Not to be confused with the Iron/Gold Ingot.
This article is about the ingot. For the ore, see Copper Ore. For the mineral block, see Block of Copper.
Copper ingots are metal ingots that can be obtained from smelting up raw copper or by lucky drowned drops when killed.
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Block of Copper or Waxed Block of Copper |
Smelting[]
Copper ingots can be obtained by smelting raw copper in a furnace or blast furnace, as well as the ore itself if mined using Silk Touch.
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | Raw Copper + Any fuel |
|
| Copper Ingot | Copper Ore or Deepslate Copper Ore + Any fuel |
Mob loot[]
Drowned[]
When killed by a player or a tamed wolf, a drowned has a 11% (11⁄100) chance of dropping a copper ingot. With the Looting enchantment, the chance can be increased to 13% (13⁄100) with Looting I, 15% (3⁄20) with Looting II, and 17% (17⁄100) with Looting III.
Usage[]
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Copper | Copper Ingot | |
| Brush | Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick |
|
| Lightning Rod | Copper Ingot | |
| Spyglass | Amethyst Shard + Copper Ingot |
Smithing ingredient[]
| Ingredients | Smithing recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Copper Ingot | All armor types can be used in this recipe, a netherite chestplate is shown as an example. |
- Trim color palette
The following color palette is shown on the designs on trimmed armor:
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | copper_ingot | Item | item.minecraft.copper_ingot |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | copper_ingot | 504 | Item | item.copper_ingot.name |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 | 20w45a |  Added copper ingots. | |||
| 20w46a |  The texture of copper ingots has been changed. | ||||
| Crafting copper ingots from and into copper blocks now outputs/requires only 4 ingots. | |||||
| 21w05a | Drowned can now drop copper ingots when killed instead of gold ingots, making copper ingots renewable. | ||||
| 21w10a | Copper ingots can now be smelted from deepslate copper ore. | ||||
| 21w14a | Copper ingots can now be smelted from raw copper. | ||||
| 21w17a | The amount of copper ingots required to make a block of copper has been changed back to 9. | ||||
| 1.17.1 | Pre-release 1 | Increased the chance of drowned dropping a copper ingot from 5% to 11% and the increase of this chance for each level of Looting enchantment from 1% to 2% to match Bedrock Edition. | |||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | Copper ingots can now be used as an armor trim material. | |||
| 1.19.4 Pre-release 1 | Copper ingots can now be used to craft brushes. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Caves & Cliffs (experimental) | beta 1.16.210.57 | Added copper ingots. | |||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | Copper ingots can now be used to craft spyglasses. | |||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Copper ingots are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | ||||
| beta 1.17.0.54 | The amount of copper ingots required to make a block of copper has been changed to 9. | ||||
| Vanilla Experiments (experimental) | beta 1.18.30.26 | Copper ingots can now be used to craft copper horns. | |||
| 1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.24 | Copper ingots can no longer be used to craft copper horns, as copper horns have been removed. | |||
| 1.20.0 (Experimental) | beta 1.19.80.20 | Copper ingots can now be used to craft brushes. | |||
| beta 1.19.80.21 | Copper ingots can now be used as an armor trim material. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Copper Ingot" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory：Copper Ingot – Minecraft.net on December 22, 2022