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Oxidized Copper Grate in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Oxidized Copper Grate is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Stone Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Oxidized Copper Grate.

What is Oxidized Copper Grate?

Oxidized Copper Grate is a Minecraft block classified under the Requires better than wooden tool material group. It has a hardness of 3 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Oxidized Copper Grate does not emit light. Oxidized Copper Grate filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:oxidized_copper_grate. Command: /give @p minecraft:oxidized_copper_grate 1.

How to mine Oxidized Copper Grate

Oxidized Copper Grate requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 4.5 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 15 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Oxidized Copper Grate drops

When broken, Oxidized Copper Grate drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Oxidized Copper Grate is used to craft

Oxidized Copper Grate appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Oxidized Copper Grate technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)
  • Map color: * Copper Grate Block of Copper * Exposed Copper Grate Exposed Copper * Weathered Copper Grate Weathered Copper * Oxidized Copper Grate Oxidized Copper

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Copper Grate (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:oxidized_copper_grate
  • Material family: Requires better than wooden tool
  • Hardness: 3
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:oxidized_copper_grate 1

Overview

Oxidized Copper Grate is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Oxidized Copper Grate with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Oxidized Copper Grate once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Oxidized Copper Grate with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Oxidized Copper Grate once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 4.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 15s.
  4. Oxidized Copper Grate is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:oxidized_copper_grate 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Oxidized Copper Grate?

You need one of: Stone Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Oxidized Copper Grate drop when mined?

Breaking Oxidized Copper Grate drops Oxidized Copper Grate.

How hard is Oxidized Copper Grate to mine?

Oxidized Copper Grate has a hardness value of 3. That works out to roughly 4.5s with the correct tool or 15s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Oxidized Copper Grate?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Oxidized Copper Grate.

What is Oxidized Copper Grate used to craft?

Oxidized Copper Grate is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Oxidized Copper Grate?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:oxidized_copper_grate, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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