Copper nuggets are small pieces of copper that can be obtained by smelting copper tools, weapons, or armor, or by crafting them from a copper ingot. One copper nugget is effectively worth one-ninth of a copper ingot.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Copper Ingot |
Smelting
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Copper Sword or Copper Spear or Any copper tools or Any copper armor or Copper Horse Armor or Copper Nautilus Armor + Any fuel |
Durability and enchantments do not affect the ability to smelt copper tools, weapons, or armor into copper nuggets.
Usage
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Chain | Copper Nugget + Copper Ingot |
|
| Copper Ingot | Copper Nugget | |
| Copper Lantern | Copper Nugget + Copper Torch |
|
| Copper Torch | Copper Nugget + Coal or Charcoal + Stick |
|
| Name Tag | Copper Nugget + Paper |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
copper_nugget | Item | metal_nuggets |
item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
copper_nugget | 778 | Item | item |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.9 | 25w31a | ||||||
| 25w32a | Copper nuggets can now be used to craft copper chains, copper lanterns, and copper torches. | ||||||
| 26.1 | snap2 | Copper nuggets are now included in the item tag metal_nuggets. | |||||
| Copper nuggets can now be used to craft name tags. | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.100 Experiment | Preview 1.21.100.23 | ||||||
| 1.21.111 | Preview 1.21.110.23 | Copper nuggets can now be used to craft copper chains, copper lanterns, and copper torches. | |||||
| 26.0 Experiment | Preview 26.0.27 | Copper nuggets are now included in the item tag minecraft:metal_nuggets. | |||||
| Copper nuggets can now be used to craft name tags. | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Copper Nugget" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.






