Minecraft’s copper golems are a sloppy player’s dream. Got a base cluttered with small stacks of ores and tools? Too lazy to store your resources in the appropriate location? This tidy fellow will fix that for you.
Copper golems are currently available on Minecraft Bedrock Edition’s experimental features, where they require a somewhat unusual crafting method to spawn. Here’s how to get your very own copper golem.
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How to enable copper golems
As of this writing, copper golems are only available as an experimental feature on Minecraft Bedrock Edition, which means you can’t spawn them in the default version of the game. As explained on Minecraft’s official website, Copper Golems will be released as part of the third game drop of 2025, an upcoming copper-focused update.
So, if you’d like to test copper golems now, make sure you’ve got Minecraft Bedrock Edition installed. Depending on your platform, here’s how to enable experimental features:
* Windows PC and Xbox: Install Minecraft Preview. You can find it in the Microsoft Store or (if you have it) in the Game Pass app. If you’re playing on PC, after downloading, you must open the Minecraft Launcher and select “latest preview” instead of “latest release” before hitting the play button.
* iOS: Install the Testflight app and follow the instructions. The available slots are limited, but you will be notified if a slot opens up.
* Android: Open the Google Play Store, click on the Minecraft app, scroll down, and select “Join the Beta.”
No matter which platform you’re using, be sure to activate experiments in the world settings. If you change to a different world, you have to enable this again.
Copper golems are currently unavailable on Java Edition, but the Minecraft website promises that they’ll be added on Java Snapshots soon. Once the copper golem has been released on Java Snapshot, you must open the Minecraft Launcher and select “Latest Snapshot” in the drop-down menu on the left (instead of the default “latest release”) before pressing the play button to enable it.
How to make a copper golem
As copper golems do not spawn naturally, the only way to obtain one is through crafting. To create a copper golem, you must place either a carved pumpkin or a jack o’lantern on top of a copper block (normal pumpkins won’t work).
To obtain a copper block, use a stone pickaxe (or better) to mine raw copper. Copper veins look like grey stones with orange and greenish specks.
Once you’ve got at least nine pieces of raw copper, place them inside a furnace to smelt them. You can fuel the furnace with wood or charcoal. Wait for the smelting to finish, and you’ll have nine copper ingots.
Go to your crafting station and place one copper ingot in each of the nine resource slots. Click on the copper block in the window on the right to obtain a copper block.
To obtain a carved pumpkin, you must first locate a pumpkin in the wilds. They usually spawn in grassy biomes. Use any tool on the pumpkin to collect it, then use the shears tool (made from two iron ingots) on it to turn it into a carved pumpkin.
While you can change the carved pumpkin into a jack o’lantern by combining it with a torch at a crafting station, this isn’t necessary to spawn a copper golem.
Place the copper block on the ground, equip the carved pumpkin in your right hand, and place it on the copper block. As you will notice, not only does this spawn a copper golem, but it also transforms the copper block into a copper chest. This copper chest is linked to the copper golem’s task (more on that below).
There’s currently no copper golem spawn egg available in Minecraft Creative Mode, but you can spawn a copper golem the same way as described above.
How to use the copper golem
Copper golems function as adorable little housekeepers. They will automatically store and sort items for you by taking them from the copper chest (the one that spawned along with the golem itself) and placing them in normal storage chests. So, whenever you return from a mining trip, you can drop all your resources in the copper golem’s chest and let the little guy put them away.
If you destroyed the golem’s original copper chest or if you want to move it, don’t worry; the copper golem will use any copper chest within close vicinity. Keep in mind that the chest must be copper, or the golem will ignore it. For example, if you place two diamond chestplates in two separate, ordinary chests, the copper golem won’t touch them. If you place one of these armor pieces inside a nearby copper chest, however, the golem will take it and store it in the same chest as the first diamond chestplate.
How to change your copper golem’s color
Just like any other unwaxed copper item, the copper golem will oxidize over time. This doesn’t seem to affect its performance at all, but if you prefer a red-brownish golem over a green-blueish one, you can take a honeycomb and use it on the golem.
Copper golems spawn with the same level of oxidation as the copper block you’ve used, so if you used a fully oxidized piece, the copper golem will spawn fully oxidized as well. Using a waxed copper block won’t spawn a waxed copper golem though — you have to do that manually.
