Just letting you all know that the best way to build with obsidian is to make a mold fill with lava and put water on it. Just letting you all know an easy way to place it since most people don't beleive that when they see my obsidian jail.
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Wouldn't that still take a long time? Only a lava source block becomes obsidian and not flowing lava. That would mean you'd need to spend the time filling each empty space with a lava source block. I'd still just go mine it after turning a lake of lava into obsidian. Then when I have enough, I can just leave and go build.
i mine at bedrock, finding lava isn't the problem at all for me, i use lava everywhere
i know finding lava isn't a problem. I'm talking about getting it, walking all the way to where ever you want to build, putting it in a mold, then putting water on it. Even with an inventory full of lava buckets, that would still be tedious.
If that is the process, it'd be easier to just mine the obsidian in it's original location.
There's a process to mold entire large obsidian structures, I think by making a waterfall next to falling lava. The interaction at the edge between the two will give you a large obsidian pillar or tower, from what I've read. I have to give this a shot sometime, to verify.
There's a process to mold entire large obsidian structures, I think by making a waterfall next to falling lava. The interaction at the edge between the two will give you a large obsidian pillar or tower, from what I've read. I have to give this a shot sometime, to verify.
I just don't see how that would work.Flowing water and flowing lava make cobblestone, not obsidian. the only way to make obsidian is to have flowing water hit a stationary lava source.
i know finding lava isn't a problem. I'm talking about getting it, walking all the way to where ever you want to build, putting it in a mold, then putting water on it. Even with an inventory full of lava buckets, that would still be tedious.
If that is the process, it'd be easier to just mine the obsidian in it's original location.
That situation may be more complicated, but if you build under ground near a lava source and make an infinite pool of water you only need two buckets and it's much faster than mining the obsidian. At least that's what I find when I build nether portals.
Wouldn't that still take a long time? Only a lava source block becomes obsidian and not flowing lava. That would mean you'd need to spend the time filling each empty space with a lava source block. I'd still just go mine it after turning a lake of lava into obsidian. Then when I have enough, I can just leave and go build.
That's the same thing I do to get Obsidian. Just mine down to a lava lake and pour out my bucket of water. Instant Obsidian floor. I do have to be careful tho since the lava is still underneath all that Obsidian.
I just don't see how that would work.Flowing water and flowing lava make cobblestone, not obsidian. the only way to make obsidian is to have flowing water hit a stationary lava source.
I guess it might be a bug.
I do believe he means pouring source buckets of lava into a waterfall. Same way you make a nether portal with only buckets.
I find that the easiest way to make a spawn box is with the redstone glitch, but for using obsidian in buildings, it's easier to jsut have the blocks in your inventory.
If that is the process, it'd be easier to just mine the obsidian in it's original location.
I guess it might be a bug.
That situation may be more complicated, but if you build under ground near a lava source and make an infinite pool of water you only need two buckets and it's much faster than mining the obsidian. At least that's what I find when I build nether portals.
That's the same thing I do to get Obsidian. Just mine down to a lava lake and pour out my bucket of water. Instant Obsidian floor. I do have to be careful tho since the lava is still underneath all that Obsidian.
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Retired StaffI do believe he means pouring source buckets of lava into a waterfall. Same way you make a nether portal with only buckets.
I find that the easiest way to make a spawn box is with the redstone glitch, but for using obsidian in buildings, it's easier to jsut have the blocks in your inventory.
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