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Utility BlocksCraftable

Block of Copper

A decorative metal block made from nine copper ingots that slowly oxidizes from orange to green over time. Oxidation can be reversed with an axe or prevented with honeycomb wax.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.17

Item ID

block_of_copper

Block of Copper at a glance

Crafting gives you Block of Copper, a block filed under Utility Blocks. A slot of Block of Copper holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Block of Copper is also a hub ingredient, feeding 5 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. It sits between Block of Coal and Block of Diamond in Utility Blocks, number 45 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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Used to craft

5 recipes call for Block of Copper, from Copper Bulb to Cut Copper, and Utility Blocks takes 4 of them. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Block of Copper in it.

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Oxidizes through four stages over time. Can be uncrafted back into 9 copper ingots.

Frequently asked questions about Block of Copper

  1. Copper Ingot going into Block of Copper, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Block of Copper in Minecraft?

    Block of Copper is crafted from Copper Ingot at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. Block of Copper coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.17

    When was Block of Copper added to Minecraft?

    Block of Copper was added in version 1.17.

  3. Block of Copper turning into Copper Bulb and Copper Door, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Block of Copper used for?

    Block of Copper is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Copper Bulb, Copper Door, Copper Grate, Copper Trapdoor, and Cut Copper.

  4. 64 Block of Copper drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Block of Copper can you stack?

    64 Block of Copper fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Copper Ingot, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Block of Copper comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

Nine copper ingots make a block, and it is the only storage block that changes over time: exposed to air it oxidises from orange through brown and blue-green over a matter of days. Wax it with honeycomb to freeze the stage you like, or scrape it back a step with an axe.