Overview
Waxed 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.
Waxed Cut Copper is a building block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Waxed 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 Waxed Block of Copper. You can also cut it from Waxed Block of Copper on a stonecutter. It is used to craft Waxed Cut Copper Slab, Waxed Cut Copper Stairs, and Waxed Chiseled Copper.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
Waxed Cut 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 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.
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
Waxed 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. 64 fit in a slot — a 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
Waxed Cut Copper ×4
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Waxed Cut Copper
Stonecutter
Waxed Cut Copper ×4
Drops
Mined with Stone Pickaxe, Waxed Cut Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Waxed Cut Copper is an ingredient in 3 recipes, producing Waxed Cut Copper Slab, Waxed Cut Copper Stairs, and Waxed Chiseled Copper.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Waxed Cut Copper in Minecraft?
Waxed Cut Copper is crafted from Waxed Block of Copper.
What tool do you need to break Waxed Cut Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Waxed Cut Copper blast resistant?
Waxed Cut Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Waxed Cut Copper fit in one stack?
Waxed Cut Copper stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Waxed Cut 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
Waxed Cut Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
