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Copper Bulb in Minecraft, shown for the Lighten Up advancement (Adventure tab)
Copper Bulb in Minecraft, shown here for Lighten Up in the Adventure tab. Image: All Oxidizing Blocks.png from minecraft.wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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Lighten Up advancement icon in Minecraft, Copper Bulb in easy difficulty

Lighten Up

Scrape a Copper Bulb with an Axe to make it brighter

Requirements: A copper bulb oxidises over time and dims as it goes.

Lighten Up advancement icon in MinecraftAdvancement Made!Lighten Up

Overview

Lighten Up is a task advancement in the Adventure tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Scrape a Copper Bulb with an Axe to make it brighter." It branches directly off Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Adventure tab covers advancements focused on exploration, combat, trading, and interacting with the world and its inhabitants. Lighten Up was added in Minecraft 1.21, part of the Tricky Trials update, and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Easy difficulty on this site: can be completed quickly with minimal resources. Good for beginners. It uses the standard task frame, meaning it is a normal step in the tree rather than a goal or challenge milestone. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.

In tree terms, Lighten Up sits second along its line: the full path from the Adventure root reads Adventure -> Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition -> Lighten Up. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and Lighten Up is one of 47 total advancements in the Adventure tab. It shares its parent with 4 sibling advancements (Who Needs Rockets?, Blowback, Under Lock and Key, and Over-Overkill), all of which open from the same point in the tree.

How to Complete Lighten Up

Earning Lighten Up comes down to the following, performed in order:

  1. A copper bulb oxidises over time and dims as it goes.
  2. Hit it with an axe while it is switched on and the top layer of oxidation comes off, so it burns brighter again.
  3. It has to be at least partly oxidised, waxed or not.
  4. Any axe works, and a honeycomb keeps it from oxidising further once you are happy with it.

Tips & Fastest Route

  • Fastest route: a copper bulb oxidises over time and dims as it goes. The remaining steps follow from there.
  • Make sure Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition is already ticked off before you start, otherwise Lighten Up will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
  • This is one of the more approachable Adventure advancements, so it is a good early target while you build toward the harder entries deeper in the branch.

Common Mistakes

  • Remember that Lighten Up will not appear as available until Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.

Reward & What It Unlocks

Lighten Up grants no experience directly; its value is progression rather than a point payout.

It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.

Details

Advancement ID
minecraft:adventure/lighten_up
Icon Item
Copper Bulb
Category
Adventure
Difficulty
Easy
XP Reward
None
Version Added
1.21

Advancement Tree

Child Advancements

Leaf advancement (no children)