What decides where a Pokémon spawns?
A matching biome is only one check. A spawn entry can also depend on its environment, weather, light and time conditions. Start with the Pokémon’s own requirements rather than assuming every member of a type follows the same rule.
How Cobblemon Spawning Works
Cobblemon uses a biome-based spawning system — Pokémon appear naturally in environments that match their type and habitat. Water types spawn near rivers and oceans, ice types appear in frozen biomes, ghost types come out at night. The system is designed to feel like a natural part of the Minecraft world rather than random placement.
Each Pokémon has a spawn weight that determines how frequently it appears relative to others in the same biome. Common Pokémon like Pidgey and Rattata appear constantly, while rare spawns like Dratini or legendary-adjacent Pokémon appear far less often.
Tips for Finding Specific Pokémon
Check whether the target has a time restriction or a time-based weight modifier. These are different: a lower night weight does not mean spawning is impossible at night.
The Pokémon you want may simply not spawn in your current biome. Use /tp or Random Teleport on a server to reach specific biomes faster. Desert, frozen and jungle biomes each have unique exclusive spawns.
Some water-type Pokémon only spawn in deep ocean biomes, while others appear in rivers or shallow lakes. Magikarp spawns almost anywhere with water — Lapras needs deep cold ocean.
A huge range of Pokémon spawn exclusively underground — Zubat, Geodude, Onix, Machop and many others. Check the target’s actual height and light conditions before digging.
Weather conditions belong to individual spawn entries. Check for rain requirements or exclusions instead of assuming a type-wide weather boost.
Minecraft has dozens of biome variants — a "Forest" and a "Flower Forest" are different biomes and can have different spawn pools. If you're not finding what you expect, try nearby biome variants.
Spawn Database — Browse by Biome
Use the filters below to narrow down by type, biome or time of day. Click any biome header to expand it and see which Pokémon spawn there.
Individual Cobblemon Location Guides
Use the biome list above when you want to browse an area. Use these individual guides when you already know the Pokémon you want and need the quickest route, best biome, time notes, evolution path and related hunts.
Popular starter and early-team hunts
Rare, powerful and high-value hunts
A-Z Pokémon Location Guides
Every guide below opens a dedicated page for that Pokémon, so players can jump straight from this spawn hub to the exact target they are hunting.