About Copper Age Backport
From ModrinthA Minecraft mod that brings the complete Copper Age experience to older Minecraft versions.
Copper Age Backport
(formerly Copper Golem Legacy)
A Minecraft mod that brings the complete Copper Age experience to older Minecraft versions. Starting with the beloved Copper Golem from the Minecraft Live 2021 mob vote, this mod adds copper-related blocks, items, and mechanics, including Copper Chests, Buttons, Statues, and the full oxidation system.
Features
Minecraft Namespace
All vanilla backport features use the minecraft: namespace (e.g., minecraft:copper_chests) to ensure seamless world migration when updating to Minecraft 1.21.10+. Mod-exclusive features like Copper Buttons remain under copperagebackport:.
Copper Golem
- Summoned by placing a carved pumpkin on a copper block
- Transports items between Copper Chests
- Randomly presses nearby Copper Buttons
- Four oxidation stages
- Iron Golems can now offer flowers to Copper Golems
- Configurable oxidation time
- Configurable transport stack size
- and more
Wooden Shelves
- Wooden Shelves (12 wood variants, up to 3 items, redstone output)
End Flash Effect
- Periodic sky flashes that illuminate the End dimension with a purple tint
- Doesn’t work with shaders because End Flash doesn’t exist in 1.20.1; it was only added in 1.21.4.
- Iris/OptiFine only provide the endFlashIntensity uniform on 1.21.4+
Copper Storage & Redstone
- Copper Chests with oxidation, waxing, and double chest support
Copper Blocks & Decoration
- Copper Buttons (8 variants, won't oxidize while pressed, exclusive to mod)
- Copper Statues (4 poses, comparator output 1-4, reversible to golems)
- Copper Torch with custom flame particles + wall variant (Amendments compatible)
- Copper Lantern (8 variants, light level 15, hanging & standing, Amendments compatible)
- Copper Chain (8 variants, rotatable, waterloggable, ConnectibleChains compatible)
- Copper Bars (8 variants, connect to blocks, waterloggable)
- Lightning Rods (7 new weathering variants, config to disable oxidation, Friends and Foes conversion recipes)
- Exclusive to 1.20.1
- Copper Trapdoor (8 variants, hand-openable like wooden trapdoors)
- Copper Door (8 variants, synchronized oxidation, both halves wax/scrape together)
- Chiseled Copper (8 variants, crafting & stonecutting recipes)
- Copper Grate (8 variants, transparent, waterloggable, mobs can't spawn on it)
- Copper Bulb (8 variants, T-flip-flop redstone, light levels 15/12/8/4 by oxidation)
Copper Gear
- Copper Tools & Weapons (Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe, Sword – stone–iron tier)
- Copper Armor (Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots – between chainmail & iron)
- Copper Horse Armor (protection 4, found in various loot chests)
Compatibility & Extras
- FastChest support (Fabric & Forge)
- Amendments
- Friends and Foes
- SophisticatedStorage support (NeoForge & Forge)
- IronChests support (NeoForge & Forge)
- ConnectibleChains support (Fabric & Forge)
- Quark support (Forge only)
- PaleGardenBackport: Pale Oak Shelf + crafting recipes
- VanillaBackport support: Pale Oak Shelf + crafting recipes
- Over 50 custom sounds for entities, blocks, and interactions
Localizaion
If you want to help translate this mod into or other languages, you can contribute on Crowdin.
Links & Support
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Copper Age Backport on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.20.1-0.1.5.1-pre (beta), released 2026-10-03
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.1 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 9 recorded builds of Copper Age Backport.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.1-0.1.5.1-pre beta | 2026-10-03 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 1.20.1-0.1.5.1-pre beta | 2026-10-03 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.21.1-0.1.5.1-pre beta | 2026-10-03 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.21.1-0.1.5.1-pre beta | 2026-10-03 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 1.20.1-0.1.5 beta | 2026-09-27 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 1.20.1-0.1.5 beta | 2026-09-27 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project P7dR8mSH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Copper Age Backport on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Copper Age Backport as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 1 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-04Open ↗
- ✓AuthorSmallinger, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree











