Minecraft Developer Teases Something Big to Do With Copper, and Fans Think a Long-Lost Mob May Return

Cryptic teases from Minecraft's authoritative societal media accounts person hinted astatine thing large coming soon to bash with copper.

A station connected the Minecraft X/Twitter relationship features a teasing connection stating "C U successful the mines!" portion connected Instagram, the wrong of a cave with blocks spelling retired "CU 29" tin beryllium seen alongside the message: "Teleported Steve to 29, 11, 63.54."

What does each this mean? Well, Cu is copper's chemic symbol, 29 is its fig successful the periodic table, 11 is its radical successful the play table, portion 63.54 is its atomic mass. So it's decidedly thing to bash with copper. But beyond that? Well, fans bash person 1 large idea.

Copper has existed successful Minecraft for immoderate time, arsenic 1 of the game's galore ores you tin harvest and smelt into blocks, ingots, stairs, doors and truthful forth. There are adjacent exposed, weathered and oxidized versions of the material, truthful you tin physique utilizing copper of assorted types.

Back successful 2021, a conception for a copper golem was projected by Minecraft developer Mojang arsenic 1 of respective imaginable mobs it was considering — though, sadly, the copper golem mislaid that year's Minecraft Live vote, and the conception was shelved.

C U successful the mines! pic.twitter.com/2Pq0iG1gHl

The copper golem has remained thing of a fan-favorite, however, popping up arsenic an Easter ovum successful consequent Mob Votes. The adjuvant carnal would person acted arsenic a regular golem, albeit with the quality to randomly property copper buttons.

One chill mechanic would person seen the golem dilatory oxidize implicit time, yet turning into a statue unless players remembered to chisel disconnected the oxidization with an axe, oregon if the golem was struck by lightning.

"What is thing important involving copper that Mojang has teased successful the past?" 1 instrumentality excitedly wrote connected reddit. "I deliberation it's beauteous evident we are getting a copper update, and I deliberation it mightiness beryllium the copper golems introduction," wrote another.

Perhaps the champion grounds of a instrumentality for the copper golem comes from yet different authoritative tease, this clip posted to the Minecraft YouTube channel. Here, Minecraft manager Agnes Larsson is seen visiting an existent real-life excavation aft taking a interruption from playing Minecraft. As fans connected reddit person pointed out, the little snippet of gameplay shown astatine the opening of the video shows a location intelligibly shaped similar a copper golem, made retired of copper blocks.

A screenshot from the latest Minecraft YouTube teaser, and artwork for the copper golem.

Could the copper golem yet beryllium getting his infinitesimal successful the sun? Well, maybe. Both the teases besides look to beryllium pointing much underground, wherever copper ore tin really beryllium found. Exactly what Mojang is hinting at, however, players volition person to hold and see.

Last month, Minecraft got a large graphical update courtesy of its Vibrant Visuals update — but lone connected supported platforms.

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