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This screenshot has been crafted using only the new decorative blocks that are coming soon to snapshot, preview and beta testing: the copper bulb, the crafter, and a host of new copper and tuff decorative blocks!
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Sophie Austin
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Sophie Austin
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24-10-23

Test new decorative blocks

Get crafty with copper and tuff!

Minecraft might be a game filled with blocks, but that doesn’t mean we can’t add more. In fact, the more the better! Especially when those blocks mean there’ll be new ways to decorate your base, build a work of art, brighten up the night, and use all that redstone dust lying around in your chests!  

Today we’re taking a deeper dive into three of the upcoming features announced at Minecraft Live: the crafter, the new decorative blocks, and the copper bulb – coming soon for testing in snapshot, preview, and beta (except the crafter, which is already out!)

The crafter

The crafter lets you auto-craft using redstone!
Just pop the ingredients for whatever you’d like to make into its inventory, set the recipe, and apply a redstone pulse. In just a few ticks, the crafter will work its magic and pop your auto-crafted item out in the world!
A screenshot of the crafter's UI, showing how you can toggle the recipe

The crafter uses redstone pulses to help you auto-craft. Just pop the ingredients for whatever you’d like to make into its inventory, set the recipe, and apply a redstone pulse. In just a few ticks, the crafter will work its magic and pop your auto-crafted item out in the world! Sounds like a breeze to me, but then again this is my first time using redstone. What could possibly go wrong?

Decorative Blocks 

This screenshot shows all of the decorative blocks that were revealed on October 15 at Minecraft Live!

I’m a Creative mode player at heart, so I am extra excited for all the new copper tones coming to testing! Copper is the only material in Minecraft that changes color through oxidization, and now there are even more uses for its brass-to-green palette. Alongside the copper grate, copper door, and copper trapdoor, there’s also chiseled copper! It’s going to be so tuff to choose between them all… 

Speaking of tuff, this versatile stone has now been worked up into an entire family of craftable blocks! Which means you’ll be able to chisel them, polish them, and turn them into stairs, slabs, bricks, or walls.  

Copper bulb 

This screenshot shows the copper bulb, coming soon to testing in preview, snapshot and beta.

I could wax lyrical about the aesthetic properties of copper all day long, but that’s not why you’re here. You want to hear about the copper bulb! This bright block is a light source that can be toggled on and off using redstone pulses. Unlike redstone lamps, the copper bulb stays lit without an active redstone signal, as all it needs is an initial pulse! Which I think means I need to scatter some more dust around. This stuff gets everywhere, doesn’t it?

As the copper bulb is made of copper, it can oxidize! But did you know that the oxidization process will also affect the amount of light it can output? Wax it, scrape it, or leave it to go entirely green, and see how the changing patina affects the bulb’s light levels! I’m going to perform a very rigorous experiment to see which one looks coziest in my cherry grove base…

How to test these new features

This screenshot shows how the decorative blocks look like when built into a base!
This screenshot shows how the decorative blocks look like when built into a base!
This screenshot shows how the decorative blocks look like when built into a base!

You can test these features by enabling snapshots for Minecraft: Java Edition, or previews/beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. Snapshot, previews and betas are testing versions of Minecraft. To install a snapshot, open the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab. To enable preview/beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, follow these instructions. 

If you are a Realm owner, you can also play the new snapshots, betas*, and previews* on your Realm! Any player who has an active Realms subscription is eligible to create a free testing Realm, so you can try out the new features with friends. Find more information on how to enable snapshots for Java Realms, and how to enable betas/previews on Bedrock Edition Realms*! 

*Preview is available for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Realms on Xbox, Windows 10/11, and iOS. Betas are available on Android (Google Play). 

Important note: Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different save file/folder from your main worlds. 

Send us your feedback! 

These features are all still in development, which means that the details outlined above might change as we iterate on them. So then why have we released them into testing? Because we want your feedback! Send your thoughts on the new decorative blocks, the crafter, and the copper bulb, and report bugs at  bugs.mojang.com! 

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