Copper Ore - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Copper Ore in Minecraft?

Copper ore is a mineral block that you can find underground and is the only source for getting copper in Minecraft. It looks like a normal stone block but has orange and green specks in it. You can also find a deepslate version of copper ore when you are mining very deep underground. The only purpose of copper ore is to be mined to get raw copper. This raw copper can then be smelted in a furnace to create copper ingots. These ingots are the basic ingredient for crafting a whole family of copper items. Players look for copper ore to make decorative blocks like copper blocks, stairs, and slabs, as well as useful items like the spyglass and the lightning rod. The copper blocks are very popular with builders because they oxidize and change color over time, which can make buildings look more realistic and detailed.

How to get Copper Ore in Minecraft

The only way to get copper is by mining copper ore, which generates naturally all over the Overworld. Copper ore is very common and often appears in large veins, meaning if you find one block, there are probably many more nearby. It is most commonly found around Y level 48, but you can find it at many different depths. When it generates below Y level 0, it will be deepslate copper ore, which is a bit tougher to mine. You will need at least a stone pickaxe to mine copper ore. If you mine it with a regular pickaxe, it will drop 2 to 5 pieces of raw copper. A great tip is to use a pickaxe enchanted with Fortune. A Fortune enchantment can make the ore drop much more raw copper, which is a very efficient way to gather it. If you mine copper ore with a Silk Touch pickaxe, it will drop the ore block itself, which you can then smelt in a furnace to get one copper ingot. To find it easily, just dig down to Y level 48 and start digging a long tunnel, and you are sure to run into a big vein of copper ore.

How to use Copper Ore in Minecraft

The main use of copper ore is to get raw copper, which you can then turn into copper ingots. After you have mined some copper ore and have raw copper in your inventory, you need to smelt it. You can do this by placing the raw copper in the top slot of a furnace or a blast furnace, with a fuel source like coal or wood in the bottom slot. The furnace will then smelt the raw copper into shiny copper ingots. A blast furnace is a great choice for this because it smelts ores twice as fast as a regular furnace. Once you have copper ingots, you can use them for crafting. You can craft nine ingots into a copper block, which can then be used for building or crafted into stairs and slabs. You can also craft a lightning rod to protect your builds from lightning, or a spyglass to see things that are far away. Copper is also used for the copper bulb, copper door, and copper grate.

How to craft Copper Ore in Minecraft

No recipes for this block.

What can Copper Ore make in Minecraft

Copper Ingot

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How This All Started

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