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![Recipe of a shield using copper instead of iron](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/8fc401592a7c76e976f4734c533829c86aaa3b12.png)<\/p>\n

A transcript of my thoughts while playing Minecraft the other day:<\/p>\n

> “Damn, copper is useless.”
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\n> “Ugh… I need to craft a shield.”
\n>
\n> “…….\ud83d\udca1EUREKA!!!”<\/p>\n

Makes shields craftable with copper over iron, giving one slightly functional use to Copper!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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