Cobblemon True Pickup

# Cobblemon True Pickup **The Pickup ability, the way it actually works in the mainline games — plus a flexible loot system for it and Honey Gather.** Cobblemon's built-in Pickup only triggers from items used during battle. In the mainline games, though, Pickup's real claim to fame is simpler: walk around with a Pickup Pokémon as your **lead party member**, and every so often it'll just... find something. No battling required. This mod adds that as the default behavior, with an optional battle-triggered bonus on top. ## Why this exists Anyone who's farmed Rare Candies by biking around Hoenn with a lead Zigzagoon knows Pickup is really a walking-simulator minigame. This mod brings that back as the default trigger, while still letting you layer in battle-based pickups for Pickup, Honey Gather, or any other ability you want to wire up loot for. ### Inspired by Tim's Cobblemon Pickup Credit where it's due: (https://modrinth.com/mod/cobblemon-pickup) got here first, and its approach shaped a lot of this mod's design. To describe it accurately: it's a lightweight side mod that reproduces Pickup's out-of-battle item effect, generalized so that any ability with an associated loot table can trigger it — Pickup and Honey Gather are supported by default. After a party wins a battle, each eligible party member gets a chance to receive an item in its held-item slot, provided it isn't already holding one. This mod exists alongside that idea rather than in spite of it: - Tim's mod hasn't been updated for Cobblemon 1.7.3. - I wanted **walking** to be the default trigger, matching mainline's actual behavior, with the battle-triggered version available as an optional layer instead of the only option. - I opted for config-folder-based loot tables instead of datapacks, since that's more approachable for server owners who don't want to learn datapack structure just to tweak drop weights. If a battle-triggered-only setup with datapack-based tables is exactly what you want, Tim's mod (once updated) is worth a look — the underlying idea is the same, just packaged differently. This mod is built to sit alongside it or serve as a 1.7.3-compatible alternative, depending on what you're after. ## Features - **Walking Pickup (the default)** — your lead party Pokémon has a chance to find an item every so often as you walk around, exactly like mainline. No battling needed. - **Optional post-battle trigger** — want a chance at loot after winning a fight too? Flip on `enableBattlePickup` and every eligible Pokémon that participated (or just your lead, your choice) gets a roll. - **Any ability with a loot table can trigger** — not hardcoded to Pickup. Honey Gather is supported out of the box, and adding another ability is as simple as dropping in a new loot table file, no code changes required. - **Optional "must be out of its Poké Ball" rule** — restrict the walking trigger to only fire while the Pokémon is actively following/riding alongside you, rather than just sitting in its ball in the party. - **Fully configurable odds** — base chance, steps required between rolls, and optional level-scaling (higher level = slightly better odds, with a configurable cap) for the walking and battle triggers independently. - **Rarity-tiered loot pools** — each ability's loot table is split into named tiers (`generic`, `uncommon`, `rare`, `epic`, `legendary` by default) instead of one long flat list, so tuning drop rates is a matter of adjusting a handful of tier weights rather than juggling dozens of entries. - **Config-folder based, not datapack-based** — every loot table lives in `config/truepickup/loot_tables/`, plain JSON files generated with sane defaults on first launch. No datapack knowledge needed to customize. - **Lightweight** — server-side logic only, no client mod required. ## Requirements - Minecraft 1.21.1 - Fabric Loader - Fabric API - Fabric Language Kotlin - Cobblemon 1.7.3 ## Configuration Settings live in `config/truepickup.toml`, generated with sane defaults on first launch — no manual setup required to get going. Loot tables live in `config/truepickup/loot_tables/`, one file per ability (`pickup.json`, `honeygather.json`), each editable without touching any code or datapacks. ## A work in progress This mod is actively being developed alongside Cobblemon's own version updates. Feedback, bug reports, and loot table suggestions are welcome — this is meant to be a community-tunable mechanic, not a fixed one. --- *Not affiliated with Tim or the original Cobblemon Pickup mod — inspired by its loot-table-per-ability approach, built as a 1.7.3-era alternative with walking as the default trigger.*