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Cryptic teases from Minecraft’s official social media accounts have hinted at something big coming soon to do with copper.
A post on the Minecraft X/Twitter account features a teasing message stating “C U in the mines!” while on Instagram, the inside of a cave with blocks spelling out “CU 29” can be seen alongside the message: “Teleported Steve to 29, 11, 63.54.”
What does all this mean? Well, Cu is copper’s chemical symbol, 29 is its number in the periodic table, 11 is its group in the period table, while 63.54 is its atomic mass. So it’s definitely something to do with copper. But beyond that? Well, fans do have one big idea.
Copper has existed in Minecraft for some time, as one of the game’s many ores you can harvest and smelt into blocks, ingots, stairs, doors and so forth. There are even exposed, weathered and oxidized versions of the material, so you can build using copper of various types.
Back in 2021, a concept for a copper golem was proposed by Minecraft developer Mojang as one of several potential mobs it was considering — though, sadly, the copper golem lost that year’s Minecraft Live vote, and the concept
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