Overview
Minecraft classifies Cut Copper as a building block. Cut Copper has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 3 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a stone pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64.
It is crafted from Block of Copper. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Block of Copper gives one of these. 4 recipes call for it, including Cut Copper Slab, Cut Copper Stairs, Waxed Cut Copper and 1 more.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
Cut Copper has a hardness of 3. By hand that is 15 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.5 seconds.
An iron tool takes 0.75 seconds and a diamond one 0.6, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
Below stone the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 3.3 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 15 s | 15 s | 15 s |
| Wooden * | 7.5 s | 1.3 s | 0.55 s |
| Stone | 1.2 s | 0.35 s | 0.15 s |
| Iron | 0.75 s | 0.3 s | 0.15 s |
| Diamond | 0.6 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Netherite | 0.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Golden * | 1.3 s | 0.7 s | 0.4 s |
Properties
Cut Copper resists blasts at 6, which usually is not enough when something explodes nearby. Light does not pass through it, and it emits none of its own. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. A pickaxe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Cut Copper ×4
Stonecutter
Cut Copper ×4
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Cut Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Cut Copper is an ingredient in 3 recipes, producing Cut Copper Slab, Cut Copper Stairs, and Chiseled Copper.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cut Copper in Minecraft?
Cut Copper is crafted from Block of Copper.
What tool do you need to break Cut Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Cut Copper blast resistant?
Cut Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cut Copper fit in one stack?
Cut Copper stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Cut Copper take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.5 seconds. Bare hands take 15.
The rest of the set
Cut Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
