Key Points
- Copper is one of the mineral resources found in the early game.
- It is required to make weapons, equipment, and armor.
- Mining copper will require a stone pickaxe or a better one.
While you are on land, you need to work on building your base and gathering the required resources in Windrose. Early on, you can create a basic pickaxe that allows you to mine materials like clay. Eventually, you will stumble across a copper mine, and once you find these new resources, you get to up your crafting game.
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Windrose – Copper Overview
| Location | Coastal Jungles |
| Rarity | Common |
| Quest requirement | Islander quest |
| Required tool | Stone pickaxe or greater |
| Required building | Smelting furnace |
How to Get Copper
In your starting island, you will find copper inside mines scattered across the Coastal Jungles map. You will require a stone pickaxe or better to start mining copper. While exploring the mines, step close to the rocky formations near the walls to get the Copper Ore pop-up. This will also reveal the copper rarity, whether you are mining poor copper or regular copper. Use the pickaxe to start mining copper ore, which you will find in your inventory.
How to Use Copper
Once you have gathered enough copper ore, head over to your base and build a smelting furnace using 15x clay and 30x stone. Interact with the furnace and add 6x copper ore and 1x charcoal to get 1x copper ingot. With this, you get to craft bullets, upgrade armor and weapons, and build more structures for your base, like the Disassembly Unit.
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FAQs
Can copper respawn?
Yes, you need to wait a few in-game days to find copper again.
Can I find copper in other islands?
It is possible to find copper outside your starter island as well, if you have encountered any mines there.
Is copper an important resource?
Yes, you will require copper ingots for crafting several basic utilities and upgrades.
I can’t find any copper inside caves. What do I do?
Keep exploring the island to find more caves that offer copper ore deposits. If you still can’t find any, then you have to restart your game to get copper to spawn.
