Crying Obsidian

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

Natural generation
Crying obsidian can generate as part of ruined portals.

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

Block loot
Crying obsidian can be harvested only with a diamond or netherite pickaxe.

Bartering
Piglins have a ~9.43% chance (40⁄424) to barter 1-3 crying obsidian after they are given a gold ingot to initiate the process of bartering.

Usage
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.

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