Minecraft Copper Age due Sept 30, 2025, Mounts of Mayhem to follow

Mojang announced at its Minecraft Live showcase on Tuesday that The Copper Age, the next major Minecraft update, will launch on September 30, 2025, and that the studio will follow it later this year with a separate game drop called Mounts of Mayhem. The presentation also previewed a slate of additional content, including a conservation-themed fishing addon and a Dragon Ball Z collaboration for Bedrock players.

The Copper Age has been in testing for months. Mojang released an initial beta in July, moved the update into prerelease on Java Edition last week and published a release candidate ahead of the final drop, officials said during the livestream. The update centers on expanding copper as a gameplay material, adding craftable copper tools, weapons and armor, a variety of copper lighting items and new utility blocks such as the Shelf, which both displays and stores full item stacks. Technical additions reported in development builds include new F3 debug screen options and mannequins, and dye icons have been revamped.

Among the headline additions is the Copper Golem, a mob resurrected from a previously rejected community Mob Vote that can sort items between chests, a feature...