Obtaining
Upon activation, the blocks that made up the reactor (nether reactor core, cobblestone, golden block) turned into Glowing Obsidian. Glowing obsidian cannot be retrieved from the Nether reactor as a drop, instead regular obsidian Obsidian Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 6,000 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 49 hex: 31 bin: 110001 Name obsidian “ Strong almost beyond compare and able to stand huge 
was dropped. It took the same amount of time to mine as obsidian, and the proper tool to mine glowing obsidian was a diamond pickaxe, otherwise it dropped nothing.
Info
Glowing obsidian was a Pocket Edition Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg MicrosoftTechnology company Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 
exclusive block that was generated when a Nether Reactor was activated. The glowing obsidian block became unused in Alpha 0.12.1. This block has no use, other than decorating.
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Trivia
- If the nether reactor core Nether Reactor Core Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency No Luminance Yes Blast resistance 30 Hardness ? Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops Diamond (3) Iron
was mined out while the nether reactor was active, the glowing obsidian wouldn`t turn into obsidian after the reactor deactivated. This also caused the reactor to stop spawning items. - If the gold blocks were mined out before they changed to glowing obsidian, the gold blocks were preserved, and the nether reactor Nether Reactor Consists of Cobblestone Nether Reactor Core Block of Gold First appearances See History This page contains content that is no longer in the game. In 0.12.1, this featureSpecial attraction was replaced with the nether. continued spawning items.
- The Glowing Obsidian makes an appearance in Minecraft:Story Mode-Season Two when Jesse places the structure block it spawns around the observer.
Usage
Glowing obsidian was a solid block that emitted a light level of 12. Glowing obsidian emitted red smoke particles within close proximity to it so long as it existed, and it turned into obsidian after a short amount of time. It had the same blast resistance as normal obsidian Obsidian Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 6,000 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 49 hex: 31 bin: 110001 Name obsidian “ Strong almost beyond compare and able to stand huge .
History
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
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| 0.5.0 | Added glowing obsidian. | ||||
| 0.7.1 | Wooden and stone pickaxes no longer make glowing obsidian yield obsidian. | ||||
| 0.7.3 | Glowing obsidian now requires a diamond pickaxe Pickaxe Type Tools Durability Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Golden: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See data values Name See data values Pickaxes are one  , rather than an iron pickaxe Pickaxe Type Tools Durability Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Golden: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See data values Name See data values Pickaxes are one . | ||||
| 0.8.0 | Glowing obsidian no longer has red outline in hot bar. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Glowing obsidian can no longer be obtained, though any existing blocks will remain. | |||
| 0.16.0 | build 1 | Glowing obsidian can now be placed by using commands like /setblock. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to ⃢₀ₜGlowing Obsidian⃢₀ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
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Glowing obsidian being mined with an iron pickaxe Pickaxe Type Tools Durability Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Golden: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See data values Name See data values Pickaxes are one
in version 0.7.1.
