TM Recipes

How to Get Close Combat TM in Cobblemon

Unlock and craft the Close Combat Technical Machine in Cobblemon 1.8 — official TM Machine recipe and ingredients.

fighting TM

Close Combat

fighting Unlockable

The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.

TM Machine recipe for Close Combat

Craft at a TM Machine with a Blank TM plus:

How to get Close Combat TM in Cobblemon

  1. Unlock the recipe by obtaining a Pokémon that knows Close Combat. Alpha Pokémon often know two random TM moves — a fast way to unlock recipes.
  2. Gather a Blank TM and the ingredients listed above (Type Gems and extras).
  3. Burn the recipe onto the Blank TM in a TM Machine to create a usable Close Combat TM.
Find Alphas that unlock Close Combat TM Machine crafting Blank TM recipe

Example Alphas that can unlock Close Combat

121 species can roll this move as an Alpha. See the full Alpha list.

Raticate Mankey Primeape Growlithe Arcanine Poliwrath Machop Machoke Machamp Farfetch’d Hitmonlee Hitmonchan

Frequently asked questions

How do you get the Close Combat TM in Cobblemon?

Unlock the Close Combat recipe by obtaining a Pokémon that knows Close Combat (often by catching an Alpha that rolled it), then craft it at a TM Machine with 12× Fighting Gem, 1× Expert Belt, 1× Diamond.

What is the Cobblemon Close Combat TM recipe?

The official TM Machine recipe for Close Combat is: 12× Fighting Gem, 1× Expert Belt, 1× Diamond. You also need a Blank TM disk.

How do you get TMs in Cobblemon?

In Cobblemon 1.8, most TM recipes are unlocked by obtaining a Pokémon that knows a TM-compatible move (Alpha Pokémon are especially good for this), or from Data Monitors / exploration loot such as Gimmighoul Chests. Once unlocked, craft the TM at a TM Machine using a Blank TM, Type Gems, and the recipe ingredients.

What is the Cobblemon TM Machine recipe?

Craft a TM Machine, then insert a Blank TM plus the materials listed for each move. This tool shows every official TM Machine recipe from Cobblemon’s game data.