Obsidian

Obsidian

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Statistics

• 65%

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	(1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	0*
Research	100 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 173
• Internal Tile ID: 56

See also: Obsidian Crate

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). Mining Obsidian requires a pickaxe with at least 65% pickaxe power (the Nightmare Pickaxe and its counterpart, the Deathbringer Pickaxe, are the weakest pickaxes able to do so). If the player lacks a viable pickaxe, Explosives can also be used.

Crafting

Recipe

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Obsidian ()	Obsidian Wall (4)	Work Bench and Ecto Mist

total: 1 row(s)

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Demon Torch (3) (  )	Torch (3) Obsidian	By Hand
Abeemination ()	Honey Block (5) Stinger Hive (5) Bottled Honey Crispy Honey Block (3) Obsidian (2)	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
Obsidian Brick (2) ( )	Obsidian (2) Stone Block (2)	Furnace
Obsidian Brick (2) ()	Obsidian Stone Block (2)
Obsidian Brick ( )	Obsidian (2)
Obsidian Skull	Obsidian (20)
Hellstone Bar	Hellstone (3) Obsidian	Hellforge
Obsidian Longcoat	Silk (10) Obsidian (20)	Loom
Obsidian Outlaw Hat	Silk (10) Obsidian (20)
Obsidian Pants	Silk (10) Obsidian (20)
Obsidian Skin Potion	Bottled Water Fireblossom Waterleaf Obsidian	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table
Obsidian Toilet	Obsidian (4) Hellstone (2)	Sawmill
Obsidian Chest	Obsidian (6) Hellstone (2) Any Iron Bar (2)	Work Bench
Obsidian Sink ()	Obsidian (4) Hellstone (2) Water Bucket
Obsidian Wall (4) ()	Obsidian	Work Bench and Ecto Mist

total: 15 row(s)

Notes

• Obsidian is not destroyed by Lava, despite being of White Rarity.
• Obsidian is fairly rare naturally and will usually require player intervention to spawn.

Tips

• A good way to rapidly acquire obsidian with little effort is to find or create a large pool of water on top of a similar-sized pool of lava, mine through the obsidian layer to create a tunnel straight down into the deep end of the lava, then mine a channel through the wall of the tunnel. Water will fill the channel and come into contact with the lava from below, causing more obsidian to be generated at the block that was just mined. This will keep generating obsidian until either the water drains completely or the lava drains to the level of the channel.

Trivia

• Obsidian in real life is cooled volcanic glass. It is a very brittle substance that chips easily.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Now used to craft the Obsidian Toilet.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now used to craft the Obsidian Wall.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Changed item texture from to .
  • Changed block texture from to .
  • Can now be used to craft the Obsidian Armor set and Demon Torch.

• Desktop 1.2.4: No longer used to craft the Abeemination.

• Desktop 1.2: Stack limit was increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.0.2: Hellstone and Obsidian now require at least a Nightmare Pickaxe to gather.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.