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This article is about the ore. For the item, see Copper Ingot. For the mineral block, see Copper Block.
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Copper ore is a mineral block found underground. It has the same abundance as Iron Ore.

Obtaining

Breaking

Copper ore must be mined with a stone pickaxe or higher, or else it drops nothing.

Block Copper Ore
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.

Natural generation

Copper ore can generate anywhere in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins from levels 0 to 63.

Usage

The primary usage of copper ore is to obtain copper ingots.

Smelting ingredient

Ingredients Smelting recipe
Copper Ore +
Any fuel


0.7

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. a b MC-177082

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Copper Orecopper_oreblock.minecraft.copper_ore

History

October 3, 2020Copper Ore (pre-release) Copper ore is announced at Minecraft Live 2020.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1720w45aFile:Copper Ore JE1.png Added copper ore.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • Copper ore is the first metal ore to have a different base texture to that of other metal ores.
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