Overview
Exposed Chiseled Copper is one of the 5 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Chiseled Copper is the same shape in a different material.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Exposed Chiseled Copper is a building block. Exposed Chiseled 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 Exposed Cut Copper Slab. The stonecutter is the cheaper route: one Exposed Copper gives one of these. The one thing it makes is Waxed Exposed Chiseled Copper.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
Exposed Chiseled 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.
Iron manages 0.75 seconds and diamond 0.6, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
It will break below stone, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.3 times the unenchanted rate.
| 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
With 6 blast resistance Exposed Chiseled Copper usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. A pickaxe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
How to get it
Crafting Table
Exposed Chiseled Copper
Stonecutter
Exposed Chiseled Copper ×4
Stonecutter
Exposed Chiseled Copper
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Exposed Chiseled Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Exposed Chiseled Copper is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Waxed Exposed Chiseled Copper.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Exposed Chiseled Copper in Minecraft?
Exposed Chiseled Copper is crafted from Exposed Cut Copper Slab.
What tool do you need to break Exposed Chiseled Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Exposed Chiseled Copper blast resistant?
Exposed Chiseled Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Exposed Chiseled Copper fit in one stack?
Exposed Chiseled Copper stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Exposed Chiseled Copper take to break?
About 0.5 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 15 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Exposed Chiseled Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
