How to craft a Bronze Chest in Minecraft

Copper Chest is a new item added to Minecraft in the third update of 2025, along with a new mob – Copper Golem. This is a special chest that can interact directly with the golem to automatically sort items from regular chests and copper chests.

 

To unlock the crafting recipe, you must first craft the Bronze Golem yourself, then destroy the bronze chest that appears below it to learn the recipe. The Bronze Chest is crafted from 1 regular chest and 8 copper bars, making it extremely useful for those who want to optimize their inventory.

What is Bronze Chest?

 

Copper Chest is a new chest variant in Minecraft, it works like a regular chest but has special features:

Bronze Golem can scan – sort – merge items

If you place multiple chests close together (normal chest + bronze chest), the Bronze Golem will:

1. Pick up items in chests
2. Find duplicate items in other chests
3. Automatically folds into one place

Like a 'mini warehouse keeper', helping you manage your inventory automatically during long farming sessions.

How to unlock the Bronze Chest crafting recipe

To unlock the Bronze Chest crafting recipe you must:

1. Create your first Bronze Golem by placing a carved Pumpkin or Pumpkin Lantern on a Copper block. The Bronze Golem will appear afterwards.
2. As soon as the golem appears, a Bronze Chest will appear below it.
3. Break this chest and pick it up, the new crafting recipe is now unlocked.

Then you can craft unlimited bronze chests.

Ingredients to prepare

To craft a Copper Chest, you will need:

 

Items	Quantity	Note
Chest	1	Made from 8 wooden boards
Copper Ingot	8	Smelting of Copper Ore in Conventional Furnace or Blast Furnace

You will also need to create a Crafting Table to place the materials in the crafting grid.

How to craft a Bronze Chest in Minecraft

Once the recipe is unlocked, follow these instructions:

Step 1: Place the Crafting Table on the ground

Prepare enough:

1. 1 Regular Chest
2. 8 Copper Ingots

Step 2: Arrange ingredients according to the recipe

1. Place the regular chest in the center slot
2. Place 8 copper bars in all surrounding cells.

 

This is the standard 3×3 formula.

Step 3: Get the Bronze Chest

Now the Bronze Chest will appear in the right box, you just need to drag it into your inventory and you're done!

What is the Bronze Chest used for?

Bronze Chest has full functions like normal chest:

1. Store items
2. Fireproof
3. For Redstone systems

But the special thing about the Bronze Chest is that the Bronze Golem can interact and arrange items by itself.

Accordingly, the Bronze Golem will:

1. Pick up items
2. Match in neighboring chests
3. Merge similar items
4. Clear out your inventory while you mine, go to the Nether, or hunt monsters

Tip: Place multiple Bronze Chests next to each other to optimize golem performance.

Advanced Tips for Using Bronze Chests

1. Make a dedicated storage room to make the golem work faster
2. Place chests in 2×2 or 3×3 clusters to speed up the item merging process
3. Use Redstone Lamp as a compatible chest full signal
4. Combined with Hopper → automatic sorting system + golem to support merging items = extremely optimal

The Copper Chest is a great addition for players who like to store things scientifically. When combined with the Copper Golem, you have a simple yet effective auto-sort system. If you like to optimize your inventory or build large storage, the Copper Chest is definitely an item you cannot miss in the Minecraft 2025 update.