Overview
Weathered 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, Weathered 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 Waxed Weathered Copper, Weathered Copper Bulb, Weathered Copper Grate and 4 more.
About the copper set
How long it takes to break
Weathered 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
Blast resistance on Weathered Copper is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. 64 fit in a slot — a 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, Weathered Copper drops itself.
Used to craft
Weathered Copper is an ingredient in 7 recipes, producing Waxed Weathered Copper, Weathered Copper Bulb, Weathered Copper Grate, Weathered Cut Copper, Weathered Chiseled Copper, Weathered Cut Copper Slab, and Weathered Cut Copper Stairs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Weathered Copper in Minecraft?
Mine Weathered Copper with Stone Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Weathered Copper?
Stone Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Weathered Copper blast resistant?
Weathered Copper has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Weathered Copper fit in one stack?
Weathered Copper stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
How long does Weathered Copper take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.5 seconds; by hand it takes 15 seconds.
The rest of the set
Weathered Copper is one of 5 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
