Minecraft
How to Craft a Copper Bulb in Minecraft
To craft a copper bulb in Minecraft you need three copper blocks, one blaze rod, and one redstone dust. On the Crafting Table put copper in a plus around the blaze rod, with redstone under that rod, and four copper bulbs come out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Block of CopperBlock of Copper
Blaze RodBlock of Copper
Redstone Dust
Copper Bulb ×4| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Copper |
3 | Craft nine copper ingots on a Crafting Table. Smelt raw copper first. |
| Blaze Rod |
1 | Kill a blaze in a nether fortress. The rod drops when you land the kill. |
| Redstone Dust |
1 | Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust. |
Copper Bulb specs
- Difficulty
- Mid game
- Where it lives
- Craft. Copper ore. Nether fortresses.
- Where to get it
- Craft three copper blocks in a plus around a blaze rod, with redstone under the rod.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:copper_bulb - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 3
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Metal
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:copper_bulb 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Netherite Pickaxe | 0.5s |
| Diamond Pickaxe | 0.56s |
| Iron Pickaxe | 0.75s |
| Stone Pickaxe | 1.13s |
| Golden Pickaxe | 22.5s · No |
| Wooden Pickaxe | 22.5s · No |
| Hand | 22.5s · No |
Ingredient specs
Redstone Dust
Mid game- Where to get it
- Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust.
- Where it lives
- Overworld deepslate and stone, mostly below Y 16 down toward -64.
- Item ID
minecraft:redstone- Numerical ID
331- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Blaze Rod
Mid game- Where to get it
- Kill a blaze in a nether fortress. The rod drops when you land the kill.
- Where it lives
- Nether fortresses. Blazes spawn from spawners in those corridors.
- Item ID
minecraft:blaze_rod- Numerical ID
369- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Block of Copper
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft nine copper ingots on a Crafting Table. Smelt raw copper first.
- Where it lives
- Craft. Copper ore in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:copper_block- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 3
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Metal
- Diggable
- Yes
Three copper blocks, a rod, redstone
Mine copper ore with a stone pickaxe and smelt the raw copper in a furnace until you have twenty-seven ingots. Nine ingots fill the Crafting Table and become one copper block; repeat until you have three. Kill a blaze in a Nether fortress for one rod. Keep one redstone dust. A lightning rod uses copper ingots, not the block.
Blocks around the rod, dust under it
Open the Crafting Table. Top: empty, copper block, empty. Middle: copper block, blaze rod, copper block. Bottom: empty, redstone, empty. Four copper bulbs appear on the right; take them. This plus needs the 3×3 table.
A pulse toggles the light
Place it. A redstone pulse turns the bulb on or off and it stays that way until the next pulse. A redstone lamp stays lit only while it is powered; this one remembers. A stone pickaxe or better breaks the bulb. The copper oxidizes on the block the same way other copper does.
