Cobblemon Nuzlocke & Soul Link¶

A full Hardcore Nuzlocke the game enforces for you — one catch per zone, permadeath, mandatory nicknames, level caps — so you play the run instead of policing yourself. And if you play with friends, Soul Link binds your parties: when one linked Pokémon dies, so do its soulmates.

Not released yet Requires Routes MC 1.21.1

The ruleset Soul Link

Not released yet

This mod is being split out of Routes, where all of these features currently ship. Until the split lands, install Routes to get everything documented here. Progress updates land in the Discord.

It will be published as Cobblemon Nuzlocke & Soul Link on Modrinth and CurseForge.

Not to be confused with the Cobblemon Nuzlocke datapack

There is an unrelated datapack by RRULE2001 with a similar name and goal. This is a different project — a mod, not a datapack — which is why this one carries Soul Link in its name.

What it does¶

Hardcore Nuzlocke — works solo¶

First-encounter capture lock — one catch per zone, and the zone is the route or area you are standing in.
Permadeath with heal-blocking — a fainted Pokémon is gone, and you cannot heal your way out.
Mandatory nicknames — every Pokémon you obtain gets named before you can use it.
Shiny clause — a wild shiny is always catchable, no matter the encounter rule.
Starter randomiser with filters for legendaries, paradox forms and Ultra Beasts.
Level caps, EXP tuning, battle restrictions (Mega / Gigantamax / Z-Moves / Tera) and a configurable Defeated-Catch window.

Soul Link — co-op¶

Link parties with other players so your runs are bound together: when one linked Pokémon dies, so do its soulmates. Includes a lone-combat block so nobody grinds ahead alone.

Soul Link is optional — it has its own toggle, and the whole Nuzlocke ruleset above works perfectly well on a single-player world.

Zones come from Routes¶

The "one catch per zone" rule needs a definition of zone, and it takes it from Routes: the routes, areas and towns that Routes generates are the capture zones. That is why this mod depends on Routes rather than shipping its own zone model.