Crying Obsidian

Crying Obsidian

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1,200
Hardness	50
Luminous	Yes (10)
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	29 COLOR_BLACK

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Crying obsidian is a luminous variant of obsidian that can be used to craft a respawn anchor. Purple particles drip from its faces. Like obsidian, It has high hardness and blast resistance, rendering it immune to normal explosions. It can be obtained by mining it with a diamond or netherite pickaxe.

Obtaining

Breaking

Crying obsidian can be harvested only with a diamond pickaxe or better.

Block
Hardness	50
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	250
Wooden	125
Stone	62.5
Copper ​	50
Iron	41.7
Diamond	9.4
Netherite	8.35
Golden	20.85
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

There is no way to convert normal obsidian into crying obsidian. It can be obtained only via the methods listed below.

Natural generation

Crying obsidian can generate as part of ruined portals.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1–5	22.8% { "item": "Crying Obsidian", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Treasure chest	3–5	33.7% { "item": "Crying Obsidian", "stacksize": "3–5", "chance": 0.33668648071940255, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Generic chest	1–5	19% { "item": "Crying Obsidian", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
		Bridge chest	3–8	11.2% { "item": "Crying Obsidian", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }

Bartering

Piglins have a ~8.71% chance (⁴⁰⁄₄₅₉) to barter 1–3 crying obsidian when given a gold ingot.

Usage

Much like obsidian, crying obsidian is a resilient building block. It has a blast resistance of 1,200 and cannot be destroyed by the ender dragon. On the other hand, crying obsidian cannot be used to create a nether portal frame,^[1] and End crystals are unable to be placed on them.^[2]

When placed, crying obsidian occasionally produces purple dripping particles, which are purely decorative.

Crafting ingredient

Crying obsidian is used to make the respawn anchor, a block that has the function of letting players respawn in the Nether.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Respawn Anchor	+ Glowstone

Light

Crying obsidian gives off a light level of 10, which does not melt snow or ice. Its blast resistance distinguishes it from other light-emitting blocks.

Note blocks

Crying obsidian can be placed under note blocks to produce the "bass drum" sounds.

Piston interactivity

Crying obsidian cannot be pushed or pulled by pistons or sticky pistons.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Crying Obsidian	crying_obsidian	Block & Item	dragon_immune mineable/pickaxe needs_diamond_tool	block.minecraft.crying_obsidian

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Crying Obsidian	crying_obsidian	544	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.crying_obsidian.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Who is Cutting Onions?	Obtain Crying Obsidian	Have a block of crying obsidian in the inventory.

Video

History

Java Edition Beta
1.3							The texture of crying obsidian has been added to terrain.png.
February 23, 2011							Jeb states he would like to add crying obsidian as a block.
March 30, 2011							Jeb states that crying obsidian would act as a way of setting a respawn point. The idea would later be discarded in favor of beds.[3]
April 15, 2011							Jeb states that the grass edge tile has replaced the crying obsidian in the texture file.
1.5							The texture of crying obsidian has been removed.
February 9, 2012							Jeb states that he will bring back crying obsidian as soon as he's made preparations for more texture space.
Java Edition
December 3, 2019							Maria Lemón notes that many players suggest implementing crying obsidian alongside new Nether features.
1.16			20w09a				Added crying obsidian.
							Crying obsidian is currently obtainable only through bartering.
							Crying obsidian has no function.
							Crying obsidian produces a light level of 10.
							Crying obsidian can be harvested with any pickaxe.
			20w10a				Crying obsidian now uses its old texture when using Programmer Art.
			20w11a				Crying obsidian now requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe in order to be mined.[4]
							Crying obsidian can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.[5]
							Crying obsidian can no longer be moved by pistons.[6]
			20w12a				Crying obsidian is now used to craft respawn anchors.
			20w16a				Crying obsidian now generates in bastion remnants chests.
							Crying obsidian now generates as part of ruined portals.
			20w20a				Crying obsidian is now required for the "Who is Cutting Onions?" advancement.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0							The texture of crying obsidian has been added to the game's files.
v0.2.0							The texture of crying obsidian has been removed.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added crying obsidian.
			beta 1.16.0.63				Crying obsidian now requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe in order to be mined.[7]
1.19.20			Preview 1.19.20.22				Crying obsidian can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.

Issues

Issues relating to "Crying Obsidian" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• When it was originally going to be added in Beta 1.3, it was going to act as a way to reset the player’s spawn point and would be crafted using lapis lazuli. When beds were added, they took this role instead. In 1.16, the respawn anchor was added, which is crafted with crying obsidian.
• According to Brandon Pearce, crying obsidian was added when they wanted to have cracked obsidian for the ruined nether portals. They decided to add it as crying obsidian instead because it was more unique and due to high player demand.
• The team considered having crying obsidian be obtained by throwing obsidian through a nether portal, or by having regular obsidian be struck by lightning. However, they chose bartering with piglins as a way to make bartering useful.^[8]
• The earliest known instance of a developer referring to the original crying obsidian texture as "crying obsidian"^[9] significantly postdates the name's general adoption by the community. The earliest known usages of the name "crying obsidian"^[10][11] are from about two months earlier. As it had no given name, it was first referred to as a "mystery block" with crying obsidian being given as one potential name among others, such as "bleeding obsidian".^{[12][13][14][15]}

Gallery

• 
  A comparison between glowing obsidian (left), crying obsidian (middle), and regular obsidian (right)
• 
  A bunch of crying obsidian placed in the Nether.
• 
  Obsidian and crying obsidian, as they appear in the Programmer Art resource pack. Note how it still produces purple particles.
• 
  A picture of crying obsidian part of a ruined portal.
• 
  An animated render of the crying obsidian.
• 
  Crying obsidian in the overworld.
• 
  Crying obsidian with programmer art textures.

See also

• Obsidian
• Glowing Obsidian

References

External links

• Block of the Week: Crying Obsidian – Minecraft.net on July 29, 2020

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