Copper Golem
Passive mobsmob

Copper Golem

Namespaced ID
minecraft:copper_golem
Health
12 (6 hearts)
Added in
Minecraft 1.21.9 (The Copper Age)
Edition
Java

The copper golem is a buildable passive utility mob that automatically sorts items out of copper chests and into your regular chests. It oxidizes over time like any copper block and eventually freezes into a motionless statue.

/summon command

Replace ~ ~ ~ with absolute coordinates to spawn at a fixed location.

Requires Minecraft 1.21.9 or newer — the copper golem does not exist in 1.21.8 or earlier.

Command builder

Set a custom name, health, and behavior flags to generate a ready-to-paste /summon command for Copper Golem.

Shown above the mob's head.
Set base HP. Leave blank for default.

Spawned at ~ ~ ~ — replace with absolute coords for a fixed location.

How to make a Copper Golem

Place a block of copper (any oxidation stage), then place a carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern on top — the pumpkin must be placed last. On construction the copper block instantly becomes a Copper Chest and the copper golem spawns where the pumpkin was, both matching the oxidation level of the copper block you used.

What the Copper Golem does

  • Passive — it never attacks and won't hurt you; its whole job is moving items.
  • When empty-handed it opens the nearest Copper Chest and takes up to 16 of the first item type it finds.
  • When carrying items it walks to the nearest wooden or trapped chest and deposits them, but only if that chest is empty or already holds the same item.
  • Searches for chests up to 32 blocks horizontally and 8 vertically, and remembers recently visited chests so it doesn't loop.
  • Oxidizes through four stages (unoxidized → exposed → weathered → oxidized) over many in-game hours, exactly like copper blocks.
  • Once fully oxidized it has a small chance each tick to lock into a copper statue (about 8–9 seconds on average); it drops anything it was holding when it freezes.
  • Cannot be dyed.

Tips

  • Right-click a statue or an oxidized golem with an axe to remove one oxidation stage and get it moving again.
  • Wax it with a honeycomb to lock its current oxidation stage forever, or let a lightning bolt strip all oxidation at once.
  • Pair it with a copper chest 'inbox' over your storage room to build a no-redstone auto-sorter.

Copper Golem drops

  • 1–3 copper ingots (1–6 with Looting III)

Hitbox

Width
0.49 blocks
Height
0.98 blocks