Obsidian

Block

minecraft:obsidian

Obsidian is a Minecraft block. It cannot be crafted — collect naturally generated ones to obtain it. It also generates in 4 structures such as End City. It can be found as chest loot in 4 structures such as Bastion Remnant. It is used to craft 3 blocks and items such as Beacon and Enchanting Table.

Tool used to collect

Pickaxe

How to obtain Obsidian

Natural generation

Found as loot in Bastion Remnant, Nether Fortress, Ruined Portal, Village chests
Obtained through piglin bartering
Sometimes obtained by breaking Ender Chest
Forms when flowing water touches a lava source block. Also found on the obsidian pillars of The End.

Naturally Generated Areas

Overworld

✕ Mushroom Fields ✕ Deep Frozen Ocean ✕ Frozen Ocean ✕ Deep Cold Ocean ✕ Cold Ocean ✕ Deep Ocean ✕ Ocean ✕ Deep Lukewarm Ocean ✕ Lukewarm Ocean ✕ Warm Ocean ✕ Stony Shore ✕ Swamp ✕ Mangrove Swamp ✕ Snowy Slopes ✕ Snowy Plains ✕ Snowy Beach ✕ Windswept Gravelly Hills ✕ Grove ✕ Windswept Hills ✕ Snowy Taiga ✕ Windswept Forest ✕ Taiga ✕ Plains ✕ Meadow ✕ Beach ✕ Forest ✕ Old Growth Spruce Taiga ✕ Flower Forest ✕ Birch Forest ✕ Dark Forest ✕ Pale Garden ✕ Savanna Plateau ✕ Savanna ✕ Jungle ✕ Badlands ✕ Desert ✕ Wooded Badlands ✕ Jagged Peaks ✕ Stony Peaks ✕ Frozen River ✕ River ✕ Ice Spikes ✕ Old Growth Pine Taiga ✕ Sunflower Plains ✕ Old Growth Birch Forest ✕ Sparse Jungle ✕ Bamboo Jungle ✕ Eroded Badlands ✕ Windswept Savanna ✕ Cherry Grove ✕ Frozen Peaks ✕ Dripstone Caves ✕ Lush Caves ✕ Deep Dark

Nether

✕ Nether Wastes ✕ Soul Sand Valley ✕ Crimson Forest ✕ Warped Forest ✕ Basalt Deltas

The End

✕ The End ✕ End Highlands ✕ End Midlands ✕ Small End Islands ✕ End Barrens

What you can craft with Obsidian

BeaconEnchanting TableEnder Chest