Good copper aging strategies (goodbye 5x5x5 lattice!) Minecraft Java 1.18-1.20 copper oxidizing

Описание: Now that we have a great copper farm (   • Server-friendly high efficiency copper far...  ), let's see how we can age all this copper quickly. And surprise!, it's not by laying out copper in a 5x5(x5) lattice. We use the mechanics of copper aging that speed up the process if other, already oxidized blocks are in the vicinity, to oxidize shulker boxes worth of copper blocks in a fairly small area, in about 6-8 hours.

My next video has a fully AFKable, automated copper aging setup:    • CAMP - Copper Aging Mega Processor, Minecr...  
There is also a tutorial:    • Let's build a copper aging machine! Tutori...  

Note: You can use any kind of oxidized copper, including cut copper and cut copper slabs. This reduces the amount of copper required for aging by a factor of 8 (using a stonecutter).

The mechanics were already used in Cubicmetres latest copper aging machines (   • A Viewer made my Copper Factory Obsolete  ,    • The New Copper Conversion Catalyzer  ), but appear to be rather unknown because almost everybody recommends a 5x5(x5) lattice. However, laying out copper in alternating rows (1 row oxidized, 1 row fresh copper blocks) or face on face (1 row fresh on 1 row oxidized) gives patterns that allow to age huge quantities of copper with patterns that are very easy to create and harvest.

The video explores some viable patterns for copper oxidization. It does not (yet) use redstone to automate the aging process, but I hope these patterns could be the basis for fairly simple copper aging machines. (Nothing against Cubicmetres aging machine or Pixlriffs David, they are both amazing redstone creations, but both aren't exactly something that you can build in a couple of hours.)

Some numbers:
In a 100x100 grid, 400 copper blocks can be aged in 60-90 minutes if laid out in a 5x5 lattice.
In the same space, 5000 blocks can be aged in about 6 hours if laid out in rows alternating with oxidized copper.
Or 10000 blocks can be aged in about 8 hours if placed on a layer of oxidized copper.

The video does not contain any redstone, but focuses on different ways how to lay out copper, resulting in different timelines. It showcases the aging process of the different patterns in timelapses, and gives a bit of mathematical background to the aging process.

I would expect that similar patterns work on Bedrock edition, but unfortunately I'm not familiar with Bedrock and the copper aging algorithm for Bedrock is not described.

World download (Java 1.20,1): https://www.mediafire.com/file/tuhyqi...
Raw data from simulations (CSV files): https://www.mediafire.com/file/rhpvtd...

Notes/Comments:
Douglas Gordo also uses compact coppper aging by arranging copper blocks in columns, with oxidized copper on all 4 sides:    • Compact Copper Oxidizing - Let's Play Mine...   (I didn't know the video at the time of uploading, otherwise I would have mentioned it.)

Java copper aging mechanics: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Blo...

Referenced videos:
My server friendly copper farm    • Server-friendly high efficiency copper far...  
Cubicmetres copper aging machines    • A Viewer made my Copper Factory Obsolete  ,    • The New Copper Conversion Catalyzer  
Pixlriffs "David" copper aging machine:    • Redstone Copper Aging Machine, AKA "David"...  

Chapters:
0:00 Can we do better than 5x5x5 Lattices?
1:25 Strategies for manual copper aging
2:03 Utilizing oxidized copper blocks
4:19 Viable patterns for oxidization
5:04 Comparing different patterns
10:06 Practical approach to copper aging
11:55 Conditions for copper aging
13:34 A bit of math
15:56 A few graphs