Overview
Waxed 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, Waxed Chiseled Copper is a building block. Waxed Chiseled Copper is made at a crafting table. 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.
The recipe calls for Waxed Cut Copper Slab. A stonecutter can cut it straight from Waxed Block of Copper, with nothing wasted. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 3, Waxed Chiseled Copper takes 15 seconds to punch out and 0.5 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron takes 0.75 seconds against diamond's 0.6, so the upgrade worth making 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
Waxed Chiseled 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. 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
How to get it
Crafting Table
Waxed Chiseled Copper
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Waxed Chiseled Copper
Stonecutter
Waxed Chiseled Copper ×4
Stonecutter
Waxed Chiseled Copper
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Waxed Chiseled Copper drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Waxed Chiseled Copper in Minecraft?
Waxed Chiseled Copper is crafted from Waxed Cut Copper Slab.
What tool do you need to break Waxed Chiseled Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Waxed Chiseled Copper blast resistant?
Waxed Chiseled Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Waxed Chiseled Copper fit in one stack?
Waxed Chiseled Copper stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Waxed Chiseled Copper take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.5 seconds. Bare hands take 15.
The rest of the set
Waxed Chiseled Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
