Radical Cobblemon Trainers

Mod

by hd42

Over 1500 unique and challenging trainers, from the Pokemon ROM hacks Radical Red (v3.02) and Unbound (v2.0.3.2) as well as the main series games Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, that will spawn naturally in your world.

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

9,564,122

CurseForge ID

1009534

Modrinth Downloads

8,651,133

Modrinth ID

lRwTUnD7

Last Updated

Nov 7, 2026

Description

Radical Cobblemon Trainers

Over 1500 unique and challenging trainers, from the Pokemon ROM hacks Radical Red (v3.02) and Unbound (v2.0.3.2) as well as the main series games Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, that will spawn naturally in your world.

Supported By

Description

Trainer spawning: Encounter different trainers in different biomes.

trainer_group

Textures were procedurally generated in advance so trainer appearances do not resemble any specific figures.

Story Mode: Defeat leaders, rivals and many more to become the ultimate champion.

trainer_battle_start

trainer_card_arrow

Choose your path: Seek out the Trainer Association to start a journey of your choice.

trainer_association

trainer_association_trades

advancements

Player Progression: Limits how far players can progress by preventing pokemon in their party, below a certain level (level cap), to gain any exp until they have defeated the next key trainer (e. g. leader).

player_level_cap

Trainer Card: The Trainer Card will help you to keep track of your progress, find information about trainers and to locate the next key trainer to increase your level cap, when they spawn nearby.

trainer_card_recipe

trainer_card_list

Endgame: There are many challenging trainers for you to encounter, even after becoming a champion. Seek out stronger trainers for better loot, or complete multiple series (again) to permanently boost your luck!

trainer_silhouettes

Youtube Guides

Overview of the series feature (added with 0.14) by Pocketcraft:

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Awesome guide by Jonathan's Playroom (applies to version 0.13 for the most part):

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Another great guide for 0.13 by Pocketcraft:

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Configuration/Documentation

The mod contains many config options and has an extensive data pack support. Please refer to the documentation for more information, guides and the FAQ.

Dependencies

Cobblemon
Radical Cobblemon Trainers API
Forge Config API Port (only on fabric)

Data Packs (official)

Loot tables for badges from Cobblemon Pokemon Badges: RCT Badges - Cobblemon Pokemon Badges
Loot tables for badges from PKGBadges: RCT Badges - PKGBadges
Loot tables for badges from Elemental Effects Badges: RCT Badges - Elemental Effects Badges

Only install one of these.

Other Addons

Radical Gyms & Structures adds structures for gym leaders that will generate in your world.
Run and Bun is an advanced trainer battle AI and provides an alternative option to configure your trainers with.
More Radical Trainers will add many themed shorter series for you to conquer.
Failrun is another series data pack with custom trainers and a long progression-focused series.
The mod is to easy for you? Check out Cobblemon: Mega Showdown, while it will enable you to use gimmicks like mega evolutions, so will it also enable these features for trainers from the core series of this mod.
Not happy with the textures? Trainer Texture Pack provides many pokemon franchise inspired skins for trainers.
ToolTipFix fixes issues with tooltips of the Trainer Card being to large to properly read (only on fabric).

These are just some suggestions. There are most likely many more exciting addons out there.

Known Issues

The Trainer Card arrow will not render when "Emissive Textures" is enabled in Continuity
Trainers fail to spawn with Convenient Decors installed
There have been complications when trying to pick up trainers with mods like Carry On (trainers may not be temporarily removed from worlds or the spawing system can run into unexpected issues)

Planned features

~~More/Better/Fixed assets (Teams, Textures, Mobs, Dialogs, Loot tables, …)~~
Clear distinction between male and female trainers (textures)
Clear distinction between adult and child trainers (models)
~~More config and datapack options to allow trainers beeing used in advancement like scenarios:~~
- ~~disable despawning~~
- ~~max trainer defeats/wins per player~~
- ~~infinite trainer defeats/wins (e.g. by setting (global) max wins/defeats to 0)~~
- ~~loot condition for n'th (e.g. 1st) defeat (defeat_count)~~
~~Advancements~~
~~More user feedback in certain situations (e.g. when a player gains a badge)~~
~~Some config options~~
~~More commands~~
~~Fabric~~