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Who Is Obscuria
Obscuria is a Minecraft mod developer known for Loot Journal, Obscure Tooltips, and Aquamirae, popular mods on CurseForge. In late March 2026, they started publicly making false accusations and harassing me after I began posting sneak peeks of Loot Log, a mod in the same general category as Loot Journal that hadn't even been released yet.
Their attacks started before my mod was even published, escalated through false reports to CurseForge moderators and attempts to rally other developers against me, and kept going after release. This page documents their behavior with evidence.
This isn't a response or defense. I've already posted that in my Discord. This is a public record with receipts, meant to warn other developers and preserve the facts.
The False Accusations
Each accusation below is shown with the screenshot of what Obscuria said, the truth, and the evidence disproving it.
Lie #1: "This author is using textures from Loot Journal, which is prohibited by the license"
Click to enlargeThe truth: During early development, I used a placeholder texture from Loot Journal in private testing. It was never included in any published release. I made dev showcase videos that included this texture, and when asked, I removed them immediately. The texture was replaced with my own original work before any release.
In the screenshot above, Obscuria tells a CurseForge moderator that I "previously apologized" and "stated that the assets were removed," then claims I continue to use them anyway. This is a direct lie. The assets were removed, and they knew it.
Loot Log's source code is fully public for anyone to verify: github.com/TysonTheEmber/LootLog
Click to enlargeLie #2: "This author has repeatedly violated other creators' licenses, which has even led to their releases being removed from CurseForge"
This claim appears in the same message to the CurseForge moderator shown above.
The truth: No project of mine has ever been removed by CurseForge. My author dashboard shows 26 projects, and every single one is either Approved, self-Deleted (by me), or New. Not a single removal.
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Click to enlargeLie #3: "You completely deleted your Orbital Railgun project page just to re-upload it and make it appear as though it qualified under the 'new project' criteria"
Click to enlargeThe truth: I entered Orbital Railgun Reforged into the CurseForge "The Future" Mod Jam, realized it didn't qualify because it was a port of an existing Fabric mod, and withdrew it. My dashboard (shown above) shows exactly one Orbital Railgun Reforged entry. Nothing was deleted and re-uploaded.
Lie #4: "You're wasting your time trying to plagiarize other mods and their upcoming features"
Click to enlargeThe truth: Loot Log is an item pickup notification mod. This is a well-established mod category. Loot Journal, Pickup Notifier, and others already exist. Building a mod in the same category is not plagiarism. My implementation is entirely my own code, written from scratch, and the codebase is open source for anyone to verify.
The Harassment & Threats
Beyond the false accusations, Obscuria showed a clear pattern of hostile behavior:
- Preemptive accusations: After I posted sneak peeks of Loot Log (which was not yet released), Obscuria made false accusations against me in the NeoForge Discord, trying to rally the community against me before my mod was even published. The community reaction screenshots below are from that NeoForge Discord conversation.
- Going behind my back: Obscuria's very first action was to complain to CurseForge moderators before ever contacting me about any concerns. They went straight to authority instead of trying to resolve anything privately first.
Click to enlarge- False reports to moderators: Publicly tagging CurseForge moderators with fabricated claims to try to get my project taken down.
- Direct threats: Threatening to spread accusations "on my server and across social media." Their words.
- Aggressive, hostile tone throughout: "You've picked the wrong person to do this to," "God, don't try to put on an act," "It's deeply hypocritical of you to lecture anyone about legality."
- All of this happened after I had already addressed the placeholder texture issue and removed the relevant content. The issue was resolved. Obscuria chose to escalate anyway.
The timeline matters. Obscuria saw sneak peeks of a competing mod, then immediately launched a harassment campaign to try to kill it before it could even release.
Copycatting After the Fact
After Loot Log was released and gained traction, Obscuria responded not by competing fairly, but by reactively copying:
- Sudden feature rush: Loot Journal had not been actively updated and wasn't even featured as one of Obscuria's main mods (not listed on their Discord or wiki). After Loot Log launched, Obscuria suddenly pushed a wave of updates to Loot Journal adding many of the same features Loot Log had. This strongly suggests the updates were a direct reaction to competition, not planned development.
- Name copying: Obscuria changed Loot Journal's display name to add ": Pickup Notifier," directly copying Loot Log's subtitle format ("Loot Log: Pickup Notifier"). This is the kind of petty, reactive move that speaks for itself.
The irony is that Obscuria accused me of plagiarism, then turned around and copied my mod's naming convention and rushed to match my feature set. The CurseForge version history for Loot Journal is publicly visible for anyone who wants to verify the update timeline.
Selective Enforcement
Obscuria's aggressive response to Loot Log becomes even more suspect when you consider what they don't act on.
Olven's Deep End, another mod on CurseForge, straight up uses a fish texture and model taken from Aquamirae, Obscuria's own most popular mod with over 39 million downloads. Despite this being a clear case of asset reuse from their own project, Obscuria has taken no public action against that mod.
Yet when I, someone building a mod in the same category as Loot Journal using entirely original code and assets, showed sneak peeks of my work, Obscuria immediately launched a harassment campaign, filed false reports, and tried to rally the community against me.
This selective enforcement strongly suggests that Obscuria's actions against me were not about protecting intellectual property. They were about eliminating perceived competition.
Community Response
When Obscuria brought their accusations to the NeoForge Discord, the community saw through it. People asked for proof, Obscuria had none, and the conversation quickly turned against them. Multiple community members called out the accusations as baseless, raised concerns about defamation, and pointed out that building a mod in the same category with original code and assets is not theft.
Click to enlargeBroader Reputation
Multiple people in the modding community have told me that Obscuria is generally rude and childish to interact with, and bans people from their Discord server without reason or explanation. This is based on secondhand accounts from other community members and people I have reached out to. The evidence-backed sections above are the core of this page.
A developer I know and trust has also reported to me that they were pressured into a partnership with Obscuria, with CurseForge Mod of the Year nominations dangled as incentive. Less a genuine collaboration and more a bribe.
The Sympathy Card
Disclaimer: This section is speculation based on publicly observable behavior and things reported to me by others in the community. I cannot verify Obscuria's personal or financial situation, and I'm not claiming to know their intentions for certain. I'm pointing out patterns that I and others have noticed.
On February 14, 2026, just six weeks before launching their harassment campaign against me, Obscuria published a public Patreon post titled "The Reality Behind My Projects".
In the post, Obscuria describes their personal hardships, asks for financial support, and requests $1,000/month on Patreon to cover "essential living costs." The post is written to present Obscuria as a humble, struggling creator who just wants to build sustainably.
Here's what the post doesn't mention: Obscuria's mods have over 130 million downloads across platforms, a number they proudly cite in the post itself. CurseForge has a creator rewards program that pays developers based on download volume. With that level of reach, Obscuria is likely already earning significant monthly income from their mods alone, estimated in the range of $800 to $2,300/month based on publicly known CurseForge reward rates.
The contrast is striking:
- On Patreon: "I do not like complaining. I do not like presenting myself as someone who is asking for help."
- In practice: Filing false reports, threatening harassment campaigns, and aggressively attacking a competing developer who hadn't even released their mod yet.
- On Patreon: "This is not drama or pressure, it is just honesty."
- In practice: "You've picked the wrong person to do this to."
Many people I've spoken to in the community share the same reaction: the post reads like a sympathy play designed to drive Patreon subscriptions, not a genuine cry for help from someone with 130 million downloads. Whether Obscuria's financial situation is as described is not something I can verify, but the contrast between the vulnerable public persona and the aggressive private behavior speaks for itself.
Here's what other people in the community had to say about the Patreon post:
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Click to enlargeIf Obscuria genuinely is in financial straits, I wish them the best of luck recovering. None of what's on this page changes that.
A Warning to Other Developers
If you're a mod developer building anything in a similar space to Obscuria's projects, be aware that this is how they respond to perceived competition: false accusations, harassment campaigns, and attempts to weaponize platform moderators.
Document everything. Keep your code open source. Don't engage beyond what's necessary.