Glowing Obsidian

Pocket Edition Only

Glowing Obsidian

Type	Solid Block
Requirements	None
Physics	No
Transparency	No
Luminance	Yes, 12
Blast resistance	6,000
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes, 64
Flammable	No
Availability	Pocket Edition
First appearance	Pocket Edition Alpha 0.5.0
Data value	dec: 246 hex: F6

Glowing Obsidian is a block which only generates when the Nether Reactor is activated. Upon activation, the blocks that make up the reactor turn into Glowing Obsidian.

[edit] Properties

As the name suggests, Glowing Obsidian is a solid block that gives off light similar to Glowstone, but slightly dimmer. It does indeed glow, but its physical properties are closer to Obsidian, as it requires a Diamond Pickaxe to break and takes the same amount of time, except instead of dropping itself, it drops a normal Obsidian block. The block will emit red smoke particles within close proximity to it so long as it exists, similar to the particles Redstone creates when activated. Although in the Nether Reactor the block seems to spawn items around it, it is not the block itself that acts like this, nor will it spawn items if placed normally. The block turns into obsidian after a short amount of time. Otherwise it is simply an aesthetic block, as it has the same blast resistance as normal Obsidian. It is also possible to be mined with a wooden pickaxe.

[edit] Trivia

• If the Nether Reactor Core is mined out while the Nether Reactor is active, the glowing obsidian will not turn into obsidian after the reactor deactivates. This also causes the reactor to stop spawning items.

[edit] History

Pocket Edition
Development	Version history Alpha Upcoming features
Technical	Known bugs Hardware performance Data values Level format
Version-exclusive objects	Stonecutter Cyan Flower Nether Reactor Glowing Obsidian Nether Reactor Core Technical Invisible Bedrock Update Game Block ate!Upd .name Unused Camera