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Something ARG Timeline: Every Verity Episode & Event
Last updated: August 12, 2026 · This is a living page — it grows as the story does
The Verity saga started with a single upload on May 30, 2026 and became one of the fastest-moving Minecraft phenomena in years: a scripted horror series, a wave of "is it real?" debunks, and then 17.7 million+ downloads of mods recreating a mod that never existed. This Verity timeline tracks every confirmed date — series events and ecosystem events side by side.
The story so far, in one paragraph
YouTuber ThatMob published a Minecraft horror short framed as found footage: a friend sends him a mysterious mod over Discord, and inside it is Verity, a yellow smiley orb that claims to know everything. The series was scripted — ThatMob disclosed as much — but it spread so fast that millions went looking for a Verity mod download that didn't exist. Community modders filled the vacuum within two weeks, ThatMob licensed an official Java adaptation, and the story played out across three episodes between May and July 2026.
Full timeline
- May 30, 2026 — Episode 1: "Something is Knocking at Your Door..."
The series begins (watch it here). Verity is introduced as a gift mod from an anonymous sender; the description credits the voice actor JustWhispy and discloses the episode as a scripted in-game horror film. - Early June 2026 — the viral wave, and the hunt for a download.
Clips spread across YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit. Searches for the Verity mod spike, find nothing, and spawn a round of debunk articles. ThatMob publicly asks viewers to stop requesting the mod, "since there isn't one to share." - June 12, 2026 — Episode 2: "Something is Inside Your House..."
The second Verity episode lands at the peak of the search wave — while millions are still hunting for a Verity mod download that does not exist. Whatever restraint the first episode showed about what Verity actually wants does not last the night. - June 14, 2026 — Verity BE launches.
Undertaletalelover publishes the first playable Verity mod recreation for Minecraft Bedrock on CurseForge and MCPEDL. The download vacuum starts to fill. - June 15, 2026 — Verity — Bedrock Edition launches.
PnTMC's take on Verity arrives a day later and becomes the most downloaded version of all, eventually passing 9.5 million downloads. - June 25, 2026 — Episode 3 teased.
ThatMob signals the series is continuing, keeping the Verity story — and the search interest — alive between uploads. - June 30, 2026 — Verity JE launches.
The officially licensed Java adaptation by VarmiteYT, made with ThatMob's explicit permission, brings real AI-powered chat to the character for the first time. - July 8, 2026 — Episode 3: "Something Won't Let You Leave..."
The third Verity episode arrives, just under two weeks after it was teased. What the episode does to the Verity story is covered in the Verity lore guide. - July 2026 — 17.7 million downloads and counting.
The three Verity adaptations together pass roughly 17.7 million downloads (as of August 12, 2026), all within a month of the first recreation going live.
A note on sources: every date above comes from platform timestamps — YouTube upload dates and the "created" fields on CurseForge and MCPEDL — first checked on July 13, 2026 and re-checked on July 29. Where a date can't be pinned that way, we say so rather than guess; the Verity story has enough fog in it already.
Why the dates matter
Two weeks. That's the gap between ThatMob's first upload and the first playable Verity mod — one of the fastest fiction-to-download turnarounds Minecraft's community has ever managed, and the reason the download counts climbed so absurdly fast: demand had two weeks to build with nowhere to go.
The timeline also explains today's confusion. Anyone who searched for Verity in early June correctly concluded the mod didn't exist — and articles written that week are still ranking, now out of date. Checking the date before trusting a Verity article isn't paranoia; it's the only way to keep this story straight.
What's next
All three Verity episodes are out, which makes a fourth the open question. ThatMob has not confirmed one either way — and we would rather leave that blank than repeat the guesses circulating in comment sections. If another episode does land, expect a download spike with it; that has been the Verity pattern since May. This page gets the date and a summary, and the lore guide gets whatever the episode reveals about the story.
Catching up instead? Start with the real story behind the Verity mod, read up on the creator who made the series, then meet Verity yourself via the versions & downloads overview.
FAQ
What is the Something ARG?
The community name for ThatMob's scripted Minecraft horror series that introduced Verity, presented as found footage and unraveled by the audience between episodes.
Where can I watch the Verity series?
On ThatMob's YouTube channel — Episode 1 is linked in the timeline above. TikTok clips circulate widely, but the episodes are the canonical source.
How many Verity episodes are there?
Three, all released — the last one on July 8, 2026. Whether a fourth is coming has not been confirmed; we update this page the day new episodes or teasers land.