Craft Obsidian
by exline
Craft Obsidian lets players make obsidian in a crafting table by combining water and lava buckets, skipping the slow mining process.
What it does
Craft Obsidian adds a crafting recipe that turns one bucket of water and at least one bucket of lava into obsidian, so the block can be made directly at a crafting table. The recipe scales: eight buckets of lava with a single bucket of water produce eight obsidian blocks. The result is one block per recipe, and the recipes fit within the vanilla crafting system without changing other game rules.
The mod targets players who need large amounts of obsidian for portals, enchanting setups or big building projects, and who would rather spend time on construction than on mining. It runs on the Fabric loader only. Craft Obsidian is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover game versions 1.14 – 1.21, and the latest file is 1.0.1 for 1.21, published 2024-06-27. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Obsidian from buckets
A bucket of water combined with lava in a crafting table yields obsidian without any mining.
Scalable batches
Eight lava buckets with one water bucket craft eight obsidian blocks in a single recipe.
Vanilla-style recipes
The recipes sit in the standard crafting grid, so they feel like the rest of the game.
Large-scale building support
Players gathering obsidian for big projects can skip repeated mining trips.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Portal and enchanting builds
Players who need a large stock of obsidian for nether portals or enchanting setups can produce it from buckets.
Large construction projects
Builders working on big structures can convert buckets into obsidian blocks instead of mining them one by one.
Who it’s for: Players who want to skip mining obsidian and server owners who want the crafting option available to everyone on their server.
How it compares
Lava Bucket Trash is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 only, released under CC0 1.0 Universal and open source, and it can run on the client or the server, optional. Bucket Replenisher is client-side only for Fabric, covers 1.21.11 – 26.1.2, and is released with all rights reserved and not as open source. Craft Obsidian instead needs both sides and covers a wider range of versions.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft Obsidian | Fabric | 1.14 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-06-27 |
| Lava Bucket Trash | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client or server, optional | 2024-06-09 |
| Bucket Replenisher | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-31 |
Questions
Does Craft Obsidian need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Craft Obsidian support?
How many obsidian blocks does one recipe make?
In the catalog
Craft Obsidian is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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What the author says
Tired of mining obsidian blocks? The Obsidian Crafting Mod simplifies the process by allowing you to craft obsidian using water and lava buckets. Save time and effort by crafting obsidian directly in your crafting table. With the Obsidian Crafting Mod, you can focus more on building and less on tedious mining. It's a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/craft-obsidian
- Owner
- exline
- Published
- 2024-03-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15