What are the purple blocks in Minecraft?

This purple block is a rare, hard block that is created when water is placed on a Lava source block. The Crying obsidian can only be mined using a diamond or Netherite pickaxe and they usually take a slightly shorter period of time to mine than any regular obsidian.
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What is the purple cube in Minecraft?

Crying obsidian is a luminous variant of obsidian that can be used to craft a respawn anchor and produces purple particles when placed.
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What is crying obsidian good for?

The main use of Crying Obsidian is as a crafting material, believe it or not. By combining 6 Crying Obsidian with 3 Glowstone, the player can craft a Respawn Anchor. This block is used to allow the player to respawn in the Nether, but it must be charged with Glowstone blocks.
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What is the purple stuff called in Minecraft?

Amethyst is one of the new materials introduced in Minecraft's 1.17 Caves and Cliffs update, Part I. This purple crystal is different from most other resources in the game due to not being an ore that's found in solid stone or deepslate.
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What are the black and purple blocks in Minecraft?

Introduced in the Nether update, Crying Obsidian is a black and purple block that releases small purple articles to its surrounding area continuously, which lightens the block's nearby area. That's why it's called Crying Obsidian.
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How do you make obsidian cry in Minecraft?

How to get Crying Obsidian in Survival Mode
  1. Find Ruined Portal. First, you need to find a Ruined Portal in your Minecraft world. ...
  2. Locate a Block of Crying Obsidian. ...
  3. Hold a Diamond or Netherite Pickaxe. ...
  4. Mine the Crying Obsidian. ...
  5. Pick up the Crying Obsidian.
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What do amethyst blocks do in Minecraft?

The other solid amethyst block is called a 'Block of Amethyst', and can only be mined with a pickaxe. This block is purely decorative, and cannot grow Amethyst Buds. You can use Amethyst Shards to create more Minecraft Blocks of Amethyst if you want to use them as a building material.
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How do you make crying obsidian Respawn?

To make a Respawn Anchor you'll need to get six pieces of Crying Obsidian and three pieces of glowstone. The glowstone is no issue, but the Crying Obsidian will be.
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Can you turn amethyst blocks into shards?

A geode is made of 3 layers - the outer layer is tuff, the second layer is calcite, and the inner layer is blocks of amethyst and budding amethyst (with different growth stages of amethyst). To get amethyst shards, you will need to find an amethyst cluster.
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What are ruined portals in Minecraft?

A ruined portal is a naturally generated damaged nether portal, which spawns in both the Nether and the Overworld. It contains some decoration and a loot chest around it.
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How do I Respawn the nether?

The respawn anchor is used to respawn in the Nether, even if the player leaves the Nether. Once the block is charged, it can be used to set the player's respawn location. When crafted, a respawn anchor has no (zero) charge and can't yet be used until charged.
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Is obsidian in real life?

obsidian, igneous rock occurring as a natural glass formed by the rapid cooling of viscous lava from volcanoes. Obsidian is extremely rich in silica (about 65 to 80 percent), is low in water, and has a chemical composition similar to rhyolite. Obsidian has a glassy lustre and is slightly harder than window glass.
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How do I find a nether fortress?

While Nether Fortresses can be found scattered across the Nether in Minecraft, their spawning isn't entirely random. Nether Fortresses are more likely to spawn on the positive side of the X-axis, therefore moving north or south while keeping the X-axis positive is the best way to search for them.
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What can you do with a lodestone?

Lodestones can be used together with compasses in Minecraft in order to help players find their way back to a location after getting lost in the Nether. It works by magnetic pull, which means that a compass will always point towards a Lodestone. These stones work in the Nether, the End, and the overworld.
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How long does it take to mine crying obsidian?

Obsidian can no longer be mined by an iron pickaxe. The enchantment table has been introduced, which is crafted using obsidian. Introduced the End, with obsidian platform and obsidian pillars. Obsidian mining time has been decreased from 15 to 2.5 seconds.
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How do you craft a lodestone?

Add Items to make a Lodestone

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make a lodestone, place 8 chiseled stone bricks and 1 netherite ingot in the 3x3 crafting grid.
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What is a lodestone Minecraft?

A lodestone is a block that can be used to alter compasses to point towards it. It can be used in all three dimensions.
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How do you use a nether anchor?

As mentioned above, respawn anchors set your respawn in the Nether. These anchors need to be activated to work though. To activate a respawn anchor, you will need to add glowstone blocks. Interacting with the anchor while holding a glowstone block will add a charge, allowing you to respawn here if you die.
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Where do geodes spawn in Minecraft?

Generation. Amethyst geodes generate underground anywhere between sea level and bedrock. It is possible that they can even break bedrock when they spawn. It overrides cave and ravine generation and abandoned mineshafts as well as other structures, but sometimes can be overridden by other structures.
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Can mobs spawn on amethyst?

Be aware also that a Geode is hollow and the light level generated by Amethyst Clusters is not enough to prevent hostile mobs from spawning inside it. The different layers of an Amethyst Geode in Minecraft.
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Is gold useless in Minecraft?

Golden tools are the most efficient, yet still avoided by the majority of Minecraft players. The reason they're considered among the worst type of tools is because of their durability. A golden pickaxe can only break 32 blocks, which is by far the lowest for any amount.
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Do ruined portals lead anywhere?

Where Do Fixed Ruined Portals Lead To? A repaired Ruined Portal will simply act as any other Nether Portal in the game. It'll take you to the Nether if you're in the Overworld, and vice-versa. That's everything you need to know on Ruined Portals in Minecraft.
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