Block of the Week

Block of the Week was a series of articles on Minecraft.net that were written by Duncan Geere, Tom Stone, Marsh Davies, and Alex Wiltshire. Each article is dedicated to a specific block, describing its history, features, and uses. After the final article was published, a sequel series was published, which is called Block of the Month.

One central island of the stuff is surrounded by an expanse of nothing, then encircled by more islands, where you will find the mysteriously crooked end cities and shulkers, clustered among the purpur.

Strong almost beyond compare and able to stand huge blasts, glossy, black obsidian is forged in the very fires of the earth. What a block! But real obsidian is a little different to the powerhouse you know in Minecraft.