evolve without a valid storage reference.

Battle

• Fixed an issue where Pokémon could take non-battle damage during battles, causing them to faint and crash the encounter (especially when attempting to catch).
• Fixed Pokémon not giving the correct drops after being KO’d.
• 23095 Level-up messages in battle now appear only once instead of duplicating.
• 23095 Level-up and move-learning screens no longer trigger twice.
• 23095 Level-up, move-learn, and forfeit screens no longer disrupt the battle menu’s rendering.

Datapack

• Added use_move interaction event
• Added hit_crit interaction event
• Added equip_item interaction event
• Added slicing_move interaction condition

"1.21.1 (9.3.11)"

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• The Java requirement for 1.21.1 is Java 21. This will come shipped with most launchers. For manual installation, you may need to install a later JDK.
• The minimum Neoforge version for this update is 21.1.200 and is required for a Pixelmon client to run.
• Beta releases will move to the recommended downloads after a few days of public release.

Additions

• New Research has been added.

• Gouging Fire has been added.

Changes

• Pokémon can now perch on their trainer’s shoulders by shift-right-clicking.

• Squirtle, Wortortle and Blastoise models have been updated.

• Raging Bolt and Gouging Fire have been added to 5 star raids in The End.

• Defeated Pokémon now drop experience orbs instead of granting player XP directly.

• The reloadattackanimations command has been removed.

Fixes

• Camera-related FOV calculations no longer apply outside the camera UI, restoring normal field of view and proper hand rendering.

• Fixed an issue with the right click context menu of the PC.

• Mega Dragonite will now use the correct animation in flight.

• Moon Ball now works properly on Pokémon that evolve through interactions, no longer causing crashes when an evolution item is missing.

• Eggs carried in Ultra Space are no longer affected by environmental hazards such as poison or paralysis.

• World time now calculates correctly across multiple worlds.

• Camera filters now shut down fully when closing the camera, preventing F3 + F4 gamemode changes from reactivating them.

• Pokédex toasts now display the species name instead of a Pokémon’s nickname when registering new entries.

Battle

• 23083 Battles no longer crash when a Gigantamax Pokémon defeats an opponent and another Pokémon is sent out in NPC or Horde encounters.

• Spikes and other hazards no longer cause errors in the battle log after a fight ends.

• Throwing a Poké Ball in battle no longer crashes if the target is missing or invalid.

• Using healing items on allies during raid battles no longer causes a battle crash.

• Battles no longer error when a sleeping Pokémon has no move selected for the turn.

• Battles no longer crash when a move has no animation assigned.

• Battles no longer crash on the server when ending battle music if the player leaves using free roam.

Datapack

• Forms tagged with no_shoulder will be prevented from riding a players shoulder.

• Added dayOfMonth and monthOfYear options to the real world spawn time conditions section of spawning

Additions

• New Research has been added.

  • Harness the storm to bring this Research.

• New Pokemon have been added.

• New Mega Forms have been added.

• A new Pokemon Palette has been added.

• New items have been added.

• Added Ice Stone armor and tools

• Added Shiny Stone armor and tools

• A new Gamerule has been added battleTickRate (default: 5), which allows control over battle speed.

• The camera UI has received several new features for enhanced photo capturing:
  – Apply visual filters and toggle between them using the TAB key.
  – Zoom in and out with new keybinds (default: Up/Down arrows) or the scroll wheel, with a slider added to the UI for precise control.
  – Tilt the camera left and right using keybinds (default: Left/Right arrows).
  – Capture screenshots directly from the camera UI using the default C key.
  – The camera interface now includes dedicated sections for filters, zoom controls, and all relevant buttons for streamlined use.

Changes

• Evolution stone tools and armor have updated effects. Tools give a temporary effect, and armor gives a permanent effect while the full matching set is worn.

  • Firestone grants Fire Resistance
  • Waterstone grants Water Breathing
  • Leafstone grants Slow Falling
  • Thunderstone grants Speed
  • Sunstone grants Jump Boost
  • Moonstone grants Night Vision
  • Dawnstone grants Haste
  • Duskstone grants Invisibility

• Evolution stone armor grants a small spawn boost to any species that evolves with that stone. Each piece grants a boost relative to the amount of stone required to craft, meaning you can mix and match if searching for multiple species. A full set grants the same boost as a strong lure.

  • Effects, duration, and spawn boost are all configurable in items.yml

• Various minor adjustments and quality-of-life improvements have been applied to Gym Towns.

  • Gym Towns now feature updated building materials of the 1.21.1 variety.
  • Loot tables have been revised and balanced across structures.
  • Pixelmon containers such as boxes, end tables, fridges, and similar now include proper loot tables.
  • Previously edited structure seeds have been reset to restore randomization.
  • Town generation consistency has been improved.
  • Gym entrance signs now display the name of each town.
  • Console spam related to missing block entities in Gym Town structures has been reduced.

• Three new loot tables have been added for fridges and brewing-related containers.

  • pixelmon:chests/fridge contains a variety of food, drinks, curry ingredients, and themed filler items typical of a household fridge.
  • pixelmon:chests/fridge_full offers a rarer selection with larger quantities, reduced chance for rot, and additional frost-themed items for upscale locations.
  • pixelmon:chests/brewing includes blaze powder, bottles, and early-game brewing materials, intended for boxes near brewing stands.

• Added all curry ratings and flavours to the creative menu

• The config setting den-spawn-chance-modifier has been removed, as this is now controlled via Datapack

• Move sets for Wormadam, Hoopa, Lycanroc, and Toxtricity now include form specific move sets

• Updated Basculin's move set for Generation 9

• Added Sucker Punch to Rockruff's egg moves to match Generation 9

• Lowered the friendship requirement for evolution with certain Pokemon.

• The Repeat Ball recipe has been updated to require platinum bases.

• 23001 Gem and Evolution stone armours now take damage as intended, and do not stack.

• The spawning-rate setting in the PokeLoot configuration has been renamed to loot-spawning-rate to prevent conflicts.

• Loot spawning can now be configured in greater detail, with separate parameters for finer control over spawn rates.

• Moved the shop menu to be centered in the screen.

• Pixelmon shovels can now create path blocks like vanilla shovels.

• Armor durability has been adjusted. Silver armor has the same durability as gold, Aluminum the same as Iron, platinum halfway between Iron and Diamond, and the rest matching Diamond.

• 23041 Paged dialogs now display the “Next Page” button with proper translations.

• 23046 The bank transfer command has been renamed from /transfer to /pay to avoid conflicts with Mojang's server transfer command.

• Mega Lopunny's model has been updated.

• Gigantamax Meowth's scale has been adjusted.

• Shopkeepers main_1, main_2, and main_3 now purchase additional valuables from players, including Balm Mushroom, Big Nugget, Comet Shard, Pearl String, and Pretty Feather.

• Added Happy Hour event move to Transfer Tutor moves for Hisuian Zoroark from Scarlet/Violet event.

• 23005 Moved Pure Incense to the tier 2 poke chest drops

• 23006 Added the power bracer to the rare tier boss drops

Fixes

• 22647 - Improved spawning performance with high player counts.

• Fixed hourglass translation.

• Pokémon editor permission checks now correctly validate the player performing the edit.

• Fixed some duplicated fallback text in Gym leaders.

• Resolved an issue on multiplayer servers wherein Pokédex data could be improperly rolled back after a server reboot.

• 22907 Pokeloot now generates properly throughout the world.

• 22918 Progress toward unlocking Mega Evolution now begins only after defeating a true Mega Boss Pokémon.

• 22817 Blank TMs now properly imprint.

  • Blank TMs now use the DataComponent system to track what move is being imprinted and how much progress has been made.

• 22749 Sigilyph now flies smoothly.

• 22793 Updated NPCs for the water/dark tower

• The default Essence Jar now has it's own sprite.

• Fixed a crash that occurs when generating PokeChests in the world

• 23048 Mystery Box Dittos now correctly inherit their IVs without being overwritten.

• 23050 Using Iris while summoning Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina no longer causes crashes.

• The /warpplate set command will no longet kick you from a server.

• 21947 The client no longer crashes when the temporary party color is unset or null.

• 22971 Fixed the passenger entity placement on the bikes.

• 22986 Fixed a crash when a player finds a sprite item with an invalid palette

• 22878 Fixed curry not sending the changes on the interacted Pokemon to the client

• 22942 Dens can no longer be moved by explosions.

• 22980 Fixed crash that happens when removing a label from a statue

• 22954 The NPC editor now properly respects the op-only config setting.

• 22987 Bone Meal will no longer cause Deep Kelp to become regular Kelp.

• 22991 Group spawns no long cause a crash when a player’s lead Pokémon holds a Pure Incense or Cleanse Tag.

• 23012 Placing-oriented items no longer bob downward when right-clicking in the air.

• 23014 The Reassembly Unit UI no longer misclicks or closes unexpectedly when selecting a Zygarde for separation.

• 23004 Starter Pokémon now begin with their proper base friendship values instead of starting at zero.

• Corrected the emissive texture path for Volcarona

• White Basculin will correct learn the move Thrash at level 48.

• Combusken now learns Blaze Kick upon evolution as intended.

• 22523 Altar Rayquaza spawn times have been corrected to match its base palette.

• 22956 Taiga and Plains Raid dens will now spawn as intended.

• 22948 Added two missing translation keys for Snow and Elf Snorlax

• Fixed Swampert's base model to no longer show holes on its sides.

• Koraidon's feathers and shoulders are no longer invisible from behind.

Battle

• Prevented a crash when a Pokémon with Protosynthesis activates Booster Energy in a raid with null weather (e.g., due to Air Lock), which previously caused battles to fail on turn start.

• Fixed a rare crash in raids caused by targeting logic.

• Fixed Pixelmon reverting to their default form after a battle if they were using a temporary form, instead of their previous form.

• 22990 Fixed battle drops not appearing after using Free Roam during a fight.

• Fixed Battle Timer restarting after a few seconds.

• 22989 Newly learned moves will now be correctly saved and retained after the battle concludes.

• Friendship can now be earned via NPC battles.

• Battles no longer crash after an NPC cycles through all their Pokémon and one later faints.

• Opponent UI elements no longer overlap the “Choose next Pokémon” message or obscure the first switch option. This also addresses the Catch Combo element displaying over the party UI.

• 22582 Lunar Dance now correctly restores PP on the turn it is used, preventing delays that could force unintended Struggle usage.

• Fixed Mirror Move being capable of copying multi-turn moves during their charging turn.

• Fixed attacks not dealing damage to all targets before applying additional effects.

• Fixed As One, Chilling Neigh, and Grim Neigh sending a message that they activated even if the relevant stat was already maxed out.

• Fixed As One, Chilling Neigh, and Grim Neigh activating in between KOs if multiple Pixelmon were knocked out.

• Fixed berries being eaten before an attack was able to raise or lower stats.

• Fixed Sparkling Aria curing the burn of a target, if a second target made the Sparkling Aria user faint.

• Fixed Protean changing the user's type to Normal-type upon using Struggle.

• Fixed Protean working incorrectly with Revelation Dance.

• Moves that are typeless can now never get STAB.

• White Herb now activates only after all hits of a multi-strike attack resolve.

• White Herb activation no longer occurs before being removed by moves like Knock Off or Thief, or before being stolen by Magician or Pickpocket.

• Fixed an issue in Double Battles where an opponent that would faint to Destiny Bond would instead be switched out by Red Card and avoid fainting.

• Fixed an issue where Soul-Heart would activate even if its Magearna would faint from the same attack that would activate Soul-Heart.

• Fixed Palafin's sprite not updating to its Hero form when its ability activated.

• Fixed Magic Bounce applying hazards to the enemy team during double battles if a non-Magic-Bounce user was the faster Pokemon on their team.

• 22993 Fixed Sketch to keep the new move after battle.

• Fling now applies the effects of the thrown item before dealing damage.

• Successfully catching a Pokémon mid-battle no longer ends a separate ongoing battle.

Datapack

• Battle AI can now be customized through datapacks, with classic styles such as Advanced, Tactical, Random, Aggressive, Raid, and No-Op included by default. Servers may add their own AI types for tailored battle behavior without requiring client-side changes.

• Egg sprites are now customizable per-species in datapacks.

• Added an egg_cycles requirement

• Added new datapackable section for camera filters

  • Each camera filter has a name and a resource location to a post processing shader

• Two new interaction event types have been added, pixelmon:struck_by_lightning and pixelmon:photograph_pokemon

"1.21.1 (9.3.9)"

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Additions

• New Research has been added:

  • Catch an orchard dwelling Pokémon to begin this Research.

• New Pokémon have been added.

• A new item has been added.

• Interacting with certain Pokémon with an empty glass bottle will now yield honey:

  • Combee
  • Vespiquen
  • Beedril
  • Cutiefly
  • Riombee

• A JEI category has been added for Held Items.

Changes

• 22920 The Composter is now compatible with the following flora:

  • Ultra Pickle and Kelp, Ultra Deepsea Grass, Ultra Forest Fallen Leaves and Flower, Ultra Desert Cactus
  • Ultra Space Tree Saplings
  • Gracidea

• The message for a full blackout is now translatable.

• Added Syrupy Apple to Applin Held Items for Sweet Scent and Headbutt spawns.

• Added Syrupy Apple to Headbutt Loot in Forests, Roofed, and Ultra Forest.

• Move Relearners will spawn naturally once again.

Fixes

• Custom pokedex JSONs now properly read text color rather that using the secondary color.

• Fixed the shader spec not assigning a shader to Pokemon.

• Sprites once again display on the Raid start screen

• Research, Daycan and Pokedex keybinds will now correctly open the relevant tab instead of the last tab visited.

• 22903 Gym Signs now properly save and display data.

• Leaf and Moon Stone armors have been fixed, properly showing textures.

• Pokémon will now gain EVs and experience via capture as intended.

• Pixelmon tab keybinds will now send you to the correct tab instead of the last tab opened.

• Players will no longer crash using a Pixelmon keybind in vanilla servers.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading Pokémon from chunks saved in prior versions.

• Pixelmon survival inventory tabs are now hidden when connected to non-Pixelmon servers.

• Potions can no longer overheal Pokémon.

• Fixed a crash that can occur with the Cloning Machine.

• 22928 Fixed the following interactions:

  • Shearing Wooloo
  • Shearing Dubwool
  • Shearing Mareep
  • Retrieving lava buckets from Camerupt
  • Retrieving milk buckets from Miltank

• 22908 Fixed the Wiki keybind (default K) not working on held items in the inventory.

• 22915 Fixed invalid Poké Ball item formats in:

  • Bastion, Desert Pyramid, End City, Nether Fortress, and Bonus Chest loot tables.
  • Ultra Space Crater Geyser and Plant Monolith.
  • Research rewards for Summon Mew and Summon Lugia.

• Ultra Jungle, Elm and Gingko saplings have been added to the minecraft:saplings tag.

• 22914 Discovering a structure that may Research will now only provide one entry.

• 22914 Reduced the check rate of the find structure interaction event to once every 2 seconds to prevent duplicated triggers.

• 22853 The ShrineOrbFillEvent will now properly recognize when an orb is filled, allowing certain research to be completed.

• 22912 The Summon Mew can now be completed as intended.

• 22913 Deepslate Iron Ore is now a valid option for the related task in Mega Evolution Research.

• TCG item recipes will now appear in the recipe book via a crafting table as intended when requirements were met.

• The NPC editor now only accepts gender inputs available to the specific Pokémon.

• Ultra Space wormholes will now respect world borders, preventing players from bypassing boundary limits when transferring between dimensions.

Battle

• Fixed rainy weather spontaneously occurring in battles.

• 22837 Primeape can once again evolve via using Rage Fist and levelling up.

• 22868 Fixed Exp and drops not being awarded upon defeating a Pokemon with a move that inflicts recoil damage.

• 22690 Raid bosses will no longer attempt to target invalid Pokémon.

• 22610 Teleport will no longer force the user to switch twice in a row.

• Players will no longer be kicked in a battle with a bag clause, when holding an enchanted bag item.

• 22968 Players will be able to spectate a battle without being kicked.

• Fixed an issue where only the first Pokémon would evolve after a trainer battle if multiple Pokémon became eligible for evolution.

• Fixed a player's UI not showing that a Pokémon was alive upon reviving that Pokémon with Revival Blessing.

• Corrected positioning for fainted Pokémon in the battle UI.

Datapack

• Added new pixelmon:block_place, pixelmon:infuse_item, and pixelmon:consume_item interaction events and interaction event types.

• Added the pixelmon:item context key to the craft item interaction event, which stores the crafting result.

• Added PlayerConsumeItemEvent and PlayerPlaceBlockEvent

Developer

• Added InfuserEvent.PlayerInfuseItem event
  • This operates the same way the furnace event in NeoForge operates (i.e. called when the item is pulled out of the infuser's result slot)

"1.21.1 (9.3.8)"

Changes

• Updates to advanced PC searching:

  • All types now show in the dropdown in advanced PC search.
  • Advanced PC search text is now set via language files.
  • Egg groups and type dropdowns now sort by the current languages translations.

• Improved performance regarding Moveskill rendering.

• JEI loot categories now have properly translated biome names.

• Structures in the Pokedex now have translations, including extra via additional datapacks.

Fixes

• Fixed loot categories not showing items that can be found in any biome.

• Pink Caterpie now has a pink horn and yellow mouth for improved accuracy.

• Galarian Corsola and Cursola now render with proper transparency.

• Fixed Vikavolt's, Butterfree's, and Beedrill's wings to render properly from both sides.

• Lampent is no longer missing parts of its model and no longer bugs underground during idle animation.

• Reduced mesh holes in Blastoise's model.

• Fixed holes on Venusaur's and Mega Venusaur's foreheads.

• Bulbasaur and Ivysaur have been remodelled.

• Shelgon's emissive texture now renders as intended.

• Added additional fallback logic for forms, preventing a crash related to sprites.

• Neo Plasma armour now correctly displays it's own texture.

• Sunstone Armour no longer renders an empty texture.

• Resolved a crash related to NPC AI in the Nether.

• Fixed vanilla Sea Pickles spawning, instead of Ultra Deep Sea Pickles, when an Ultra Deep Sea Pickle had Bone Meal used on it.

Battle

• Added tests for Commander, Rototiller, Boomburst, Hyper Voice, Lash Out, Sparkling Aria, Flying Press, and the Lucky Egg held item.

• Added tests for Flying Press.

  • Fixed Coba Berry reducing damage for Fighting types instead of Flying types.

• Added tests for Powder.

  • Fixed Protean changing the Protean user's type to Fire-type when the user was afflicted with Powder.
  • Fixed Powder dealing damage during heavy rain.
  • Fixed Dancer activating for Fire-type moves when the Dancer user was afflicted with Powder.
  • Fixed Powder preventing the first phase of Shell Trap executing.
  • Fixed Pokémon consuming their held berry when they attempt to use Natural Gift but are prevented by their Powder status.
  • Fixed Powder not preventing self-targeting Fire-type moves, such as Sunny Day.

• Added tests for Aromatic Mist.

  • Fixed Aromatic Mist increasing an ally's Special Attack instead of their Special Defense.
  • Fixed Aromatic Mist working in Horde Battles.

• Added tests for Smelling Salts.

  • Fixed Smelling Salts doubling in power and removing the target's paralysis when the target had a Substitute.

• Added tests for Flower Shield.

  • Fixed Flower Shield applying its effect to only the user.

• Added more tests for Magician.

  • Fixed Magician working when Fling, Natural Gift, Future Sight, or Doom Desire was used.
  • Fixed Liquid Ooze not damaging the user of a Dream Eater attack.
  • Fixed Magician stealing items when the ability's user had fainted.
  • Fixed Pickpocket not stealing back the item that Magician stole if the Magician user used a contact move.
  • Fixed Magician stealing a Pokemon's item when the Magician user's teammate dealt damage.
  • Added Ability#applyEffectBeforeContactLate(PixelmonWrapper user, PixelmonWrapper target, Attack a).

• Made Compound Eyes have the same effect as Super Luck, where it makes wild Pokemon reroll their chance to have a held item.

• Fixed Mirror Move being able to copy Struggle.

• Fixed Struggle being capable of being turned into Max Strike.

Datapack

• The defeat_trainer interaction event no longer sends an empty interaction event.