How do you get Crying Obsidian in Minecraft?

Crying Obsidian is obtained through natural world generation. It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.

How many Crying Obsidian can you stack?

Crying Obsidian at 64 a slot, and Respawn Anchor takes 6 per craft, so a full slot is 10 Respawn Anchor with nothing left over. A double chest of Crying Obsidian comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

How long does Crying Obsidian take to break?

What Crying Obsidian comes down to is 50 against a tool on it and 1200 against a blast. A resistance on Crying Obsidian that far above the hardness on it is why people wall with it. A pickaxe below diamond wastes Crying Obsidian, so keep the better one on you. Light level 10 comes with Crying Obsidian. Java 26.2 keeps Crying Obsidian on file as printed, which is what it shows here.

Where do you find Crying Obsidian in chests?

Crying Obsidian is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 34%, 3 to 5 at a time), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 23%, 1 to 5 at a time), bastion chests (about 19%, 1 to 5 at a time), and bastion bridge chests (about 11%, 3 to 8 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

When was Crying Obsidian added to Minecraft?

Crying Obsidian was added in version 1.16.

What is Crying Obsidian used for?

Crying Obsidian is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Respawn Anchor.

Utility Blocks

Crying Obsidian

A purple variant of obsidian that drips light particles but emits only dim light. Its main use is crafting respawn anchors.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Crying Obsidian at a glance

Natural world generation gives you Crying Obsidian, a block filed under Utility Blocks. A single slot takes 64 Crying Obsidian, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

Crying Obsidian additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Respawn Anchor. Hardness 50 is what Crying Obsidian is worth in the block data. Blast resistance is a different story at 1200: creepers and TNT leave it standing. A pickaxe below diamond wastes Crying Obsidian, so keep the better one on you. Light level 10 comes off Crying Obsidian without any help. Of the 4 kinds of generated chest that can hold Crying Obsidian, bastion treasure chests are the best bet at about 34% per chest. It sits between Crimson Planks and Cut Copper in Utility Blocks, number 97 of 340 there.

Used to craft

Respawn Anchor is the one recipe that asks for Crying Obsidian, and the link below opens that grid. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Crying Obsidian.

Respawn Anchor

How to obtain

Natural generation

Notes

Cannot be crafted. Generates in ruined portals and bastion remnants, and can be obtained by bartering with piglins. Requires a diamond pickaxe to mine.

Frequently asked questions about Crying Obsidian

How do you get Crying Obsidian in Minecraft?
Crying Obsidian is obtained through natural world generation. It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.
How many Crying Obsidian can you stack?
Crying Obsidian at 64 a slot, and Respawn Anchor takes 6 per craft, so a full slot is 10 Respawn Anchor with nothing left over. A double chest of Crying Obsidian comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
How long does Crying Obsidian take to break?
What Crying Obsidian comes down to is 50 against a tool on it and 1200 against a blast. A resistance on Crying Obsidian that far above the hardness on it is why people wall with it. A pickaxe below diamond wastes Crying Obsidian, so keep the better one on you. Light level 10 comes with Crying Obsidian. Java 26.2 keeps Crying Obsidian on file as printed, which is what it shows here.
Where do you find Crying Obsidian in chests?
Crying Obsidian is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 34%, 3 to 5 at a time), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 23%, 1 to 5 at a time), bastion chests (about 19%, 1 to 5 at a time), and bastion bridge chests (about 11%, 3 to 8 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
When was Crying Obsidian added to Minecraft?
Crying Obsidian was added in version 1.16.
What is Crying Obsidian used for?
Crying Obsidian is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Respawn Anchor.

Building with it

Crying obsidian drips purple particles and gives no light worth building around, but it has one job: six of it plus glowstone make a respawn anchor. It comes from ruined portals, piglin bartering and bastion chests, so a Nether trip supplies it long before you can craft anything with it.

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