
Gain Friendship From Melodies
A simple mod that allows you to use the instrument from Immersive Melodies to increase the friendship of your Pokemon(from the Cobblemon mod) by playing music.
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About this Mod
Overview
Gain Friendship From Melodies(GFFM) is a simple mod that allows you to increase your Pokemon's(from the Cobblemon mod) friendship by playing music to them using the instruments from the Immersive Melodies.
Why I need this mod?
We all know that Pokemon like Riolu needs a high friendship value to evolve, but it's quite hard to gain enough friendship to evolve at the early game.This mod adds a simple and fun way to increase the friendship.
Features
- Your Pokemon gain 2 friendship every 10 seconds if you're playing music with the instrument from Immersive Melodies.
- The Pokemon will cry when the song is about to come to an end.(They Encore you like a Whimsicott! :p )
- Doesn't work on soundproof(ability) Pokemon like Exploud.
- Your Pokemon can be awaken by your music when it gains friendship.(edit the config to heal other status.)
- Your Pokemon can imitate your performance. Different Pokemon can use different sound. The Pokemon should reach the minimum friendship value before imitating you,Not all Pokemon can imitate(100 friendship by default).
- If a Pokemon's friendship value is below the value in the config(100 by default) and it rises before being recalled, you might need to recall it and send it out again if you want it to imitate you.
- Pokemon that learns Grass Whistle will use the sound of the flute.
- Pokemon that learns Belly Drum will use the sound of the drum.
- Pokemon that learns Heal Bell will use the sound of the triangle.
- All Kricketune can use the sound of the lute to imitate.
- Snorlax and Rillaboom will use the sound of the tiny drum.
- Chingling and Chimecho will use the sound of the triangle.
- You can add the sound to more Pokemon.(you can only use the sound of the instrument currently)
- The features mentioned above is configurable.
How to use this mod?
- Send out your Pokemon(The Pokemon can be sent out manually or be sent out by the pasture)
- Play the music with your favorite instrument
- Gain the friendship value
- Your Pokemon will cry when the music is about to end, pick another song if needed.
How to use the config to add instrument sound to Pokemon?
Check the github page for more help.The modrinth page is long enough.
Installation
Put all of the required mods and this mod in the mods folder
Known bug
None yet.
Available Versions
How to Install Gain Friendship From Melodies on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Gain Friendship From Melodies". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1, 1.20.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Gain Friendship From Melodies server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Gain Friendship From Melodies compatible with fabric and forge and neoforge?
Gain Friendship From Melodies officially supports fabric, forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Gain Friendship From Melodies – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Gain Friendship From Melodies consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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