Copper is an essential ore that you can use in Minecraft to get additional benefits. Using such ores will help you gain access to new items or materials which would help you advance further in the game. What are the different ways of using it and how do you get it? These are some of the common questions asked by gamers when they want to know more about copper, and we are here to answer such questions.

But before discussing the uses of copper it would be also required to tell you how you find and mine the copper ore.

How to Find Copper in Minecraft

Before going on the journey of finding copper you should be aware of the coordinates system in Minecraft so that have a better idea of your location. So, to do that you can press the “FN+F3” or only the F3 key depending on your laptop which will display some information on your screen.

The highlighted part in the above image shows the coordinates where you are currently present. So, to find the copper ore you should dig around 0-96 value for Y coordinates. To save some of your time you should start from the value of the Y coordinate to 47-48 as the highest possibility of finding copper are in this range.

Now the next part is to have some understanding of how a cooper ore will look so you need to look for the ore which is green and orange in color as shown in the image below:

After finding the copper ore, mining them will be the last step to gather them. So to do that you need have at least a stone or a higher-level pickaxe. You can get more details on stone pickaxe by following this article. If you are interested in making higher-level pickaxes then you can also make Iron, diamond, and netherite pickaxes as well and then you can use any of them to gather the cooper ore.

What Can You Make with Copper in Minecraft

Copper ore itself has no special use so it is better to convert it to iron ingot using a furnace after that you can use it for multiple purposes which are as follows.

• Spy Glass
• Copper Rods

Making Spy Glass Using Copper Ingots

Spyglass is used to improve your field of view so that you can see at a longer distance. To make it you will need 2 copper ingots and 1 amethyst as shown in the image below for more detail regarding this you can read this article.

Making Copper Rods Using Copper Ingots

Copper rods are used to redirect the lightning towards it during thunderstorms as shown in the image below. This is super handy to protect your precious belongings and building from the strike of lightning which can damage them.

To make one you need to place 3 copper ingots on the crafting table as shown below:

Conclusion

Minecraft game comes with many ores that are needed to craft many materials. One of such is a copper ore that we have discussed in this article as how you can find and mine it and then how you can use it to craft other materials.