Minecraft Wiki

A copper chest is a copper variant of a normal chest that was added in The Copper Age. It can store various items similar to chests and can be interacted by copper golems. It also undergoes oxidation process, just like normal copper blocks.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Copper chests drops itself and its contents when mined using stone or a better pickaxe. Otherwise, it only drop contents and the copper chest will disappear.

Block Copper Chest
Hardness ?
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default ?
Wooden ?
Stone ?
Iron ?
Diamond ?
Netherite ?
Golden ?
  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 Chest Copper Ingot +
Chest

Spawning[]

Placing a carved pumpkin or a jack o'Lantern on top of a copper block generates a copper chest with a copper golem spawned on top of it. This also applies to all waxed and oxidized variants.

Copper chests do not generate if a copper golem is spawned using a Spawn Egg or by a /summon command.

Oxidation[]

Like most copper blocks, unwaxed copper chests undergo 4 stages of oxidation:

  • Unoxidized - Normal stage
  • Exposed
  • Weathered
  • Oxidized

Only lightning and axes can reverse the oxidation process. Using a honeycomb on an unwaxed copper chest prevents oxidation.

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Wax on, Wax offApply and remove Wax from all the Copper blocks!!!Wax and de-wax each oxidation stage of all 4 Copper Blocks in the game, which include cut copper blocks, stairs, & slabs.30GSilver

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Wax On
Apply Honeycomb to a Copper block! Bee Our GuestUse a honeycomb on a copper variant block.husbandry/wax_on
Wax Off
Scrape Wax off of a Copper block! Wax OnUse an axe to revert a waxed copper block.husbandry/wax_off

History[]

July 1, 2025Copper chests are announced that it will be added as part of Fall Drop 2025.
Java Edition
1.21.925w31aAdded copper chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.100beta 1.21.100.23Added copper chests under "Drop 3 2025" experimental toggle.
1.21.111beta 1.21.110.20Copper chests are now available during normal gameplay.

Trivia[]

  • The top texture of a single Copper Chest is similar to the texture of a Copper Trapdoor.
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Double Chest is now the longest block name in the game, compared to Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks.
  • Due to a weird bug, normal copper chests sometimes connect to their waxed variants, although they are different and look similar. [1]

References[]

Gallery[]

Renders[]

Small[]

Large[]

Other[]