Block of Copper

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This content has appeared in Java Edition 1.17 and Bedrock Edition 1.17.0 development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

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Block of Copper

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	3
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

The block of copper is a decorative block that oxidizes over time, gaining a verdigris appearance. It can be crafted into a waxed version that does not oxidize. It can also be crafted back into four copper ingots unless it is in a fully or partly oxidized state or has been crafted into the cut variant.

Obtaining[edit]

Drowned can drop copper ingots, making copper blocks, slabs, stairs and lightning rods renewable resources.

Breaking[edit]

Blocks of copper can be mined only with a stone pickaxe or better. If a block of copper is mined without the use of a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Block of Copper Cut Copper
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	1.15
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	1.25

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Copper	Copper Ingot
Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	Block of Copper or Exposed Copper or Weathered Copper or Oxidized Copper	4444
Waxed Block of Copper or Waxed Exposed Copper or Waxed Weathered Copper or Waxed Oxidized Copper or Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	Block of Copper or Exposed Copper or Weathered Copper or Oxidized Copper or Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper + Honeycomb
Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	Waxed Block of Copper or Waxed Exposed Copper or Waxed Weathered Copper or Waxed Oxidized Copper	4444

Stonecutting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	Block of Copper or Exposed Copper or Weathered Copper or Oxidized Copper
Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	Waxed Copper or Waxed Exposed Copper or Waxed Weathered Copper or Waxed Oxidized Copper

Waxing[edit]

Copper blocks can be turned into the respective waxed copper blocks by using a honeycomb item on them.

Scraping[edit]

Using an axe on a waxed copper block turns it into the respective regular copper block. In addition, using an axe on an exposed, weathered, or oxidized copper block reverts it one stage to a regular, exposed, or weathered copper block respectively.

Lightning strike[edit]

Unwaxed copper blocks are completely deoxidized when struck by lightning, and other unwaxed copper blocks nearby are deoxidized randomly.

Usage[edit]

Blocks of copper can be used to store copper ingots in a compact fashion. Weathered, waxed, or cut variants cannot be crafted back into copper ingots. The cut variant can be crafted into slabs or stairs.

Crafting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot	Block of Copper or Waxed Block of Copper	4
Cut Copper Slab or Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Oxidized Cut Copper Slab	Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	6666
Cut Copper Stairs or Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	4444
Waxed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab	Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	6666
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	4444

Stonecutting[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cut Copper Slab or Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Oxidized Cut Copper Slab	Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper	2222
Cut Copper Stairs or Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Cut Copper or Exposed Cut Copper or Weathered Cut Copper or Oxidized Cut Copper
Waxed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab	Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	2222
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs	Waxed Cut Copper or Waxed Exposed Cut Copper or Waxed Weathered Cut Copper or Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper

Oxidation[edit]

Copper blocks have four stages of weathering (including the initial unweathered state). They can oxidize over time, while lightning bolts and axes can remove the oxidation layer on copper blocks.

Oxidation of copper blocks relies only on random ticks. Rain or water does not accelerate oxidation, and covering copper blocks with other blocks does not prevent oxidation.

In Java Edition, when a random tick is given, a copper block has a ⁶⁴⁄₁₁₂₅ chance to enter a state called pre-oxidation. This means a copper block enters pre-oxidation after approximately 20 minutes.

In pre-oxidation, the copper block searches its nearby unwaxed copper blocks for a distance of 4 blocks Manhattan distance. If there is any copper block that has a lower oxidation level, then the pre-oxidation ends, meaning that this copper block does not weather.

Let a be the number of all nearby unwaxed copper blocks, and b be the number of copper blocks that have a higher oxidation level. We derive the value of c from this equation: c = ^{b + 1}⁄_{a + 1}. We also let the modifying factor m be 0.75 if the copper block has no oxidation level, or 1 if the copper block is exposed or weathered.^[1] Then the oxidation probability is mc².

For example, a copper block surrounded by 6 copper blocks and 6 exposed copper blocks has a 21.7% chance to oxidize if it enters pre-oxidation state. In this case, a = 12 and b = 6.^[2]

Deoxidation[edit]

Using an axe on a waxed copper block turns it into the respective regular copper block. In addition, using an axe on an exposed, weathered, or oxidized copper block reverts it one stage to a regular, exposed, or weathered copper block respectively. Note that the axe removes wax first, then oxidation layers.

Lightning can also remove oxidation from copper blocks. A lightning bolt striking an unwaxed copper block (or a lightning rod attached to one) removes all oxidation from the struck block, and may also deoxidize randomly selected copper blocks nearby. In Java Edition, these additional blocks are chosen by a random walk:

The position of the struck block is set as start point. For each walk, a judgment point is set at start point. For each step of the walk, the game randomly selects 10 blocks from a 3x3x3 area centered on the judgment point. Any unwaxed copper block in these 10 blocks causes the judgment point to transfer to that block, and removes 1 oxidation layer of the block. The length of a walk is between 1 and 8, and the amount of walks is between 3 and 5. This means that one single lightning strike can deoxidize up to 41 blocks.^[3]

Sounds[edit]

This page would benefit from the addition of more sounds.

Please remove this notice once you've added suitable sounds to the article.
The specific instructions are: Wax on, Wax off

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.copper.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	?	?	?
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.copper.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	?	?	?
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.copper.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	?	?	?
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.copper.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	?	?	?
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.copper.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	?	?	?

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Block of Copper	`copper_block`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.copper_block`
Exposed Copper	`exposed_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.exposed_copper`
Weathered Copper	`weathered_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.weathered_copper`
Oxidized Copper	`oxidized_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.oxidized_copper`
Cut Copper	`cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.cut_copper`
Exposed Cut Copper	`exposed_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.exposed_cut_copper`
Weathered Cut Copper	`weathered_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.weathered_cut_copper`
Oxidized Cut Copper	`oxidized_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.oxidized_cut_copper`
Waxed Block of Copper	`waxed_copper_block`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_copper_block`
Waxed Exposed Copper	`waxed_exposed_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_exposed_copper`
Waxed Weathered Copper	`waxed_weathered_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_weathered_copper`
Waxed Oxidized Copper	`waxed_oxidized_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_oxidized_copper`
Waxed Cut Copper	`waxed_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_cut_copper`
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper	`waxed_exposed_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_exposed_cut_copper`
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper	`waxed_weathered_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_weathered_cut_copper`
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	`waxed_oxidized_cut_copper`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.waxed_oxidized_cut_copper`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Block of Copper	`copper_block`	`595`	Block & Item	`tile.copper_block.name`
Exposed Copper	`exposed_copper`	`596`	Block & Item	`tile.exposed_copper.name`
Weathered Copper	`weathered_copper`	`597`	Block & Item	`tile.weathered_copper.name`
Oxidized Copper	`oxidized_copper`	`598`	Block & Item	`tile.oxidized_copper.name`
Waxed Block of Copper	`waxed_copper`	`599`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_copper.name`
Waxed Exposed Copper	`waxed_exposed_copper`	`600`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_exposed_copper.name`
Waxed Weathered Copper	`waxed_weathered_copper`	`601`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_weathered_copper.name`
Waxed Oxidized Copper	`waxed_oxidized_copper`	`701`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_oxidized_copper.name`
Cut Copper	`cut_copper`	`602`	Block & Item	`tile.cut_copper.name`
Exposed Cut Copper	`exposed_cut_copper`	`603`	Block & Item	`tile.exposed_cut_copper.name`
Weathered Cut Copper	`weathered_cut_copper`	`604`	Block & Item	`tile.weathered_cut_copper.name`
Oxidized Cut Copper	`oxidized_cut_copper`	`605`	Block & Item	`tile.oxidized_cut_copper.name`
Waxed Cut Copper	`waxed_cut_copper`	`606`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_cut_copper.name`
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper	`waxed_exposed_cut_copper`	`607`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_exposed_cut_copper.name`
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper	`waxed_weathered_cut_copper`	`608`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_weathered_cut_copper.name`
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper	`waxed_oxidized_cut_copper`	`702`	Block & Item	`tile.waxed_oxidized_cut_copper.name`

History[edit]

Upcoming Java Edition
October 3, 2020		Copper Blocks are revealed at Minecraft Live 2020.
1.17	20w45a	Added copper blocks and cut copper.
	20w46a	The texture of cut copper has been changed.
	20w46a	Copper blocks can now be crafted from and into 4, rather than 9, copper ingots.
	20w48a	Crafting all variants of cut copper into slabs now gives 6 slabs instead of 4.
	21w05a	"Lightly Weathered", "Semi-Weathered" and "Weathered" blocks have been renamed to "Exposed", "Weathered" and "Oxidized" blocks respectively.
		Drowned now drop copper ingots, making copper renewable.
		Different copper blocks can now be crafted in a stonecutter.
		"Weathered Copper BlocK" typo has now been fixed to "Oxidized Copper Block".
		Weathering now relies on random ticks.
	21w05b	The names of the "Copper Block", "Exposed Copper Block", "Weathered Copper Block" and "Oxidized Copper Block" have been changed to "Block of Copper", "Exposed Copper", "Weathered Copper" and "Oxidized Copper" respectively. The IDs and waxed variants have been updated as well.
	21w11a	Block of Copper can be waxed by using honeycomb, producing yellow particles.
		Honeycomb in a dispenser now waxes copper blocks.
		Axes can scrape off wax and oxidation of copper blocks, producing white particles.
		Lightning striking copper now cleans its oxidation.
		Waxed Blocks of Copper can be crafted into 4 Copper Ingots.
	21w14a	Added waxed oxidized copper and cut copper block.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.210	beta 1.16.210.57	Added copper blocks and cut copper.
	beta 1.16.210.57	Lightly Weathered, Semi-Weathered, Weathered Copper and Cut Copper Blocks are instead named as "Exposed", "Weathered" and "Oxidized" respectively.
	release	Blocks of Copper has been made inaccessible in the full release.
1.16.220	beta 1.16.220.52	Copper Ingots can now only be crafted from unoxidized copper blocks on the crafting table.
		Waxed copper blocks can now be cut in Stonecutter.
		Right clicking on Copper while holding an Axe de-waxes copper, scraping off patina one step at a time.
		Lightning Rods struck by lightning decrements the oxidation age of nearby copper blocks.
	release	Blocks of Copper has been made inaccessible in the full release once again.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230	beta 1.16.230.52	Added waxed oxidized copper and cut copper block.