After a few teasers, Minecraft has shared the name for its next drop in a blog post. Now known as "The Copper Age", this one plans to add a huge amount of new content from weapons to mobs, alongside improvements to make your life as an adventurer a lot easier. According to the announcement , it took the team a while to figure out if there could be "more ways to use copper" before stating "we've finally cracked it! It's almost like we're entering a new Minecraft era?"
We've already seen elements of the drop such as the copper golem and more importantly, shelves, but there's a lot more to look forward to, especially after copper was introduced back in 2021 and hasn't had a huge amount of use since. But now, copper can be used for tools and weapons, and you'll even be able to kit yourself out in a full set of copper armour if you've got nothing stronger to use.
