Copper Sink

The copper sink is a joke block introduced in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b. It can appear only if the minecraft:copper_sink vote is active. It can be used to hold water and to delete copper-based blocks and items.

Copper Sink

• Empty
• Filled

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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    "title": "Copper Sink",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes (64)",
            "label": "Stackable"
        },
        {
            "field": "None",
            "label": "Tool"
        },
        {
            "field": "2",
            "label": "(link to Explosion#Blast resistance article, displayed as Blast resistance)"
        },
        {
            "field": "2",
            "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Light article, displayed as Luminous)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Opacity article, displayed as Transparent)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "Catches fire from (link to lava article, displayed as lava)"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "Copper Sink"
    ],
    "images": [
        "Copper Sink.png",
        "Filled Copper Sink.png"
    ]
}

Obtaining

Breaking

A copper sink is the only block type in the game that does not have an associated tool to break it. It also cannot be dropped with Silk Touch.

Block	Copper Sink
Hardness	2
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10
Options
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

(Unlock this by voting minecraft:copper_sink.)

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Block of Copper

Usage

A copper sink can be filled with water by using a water bucket on the sink. Interacting with a filled sink using a bucket empties the sink and fills the bucket. Bottles cannot be used on the copper sink, nor can buckets with other liquids.

Dropping any exclusively copper-based item into the sink deletes the item, including Raw Copper, Copper Ingot, Block of Copper, and other copper sinks.

Sounds

Generic

[hide] v t e copper sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.copper.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.copper.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.copper.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.copper.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.copper.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Unique

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Water drips	Blocks	When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a copper sink	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron​	2.0	0.9-1.0	16
	​Lava drips	Blocks	When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a copper sink	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron​	2.0	0.9-1.0	16
	​Bucket empties	Blocks	When water from a bucket is placed in a copper sink	item.bucket.empty	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket fills	Blocks	When water from a bucket is removed from a copper sink	item.bucket.fill	subtitles.item.bucket.fill​	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Copper Sink	copper_sink	Block & Item	None	block.minecraft.copper_sink
Filled Copper Sink	filled_copper_sink	Block	None	block.minecraft.filled_copper_sink

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Sink" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Trivia

• The copper sink block is a joke referring to the Minecraft community's request that Mojang add a copper "sink" (in video game development language, a "sink" refers to a gameplay feature that requires constant resource investment, preventing players from hoarding resources), as copper ingots have few uses compared to other similar items like iron ingots.

Gallery

• 

  A house with a copper sink visible through a window.

In other media

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  A developer confirming what the copper sink is a joke of.