Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge]
Crying obsidian is one of the most frustrating blocks in Minecraft to get in bulk. In vanilla, your only real source is Ruined Portals scattered across the Nether and Overworld, and the yield is painfully small. If you have ever wanted to build a giant purple-tinted nether portal frame, a respawn anchor farm, or just decorate with those glowing teardrop textures, you know the pain. The Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge] add-on solves that problem by giving the block a proper crafting chain, so you can produce it on demand instead of hunting for ruins.
What the Add-On Actually Does
This mod introduces a three-step crafting process that turns ordinary obsidian into crying obsidian. It is not a single magic recipe that hands you stacks for free. Instead, it respects the rarity of the block by requiring lapis lazuli, cyan dye, and redstone along the way. The result is a recipe chain that feels like a natural extension of vanilla crafting rather than a cheat.
The three steps break down like this:
- Step 1 – Lapised Obsidian: Place an obsidian block in the center of a crafting table, surround it on all four sides with lapis lazuli, and fill each corner with cyan dye. This produces a "lapised obsidian" block.
- Step 2 – Smelting: Take that lapised obsidian and smelt it in a furnace. The heat transforms it into a smelted lapised obsidian, which is the intermediate ingredient for the final stage.
- Step 3 – Smithing: Open a smithing table and combine the smelted lapised obsidian with redstone. The redstone adds the signature glowing purple tears, and the output is a genuine crying obsidian block.
Because the process uses a smithing table, it fits neatly into the same progression tier as netherite upgrades. You will already have a smithing table by the time you are building serious Nether infrastructure, so nothing feels out of place.
Supported Minecraft Versions and Loader
As the name suggests, Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge] is built for the Forge mod loader. It targets modern Minecraft releases, including the 1.20.x and 1.21.x branches, and it works cleanly alongside other Forge mods that touch crafting recipes. If you are running a Fabric-based setup, this particular add-on will not load, so check your loader before you start.
Version compatibility matters here because recipe and smithing table code changed between major updates. Always match the add-on build to your exact game version rather than assuming the latest file will work everywhere.
How to Install
Installing is straightforward if you have done any Forge modding before. Here is the short version:
- Install the correct Forge version for your Minecraft release.
- Download Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge] from your preferred mod source.
- Drop the .jar file into your mods folder.
- Launch the game once with the Forge profile so the mod registers.
- Load a world and test the recipe in a crafting table.
If you would rather skip the manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole process in a single click, and its built-in add-on catalog lists Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge] with automatic version matching so you never grab the wrong build for your game.
Why It Is Worth Adding
Respawn anchors are the biggest reason most players want crying obsidian in quantity. Each anchor needs six blocks, and a full base setup can eat dozens. Without a crafting recipe, that means raiding multiple Ruined Portals and hoping RNG is kind. With this add-on, a stack of obsidian, some lapis, cyan dye, and redstone is all you need.
The decorative angle is just as strong. Crying obsidian has a unique animated texture that works beautifully in dark builds, nether-themed corridors, and magical altars. Being able to craft it freely opens up design options that were previously locked behind exploration grind.
Final Thoughts
Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge] is a small, focused mod that fixes one specific annoyance without breaking balance. The three-step chain keeps the block feeling earned, the Forge support covers current Minecraft versions, and the smithing table requirement ties it into existing progression. If you are tired of portal hunting, download Craft a Crying Obsidian [Forge] and start crafting your own supply today.