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Copper Trap

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Copper Trap

Copper Trap.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Copper Trap'

Exposed Copper Trap.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Copper Trap'

Weathered Copper Trap.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Copper Trap'

Oxidized Copper Trap.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Copper Trap'

Invicon Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper TrapInvicon Exposed Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Exposed Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Exposed Copper TrapInvicon Weathered Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Weathered Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Weathered Copper TrapInvicon Oxidized Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Oxidized Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Oxidized Copper TrapInvicon Waxed Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Waxed Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Waxed Copper TrapInvicon Waxed Exposed Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Waxed Exposed Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Waxed Exposed Copper TrapInvicon Waxed Weathered Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Waxed Weathered Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Waxed Weathered Copper TrapInvicon Waxed Oxidized Copper Trap.png: Inventory sprite for Waxed Oxidized Copper Trap in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Waxed Oxidized Copper Trap
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A copper trap is a joke block only present in 26w14a.

Obtaining

Breaking

Although the copper trap has a drop, no vanilla tool is suitable for breaking it, so breaking it with any tool will have no effect. Furthermore, attempting to use Attack / Mine to order a tool to mine it will not happen, as tools only break blocks that they can mine. However, it is still possible to make a copper trap block drop a living copper trap with an explosion.

Using cheats, it's possible to create a tool capable of mining it by modifying minecraft:tool.rules data component. It can also be added to the tag #mineable/pickaxe so that it can be mined by any pickaxe (additionally, adding a tag like #needs_iron_tool prevents it from being mined by some pickaxes.)

Block Copper Trap
Hardness 5
Breaking time (secs)
Default 25
Options
Haste
001
1JEBE
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Post-generation

If at least eight living copper bars of the same variant come close together, a living copper trap of that variant will form.

It can be placed as an item in a container by approaching a living container or using a hopper.

Usage

Oxidation

Unlike most copper blocks, copper traps cannot change their oxidation or wax state. However, unwaxed copper traps will continue to slow or prevent the oxidation of nearby unwaxed copper blocks. This behavior is common to all unwaxed copper blocks (see Oxidation § Blocks), but due to the fact that copper traps do not oxidize, they may fully prevent the oxidation of nearby copper blocks at the same oxidation level.

Waxed copper traps have no effect on nearby copper blocks.

Trap

Living copper traps will attempt to pathfind towards the nearest player. When coming in contact with a player, it will spawn a cage of 25 copper bars of the same variant of the copper trap around them, trapping them. The copper bars replace all blocks that were previously in the copper bars' positions, including otherwise unbreakable blocks.

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Sounds

BlockSprite block-of-copper.png: Sprite image for block-of-copper in Minecraft copper sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.copper.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.copper.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.copper.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.copper.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.copper.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite copper-trap.png: Sprite image for copper-trap in Minecraft Copper Trapcopper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.copper_trap
BlockSprite exposed-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for exposed-copper-trap in Minecraft Exposed Copper Trapexposed_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.exposed_copper_trap
BlockSprite weathered-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for weathered-copper-trap in Minecraft Weathered Copper Trapweathered_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.weathered_copper_trap
BlockSprite oxidized-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for oxidized-copper-trap in Minecraft Oxidized Copper Trapoxidized_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.oxidized_copper_trap
BlockSprite waxed-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for waxed-copper-trap in Minecraft Waxed Copper Trapwaxed_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.waxed_copper_trap
BlockSprite waxed-exposed-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for waxed-exposed-copper-trap in Minecraft Waxed Exposed Copper Trapwaxed_exposed_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.waxed_exposed_copper_trap
BlockSprite waxed-weathered-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for waxed-weathered-copper-trap in Minecraft Waxed Weathered Copper Trapwaxed_weathered_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.waxed_weathered_copper_trap
BlockSprite waxed-oxidized-copper-trap.png: Sprite image for waxed-oxidized-copper-trap in Minecraft Waxed Oxidized Copper Trapwaxed_oxidized_copper_trapBlock & ItemNoneNone block.minecraft.waxed_oxidized_copper_trap

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
You Played YourselfWatch out for 8 iron (or copper) bars, they're dangerous in groups. When you least expect it!Have 8 iron or copper bars combine into a trap.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Trap" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Trivia

  • According to one of the developers, copper and iron traps are a reference to the mod SecurityCraft.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fun fact for those of you who played the April Fools' Day snapshot 26w14a and got imprisoned by an iron or copper trap: Those are a reference to the Cage Trap in the mod SecurityCraft that I've been a part of the dev team of since long before I joined Mojang. Did you notice it?" – @bl4ckscor3 on X (formerly Twitter), April 3, 2026

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