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This article is about the mineral block. For the ore, see Copper Ore. For the item, see Copper Ingot.
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Copper blocks are decorative blocks that oxidize over time, gaining a viridian appearance. They can be crafted into waxed versions that do not oxidize. They can also be crafted back into nine Copper Ingots unless they have started to oxidize, have been waxed, and/or crafted into the Cut variant.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

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

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Block Copper Ingot

Cut Copper or
Lightly Weathered Cut Copper or
Semi-Weathered Cut Copper or
Weathered Cut Copper
Copper Block or
Lightly Weathered Copper Block or
Semi-Weathered Copper Block or
Weathered Copper BlocK
Waxed Copper or
Waxed Lightly Weathered Copper or
Waxed Semi-Weathered Copper or
Waxed Cut Copper or
Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper or
Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper
Copper Block or
Lightly Weathered Copper Block or
Semi-Weathered Copper Block or
Cut Copper or
Lightly Weathered Cut Copper or
Semi-Weathered Cut Copper +
Honeycomb


Waxed Cut Copper or
Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper or
Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copper
Waxed Copper or
Waxed Lightly Weathered Copper or
Waxed Semi-Weathered Copper

Usage

Copper blocks are used for storing copper ingots. Weathered variants, waxed variants, and cut variants have no use except for decoration.

They have four stages of weathering (including the initial unweathered state), and advance to the next stage of weathering every 50–82 in-game days (1,200,000–1,967,999 game ticks, 1000–1640 minutes, or 16h40m–27h20m).

Crafting ingredient

Sounds

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksBreaking the blockblock.copper.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break???
None[sound 1]BlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.copper.fallNone[sound 1]???
Block breakingBlocksMining the blockblock.copper.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit???
Block placedBlocksPlacing the blockblock.copper.placesubtitles.block.generic.place???
FootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.copper.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps???
  1. a b MC-177082

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Copper Blockcopper_blockblock.minecraft.copper_block
Lightly Weathered Copper Blocklightly_weathered_copper_blockblock.minecraft.lightly_weathered_copper_block
Semi-Weathered Copper Blocksemi_weathered_copper_blockblock.minecraft.semi_weathered_copper_block
Weathered Copper BlocK [sic][1]weathered_copper_blockblock.minecraft.weathered_copper_block
Cut Coppercut_copperblock.minecraft.cut_copper
Lightly Weathered Cut Copperlightly_weathered_cut_copperblock.minecraft.lightly_weathered_cut_copper
Semi-Weathered Cut Coppersemi_weathered_cut_copperblock.minecraft.semi_weathered_cut_copper
Weathered Cut Copperweathered_cut_copperblock.minecraft.weathered_cut_copper
Waxed Copperwaxed_copperblock.minecraft.waxed_copper
Waxed Lightly Weathered Copperwaxed_lightly_weathered_copperblock.minecraft.waxed_lightly_weathered_copper
Waxed Semi-Weathered Copperwaxed_semi_weathered_copperblock.minecraft.waxed_semi_weathered_copper
Waxed Cut Copperwaxed_cut_copperblock.minecraft.waxed_cut_copper
Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copperwaxed_lightly_weathered_cut_copperblock.minecraft.waxed_lightly_weathered_cut_copper
Waxed Semi-Weathered Cut Copperwaxed_semi_weathered_cut_copperblock.minecraft.waxed_semi_weathered_cut_copper

History

October 3, 2020Copper Block (pre-release) Lightly Weathered Copper Block (pre-release) Semi-Weathered Copper Block (pre-release) Weathered Copper Block (pre-release) Copper Blocks are revealed at Minecraft Live 2020.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1720w45aFile:Copper Block JE1.png Lightly Weathered Copper Block JE1 File:Semi-Weathered Copper Block JE1.png Weathered Copper Block JE1 Cut Copper JE1 Lightly Weathered Cut Copper JE1 File:Semi-Weathered Cut Copper JE1.png Weathered Cut Copper JE1 Added copper blocks and cut copper.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Block" or "Cut Copper" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • In real life, copper typically tarnishes to a darker brown color in air due to the buildup of copper oxides and sulfides on the surface. Green oxidation is generally due to basic copper carbonate and requires carbon dioxide to be present in the atmosphere.

References

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