Copper Chestplate

Copper Chestplate

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	4 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 176 BE: 177
Enchantability	8
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A copper chestplate is a variant of chestplate crafted from copper ingots. It is the sixth-highest tier of chestplate, having higher armor points and durability than a leather tunic.

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 a copper chestplate. 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 chestplate they're wearing upon death. The dropped chestplate is 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 Chestplate	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	19% { "item": "Copper Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }

Usage

When worn, a copper chestplate provides 4 () armor points.

Repairing

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

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

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

Anvil repair

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

A copper chestplate can also be repaired in an anvil by adding copper ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the copper chestplate's maximum durability, rounded down. Two copper chestplates of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods using the anvil preserves a copper chestplate's enchantments.

Enchantments

A copper chestplate 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
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the chestplate when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The chestplate vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the chestplate.	I	Anvil	1

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a copper chestplate, 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 Chestplate + Any Ingot/Crystal

Smelting ingredient

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Copper Chestplate	copper_chestplate	Item	chest_armor	item.minecraft.copper_chestplate

Bedrock Edition

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Copper Chestplate	copper_chestplate	775	Item	item.copper_chestplate.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper chestplate.
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 chestplates 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 chestplate.
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 chestplates 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 Chestplate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted appearance in inventory

In other media

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  Thumbnail with a copper golem and with copper chestplate

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