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Weathered Copper Lantern in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Weathered Copper Lantern is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Friend Pottery Sherd.

What is Weathered Copper Lantern?

Weathered Copper Lantern is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 3.5 and a blast resistance of 3.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Weathered Copper Lantern emits light level 15. Weathered Copper Lantern filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

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

How to mine Weathered Copper Lantern

Weathered Copper Lantern can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 5.25 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 17.5 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×.

Weathered Copper Lantern drops

When broken, Weathered Copper Lantern drops:

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

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Light Source
  • Hand-Mineable

Weathered Copper Lantern technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: Yes — luminance 15

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:weathered_copper_lantern
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 3.5
  • Blast resistance: 3.5
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 15
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:weathered_copper_lantern 1

Overview

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

Prerequisites and materials

  • Expect to collect Friend Pottery Sherd once it breaks.
  • This block emits light (level 15), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Weathered Copper Lantern can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 5.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 17.5s.
  3. Weathered Copper Lantern is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:weathered_copper_lantern 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 Weathered Copper Lantern?

Weathered Copper Lantern can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Weathered Copper Lantern drop when mined?

Breaking Weathered Copper Lantern drops Friend Pottery Sherd.

How hard is Weathered Copper Lantern to mine?

Weathered Copper Lantern has a hardness value of 3.5. That works out to roughly 5.25s with the correct tool or 17.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Weathered Copper Lantern?

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

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