Not to be confused with Glowing Obsidian

Crying Obsidian Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Tool Blast resistance 1,200 Hardness 50 Luminant Yes (10) Transparent No Flammable No Catches fire from lava No

Crying obsidian is a luminous variant of obsidian that can be used to craft a respawn anchor and produces purple particles when placed.

Obtaining [ edit ]

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

Block Crying Obsidian Hardness 50 Tool Breaking time[note 1] Default 250 Wooden 125 Stone 62.5 Iron 41.7 Diamond 9.4 Netherite 8.35 Golden 20.85

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed

Natural generation [ edit ]

Crying obsidian can generate as part of ruined portals.

Chest loot [ edit ]

Bartering [ edit ]

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

Usage [ edit ]

Similarly to obsidian, crying obsidian is a resilient building block. It has a blast resistance of 1,200. In addition, it cannot be pushed by pistons or destroyed by the ender dragon. It is used to make respawn anchors, a block that has the function of letting players respawn in the Nether.

When placed, crying obsidian occasionally produces purple dripping particles, as if it is "crying". These droplets are purely aesthetic.

Unlike obsidian, crying obsidian cannot be used as a portal frame.[1]

Light [ edit ]

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.

Crafting ingredient [ edit ]

Sounds [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition: [needs in-game testing]

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Crying Obsidian crying_obsidian block.minecraft.crying_obsidian

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Crying Obsidian crying_obsidian 544 tile.crying_obsidian.name

Advancements [ edit ]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Namespaced ID Who is Cutting Onions?

Obtain Crying Obsidian Nether Have crying obsidian in your inventory. nether/obtain_crying_obsidian





History [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]

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 spawnpoint 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. More than 9 years passed between its initial planned addition and finally being available in-game. The community had heavily requested crying obsidian return in 1.16 as a way to respawn in the Nether, as a callback to its initial intended functionality before beds were added.

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.

The new crying obsidian may have taken some inspiration from the unused glowing obsidian from Bedrock Edition. This is backed up with it giving off light.

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.[6]

Gallery [ edit ]

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.

Another picture of crying obsidian using a Programmer Art resource pack. This was taken near a ruined portal.