Java Edition Classic |
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0.28 | Added obsidian. |
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Obsidian is extremely tough to break and drops one cobblestone block when broken. |
Java Edition Infdev |
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20100227 | Added the obsidian wall, which marks the X and Z axes, intersecting at 0,0. This creates two intersecting planes extending just above the surface of the solid material that surrounds them. |
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20100313 | The obsidian wall has been removed. |
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20100617-2 | Obsidian is now created when water touches a lava source. |
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20100618 | Obsidian now drops itself when broken. |
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Obsidian's explosion resistance increased. Before this, obsidian had the same blast resistance as stone. |
Java Edition Alpha |
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v1.0.14 | Obsidian made indestructible to TNT. |
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v1.2.0 | preview | Introduced the nether portal, made using obsidian, which also makes obsidian renewable. |
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However, since diamond pickaxes are not yet renewable, obsidian cannot be fully renewably obtained. |
Java Edition Beta |
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1.8 | Pre-release | Obsidian can now be mined with an iron pickaxe (has since been removed[when?]) or moved by endermen. |
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Unknown |
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? | Obsidian can no longer be mined by an iron pickaxe. |
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Java Edition |
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1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | The enchantment table has been introduced, which is crafted using obsidian. |
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Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Introduced the End, with obsidian platform and obsidian pillars. |
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Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Obsidian mining time has been decreased from 15 to 2.5 seconds. |
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? | Obsidian mining time has been increased from 2.5 to 9.4 seconds. |
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1.1 | 12w01a | Obsidian can now be found in village blacksmith chests. |
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1.3.1 | 12w21a | The ender chest has been introduced, which is crafted using obsidian. |
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As diamond pickaxes can now be purchased from blacksmith villagers, obsidian can now be fully renewably obtained. |
1.4.2 | 12w36a | The beacon block has now received a crafting recipe, which uses obsidian. |
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12w38a | The wither's blue wither skull projectile has been introduced, which produces a special explosion that can destroy obsidian. |
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1.7.2 | 13w36a | Obsidian can now be destroyed with explosives by summoning a fireball with custom data. |
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1.8 | 14w25a | An infinite obsidian glitch (allowing conversion of redstone into obsidian) has been fixed during the implementation of the new block metadata format. |
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14w30a | Obsidian can now be found inside chests in nether fortresses. |
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1.9 | 15w31a | Obsidian now generates as part of the end cities. |
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15w43a | The obsidian yield from nether fortresschests has been slightly decreased. |
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1.11 | 16w39a | Obsidian now generates in woodland mansions. |
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July 18, 2017 | Jeb tweets an image of an updated obsidian texture. |
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July 19, 2017 | Jeb tweets an image of an updated obsidian texture. |
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July 11, 2018 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of an updated obsidian texture. |
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? | This texture of obsidian was shown at some point (not in game). |
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1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 49. |
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18w09a | Obsidian now generates in some underwater ruins. |
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1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of obsidian has been changed. |
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18w44a | The texture of obsidian has been changed, once again. |
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1.16 | 20w07a | Obsidian has a 1⁄109 (~0.92%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1. |
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20w09a | Obsidian now has a 10⁄113 (~8.84%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. |
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20w16a | Obsidian now generates in bastion remnants chests. |
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Obsidian can now spawn as part of ruined portals or be found in its chests. |
1.16.2 | 20w30a | The chance of finding obsidian in bastion remnant chests have been slightly decreased. |
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Pocket Edition Alpha |
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Pre-release |  Added obsidian. |
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v0.5.0 | Glowing obsidian has been added, which drops a block of regular obsidian when mined. |
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The newly added nether reactor structure generates a "spire" of obsidian when activated. |
v0.6.0 | The "spires" generated by nether reactors are now made of netherrack, instead of obsidian. |
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v0.9.0 | build 1 | Obsidian can now be found in villages within blacksmithchests. |
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v0.12.1 | build 1 | Obsidian can now be used to form nether portals. |
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Obsidian is now used to craft enchantment tables. |
v0.13.0 | build 2 | Obsidian now requires 6.5 seconds to mine, rather than 3. |
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v0.16.0 | build 4 | Obsidian is now used to craft beacons. |
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The wither's "blue wither skull" projectile has been introduced, which produces a special explosion that can destroy obsidian. |
Pocket Edition |
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1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Obsidian is now used to craft ender chests and end crystals. |
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Obsidian now generates naturally in the End as obsidian platforms, obsidian pillars and some parts of end ships in end cities. |
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Obsidian now generates in woodland mansions. |
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Bedrock Edition |
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1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Obsidian now generates in some underwater ruins. |
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1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of obsidian has been changed. |
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Obsidian can now be found in village weaponsmith chests. |
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Obsidian can now be obtained from bartering. |
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? | Obsidian breaking time is now 6.2 seconds instead of 9.6 seconds. |
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beta 1.16.0.57 | Obsidian now has a 10⁄106 (9.43%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1. |
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Obsidian now be found in bastion remnants chests. |
Obsidian can now generate as part of ruined portals and can be found in its chests. |
Legacy Console Edition |
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TU1 | |
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