How do you get obsidian in Minecraft without a diamond pickaxe?

There is no crafting recipe for obsidian. Instead, any time flowing water hits a stationary lava "source" block, the lava turns into obsidian.
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Can you mine obsidian with hand?

To collect obsidian, a diamond pickaxe or better must be used. It takes 250 seconds to break an obsidian block by hand, and 21.85-125 seconds to break it with a pickaxe weaker than diamond or netherite, although neither will yield any obsidian.
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Can you get obsidian with iron pick?

It can only be obtained by mining it with a Diamond or Netherite Pickaxe.
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Can you break obsidian with silk touch?

EDIT: Nope. I just spent (What felt like?) 10-15 minutes banging away at an Obsidian Block with an Iron Pickaxe with Silk Touch I. No Obsidian Block. :(.
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How do you get free obsidian in Minecraft?

One of the easiest ways to obtain obsidian is to find a lava pool, pour water on it, and then mine with a diamond pickaxe. It is also sometimes possible to find lava pools which have been naturally converted to obsidian by waterfalls.
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Mining Obsidian in Minecraft without a diamond pickaxe



Is it rare to find obsidian?

Obsidian is the most common form of natural glass and occurs in many attractive varieties. Since prehistoric times, people have used this material to make jewelry and carvings as well as practical objects, like knives. Obsidian is the most common form of natural glass and occurs in many attractive varieties.
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Is there an obsidian generator?

Obsidian generators can be formed both manually and automatically due to the mechanics that allow the collision of lava and water to create Obsidian. It all comes down to the Minecraft player's preference and the number of materials that are available to them.
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Is obsidian breakable with TNT?

Obsidian is a dark purple and black block, known for its high blast resistance (meaning it can only blow up by Withers, or if 562 blocks of TNT is surrounding the obsidian).
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Can a gold AXE break obsidian?

Obsidian is the hardest material in Minecraft. It can be collected only with a DIAMOND PICKAXE. Sadly it takes roughly 10 seconds to mine out. Any other pickaxe will simply break the block after about a minute of mining.
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Can crying obsidian make a portal?

In survival mode, crying obsidian can only be mined with a diamond or netherite pickaxe, so be careful about that. Crying obsidian can't be used to make a nether portal.
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What can I harvest obsidian with?

Best way to harvest Obsidian is with a Ankylosaurus. If you do not have an Ankylosaurus a Metal Pick or a Mantis equipped with a metal pick in the tool slot.
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Is obsidian an ore?

Obsidian is a unique pre-Hardmode ore which is created when Water and Lava collide, at which point it forms placed blocks of Obsidian which can be mined and collected. Though Obsidian is considered an ore and is gathered similarly, it has no bar form of its own (although it is used to craft Hellstone Bars).
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Can iron picks netherite?

Netherite can only be mined with a Diamond Pickaxe or a Netherite Pickaxe.
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Can you dig obsidian with gold?

The only one thing that can break obsidian is diamond pickaxe and netherite pickaxe. In our hypixel bedwars we can break the obsidian with golden pickaxe. Crying obsidian can be breaked by golden pickaxe too.
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Can I break obsidian with my fist?

In minecraft, it takes 250 seconds to break an obsidian block by hand.
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What is the strongest material in Minecraft?

The strongest block in Minecraft is easily found by mining straight down. Bedrock, also known as Adminium, is unbreakable in normal game mode, preventing players digging too deeply and falling into The Void below.
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What mobs can break obsidian?

Indeed, the only mob that can break obsidian is the player-created Wither. Unlike the previous two generators, there is a core problem with automatic obsidian generation: the requirement of lava source blocks.
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What is the strongest block in Minecraft?

1) Bedrock

Bedrock is a very strong block inside Minecraft. In Survival mode, the block is indestructible without using the bug exploitation. It offers a blast resistance of 3,600,000, which allows players to use bedrock for anything they want to reinforce that they do not want to be broken.
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Can pistons pull obsidian?

obsidian, bedrock, tile entities, and extended pistons cannot be pulled, just as they cannot be pushed. It is possible for the block stuck to a sticky piston to be pushed aside by another piston, and sticky pistons do not protect sand, gravel and concrete powder against gravity.
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Can TNT break netherite?

Unlike every other block in the Nether, ancient debris is blast resistant. This means that the block will not be destroyed when TNT explodes near it.
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What can TNT not break?

Obsidian, Ancient Debris, Barriers, and Bedrock are completely resistant to the explosion, and cannot be destroyed normally.
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Is obsidian water on lava?

If a source block of lava meets water, it becomes obsidian. If a source block of water meets lava, it becomes stone.
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Can crying obsidian be mined?

Crying obsidian can be harvested with any pickaxe. Crying obsidian now uses its old texture when using Programmer Art. Crying obsidian now requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe in order to be mined.
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