Misc_Items.json

Misc_Items.json

Defines the Zygarde Cube (a dual-mode key item that swaps Zygarde's ability and/or cycles its Cell % form) plus a featureless map of simple cosmetic items with no functional behavior of their own. Located at GenesisForms/items/misc_items.json.

📄 Full default file

{
  "zygarde_cube": {
    "enable_ability_swap": true,
    "enable_form_swap": true,
    "feature_name": "percent_cells",
    "feature_values": ["10", "50"],
    "lore": [
      "<gray>An item in which Zygarde Cores and Cells are gathered.",
      "<gray>You can also use it to change Zygarde's forms."
    ]
  },
  "featureless": {
    "wishing_star": {
      "max_count": 1,
      "lore": [
        "<gray>A stone found in the Galar region with a mysterious power.",
        "<gray>It's said that your dreams come true if you find one."
      ]
    },
    "sparkling_stone": {
      "max_count": 1,
      "lore": [
        "<gray>A stone entrusted to you by a Pokémon that has been venerated as a guardian deity in the Alola region.",
        "<gray>There is said to be some secret in how it sparkles."
      ]
    },
    "mega_shard": {
      "max_count": 64,
      "lore": [
        "<gray>A mysterious shard that can be found after smashing Mega Crystals using Pokémon moves.",
        "<gray>It seems that some people collect these shards."
      ]
    }
  }
}

Top Level

Field	Type	Description
zygarde_cube	object	The single Zygarde Cube item config — see Zygarde Cube below.
featureless	map	Map of item ID → simple item definition, for items with no gameplay logic attached. Arbitrary IDs can be added here (see Featureless Items), but each one is still just lore + stack size — there's no way to give a new featureless entry custom behavior through this file alone.

Zygarde Cube

Field	Type	Default	Description
enable_ability_swap	boolean	true	Whether the cube is allowed to toggle Zygarde's ability between Power Construct and Aura Break.
enable_form_swap	boolean	true	Whether the cube is allowed to cycle Zygarde's Cell % form (the feature_name species feature) through feature_values.
feature_name	string	"percent_cells"	The species feature the cube reads/writes to change Zygarde's form. Only change this if you know the underlying Cobblemon feature name for the forms you want to cycle.
feature_values	string array	["10", "50"]	The ordered list of feature values the cube cycles through, wrapping back to the first after the last. A value of the literal string "null" in this list means "remove the feature entirely" (revert to Cobblemon's own default).
lore	string array	—	Lore lines shown on the item tooltip.

The cube is registered with a fixed max stack size of 1 — there's no max_count/max_stack_size field for it in this file.

How the Cube Works

The Zygarde Cube has two independent modes, stored per-item-stack in NBT: "form" and "ability". Which mode is active determines what a normal right-click-on-Pokémon does; sneak + right-click (with nothing selected) cycles the stored mode instead of applying anything.

• Sneaking toggles the item's mode between form and ability. Each toggle changes the item's visual enchant glint (glinting = form mode, non-glinting = ability mode) and sends the player a mode-changed message. A toggle is skipped (nothing happens, no message) if the mode it would switch to is disabled by config — e.g. sneaking while in ability mode does nothing if enable_form_swap is false.
• Right-clicking a Pokémon (not sneaking) opens Cobblemon's party-select prompt, restricted server-side to only accept Zygarde (any form). Applying it then does one of two things depending on the stack's current mode:
  • form mode: reads Zygarde's current feature_name value, finds it in feature_values, and advances it to the next value in the list (wrapping to the first). If the resulting value is "null", the feature is removed instead of set. The Pokémon's aspects/form are then refreshed, and — importantly — its ability is explicitly restored to whatever it was before the form change, so cycling form does not, by itself, change ability either way.
  • ability mode: directly swaps the ability between Power Construct and Aura Break, independent of form, guarded by enable_ability_swap.
  • First-ever use on a fresh item stack (no mode set yet): the cube defaults to ability mode and immediately attempts an ability swap — a player must sneak once to switch it into form mode before they can cycle Zygarde's Cell %.

Important

This directly answers the "does disabling enable_ability_swap stop the ability from ever changing" question: yes. The ability-swap routine (swapAbility) checks enable_ability_swap internally and no-ops if it's false — and the form mode branch never calls it either; it only restores the Pokémon's existing ability after a form change. So with enable_ability_swap: false, using the cube in any mode will never touch Zygarde's ability, even while enable_form_swap still lets you freely cycle between 10%/50% forme. The two flags are fully decoupled — disabling one doesn't affect the other.

Note

Zygarde's in-battle transformation to Complete Forme (the vanilla-game "50% HP + Power Construct" trigger) is a separate mechanic handled by Cobblemon's own battle engine and this mod's battle-form event system — it is not gated by enable_ability_swap/enable_form_swap at all. Those two flags only govern the Zygarde Cube item's own out-of-battle behavior. See Events for the battle_forms event (zygarde_percent_cells) that fires when this in-battle transformation happens.

Global Toggles

• general_settings.disabled_items in Config.json — listing "zygarde_cube" here disables the item entirely (right-click and Pokémon-apply logic both no-op).

Featureless Items

Field	Type	Default	Description
max_count	integer	1	The item's max stack size.
lore	string array	—	Lore lines shown on the item tooltip.

The default file ships three featureless items: wishing_star, sparkling_stone, and mega_shard.

Note

As of the current codebase, these three items have no functional Pokémon-affecting behavior implemented — they're plain items with a tooltip and a stack size, registered purely so they exist in-world (e.g. as drops, trade fodder, or decoration). No other config file or handler reads these item IDs; searching the mod's source and resource files turns up nothing beyond their own registration, lang entries, and item models. If you're expecting Wishing Star/Sparkling Stone to drive an Ultra Necrozma-style fusion, or Mega Shard to feed into a crafting recipe, that logic doesn't currently exist in this mod — you'd need to add it yourself (e.g. via a possession/fusion item config) or via another mod/datapack.

See Also

• Events — the battle_forms event fired when Zygarde transforms to Complete Forme in battle (separate from the cube's own form-cycling).
• Commands — admin commands for giving items directly.