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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 55% pickaxe power (the Gold Pickaxe and its counterpart, the Platinum Pickaxe, are the weakest pickaxes able to do so).

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 to obtain Obsidian.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
ObsidianObsidian
Work BenchWork Bench

Used in[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader versiontModLoader 1 only:
Demon TorchDemon Torch
3
By Hand
Nintendo 3DS version only:
AbeeminationAbeemination
Demon AltarDemon Altar
or
Crimson AltarCrimson Altar
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Obsidian BrickObsidian Brick
5
FurnaceFurnace
tModLoader 1 only:
Obsidian BrickObsidian Brick
2
Old-gen console versionWindows Phone versionNintendo 3DS version only:
Obsidian BrickObsidian Brick
  • ObsidianObsidian2
Obsidian SkullObsidian Skull
  • ObsidianObsidian20
Hellstone BarHellstone Bar
HellforgeHellforge
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Obsidian LongcoatObsidian Longcoat
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Obsidian Outlaw HatObsidian Outlaw Hat
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Obsidian PantsObsidian Pants
tModLoader 1 only:
Obsidian LongcoatObsidian Longcoat
LoomLoom
tModLoader 1 only:
Obsidian Outlaw HatObsidian Outlaw Hat
tModLoader 1 only:
Obsidian PantsObsidian Pants
Obsidian Skin PotionObsidian Skin Potion
Placed BottlePlaced Bottle
or
Alchemy TableAlchemy Table
Obsidian ToiletObsidian Toilet
SawmillSawmill
Obsidian ChestObsidian Chest
Work BenchWork Bench
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Obsidian SinkObsidian Sink
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Obsidian WallObsidian Wall
4
  • ObsidianObsidian
Work BenchWork Bench and Ecto Mist

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.
  • Another good way to easily farm Obsidian is to use Iron Bars to make 20 or so Empty Buckets, fill them all at once in a water pool, then find a convenient lava pool to empty the Water Buckets into.
  • Obsidian is more common on 'For the worthy' worlds due to lava sometimes spawning in place of water, which will make water caves often have an abundance of obsidian.

Trivia[]

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

History[]

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