India, Sept. 2 -- Minecraft fans just got a game-changing surprise. Mojang has announced The Copper Age, the third major Minecraft update of 2025, and it is reshaping survival, crafting, and building. Copper, once dismissed as little more than decoration, is now at the heart of the game's progression.

For the last few years copper has been one of the least used blocks in Minecraft. Most players barely used copper after mining it, besides for spyglasses, lightning rods, and a few useful oxidized building designs. Now with the Copper Age, Mojang is making copper a core part of crafting and survival.

Think new recipes, alloys, and mechanics that will put copper on the same level as iron and diamond. Now every copper vein in Minecraft is wo...