Minecraft has a lot of blocks, but what if they had more? Why do we need them? Please don't just add lists of things - these will be marked as spam and removed! Also, no furniture, guns, or vertical/"sideways"/"upright"/"standing" slabs (yes, we see you).

← Blocks, Tools, and Items
19
Follow

Make Copper Useful

Copper as it is is an annoying ore to me and my friends. We find it too often, it takes up all our coal to smelt, and then we have no clue what to do with it after. I've made a list of ways copper would be more useful and actually introduce some fun game mechanics.

- Copper should replace iron in the recipes for rails. Copper is more prevalent, and one thing that really discourages me from making more rails is how much iron they use up. I'd rather keep my iron for more useful projects.

- Copper should be able to be made into tools and armor, but carry an increased risk of being struck by lightning when held or equipped. This partners in with the already implemented lightning rod, and can provide early-game armor that doesn't eat up iron or leather with the added gamble of risk of death.

- Copper could be used to make underwater equipment. This will be extremely helpful for exploring now prevalent underwater caves, and the variety of underwater structures. It would make exploring these things fun, rather than a hassle.

Avatar
Registered User shared this idea

2 Comments

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Date Votes
Sorted by oldest
  • 2
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    Soooooooooooooooo True

  • 2
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    I think another good way to balance the copper armor would be if it oxidized and became gradually unusable. I don't really see much use out of the underwater equipment because there's water breathing, turtle helmets, etc. I do definitely think that copper needs to be more useful, good idea!