A copper chest is a copper variant of a normal chest that was added in The Copper Age. It can store various items similar to chests and can be interacted by copper golems. It also undergoes oxidation process, just like normal copper blocks.
Obtaining
Breaking
Copper chests drops itself and its contents when mined using stone or a better pickaxe. Otherwise, it only drop contents and the copper chest will disappear.
| Block | Copper Chest | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | ? | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | ? | |
| Wooden | ? | |
| Stone | ? | |
| Copper | ? | |
| Iron | ? | |
| Diamond | ? | |
| Netherite | ? | |
| Golden | ||
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Chest | Copper Ingot + Chest |
Spawning
Placing a carved pumpkin or a jack o'Lantern on top of a copper block generates a copper chest with a copper golem spawned on top of it. This also applies to all waxed and oxidized variants.
Copper chests do not generate if a copper golem is spawned using a Spawn Egg or by a /summon command.
Oxidation
Like most copper blocks, unwaxed copper chests undergo 4 stages of oxidation:
- Unoxidized - Normal stage
- Exposed
- Weathered
- Oxidized
Only lightning and axes can reverse the oxidation process. Using a honeycomb on an unwaxed copper chest prevents oxidation.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Wax on, Wax off | Apply and remove Wax from all the Copper blocks!!! | Wax and de-wax each oxidation stage of all 4 Copper Blocks in the game, which include cut copper blocks, stairs, & slabs. | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wax On | Apply Honeycomb to a Copper block! | Bee Our Guest | Use a honeycomb on a copper variant block. | husbandry/wax_on
|
| | Wax Off | Scrape Wax off of a Copper block! | Wax On | Use an axe to revert a waxed copper variants. | husbandry/wax_off
|
History
| July 1, 2025 | Copper chests are announced that it will be added as part of Fall Drop 2025. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.21.9 | 25w31a | Added copper chests. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.21.100 | beta 1.21.100.23 | Added copper chests under "Drop 3 2025" experimental toggle. | |||
| 1.21.111 | beta 1.21.110.20 | Copper chests are now available during normal gameplay. | |||
Trivia
- The top texture of a single Copper Chest is similar to the texture of a Copper Trapdoor.
- Waxed Weathered Copper Double Chest is now the longest block name in the game, compared to Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks.
- Due to a weird bug, normal copper chests sometimes connect to their waxed variants, although they are different and look similar. [1]
References
- https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC/issues/MC-302468 :- Placing any variant of a copper chest next to a normal copper chest doesn't separate from each other.
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