Overview
Exposed 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 Copper is a building block. It has no crafting recipe — you collect it by mining it where it generates. Hardness 3 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
Mine it with a stone pickaxe or better, or you get no drop at all. Broken correctly, it drops itself. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot.
7 recipes call for it, including Exposed Copper Bulb, Exposed Copper Grate, Exposed Cut Copper and 4 more.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 3, Exposed Copper takes 15 seconds to punch out and 0.5 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
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.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under stone returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 3.3 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| 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 Copper usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. The fastest tool for it is a pickaxe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Exposed Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Exposed Copper is an ingredient in 7 recipes, producing Exposed Copper Bulb, Exposed Copper Grate, Exposed Cut Copper, Waxed Exposed Copper, Exposed Chiseled Copper, Exposed Cut Copper Slab, and Exposed Cut Copper Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Exposed Copper in Minecraft?
Mine Exposed Copper with Stone Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Exposed Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Exposed Copper blast resistant?
Exposed Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Exposed Copper fit in one stack?
Exposed Copper stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Exposed Copper take to break?
0.5 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 15 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Exposed Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
