Overview
Exposed Cut 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. Cut Copper is the same shape in a different material.
Exposed Cut Copper counts as a building block in Minecraft 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Exposed Cut Copper. Its hardness of 3 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a stone pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. It stacks to 64.
You make it with Exposed Copper. You can also cut it from Exposed Copper on a stonecutter. It is an ingredient in 4 recipes, among them Exposed Cut Copper Slab, Exposed Cut Copper Stairs, Waxed Exposed Cut Copper and 1 more.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 3 puts Exposed Cut Copper at 15 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.5 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
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.
The block still breaks with a weaker tool, but below stone it yields nothing at all — the time is spent and the drop is lost, which is the single most common way players waste a vein.
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
Exposed Cut Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. 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 Cut Copper ×4
Stonecutter
Exposed Cut Copper ×4
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Exposed Cut Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Exposed Cut Copper is an ingredient in 4 recipes, producing Exposed Cut Copper Slab, Exposed Cut Copper Stairs, Waxed Exposed Cut Copper, and Exposed Chiseled Copper.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Exposed Cut Copper in Minecraft?
Exposed Cut Copper is crafted from Exposed Copper.
What tool do you need to break Exposed Cut Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Exposed Cut Copper blast resistant?
Exposed Cut Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Exposed Cut Copper fit in one stack?
Exposed Cut Copper stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Exposed Cut Copper take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.5 seconds. Bare hands take 15.
The rest of the set
Exposed Cut Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
