Copper

Copper blocks and copper ore (floor and walls), raw copper (center dropped item), and copper ingots (left and right dropped items).

Copper is a material found in the Overworld. It spawns naturally in copper ore, which drops raw copper, which can then be smelted into copper ingots.

Items

• Copper Ingot - an item created by smelting raw copper or killing drowned.
• Raw Copper - an item dropped from mining copper ore.
• Spyglass - an item crafted with copper ingots and an amethyst shard that can be used to zoom in on distant objects.
• Brush - a tool crafted with a stick, a copper ingot and a feather. It can be used to brush suspicious blocks and can be used to brush armadillos for armadillo scutes.

Blocks

Copper blocks oxidize over time, gaining a verdigris appearance over four stages. They can be prevented from oxidizing by being waxed with honeycombs, and returned to previous oxidation stages using an axe.

• Block of Raw Copper − a block used for compact raw copper storage.
• Copper Ore - an ore that can be found underground.
• Deepslate Copper Ore - the deepslate variant of copper ore.
• Lightning Rod - a block used to divert lightning strikes.
• Copper - an element in Minecraft Education and Bedrock Edition.

• Block of Copper
  • Waxed Block of Copper
  • Exposed Copper
  • Waxed Exposed Copper
  • Weathered Copper
  • Waxed Weathered Copper
  • Oxidized Copper
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper

• Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Chiseled Copper
  • Exposed Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Exposed Chiseled Copper
  • Weathered Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Weathered Chiseled Copper
  • Oxidized Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Oxidized Chiseled Copper

• Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Copper Bulb
  • Exposed Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Bulb
  • Weathered Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Bulb
  • Oxidized Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Bulb

• Copper Door
  • Waxed Copper Door
  • Exposed Copper Door
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Door
  • Weathered Copper Door
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Door
  • Oxidized Copper Door
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Door

• Copper Grate
  • Waxed Copper Grate
  • Exposed Copper Grate
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Grate
  • Weathered Copper Grate
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Grate
  • Oxidized Copper Grate
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Grate

• Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Copper Trapdoor
  • Exposed Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Trapdoor
  • Weathered Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Trapdoor
  • Oxidized Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Trapdoor

• Cut Copper
  • Waxed Cut Copper
  • Exposed Cut Copper
  • Waxed Exposed Cut Copper
  • Weathered Cut Copper
  • Waxed Weathered Cut Copper
  • Oxidized Cut Copper
  • Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper

• Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Cut Copper Slab
  • Exposed Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab
  • Weathered Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab
  • Oxidized Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab

• Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Cut Copper Stairs
  • Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
  • Weathered Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs
  • Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs

Structures

• Trial Chambers - Overworld underground structures made out of waxed blocks of copper and their oxidized variants, containing combat challenges in form of trial spawners.

Oxidization

Copper will oxidized over time (about once every 20 minutes). Before it goes to the next stage of oxidization it will check if there are any blocks of copper around it with lower levels of oxidization. If there is it will wait another 20 minutes before oxidizing. You can revert oxidization with an [[Axe|Axe]] or you can pause the oxidization with Honeycomb which will award you with the achievement Wax On.

However, as a Copper Bulb oxidizes its light level will drop. You can do the same as the copper blocks and use Honeycomb or an axe to alter its oxidization.

Oxidization level	Light level
Normal	15
Exposed	12
Weathered	8
Oxidized	4

Mentioned

• Copper Golem - an unimplemented mob that lost the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2021.
  • Copper Button - an uninplemented block that would have been added if the Copper Golem won the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2021.

Removed

• Copper Horn - an item that could play different melodies depending on which goat horn it was crafted with.

April Fools

• Copper Spleaves - a joke item in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b which broke upon contact with entities, found in Lunar Bases.
• Copper Sink - a joke item in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b which could delete copper-based items
  • Filled Copper Sink - the filled version of the copper sink in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b which could delete copper-based items

See also

• Tutorials/Drowned farming

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