Camera Obscura Mod lets you take in-game photos of your Minecraft world-rendered entirely server-side-and saves them as map items or PNG images. It’s like giving your server a built-in camera system, no client mods required.
Features:
- Camera item: Functions like a spyglass but acts as a camera. It consumes a map (or other item, configurable) when used.
- Everything is rendered on the server using raycasting, so players don’t need to install anything.
- Photo commands:
/camera-obscura: Takes a photo and gives it to the player as a map./camera-obscura save: Saves a high-res PNG image to the server.- Supports scaling up to 10×10 maps or 1280×1280 PNGs.
- Adjust render distance, FOV, brightness, entity rendering, and more via camera-obscura.json.
- Great for map art, server postcards, or documenting builds and events.
Screenshots:
Camera Obscura Mod Download Links
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on the file's original source — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Camera Obscura Mod (26.1.2, 1.20.1) – Take Photos of Your World is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20.1. Download it and open it directly in the game.