1. Confirm this is the Java Verity Mod path
A Verity Mod Groq API key is useful only for the Java AI route. If you installed a Bedrock
add-on, a PnTMC package, an MCPE import, an APK, or a modpack such as a VERITY.exe-style pack,
the Java provider steps can send you in the wrong direction. Start by matching the file route:
Java usually means a JAR in a Forge or NeoForge profile, while Bedrock and MCPE use add-on files,
behavior packs, resource packs, and world settings.
This distinction matters because search results often mix every "Verity Mod" phrase together.
A video about Groq setup may be about Verity JE, while a Bedrock comment about dots, commands,
or monster form may have nothing to do with a Groq API key. The first win is to prove the exact
project route before you copy credentials or change models.
2. Create the key at the provider
For a Groq setup, create the key inside the official Groq Console. For OpenRouter, create the
key inside OpenRouter. Those credentials are separate, and one cannot silently replace the other.
If the installed Verity Mod Java configuration says Groq, use a Groq API key. If it says
OpenRouter, use an OpenRouter key. If it says Ollama, look for a local service and local model
instead of a cloud token.
Never paste a Verity Mod Groq API key into a browser form unless it is the official provider or
a local configuration file you control. Do not post it in a Discord support request, Reddit
thread, YouTube comment, Google Doc, GitHub issue, screenshot, or crash log. If a key was exposed,
revoke it at the provider and create a new one before testing again.
3. Paste once, restart once, test once
After adding the API key to the local Verity Mod setup, restart the game once and test with one
short typed prompt. Repeated prompts can turn a simple 401 or 403 into a 429 rate-limit problem.
Keep the first test boring: load a clean world, make sure the mod appears, type a short message,
and read the latest log if the answer fails.
Do not change the file, loader, model, provider, voice settings, and key all at the same time.
One change per test is slower in the moment but faster overall because it tells you what actually
fixed Verity Mod. It also creates a useful support summary: provider, model, error code, and the
last sanitized log line without the key.