Crying Obsidian
Reason: They are two separate blocks, one in 1.16, and one is in Beta 1.3
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.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Crying obsidian can be harvested only with a diamond pickaxe or a netherite pickaxe.
Block | Crying Obsidian | |
---|---|---|
Hardness | 50 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[A] | ||
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]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition | ||||
Crying Obsidian | Bastion remnant | Generic chest | 1–5 | 19% |
Bridge chest | 3–8 | 11.2% | ||
Hoglin stable chest | 1–5 | 22.8% | ||
Treasure chest | 3–5 | 33.7% | ||
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Crying Obsidian | Bastion remnant | Bridge chest | 3–8 | 12.2% |
Treasure chest | 1–5 | 29.4% | ||
Generic chest | 1–5 | 31.5% |
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 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 decorative.
Unlike obsidian, crying obsidian cannot be used as a nether portal frame.[1]
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|---|
Respawn Anchor | Crying Obsidian + Glowstone |
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.
Note Blocks[edit]
Crying obsidian can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Piston interactivity[edit]
Crying obsidian cannot be pushed or pulled by pistons or sticky pistons.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | 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 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 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 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | 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 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Crying Obsidian | crying_obsidian | Block & Item | block.minecraft.crying_obsidian |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Crying Obsidian | crying_obsidian | 544 | Block & Item | 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 | — | nether/obtain_crying_obsidian
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History[edit]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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1.3 | ![]() | ||||
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. | ||||
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 | ![]() | |||
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 | ![]() | ||||
20w11a | Crying obsidian now requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe in order to be mined.[2] | ||||
Crying obsidian can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.[3] | |||||
Crying obsidian can no longer be moved by pistons.[4] | |||||
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 | ![]() | ||||
v0.2.0 | The texture of crying obsidian has been removed. | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.0.63 | Crying obsidian now requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe in order to be mined.[5] |
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 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.
- 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, as an unspecified and likely implied to be undecided way of respawning was mentioned during the reveal.
- 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 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 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.
Another picture of crying obsidian using a Programmer Art resource pack. This was taken near a ruined portal.
References[edit]
- ↑ "It's intentional that you cannot make portals with them." – @kingbdogz, February 26, 2020
- ↑ MC-173302
- ↑ MC-173384
- ↑ MC-173243
- ↑ MCPE-72102
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Crying Obsidian" – Minecraft.net, July 30, 2020