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Copper Pickaxe

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Copper Pickaxe
Copper Pickaxe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Copper Pickaxe'
Enchanted Copper Pickaxe.webp: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Copper Pickaxe'
Invicon Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
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A copper pickaxe is a variant of pickaxe that is crafted from copper ingots. It is the fourth-highest tier of pickaxe, having higher mining efficiency, durability, and enchantability than a stone pickaxe. It has a mining level of 1, the same as a stone pickaxe, allowing it to mine copper ore, iron ore, and lapis lazuli ore.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

Usage

Mining

A copper pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a copper pickaxe consumes one use (one durability point). No durability is consumed for blocks that have a hardness value of 0, such as torches and flowers. Copper pickaxes mine faster than stone pickaxes but slower than iron.

Mining level

Copper pickaxes have a mining level of 1. Copper pickaxes can mine the same blocks as stone pickaxes, meaning that they can mine copper, iron and lapis lazuli ores and blocks made from these minerals, but cannot mine redstone, gold, diamond or emerald ores, netherite or obsidian.

Weapon

Java Edition

All pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of -2.8, meaning they take about 0.85 seconds to recover. Copper pickaxes do 3HP❤️💔 damage per attack, or 3.6 damage per second.

Bedrock Edition

Copper pickaxes attack instantly, and do 4HP❤️❤️ damage per attack, or 8 damage per second.

Repairing

Combining
Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Copper Pickaxe
Invicon Damaged Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
Invicon Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 9 points of durability
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
Damaged Copper Pickaxe
Invicon Damaged Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 9 points of durability
Anvil repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Copper Pickaxe +
Copper Ingot
Copper PickaxeInvicon Damaged Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

A copper pickaxe can be repaired in an anvil by adding copper ingots, with each ingot restoring 47 durability (25%, rounded down). Two copper pickaxes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the pickaxe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A copper pickaxe can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max Level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V Enchanting Table
Anvil 		10
Fortune[note 2] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		2
Silk Touch[note 2] Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. I Enchanting Table
Anvil 		1
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		5
Mending Repairs the pickaxe when obtaining experience. I Anvil 2
Curse of Vanishing The pickaxe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I Anvil 1
  1. ↑
  2. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Copper Nugget Copper Pickaxe +
Any fuel
Invicon Copper Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  3 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Copper Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Nugget with description: Copper Nugget

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a pickaxe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a pickaxe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in Minecraft Copper Pickaxecopper_pickaxeItem item.minecraft.copper_pickaxe

Bedrock Edition

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in Minecraft Copper Pickaxecopper_pickaxe771Item item.copper_pickaxe.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15Bronze

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.925w31a Added copper pickaxe.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100
Experiment
Drop 3 2025		Preview 1.21.100.23 Added copper pickaxe.

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Mojang screenshots

  • A screenshot of four player characters inside a base. One of them is wearing full copper armor and holding a copper pickaxe.
    Noor wearing full copper armor and holding a copper pickaxe.
  • Sunny mining with copper gear
    Sunny mining with copper gear
  • Zuri mining with a copper pickaxe
    Zuri mining with a copper pickaxe
  • Makena with a copper pickaxe
    Makena with a copper pickaxe

In other media

  • An side-by-side image featuring a copper golem and copper armor, a copper pickaxe, and a copper sword.
    Thumbnail with a copper golem and with copper pickaxe.
  • Noor holding a copper pickaxe.
    Noor holding a copper pickaxe.

Sources

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