When we added copper to Minecraft, back in the first part of the Caves & Cliffs Update in June 2021, we gave it some solid testing before we put it out into the world – and we noticed something strange. Our beautiful, shiny, orange copper blocks were slowly going green and dull over time.
We double- and triple-checked the code, trying to hunt down this weird bug, with no luck. But then one day we noticed that the weird green color of our copper perfectly matched the color of the roof of the famous Riddarholm Church, in our beloved hometown of Stockholm.
So we took an official tour of the church, and asked the tour guide why the roof is that color. “Det är oxidation av koppar, era tokar!” they said, which means something like “It’s oxidation of copper, you nincomp… lovely people!”. So now we know, and now you do too. Let’s make this weird green substance our block of the month, shall we?
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