Copper Sink

This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.

This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.

Copper Sink

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

The copper sink is a joke block exclusive to Java Edition 23w13a_or_b. It can appear only if the minecraft:copper_sink vote is active. It can be used to hold water and to delete copper-based blocks and items.

Obtaining

Breaking

A copper sink does not have an associated tool to break it. It also cannot be dropped with Silk Touch.

Block	Copper Sink
Hardness	2
Breaking time (secs)
Default	110.05 (JE) 10 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
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

Crafting

(Unlock this by voting minecraft:copper_sink.)

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Copper

Usage

A copper sink can be filled with water by using a water bucket on the sink. Interacting with a filled sink using a bucket empties the sink and fills the bucket. Bottles cannot be used on the copper sink, nor can buckets with other liquids.

Dropping any exclusively copper-based item into the sink deletes the item, including Raw Copper, Copper Ingot, Block of Copper, and other copper sinks.

Copper sinks cannot be oxidized or waxed, unlike most other copper-based items.

Sounds

Generic

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.

Because of MC-177082, subtitles for falling on blocks may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.

copper sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.copper.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.copper.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.copper.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.copper.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.copper.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Unique

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Copper Sink	copper_sink	Block & Item	None	block.minecraft.copper_sink
Filled Copper Sink	filled_copper_sink	Block	None	block.minecraft.filled_copper_sink

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Sink" 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

• The copper sink block is a joke referring to the Minecraft community's request that Mojang Studios add a copper "sink" (in video game development language, a "sink" refers to a gameplay feature that requires constant resource investment, preventing players from hoarding resources), as copper ingots had few uses at the time compared to other similar items like iron ingots.

Gallery

• 
  A house with a copper sink visible through a window.

In other media

• 
  A developer confirming what the copper sink is a joke of. (note the Minecraft Fandom website link)