Minecraft fans just got a game-changing surprise. Mojang has announced The Copper Age, the third major Minecraft update of 2025, and it is reshaping survival, crafting, and building. Copper, once ...

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The Copper family of blocks are expanding within Minecraft, now including a wide variety of decorative blocks for you to utilize in your builds, oxidizing over time and changing color for dynamic ...

In Minecraft, you can use copper for construction, or for crafting lightning rods and spyglasses. Copper blocks will oxidize over time and turn green, but you can wax them to stop the aging process.

I remember it well. Four years ago my friends and I were gearing up for the annual Minecraft Live broadcast, excited to see what the big update theme would be this year, but primarily concerned with ...