QuestCraft! It’s awesome and I highly recommend subscribing to their Patreon. To emphasize a point they make many times over, you need to own Minecraft Java Edition in order for this to work, and you need access to your Microsoft login in order to log into Minecraft.
The basic installation instructions are available at https://github.com/QuestCraftPlusPlus/QuestCraft . You will need to follow these instructions and start a single player world on version 1.21.1 first in order to have the folder created that you need to place the mod jars into. You will also want to download this jar file https://files.xrcraftmc.com/QuestCraft/Cobblemon-fabric-1.7.0%2B1.21.1.jar which is the fixed Cobblemon mod which ONLY works with Minecraft version 1.21.1 . Make sure your server is running Minecraft version 1.21.1 as well, they have not yet released a more current patched version. Everything Minecraft 1.21.1!
Also, grab the Fabric API jar at 0.116.9 – https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/P7dR8mSH/versions/yGAe1owa/fabric-api-0.116.9%2B1.21.1.jar and https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/nOK0dI1c/versions/rKDl7Dxe/request-1.0.0%2B1.21.1.jar and https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/ccKDOlHs/versions/JB1fLQnc/owo-lib-0.12.15.4%2B1.21.jar while you are at it. These are the Quest-Rebound jars which enable battling Pokemon. You will need to install all of these mods in your mods folder on your headset.
Once you have successfully connected to a single player world, you will need to back out of the game and connect to the headset using SideQuest again.
Click the folder on the top bar which is how you can navigate the Quest’s directory structure.
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Then you will want to navigate to:
Android > data > com.qcxr.qcxr > files > instances > 1.21.1 > mods
Drag the jar files you downloaded earlier into this folder:
- Cobblemon-fabric-1.7.0 1.21.1.jar from the QuestCraft folks
- Fabric API at 0.116.9
- Quest Rebound
- owo-lib
Now you should be able to connect to a Cobblemon server!
How to Battle Wild Pokemon and other Cobblemon Stuff
You will quickly find that Cobblemon relies on keybinds that are unavailable in QuestCraft. Worry not! You can use Quest Rebound to overcome this barrier.
Instructions on using Quest Rebound are quoted from the modrinth website:
Quest Rebound – Rebinding Instructions
Add this mod to your QuestCraft instance as normal and start your game. In the game, you can go to Options -> Controls -> Open VR Bindings Menu to change your keybinds.
To reset your keybinds, delete the interaction_profiles directory from your instance root.
You *must* restart your game in order for key rebinds to take effect.
Specifically for battling wild Pokemon, you can rebind “Throw Selected Pokemon” to your left controller’s x key. Make sure to uncheck its current function checkboxes before checking the Cobblemon function box.
Personally I find the left x button a good choice because its default function is to dash forward a bit, which I do not need as much as I need to battle wild Pokemon.
You could try binding the Throw action to your radial menu, but the problem is you have to interact with a Pokemon to trigger it, and left clicking the radial menu while you’re facing the it will harm the Pokemon!
So instead, bind the action to your x key, then when you want to battle a wild Pokemon, face it and press x on your left controller, and you will get the battle menu.
The “Open overlay” and other controls are fine to bind to the radial menu. To do this, click “Options”, then “VR Settings” then “Radial Menu”. Click the number that appears in the center and you will get more blank radial tiles. Click one of these tiles and you will get a bunch of actions you can assign to the tiles, including Cobblemon-related actions.
To use the radial menu once you’ve assigned it, click the y button on the right controller and it will open.
Happy Cobblemon’ing! I’m in the QuestCraft Discord server, user “saranicole1980” so feel free to ping me there if you have any questions!