Phase 3 approved by Adrian (2026-10-30)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/balance.md

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 | Healing Machine recipe | 3 gold ingots, 4 iron ingots, 1 Max Revive, 1 diamond (shaped; Cobblemon: 3 copper, 4 iron, Max Revive, redstone) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-29) | `kubejs/server_scripts/healing_machine.js` | Roadmap: make Healing Machines expensive |
 | Healing Machine recharge | 3,600 s from empty to full (6 charge, one per full Pokémon heal; Cobblemon: 900 s) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-29) | `config/cobblemon/main.json` → `secondsToChargeHealingMachine` | So a machine heals a full party about once an hour of play |
 | Fainted Pokémon auto-recovery | never (`defaultFaintTimer` 1e9 s) | Decided (permadeath) | `config/cobblemon/main.json` | |
-| Zone level bands | Button Isle 2–10, Southwold 8–18, Westmarch 15–25, Verdant Jungle 18–30, Highland Meadows 25–35, Mangrove Mire 25–38, Sunscorch 30–45, Frostpeak 40–55, Shallows 5–20, Deep Sea 30–50, Lush Caves 12–28, Dripstone 22–38, Deep Dark 45–60, Basalt Furnace 55–70 | Placeholder | `world/zones.json` → `levels`, then `tools/zone_layout.py` and `tools/zone_spawns.py` | Zone shapes approved (Adrian, 2026-10-29) |
-| Evolution lines per zone (targets) | 15–35 per zone, scaled to the 377 lines available | Placeholder | `world/zones.json` → `lines` | Result per zone in `docs/zone-species.md` |
-| Lines pinned to a zone | Durant, Torkoal, Heatmor → Basalt Furnace | Placeholder | `world/zones.json` → `species` | Basalt's own lines were all too big for its caves |
-| Comfortable temperature range | 0.25–1.51 (Cold Sweat units; Cold Sweat: 0.4–1.51) | Placeholder | `config/coldsweat/main.toml` | Keeps the lowlands' nights livable without gear |
-| Windswept hills temperature | 45–72 °F (Cold Sweat: 24–58 °F) | Placeholder | `config/coldsweat/world.toml` | They lie in the starter lowlands too |
-| Insulating armour | fur set (cold 10/14/12/10), hide set (heat 10/14/12/10), as Cold Sweat; leather armour none (Cold Sweat: 5/7/6/5 both) | Placeholder | `config/coldsweat/item.toml` | Frostpeak at noon: about 1 min bare, 14 min in fur; Sunscorch at noon: about 2 min bare, 25 min in hide |
-| Sewn-in insulation | goat fur 2 cold, hoglin hide 2 heat, wool 0.5 cold, leather 0.5/0.5 (Cold Sweat: wool 1.5, leather 1/1, rabbit hide 1.5 heat) | Placeholder | `config/coldsweat/item.toml` | |
-| Goat Fur / Hoglin Hide recipes | 8 wool + 1 Heat Rock → 8 Goat Fur; 8 leather + 1 Icy Rock → 8 Hoglin Hide (a set takes 24) | Placeholder | `kubejs/server_scripts/insulation.js` | Heat and Icy Rocks come from the guardians before Frostpeak and Sunscorch (archaeology finds too) |
+| Zone level bands | Button Isle 2–10, Southwold 8–18, Westmarch 15–25, Verdant Jungle 18–30, Highland Meadows 25–35, Mangrove Mire 25–38, Sunscorch 30–45, Frostpeak 40–55, Shallows 5–20, Deep Sea 30–50, Lush Caves 12–28, Dripstone 22–38, Deep Dark 45–60, Basalt Furnace 55–70 | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `world/zones.json` → `levels`, then `tools/zone_layout.py` and `tools/zone_spawns.py` | Zone shapes approved (Adrian, 2026-10-29) |
+| Evolution lines per zone (targets) | 15–35 per zone, scaled to the 377 lines available | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `world/zones.json` → `lines` | Result per zone in `docs/zone-species.md` |
+| Lines pinned to a zone | Durant, Torkoal, Heatmor → Basalt Furnace | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `world/zones.json` → `species` | Basalt's own lines were all too big for its caves |
+| Comfortable temperature range | 0.25–1.51 (Cold Sweat units; Cold Sweat: 0.4–1.51) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `config/coldsweat/main.toml` | Keeps the lowlands' nights livable without gear |
+| Windswept hills temperature | 45–72 °F (Cold Sweat: 24–58 °F) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `config/coldsweat/world.toml` | They lie in the starter lowlands too |
+| Insulating armour | fur set (cold 10/14/12/10), hide set (heat 10/14/12/10), as Cold Sweat; leather armour none (Cold Sweat: 5/7/6/5 both) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `config/coldsweat/item.toml` | Frostpeak at noon: about 1 min bare, 14 min in fur; Sunscorch at noon: about 2 min bare, 25 min in hide |
+| Sewn-in insulation | goat fur 2 cold, hoglin hide 2 heat, wool 0.5 cold, leather 0.5/0.5 (Cold Sweat: wool 1.5, leather 1/1, rabbit hide 1.5 heat) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `config/coldsweat/item.toml` | |
+| Goat Fur / Hoglin Hide recipes | 8 wool + 1 Heat Rock → 8 Goat Fur; 8 leather + 1 Icy Rock → 8 Hoglin Hide (a set takes 24) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `kubejs/server_scripts/insulation.js` | Heat and Icy Rocks come from the guardians before Frostpeak and Sunscorch (archaeology finds too) |
 | Guardian respawn | 5 hours of game time after being beaten | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-29) | `world/zones.json` → `guardian_respawn_hours` | Fixed spots |
-| Guardian strength | strongest Pokémon spawning in the zone, band top + 5 levels, 1.5× size, uncatchable | Placeholder | `tools/zone_spawns.py` (`GUARDIAN_*`), `world/zones.json` → `guardian.species` | |
-| Guardian drops | Button Isle 10 Poké Balls + 4 Potions; Southwold 6 Great Balls + 4 Exp. Candy S; Westmarch and Jungle Mire Waders + 4 Pecha Berries + 2 Exp. Candy M; Mire and Highlands 3 Icy Rocks + 4 Super Potions; Sunscorch 3 Heat Rocks + 2 Exp. Candy L; Frostpeak and Deep Dark 3 Icy Rocks + 2 Exp. Candy L; Deep Sea Mystic Water + 3 Exp. Candy M | Placeholder | `world/zones.json` → `guardian.drops` | 3 rocks make one full fur or hide set |
-| Mire poison | Poison I for 7 s, renewed every 5 s while in the Mire without Mire Waders | Placeholder | `datapacks/core/data/cobblesurvival/zone_hazards/mire.json` | Vanilla Poison stops at half a heart |
-| Level pressure | full experience up to 5 levels above the zone's band, then 10 % less per level, at least 10 % (Exp. Candy and commands exempt) | Placeholder | `world/zones.json` → `level_pressure` | E.g. on Button Isle (up to Lv 10): Lv 15 full, Lv 20 half, Lv 24+ a tenth |
-| Strong flyer | ridable through the air with top speed ≥ 60 or top stamina ≥ 85 (Cobblemon ride stats) | Placeholder | `tools/zone_spawns.py` (`STRONG_FLYER_*`) | 29 species |
-| High zone for strong flyers | band starts at Lv 30 or more (Sunscorch, Frostpeak, Deep Sea, Deep Dark, Basalt Furnace) | Placeholder | `tools/zone_spawns.py` (`HIGH_ZONE_LEVEL`) | |
+| Guardian strength | strongest Pokémon spawning in the zone, band top + 5 levels, 1.5× size, uncatchable | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `tools/zone_spawns.py` (`GUARDIAN_*`), `world/zones.json` → `guardian.species` | |
+| Guardian drops | Button Isle 10 Poké Balls + 4 Potions; Southwold 6 Great Balls + 4 Exp. Candy S; Westmarch and Jungle Mire Waders + 4 Pecha Berries + 2 Exp. Candy M; Mire and Highlands 3 Icy Rocks + 4 Super Potions; Sunscorch 3 Heat Rocks + 2 Exp. Candy L; Frostpeak and Deep Dark 3 Icy Rocks + 2 Exp. Candy L; Deep Sea Mystic Water + 3 Exp. Candy M | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `world/zones.json` → `guardian.drops` | 3 rocks make one full fur or hide set |
+| Mire poison | Poison I for 7 s, renewed every 5 s while in the Mire without Mire Waders | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `datapacks/core/data/cobblesurvival/zone_hazards/mire.json` | Vanilla Poison stops at half a heart |
+| Level pressure | full experience up to 5 levels above the zone's band, then 10 % less per level, at least 10 % (Exp. Candy and commands exempt) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `world/zones.json` → `level_pressure` | E.g. on Button Isle (up to Lv 10): Lv 15 full, Lv 20 half, Lv 24+ a tenth |
+| Strong flyer | ridable through the air with top speed ≥ 60 or top stamina ≥ 85 (Cobblemon ride stats) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `tools/zone_spawns.py` (`STRONG_FLYER_*`) | 29 species |
+| High zone for strong flyers | band starts at Lv 30 or more (Sunscorch, Frostpeak, Deep Sea, Deep Dark, Basalt Furnace) | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-30) | `tools/zone_spawns.py` (`HIGH_ZONE_LEVEL`) | |
 | Ride stats (speed, stamina, ...) | Cobblemon's own | To tune after play-testing | species `riding` via `species_additions` | |
 | Healing while sleeping | off (`healPercent` 0) | Decided (roadmap) | `config/cobblemon/main.json` | |
 | Loot container refresh | 1 hour (72,000 ticks of game time) after first opened, all containers | Decided (Adrian, 2026-10-29) | `config/lootr-common.toml` | Tiering by structure/biome later |

docs/checklists/phase-3.md

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 ## Ask Adrian: approve Phase 3 before Phase 4
 
+**Approved 2026-10-30**, placeholders as they are; ride stats still to tune after play-testing.
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 - Zone species lists (`docs/zone-species.md`), guardians and their drops, level bands: placeholders to approve or change.
 - Hazard numbers: Frostpeak about 1 min bare / 14 min in fur at noon; Sunscorch about 2 / 25 min; the Mire's Poison every 5 s without waders.
 - Level pressure: 10 % less experience per level beyond 5 above the band, at least 10 %.