How do you get Heavy Core in Minecraft?

Heavy Core is obtained through chest loot. You never craft Heavy Core; 1 recipe spends it.

What is Heavy Core used for?

Heavy Core is a crafting ingredient, and Heavy Core goes into Mace.

How many Heavy Core can you stack?

A slot of Heavy Core takes 64, and Mace takes 1 Heavy Core per craft, so 64 Heavy Core is 64 Mace and nothing left over. A shulker box of Heavy Core is 1,728 Heavy Core, over 27 slots of Heavy Core.

How long does Heavy Core take to break?

Two figures cover Heavy Core: 10 to mine Heavy Core, 1200 to blow it up. That second figure on Heavy Core is what makes Heavy Core worth hauling into a build meant to take a hit. A pickaxe is the right tool for Heavy Core, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 spells Heavy Core out this way, so nothing on Heavy Core was guessed.

Where do you find Heavy Core in chests?

Heavy Core is chest loot in one place and one only: ominous trial chamber vaults (about 10%). No other generated chest in the game lists Heavy Core, so that structure is the only place worth searching for Heavy Core.

When was Heavy Core added to Minecraft?

Heavy Core was added in version 1.21.

Miscellaneous

Heavy Core

A rare item found in ominous trial vaults. It is the key ingredient used to craft the mace.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Overview

Heavy Core is an item in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, obtained through chest loot. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Heavy Core.

Heavy Core additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Mace. On the hardness scale Heavy Core sits at 10. A pickaxe is the right tool for Heavy Core, and any tier of it collects the block. Against explosions it is far tougher, 1200, which is why it survives blasts that clear everything around it. Generated chests only ever hold Heavy Core in one place: ominous trial chamber vaults (about 10%).

Used to Craft

Heavy Core is a crafting ingredient for 1 other item in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.

Mace

How to Obtain

Chest loot

Notes

Obtained only from ominous vaults in trial chambers. Combined with a breeze rod to craft the Mace.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Heavy Core in Minecraft?
Heavy Core is obtained through chest loot. You never craft Heavy Core; 1 recipe spends it.
What is Heavy Core used for?
Heavy Core is a crafting ingredient, and Heavy Core goes into Mace.
How many Heavy Core can you stack?
A slot of Heavy Core takes 64, and Mace takes 1 Heavy Core per craft, so 64 Heavy Core is 64 Mace and nothing left over. A shulker box of Heavy Core is 1,728 Heavy Core, over 27 slots of Heavy Core.
How long does Heavy Core take to break?
Two figures cover Heavy Core: 10 to mine Heavy Core, 1200 to blow it up. That second figure on Heavy Core is what makes Heavy Core worth hauling into a build meant to take a hit. A pickaxe is the right tool for Heavy Core, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 spells Heavy Core out this way, so nothing on Heavy Core was guessed.
Where do you find Heavy Core in chests?
Heavy Core is chest loot in one place and one only: ominous trial chamber vaults (about 10%). No other generated chest in the game lists Heavy Core, so that structure is the only place worth searching for Heavy Core.
When was Heavy Core added to Minecraft?
Heavy Core was added in version 1.21.