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Crying Obsidian in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Crying Obsidian is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Diamond Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Crying Obsidian.
What is Crying Obsidian?
Crying Obsidian is a Minecraft block classified under the Requires better than wooden tool material group. It has a hardness of 50 and a blast resistance of 1200. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Crying Obsidian emits light level 10. Crying Obsidian filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:crying_obsidian. Command: /give @p minecraft:crying_obsidian 1.
How to mine Crying Obsidian
Crying Obsidian requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 250 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Crying Obsidian drops
When broken, Crying Obsidian drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Crying Obsidian is used to craft
Crying Obsidian appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Light Source
- Requires Tool
- Crafting Material
Crying Obsidian technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: Yes — luminance 10
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Crying Obsidian (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:crying_obsidian
- Material family: Requires better than wooden tool
- Hardness: 50
- Blast resistance: 1200
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 10
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:crying_obsidian 1
Overview
Crying Obsidian is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Prerequisites and materials
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Crying Obsidian with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Crying Obsidian once it breaks.
- This block emits light (level 10), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Crying Obsidian with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Crying Obsidian once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 250s.
- This block emits light (level 10), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:crying_obsidian 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated time per run: 5-20 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Crying Obsidian?
You need one of: Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.
What does Crying Obsidian drop when mined?
Breaking Crying Obsidian drops Crying Obsidian.
How hard is Crying Obsidian to mine?
Crying Obsidian has a hardness value of 50. That works out to roughly 75s with the correct tool or 250s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
What is Crying Obsidian used to craft?
Crying Obsidian is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Crying Obsidian?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:crying_obsidian, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.