Copper Boots

Copper Boots

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	1 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 143 BE: 144
Enchantability	8
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

Copper boots are a variant of boots crafted from copper ingots. They are the sixth-highest tier of boots, having the same armor points as leather and golden boots but with higher durability.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Copper Ingot

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a small chance to spawn wearing armor, which may include copper boots. There is a 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 boots they're wearing upon death. The dropped boots are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

Generated loot

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

Usage

When worn, copper boots provide 1 () armor points.

Repairing

Two damaged pairs of copper boots can be combined through crafting or using the grindstone. The durability of the used copper boots are added together, plus an extra 5% durability. Both the crafting table and grindstone methods do not keep the enchantments of either boots.

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Boots		The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Copper Boots		The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Boots + Copper Ingot	Copper Boots

Copper boots can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the boots' maximum durability, rounded down. Two copper boots of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the copper boots' enchantments.

Enchantments

Copper boots can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Protection[note 1]	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Feather Falling	Reduces fall damage.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Anvil	1
Depth Strider[note 2]	Increases underwater movement speed.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Frost Walker[note 2]	Leaves a trail of ice when walking over water.	II	Anvil	1
Soul Speed	Increases movement speed on soul sand.	III	Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the boots when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The boots vanish on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the boots.	I	Anvil	1

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a boots, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe	Notes
Any Armor Trim + Copper Boots + Any Ingot/Crystal

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe	Notes
Copper Nugget	Copper Boots + Any fuel

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Copper Boots	copper_boots	Item	foot_armor	item.minecraft.copper_boots

Bedrock Edition

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Copper Boots	copper_boots	777	Item	item.copper_boots.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper boots.
26.1			snap7				Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.
							If equipped on a "small"-type armor stand, it will appear broken; presumably the game is applying the adult armor texture to the baby mesh.
			snap10				"Small" armor stands now display a scaled-down adult armor model as was done before snapshot 7.[1]
26.3			snap1				Copper boots can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025			Preview 1.21.100.23				Added copper boots.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Copper boots can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Boots" 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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