Cryptic teases from Minecraft’s official social media accounts have hinted at one thing massive coming quickly to do with copper.
A publish on the Minecraft X/Twitter account options a teasing message stating “C U within the mines!” whereas on Instagram, the within of a cave with blocks spelling out “CU 29” will be seen alongside the message: “Teleported Steve to 29, 11, 63.54.”
What does all this imply? Nicely, Cu is copper’s chemical image, 29 is its quantity within the periodic desk, 11 is its group within the interval desk, whereas 63.54 is its atomic mass. So it is positively one thing to do with copper. However past that? Nicely, followers do have one massive thought.
Copper has existed in Minecraft for a while, as one of many sport’s many ores you may harvest and smelt into blocks, ingots, stairs, doorways and so forth. There are even uncovered, weathered and oxidized variations of the fabric, so you may construct utilizing copper of varied varieties.
Again in 2021, a idea for a copper golem was proposed by Minecraft developer Mojang as certainly one of a number of potential mobs it was contemplating — although, sadly, the copper golem misplaced that 12 months’s Minecraft Dwell vote, and the idea was shelved.
C U within the mines! pic.twitter.com/2Pq0iG1gHl
— Minecraft (@Minecraft) June 30, 2025
The copper golem has remained one thing of a fan-favorite, nevertheless, popping up as an Easter egg in subsequent Mob Votes. The useful creature would have acted as a common golem, albeit with the flexibility to randomly press copper buttons.
One cool mechanic would have seen the golem slowly oxidize over time, finally turning into a statue until gamers remembered to chisel off the oxidization with an axe, or if the golem was struck by lightning.
“What’s one thing essential involving copper that Mojang has teased previously?” one fan excitedly wrote on reddit. “I believe it is fairly apparent we’re getting a copper replace, and I believe it is likely to be the copper golems introduction,” wrote another.
Maybe the very best proof of a return for the copper golem comes from yet one more official tease, this time posted to the Minecraft YouTube channel. Right here, Minecraft director Agnes Larsson is seen visiting an precise real-life mine after taking a break from enjoying Minecraft. As followers on reddit have identified, the transient snippet of gameplay proven at first of the video exhibits a home clearly formed like a copper golem, made out of copper blocks.
May the copper golem lastly be getting his second within the solar? Nicely, perhaps. Each the teases additionally appear to be pointing extra underground, the place copper ore can really be discovered. Precisely what Mojang is hinting at, nevertheless, gamers can have to wait and see.
Final month, Minecraft bought a massive graphical replace courtesy of its Vibrant Visuals replace — however solely on supported platforms.
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