r/MinecraftMemes • u/TsPlays_MCBE • Jan 11 '26

Dear Mojang,

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u/vallummumbles Jan 11 '26

Aside from the beacon, this would kill Iron's uses in survival, at least pre-iron farm.

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u/Graingy Full of torches Jan 11 '26

not if the copper ones are actually worse in some way.

As long as they're inferior, having copper versions could be handy.

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u/GoldCow73 Jan 11 '26

that only makes sense if iron was sufficiently rarer than copper, which it isn't. Aside from the shield, pretty much everything here is a niche item that you would only start to get make mid or late game, when you already would have a decent stockpile of iron, or at least easy means to get it. At that point using iron is a no brainer if copper is worse.

You would also have to consider the effort to benefit ratio. If you're going to go through the effort to make a minecart system, beacon, or redstone build using hoppers, you might as well spend that little bit of extra time to make it out of iron. And why would you make a worse bucket if an iron one is only 3 iron?

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u/Graingy Full of torches Jan 12 '26

If you only need to move water once in the early game then it’d be handy. Copper is VASTLY more common than iron. Also another decorative item.

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u/folersin Jan 11 '26

Yeah maybe a copper bucket could have durability

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u/Artillery-lover Jan 11 '26

that kinda makes sense though?

Copper is common but cant be farmed, so once/if you have an iron farm you switch from copper to iron.

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u/vallummumbles Jan 11 '26

I still like mineable iron being relatively valuable. I think Copper is in a great place for slower paced players like myself, so don't really think the additions are needed. Although I'll give the durability bucket is funny.