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Waxed Copper Chest in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Waxed Copper Chest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4.
What is Waxed Copper Chest?
Waxed Copper Chest 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 solid, opaque block. Waxed Copper Chest does not emit light. Waxed Copper Chest filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:waxed_copper_chest. Command: /give @p minecraft:waxed_copper_chest 1.
How to mine Waxed Copper Chest
Waxed Copper Chest can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
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×.
Waxed Copper Chest drops
Waxed Copper Chest has no drops recorded in the current dataset — it typically drops nothing, or requires Silk Touch to preserve.
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
Waxed Copper Chest technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: * Copper Chest Block of Copper * Exposed Copper Chest Exposed Copper * Weathered Copper Chest Weathered Copper * Oxidized Copper Chest Oxidized Copper
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Copper Chest (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:waxed_copper_chest
- Material family: Requires better than wooden tool
- Hardness: 3
- Blast resistance: 6
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:waxed_copper_chest 1
Overview
Waxed Copper Chest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:waxed_copper_chest 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated time per run: 5-20 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Waxed Copper Chest?
Waxed Copper Chest can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Waxed Copper Chest drop when mined?
Waxed Copper Chest does not drop an item when broken in survival mode (or requires special tools like Silk Touch for a usable drop).
How hard is Waxed Copper Chest to mine?
Waxed Copper Chest 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).
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Waxed Copper Chest?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:waxed_copper_chest, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.