Every Poké Ball you throw in Cobblemon started as an apricorn on a tree, and running out of balls mid-hunt is the most avoidable way to lose a rare catch. This guide covers how apricorns grow, how to turn a few wild trees into a steady farm, and which colors you actually need to stockpile for the balls you throw most.
The seven colors and where they come from
Apricorns grow on apricorn trees scattered through wooded biomes, in seven colors: red, yellow, blue, green, pink, white, and black. The tree itself tells you nothing until the fruit matures — buds start small and dark, swell through four growth stages over roughly one Minecraft day, and only show their true color at the final stage.
Harvest a fully grown apricorn by interacting with it: you get the fruit, and the bud resets to stage one on the same tree — no replanting needed. Each harvest also has a small chance (about 10%) to drop an apricorn seed you can plant to expand the grove.
Setting up a farm that keeps up with you
- Cluster your trees. Relocate seeds to one grove near your base so a harvest run takes seconds, not a hike.
- Bone meal works. Each use pushes a bud one growth stage, so a composter or skeleton farm turns directly into Poké Balls.
- Prioritize red, blue, yellow, and black. Those four colors cover the standard Poké/Great/Ultra Ball progression; the rest mostly feed specialty balls.
From fruit to Poké Ball
Raw apricorns don't craft into anything — they must be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or campfire first. Cooked apricorns combine with a metal ingot (copper for the basic tier, iron and up for stronger balls) in the crafting grid; the in-game recipe book shows the exact layout for each ball once you've cooked your first apricorn.
The color logic follows the games: red feeds standard Poké Balls, blue plus red makes Great Balls, black plus yellow makes Ultra Balls, and single-color recipes with copper produce the cosmetic line (Azure, Citrine, Verdant, Roseate, Slate, Premier, Cherub).
Stop scanning trees by hand
The slow part of apricorn farming in the wild is not the growing — it is spotting the trees. Apricorns blend into leaves, and a wooded biome hides dozens of them. CobbleVision's item ESP highlights apricorns (along with ores and dropped items) straight through terrain and foliage, so a gathering run becomes a straight line from tree to tree instead of a search. Pair it with the radar and you can restock balls while a shiny hunt keeps running in the background.