Overview
Oxidized 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.
Oxidized Copper is a building block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. 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 Oxidized Copper Bulb, Oxidized Copper Grate, Oxidized Cut Copper and 4 more.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
Oxidized 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.
You are looking at 0.75 seconds on iron and 0.6 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
Below stone the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
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 Oxidized Copper usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Stone Pickaxe
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Oxidized Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Oxidized Copper is an ingredient in 7 recipes, producing Oxidized Copper Bulb, Oxidized Copper Grate, Oxidized Cut Copper, Waxed Oxidized Copper, Oxidized Chiseled Copper, Oxidized Cut Copper Slab, and Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Oxidized Copper in Minecraft?
Mine Oxidized Copper with Stone Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Oxidized Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Oxidized Copper blast resistant?
Oxidized Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Oxidized Copper fit in one stack?
Oxidized Copper stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
How long does Oxidized 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
Oxidized Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
