Make Copper Golems interact with Copper Buttons, like originally intended, and boost your builds with new decorative blocks!

🤖 Features

COPPER FIRE AND CAMPFIRE

What happens if you mix Copper and Fire? You get Copper Fire!

This new Green Flame can be obtained if a Copper Block is set on fire.

Copper Fire

Emits a light level of 13 and deals 1.5x fire damage

And, since there is Copper Fire, there's now also the Copper Campfire!

Copper Campfire

Crafted like a Soul Campfire, but using any Block that can produce Copper Fire in the middle.

Deals the same amount of damage as regular Campfire and drops a Copper Nugget if broken without Silk Touch. Can be waterlogged

COPPER HORN AND NEW GOAT HORN SOUNDS

Copper Horn was a scrapped feature from the Caves & Cliffs update, but now is back!

Crafted by surrounding a Goat Horn with 3 Copper Ingots, will return a different Copper Horn based on the Goat Horn used.

They'll produce a different sound based on how they are played:

A high-pitched sound if the player is looking straight up
A bass sound if the player is sneaking
The regular sound otherwise

Copper Horn

Also, two scrapped Goat Horn sounds has been added, that can also be turned into Copper Horns.

Fly: dropped from regular Goats
Resist: dropped from screaming Goats

COPPER RAILS

Move your Minecarts at different speeds with the new Copper Rails

Copper Rails

The Copper Rails act as powered rails but doesn't require any redstone input. To counterbalance this, they accelerate Minecarts less than a powered rail, with the acceleration decreasing with the oxidation level.

Crafted like Powered Rails but with Copper Ingots instead of Gold Ingots

Copper Rails crafting

COPPER BUTTONS

Originally, Copper Golem was designed to interact with Copper Buttons.

Unfortunately, these have not been added with the Copper Age Drop…. until now!

Copper Buttons

Craft them using any Copper Block in a Stonecutter and use them in your builds.

Copper Button Crafting

They are also a unique redstone component, because they'll stay pressed the longer they're oxidized.

When non-oxidized, they'll act like Stone buttons and stay pressed for 20 ticks, with each oxidation level increasing the duration by 10 ticks.

If they are pressed while oxidizing, waxing or scraping, their press state will be reset.

Plus, if a Copper Golem stops on them, there's a chance that they'll press the button!

MEDIUM WEIGHTED PRESSURE PLATES

Crafted with 2 copper ingots, these new Weighted Pressure Plates acts as a middle ground between the Light and the Heavy Weighted ones.

Medium Weighted Pressure Plate Crafting

They oxidize over time and can be waxed, like any other Copper Block, and behave exactly like a Weighted Pressure Plate would do (except that you'll need fewer items to reach power level 15).

Medium Weighted Pressure Plates

Like copper buttons, these will stay pressed longer based on their oxidation level (starting at 20 ticks, like regular pressure plates, going up to 50).

Also like copper buttons, if they are pressed while oxidizing, waxing or scraping, their power level will be reset.

WRENCH

Using 2 Iron Ingots and 2 Copper Ingots you can craft a new tool: the Wrench!

Wrench Crafting

With the wrench you can now rotate any Block that can be rotated without the need to break and place them again.

Left-click the Block with the Wrench to cycle the different orientations (if you are also sneaking, property will be cycled in the reversed order)

Player using a Wrench

It can also toggle visibility on Item Frames and Glow Item Frames and arms on Armor Stand (only if they're empty).

It has 512 uses.

IRON AND GOLD DECORATIVE BLOCKS

This new drop adds a ton of decorative blocks for Copper. So, why not give Iron and Gold the same treatment?

New Decorative Blocks for Iron and Gold has been added, putting them in parity with Copper!

Here's what's new:

Cut Iron
- Crafted with 4 Iron Blocks or with an Iron Block through the Stonecutter
- Can be turned into Cut Iron Slabs and Stairs
Chiseled Iron
- Crafted with 2 Cut Iron Slabs or with an Iron Block through the Stonecutter
Iron Grate
- Crafted with 4 Iron Blocks, like a Copper Grate. Can be waterlogged
Iron Button
- Crafted with an Iron Block through the Stonecutter. Stay pressed for 15 ticks (in between wooden and stone buttons)
Cut Gold
- Crafted with 4 Gold Blocks or with a Gold Block through the Stonecutter
- Can be turned into Cut Gold Slabs and Stairs
Chiseled Gold
- Crafted with 2 Cut Gold Slabs or with a Gold Block through the Stonecutter
Golden Grate
- Crafted with 4 Gold Blocks, like a Copper Grate. Can be waterlogged
Gold Button
- Crafted with a Gold Block through the Stonecutter. Stay pressed for 5 ticks (lower than wooden buttons)
Golden Bars
- Crafted with 6 Gold Ingots, like regular Bars. Can be waterlogged
Golden Chain
- Crafted with 2 Gold Nuggets and a Gold Ingot, like regular Chains. Can be waterlogged
Golden Door
- Crafted with 6 Gold Ingots, like regular Doors. Can be opened with a redstone signal.
Golden Trapdoor
- Crafted with 4 Gold Ingots, like Iron or Copper Trapdoors. Can be opened with a redstone signal and can be waterlogged
Golden Lantern
- Crafted with 8 Gold Nuggets and a Torch, like regular Lanterns. Emits a light level of 15. Can be waterlogged

Iron Decorative Blocks Gold Decorative Blocks

BETTER SHELVES

The Shelf is a great Block for building and decorations, and it has two modes of displaying Items. But only one is accessible in Vanilla Minecraft, which is a shame to be honest…

That's why, if you now Shift-Right Click a shelf with an empty hand, it will toggle its display mode!

Shelf Display Mode Toggled

BETTER COPPER GOLEMS

Can't wait to have your Copper Golem statue? No problem! You can now craft them using a carved pumpkin and a Copper Block.

Craftable Copper Golem Statue

They'll also now deposit Items in Barrels and Shulker Boxes as well

Copper Golem opening a Shulker Box

The list of containers that the Copper Golem can deposit Items to is controlled by a new Block tag, bettercopperage:copper_golem_output_containers. You can find the list of supported containers here

Iron Golems will sometimes place a Poppy on top of a Copper Golem.

But what if you don't want to wait for this event? Or, even better, you want to put other type of items on it?

Well, now you can! You can now put a broader variety of Items and Blocks on top of a Copper Golem by simply right-click.

Copper Golem wearing Heavy Core

The list is controlled by the minecraft:shearable_from_copper_golem tag, which has been expanded to include all the Blocks and Items that you can now put on a Copper Golem.

This also means that, using a pair of Shears, you can take the Item back from the Copper Golem.

You can find the full list here

COPPER ATTRACTS LIGHTNINGS

If there's a storm, you better not going out with some Copper Armor or let your Copper Golem outside, because now a Lightning can strike any Player/Horse wearing some Copper Armor or any Copper Golem, if there are no Lightning Rods nearby.

Lightning striking a Copper Golem

These mechanics can be controlled using two new Game Rules:

bettercopperage:copperGolemAttractsLightning
- When enabled, Copper Golems might be struck by a Lightning during a Thunderstorm, if there's no Lightning Rod nearby
- Default true
bettercopperage:copperArmorAttractsLightning
- When enabled, any entity that is wearing a piece of Copper Armor might be struck by a Lightning during a Thunderstorm, if there's no Lightning Rod nearby
- Default true

COPPER GOLEMS IN STRUCTURES

Fully oxidized Copper Golems can now generate in Trail Ruins or Trial Chambers

Copper Golem in Trail Ruins Copper Golem in Trial Chambers

MANNEQUIN SPAWN EGG

A Spawn Egg for the Mannequin has been added to the Operator Tab in the Creative Inventory

Mannequin Spawn Egg

This way you can summon a basic mannequin very quickly without using commands!

NEW ADVANCEMENTS

Two new advancements has been added to further enhance this drop experience:

Lightning Life
- Summon a Copper Golem
Heavy Metal
- Use a Copper Horn

Both advancements can be found in the Adventure category, under the Surge Protector advancement

👨🏼‍💻 How to contribute

Anyone can contribute to Better Copper Age, suggesting their ideas using the Feature Request module

If your idea makes it to the mod you'll also be mentioned in the mod's credits! 😁

⚙ Requirements

No additional mods are required.

🍺 Support the project

Developing and maintaining Better Copper Age, requires a lot of time and effort, but after all I really enjoy doing this ❤

Better Copper Age is, and always will be, FREE TO USE.

If someone asked you some money to download Better Copper Age, I am afraid to tell you that you got scammed! 😥

But if you really want to financially support the project (or just buy me some beer to produce more code), these are the only ways:

Any other website asking you money for this project is a scam, and you should immediately report it to your local authorities as well! 😡

😁 Conclusion

With the Copper Age drop, players discovered how to use Copper to create new Tools and even new friends… with this mod they can create even more items that can make a difference in their play-stile!

I hope you enjoy Better Copper Age as much as I enjoy develop new ideas and content for it, and let me know if there are any issues on the issue tracker.

Have a nice day! 😁

Hendrix's Better Copper Age