Copper Armor

This article is about the armor for humanoids. For the horse armor, see Copper Horse Armor. For the armor for nautiluses, see Copper Nautilus Armor.

Copper Armor

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	2 () 4 () 3 () 1 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	Java Edition: 121 176 165 143 Bedrock Edition: 122 177 166 144
Enchantability	8
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

Copper armor is a type of armor made from copper ingots. It is the sixth strongest armor, between gold and leather.

List of items

• Copper Helmet
• Copper Chestplate
• Copper Leggings
• Copper Boots

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot
Copper Ingot
Copper Ingot
Copper Ingot

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a chance to spawn wearing armor on Normal and Hard difficulty, with a 32.23% chance of it being copper armor. If killed by a player, there is an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the armor they're wearing upon death. The dropped armor has a random durability and retains any enchantments it has.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Copper Chestplate	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	19% { "item": "Copper Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
Copper Leggings	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	19% { "item": "Copper Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
Copper Boots	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	19% { "item": "Copper Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }

Usage

Wearing copper armor reduces damage taken from most damage types.

Statistics

When a full set of copper armor is worn, the set provides 10 () armor points.

Type	Armor	Armor toughness	Knockback resistance	Durability	Enchantability
Full Set	10 ()	0 ()	0	N/A	N/A
Copper Helmet	2 ()	0 ()	0	121	8
Copper Chestplate	4 ()	0 ()	0	176	8
Copper Leggings	3 ()	0 ()	0	165	8
Copper Boots	1 ()	0 ()	0	143	8

Damage reduction

Wearing armor reduces incoming damage according to two values: armor, and armor toughness. Each piece of armor provides a given armor and armor toughness value, and the values from each armor piece are added together when calculating damage reduction.

The strength of incoming damage also determines the damage reduction of worn armor, as armor does not protect in a linear fashion.

Copper armor
	Minimum	25%	50%	75%	Maximum
Damage reduction	8%	16%	24%	32%	40%
Incoming damage	16HP × 8	12HP × 6	8HP	4HP	0HP

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Copper Nugget	Any Copper Armor + Any fuel	0.1

Equipping

Players can equip copper armor by placing it in their inventory, using the item, or via a dispenser. When equipped, the armor is rendered. Some other humanoids can also render the armor, pick it up, equip it, and be equipped via a dispenser; see the table below.

Entity	Render the armor	Dispenser	Can pick up and equip
Player	Yes	Yes	-
Armor Stand	Yes	Yes	-
Mannequin‌[JE only]	Yes	Yes	-
Piglin	Yes, baby model if is baby	Yes	If they are without armor or have a non-golden worse armor
Piglin Brute	Yes	Yes	No
Bogged Parched Skeleton Stray Wither Skeleton	Yes	If they can pick up item	If they can pick up item and they are without armor or have worse armor
Drowned Husk Zombie Zombified Piglin Zombie Villager	Yes, baby model if is baby	If they can pick up item	If they can pick up item and they are without armor or have worse armor
Giant‌[JE only]	Yes	Only if the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag is true	Only if the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag is true, and they are without armor or have worse armor
Villager	No	Yes	No
Pillager	No	Yes	No
Sulfur Cube	No	Only without absorbed block	No

In Java Edition, with the exception of the allay, dolphin, fox, and panda, all other mobs with the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag true (1b) can equip armor from a dispenser (except happy ghast), and pick up and equip if are without armor or have worse armor (except ender dragon). All living entities can equip armor using commands, like /item or /data.

Repairing

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Helmet or  Damaged Copper Chestplate or  Damaged Copper Leggings or  Damaged Copper Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Helmet or  Damaged Copper Chestplate or  Damaged Copper Leggings or  Damaged Copper Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Copper Helmet	Damaged Copper Helmet + Copper Ingot	Copper Helmet
Copper Chestplate	Damaged Copper Chestplate + Copper Ingot	Copper Chestplate
Copper Leggings	Damaged Copper Leggings + Copper Ingot	Copper Leggings
Copper Boots	Damaged Copper Boots + Copper Ingot	Copper Boots

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Copper Helmet	copper_helmet	Item	item.minecraft.copper_helmet
Copper Chestplate	copper_chestplate	Item	item.minecraft.copper_chestplate
Copper Leggings	copper_leggings	Item	item.minecraft.copper_leggings
Copper Boots	copper_boots	Item	item.minecraft.copper_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Copper Helmet	copper_helmet	774	Item	item.copper_helmet.name
Copper Chestplate	copper_chestplate	775	Item	item.copper_chestplate.name
Copper Leggings	copper_leggings	776	Item	item.copper_leggings.name
Copper Boots	copper_boots	777	Item	item.copper_boots.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper armor.
26.1			snap7				Added specific textures and models for when the armor is worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025			Preview 1.21.100.23				Added copper armor behind the "Drop 3 2025" experimental toggle.
1.21.111			Preview 1.21.110.20				Hostile monsters now have a chance to spawn with copper armor equipped.
							Hostile monsters can now pick up and use copper armor.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				Added specific textures and models for when the armor is worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Steve wearing the armor
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  Alex wearing the armor

In other media

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  Thumbnail with a copper golem and with copper chestplate