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CurseForge · Minecraft mod

PokeAbilities

Pokémon-inspired abilities for Minecraft. Collect ability capsules, equip up to eight abilities, summon terrains, storms and legendary weather... and watch out, because mobs have abilities too.

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Updated 3 days ago
Latest stable file pokeabilities-1.0.0.jar
Game version 1.21.1
Loader NeoForge

pokeabilities-1.0.0.jar targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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About this project

What does PokeAbilities add?

!!! Features

  • 138 abilities across six rarities: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Negative.
  • Ability slots: one free slot, three unlockable pairs and an extra free slot. Each pair needs a negative ability to work, unless you use a double-edged one, so every build is a trade-off.
  • Active abilities with their own keys: summon rain, harsh sunlight, hail or a sandstorm, intimidate your enemies, or reveal the abilities of nearby mobs.
  • Terrains: Electric, Grassy, Psychic and Misty Terrain, with animated glowing ground and their own combat effects.
  • Local storms: Snow Warning and Sand Stream create a hailstorm or sandstorm that looks like a huge cloud from outside. Inside, visibility drops and everyone outdoors takes light damage. Hail even covers the ground with snow.
  • Status conditions: Burn, Paralysis, Freeze, Sleep and Toxic, with icons above affected mobs, immunities, reflections and abilities that feed on them. Lava, powder snow, witches, pufferfish and many more can inflict them too.
  • Berries: six berries that cure status conditions. Find their bushes around the world, plant them and harvest them.
  • Stat stages from -6 to +6, just like the games: Attack, Sp. Atk, Defense, Sp. Def and Speed.
  • 58 mobs with abilities: zombies with Stench, skeletons with Sniper, creepers with Static, wolves with Intimidate... Hidden abilities are rarer. Bosses have two.
  • 12 legendary abilities, such as Shadow Tag, Hadron Engine, Orichalcum Pulse, Primordial Sea and Magic Guard, each tied to a boss or a dangerous structure.
  • MobDex: scan and defeat mobs to discover their abilities and the capsules they drop.
  • Guide book and advancements: an in-game guide with a searchable catalog of every ability, and 24 advancements with rewards.

!!! Getting capsules

  • Themed structure chests, mob drops, fishing and archaeology.
  • Crafting recipes for common and uncommon capsules, unlocked when you find each one.
  • Villager and wandering trader trades.
  • Combine two capsules of the same rarity into a Mystery Capsule.

!!! Configuration

  • Per world:
  • disable any ability
  • change slot costs
  • allow multiple legendaries
  • toggle storm damage, hail snow, boss second abilities, berry bushes and more
  • Per player: move and resize every HUD element, and adjust screen effects, storm particles and status icons.

!!! Compatibility

  • Jade: see a mob's ability and status, and berry bush growth.
  • JEI and EMI: info pages for every capsule, berry and item.

!!! Requirements

  • Minecraft 1.21.1 with NeoForge 21.1.0 or newer.
  • Required on both client and server.

!!! Languages

Full support for English and Spanish (Spain).

!!! Feedback

Found a bug or have a balance suggestion? Let me know in the comments!


Poke Abilities is a fan-made mod. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., or The Pokémon Company. Pokémon and all related names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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