Cobblemon: Mega Showdown guide for All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 0.12.0-beta
Cobblemon: Mega Showdown guide for All the Mons
Last verified for All the Mons v0.12.0-beta on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
A newer release (1.3.0) is out Guide for the current version
- Sections
- 6
- Recipes shown
- 19
- Items named
- 53
- Quests covered
- 1
2 sections are written for this pack; 4 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against All the Mons 0.12.0-beta's own files.
What is Cobblemon: Mega Showdown?
3 parts
Cobblemon: Mega Showdown adds the big battle gimmicks from the main Pokémon games to Cobblemon: Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Teralization, Dynamax/Gigantamax, Ultra Burst and Fusions. If you want your team to do more than plain battles, this is the mod for you.[1]
What you get
- All 90+ Megas and all the gimmicks.[1]
- All fusion Pokémon and all form changes.[1]
- Riding support and cosmetic items support.[1]
- Accessories integration: every gimmick item can be worn in its own Gimmick slot, so you don't have to choose between the accessories mods you have installed.[1]
Built for datapacks
Mega Showdown also works as a modding platform. Addon creators can datapack custom Megas, Gmax forms, fusions and general form changes. They can also add custom Showdown items (including held form changes), status effects, conditions, weathers and battle scripts. The mod has its own wiki for addon creators, so it's a good starting point if you want to make your own content.[1]
In this pack
The pack ships Mega Showdown 1.6.12+1.7.3+1.21.1 as the NeoForge build. It has been in the pack since 0.3.0-beta or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the Cobblemon setup.[2]
Unverified The sources I have don't show where the mod fits in the pack's progression. They also show no quests for it and no place for it on the ATM Star path, so treat it as an optional extra for your Cobblemon team.
How do you get started with Cobblemon: Mega Showdown?
6 parts
Same as in the All the Mons 0.14.1-beta guide
Cobblemon: Mega Showdown adds Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Teralization, Dyna/Gigantamax, Ultra Burst and Fusions to Cobblemon. In this pack many of the gimmick items are crafted, and a lot of those recipes were changed from the mod's defaults. So follow the recipe blocks on this page rather than any recipe you remember from the mod on its own.[1][3]
The sources don't lay out a fixed progression, so this is a sensible order based on the recipes and advancements the pack ships. We start with Mega Evolution, then Dynamax, then Z-Crystals.[3][4]
First: go looking for a Mega Stone
The mod has an advancement for finding a Raw Mega Stone, plus a map that leads you to the lost stone. There are also advancements for finding the Megaroid or Mega Site structures. Keep an eye out for these early, because the Mega Stone recipes below all use Mega Stone as an ingredient.[3][4]
Then: craft a Mega bracelet
Brendan's Mega Cuff contains a Key Stone that works with Pokémon holding a Mega Stone. Archie's Anchor does the same job. The pack changed both recipes, so check the costs before you start gathering.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any netherite ingot | Empty slot |
| any diamond gem |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:brendan_mega_cuff
The pack changed this recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| any diamond gem | any gold ingot | any diamond gem |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:archie_anchor
The pack changed this recipe.
Next: craft your first Mega Stone
Each Mega Stone is tied to one species. Charizardite X lets Charizard Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X. The pack changed this recipe, and the other Mega Stone recipes shown in the sources, such as Abomasite, are changed by the pack too. There's an advancement for crafting any Mega Stone and another for collecting all types.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | any diamond gem | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:charizardite_x
The pack changed this recipe.
After that: Dynamax Band and Dynamax Candy
For Dynamax, craft the Dynamax Band. The pack changed its recipe, and there's an advancement for crafting one. There's also an advancement for getting a Pokémon to Dynamax Level 10, and Dynamax Candy is the item to look at for that. Its recipe is the mod's own, unchanged.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:dynamax_band
The pack changed this recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:dynamax_candy
This is the mod's own recipe, not changed by the pack.
Finally: Z-Crystals
Type Z-Crystals let a Pokémon upgrade its moves of that type to Z-Moves. Buginium-Z is the Bug example. Its recipe is the mod's own, not changed by the pack. There are advancements for powering up a Pokémon with a Z-Move, for collecting every Z-Crystal, and for finding the Observatory or Archaeological Site structures.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:buginium_z
This is the mod's own recipe, not changed by the pack.
The pack also changes the recipe for Gladion's Z-Power Ring, and there's an advancement for obtaining the sparkling stone.[3][4]
The ATM Star quest: Zygarde Cube
The quest "Snow Queen Trophy" quest in the "The ATM Star" chapter asks you to hand in a Zygarde Cube. In this pack it's made in an Oritech assembler, and the recipe is changed by the pack.[3][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite ingot | ||
Recipe id: mega_showdown:zygarde_cube
Oritech assembler recipe, changed by the pack.
How does Cobblemon: Mega Showdown work?
6 parts
Same as in the All the Mons 1.0.0-rc.7 guide
The sources describe Mega Showdown as an addon to Cobblemon that adds Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Teralization, Dynamax/Gigantamax, Ultra Burst and Fusions. So this section is about how those gimmick items work, not about machines, power or item automation.[1]
Mega Evolution
Each Mega Stone is tied to one species. For example, Abomasite lets Abomasnow Mega Evolve, and Charizardite X and Charizardite Y both let Charizard Mega Evolve, into different forms.[6][7]
Archie's Anchor and Brendan's Mega Cuff each contain a Key Stone that allows Pokémon holding a Mega Stone to do their thing. The sources here don't show the rest of that tooltip, so I can't tell you their exact rules.[6][7]
In this pack the recipes for Abomasite, Charizardite X, Charizardite Y, Archie's Anchor and Brendan's Mega Cuff are all marked as changed from the mod's versions. Here is the pack's Abomasite recipe:[7]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | any diamond gem | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:abomasite
This recipe is changed by the pack.
Z-Moves
Z-Crystals unlock Z-Moves. A type crystal such as Buginium-Z lets a Pokémon upgrade its Bug-type moves. Signature crystals like Aloraichium-Z are species-specific: it lets Alolan Raichu upgrade Thunderbolt into Stoked Sparksurfer.[6][7]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:buginium_z
Listed as a mod recipe, not one changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:aloraichium_z
Also listed as a mod recipe, not changed by the pack.
Tera and Dynamax
Tera Shards change a Pokémon's Tera Type to the matching type. A Dynamax Band allows Pokémon to Dynamax during battle, and Dynamax Candy raises a Pokémon's Dynamax Level to make it stronger when Dynamaxed. The advancement list mentions Dynamax Level 10 as a goal.[6]
Held items
Some items have their effect when held. Booster Energy boosts the strongest stat of a Pokémon with Protosynthesis or Quark Drive. Adrenaline Orb boosts Speed when the holder is intimidated. Burn Drive and Chill Drive change Genesect's Techno Blast to Fire-type and Ice-type respectively.[6][7]
The pack changes the recipes for Booster Energy, Burn Drive and Chill Drive from the mod's versions.[7]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any iron ingot | any copper ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any iron ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:booster_energy
This recipe is changed by the pack.
Wearing gimmick items
All gimmick items can be worn in their own Gimmick slots through accessories integration, so you don't have to pick between the accessories mods you have installed.[1]
Finding stones in the world
The advancements point to world exploration too: finding a Raw Mega Stone, and locating a Megaroid or Mega Site and an Observatory or Archaeological Site. A lost map is also described as leading you to the lost stone. The sources don't say how these structures generate or how you get the map.[6]
The mod is also built to be datapacked, so the details of Megas, items and battle scripts can be changed by packs and addons.[1]
How do you progress through Cobblemon: Mega Showdown?
4 parts
Same as in the All the Mons 0.14.1-beta guide
Progression in this pack is mostly about stepping up through the gimmick items: Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax and the Zygarde Cube. The sources I have show only one quest for this mod, so the stages below are my own grouping of how the in-pack recipes build on each other, not an official tier list.[3][5]
Keystone items and Mega Stones
Keystone is the base of the Mega trigger items. You can compress it into a Block of Keystone and turn the block back into Keystones. Trigger items such as Korrina's Gloves, Lisia Mega Tiara, Archie's Anchor and Brendan's Mega Cuff are built on a Keystone. The pack changed the recipes of all of those from the mod's defaults.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any diamond gem | Empty slot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:korrina_glove
This trigger item recipe was changed by the pack.
Individual Mega Stones such as Abomasite, Gardevoirite and Charizardite X each have their own recipe, and the base item to know is Mega Stone. The pack changed these recipes, so don't trust any mod defaults you remember.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | any diamond gem | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:abomasite
A typical Mega Stone recipe, changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:gyaradosite
Gyaradosite is the odd one out among the Mega Stones: its recipe has no diamond.
Z-Crystals
Basic Z-Crystals use the mod's own recipes, not ones the pack changed, and Blank-Z is the item to look for in them. Examples are Firium-Z, Electrium-Z and Dragonium-Z.[3]
Some crystals sit a step above another Z-Crystal, so craft the base crystal first. Incinium-Z, Aloraichium-Z, Decidium-Z and Kommonium-Z are in this group. So are Eevium-Z, linked to Normalium-Z, and Lunalium-Z, linked to Psychium-Z.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:aloraichium_z
The Z-ring items, Hapu's Z-Ring, Hapu's Z-Power Ring and Gladion's Z-Power Ring, also use recipes the pack changed.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:hapus_z_ring
This Z-ring recipe was changed by the pack.
Dynamax
The pack changed the Dynamax Band recipe, while Dynamax Candy keeps the mod's own recipe. Keep an eye out for the Wishing Star and the Max Mushroom, the Dynamax-specific items in these recipes.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:dynamax_band
The Dynamax Band recipe was changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:dynamax_candy
The Zygarde Cube quest
The one quest from this mod in the sources is "Snow Queen Trophy" quest, in the chapter "The ATM Star". Its task is to obtain the Zygarde Cube, and the quest text reads "It's a cube, as all things should be."[5]
The pack changed how the cube is made: it is crafted in an Oritech assembler instead of a crafting table, using ingredients from other mods. That makes it a cross-mod goal rather than something you finish with Mega Showdown parts alone.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite ingot | ||
Recipe id: mega_showdown:zygarde_cube
This assembler recipe was changed by the pack.
How does Cobblemon: Mega Showdown work with other mods?
3 parts
Same as in the All the Mons 0.14.1-beta guide
Cobblemon: Mega Showdown adds Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax and more to Cobblemon, so most of its crafting in this pack leans on Cobblemon items. It also meets the rest of the pack through one item, the Zygarde Cube.[1][3]
Cobblemon items in Mega Showdown recipes
Nearly every Mega Stone recipe in this pack pairs a Mega Stone with a Cobblemon item. For example, Abomasite uses Never-Melt Ice, and Aerodactylite uses Razor Claw. The pack changed these recipes, so don't rely on what you remember from the standalone mod.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | any diamond gem | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:abomasite
One of the Mega Stone recipes the pack changed.
The gimmick gear works the same way. The bracelets and the Mega Ring are built around a Keystone and a Cobblemon Apricorn. The Red Mega Bracelet uses a Red Apricorn and the Blue Mega Bracelet uses a Blue Apricorn. The pack changed these recipes too.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any diamond gem | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:mega_bracelet
The plain Mega Bracelet uses a White Apricorn and is also a pack-changed recipe.
Z-Crystals lean on Cobblemon type Gems. Electrium-Z is made from an Electric Gem and a Blank-Z. These Z-Crystal recipes are listed as mod recipes, not pack changes. Upgraded crystals chain from another Z-Crystal plus a Cobblemon item, for example Aloraichium-Z from Electrium-Z and a Psychic Gem.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: mega_showdown:electrium_z
A Z-Crystal recipe that is unchanged from the mod.
Cobblemon items also go into the Dynamax gear. The pack changed the recipe for the Dynamax Band, which uses Cobblemon Apricorns, while Dynamax Candy is made from Exp. Candy S and a Max Mushroom.[3]
The Zygarde Cube and the ATM progression
Two recipes added by the pack use the Zygarde Cube as an ingredient: the Improbable Probability Device and the Oblivion Shard. Both also take items from several other mods, such as Singularity and Antimatter Pellet for the device, and Void Forge and Eternal Stella for the shard.[3]
Shaped (kubejs)
Recipe id: allthemods:allthetweaks/improbable_probability_device
Added by the pack, with the Zygarde Cube as one of the ingredients.
Shaped (kubejs)
| Empty slot | ||
| Snow Queen Trophy | Empty slot |
Recipe id: allthemods:allthetweaks/oblivion_shard
Also added by the pack and also needs the Zygarde Cube.
The cube has its own quest, "Snow Queen Trophy" quest, in the "The ATM Star" chapter. The task is to obtain the Zygarde Cube, and the quest text reads "It's a cube, as all things should be."[5]
Accessories support
The mod says all of its gimmick items can be worn in their own gimmick slots, so you don't have to choose between the different accessories mods you have installed.[1]
What changed in Cobblemon: Mega Showdown between versions?
1 part
All the Mons 0.12.0-beta ships Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.6.12+1.7.3+1.21.1, which is the newest version in the changelogs below. The mod has been in the pack since 0.3.0-beta or earlier. The pack changelogs have no entries for this mod, so everything here comes from the mod's own release notes.[2]
Changes by mod version
- 1.5.1+1.7.1-b-8: fixed the Mega Showdown sizer causing crashes.[8]
- 1.6.1+1.7.1: fixed Showdown loading for new players.[9]
- 1.6.3+1.7.2: added a debug mode config that lets you see the form change id for a battle form, and removed unused mixins.[10]
- 1.6.4+1.7.2: mixins were added back, this time in a cleaner way.[11]
- 1.6.8+1.7.3: new languages were added, and battle effects can now be set up through datapacks.[12]
- 1.6.12+1.7.3: added a rotation field to the sizer. This is the version in the pack right now.[2][13]
The two sizer entries are worth noting. The crash fix came first, and a rotation field was added to the sizer later. The datapackable battle effects in 1.6.8 matter if you like customizing things with datapacks.[8][12][13]
This list only covers the changelogs I have. Other releases between these versions may exist, but their notes aren't included here.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Sources
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown project page (modrinth) · official mod data
- All the Mons 0.12.0-beta mod list · pack file
- All the Mons 0.14.1-beta recipe dump: recipes making Cobblemon: Mega Showdown items · pack recipe dump
- mega_showdown tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mons 0.14.1-beta quests: "The ATM Star" · pack file
- mega_showdown tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mons 1.0.0-rc.7 recipe dump: recipes making Cobblemon: Mega Showdown items · pack recipe dump
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.5.1+1.7.1+1.21.1-b-8 changelog · changelog
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.6.1+1.7.1+1.21.1 changelog · changelog
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.6.3+1.7.2+1.21.1 changelog · changelog
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.6.4+1.7.2+1.21.1 changelog · changelog
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.6.8+1.7.3+1.21.1 changelog · changelog
- Cobblemon: Mega Showdown 1.6.12+1.7.3+1.21.1 changelog · changelog
Where this guide comes from
Written from what All the Mons itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.
Guides for other versions: 1.0.0 to 1.3.0 · 0.15.0-beta to 1.0.0-rc.7 · 0.13.0-beta to 0.14.1-beta