Copper Ore

Copper Ore

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Statistics

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	50
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 12
• Internal Tile ID: 7

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Azure CrateAzure Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Boreal CrateBoreal Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Bramble CrateBramble Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Corrupt CrateCorrupt Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Crimson CrateCrimson Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Defiled CrateDefiled Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Divine CrateDivine Crate	20-35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Dungeon CrateDungeon Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Frozen CrateFrozen Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Hallowed CrateHallowed Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Hellstone CrateHellstone Crate	20-35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Hematic CrateHematic Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Iron CrateIron Crate	12–21	2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Jungle CrateJungle Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Mirage CrateMirage Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Mythril CrateMythril Crate	12-21	1.39*1/72 (1.39%)
Oasis CrateOasis Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Obsidian CrateObsidian Crate	20-35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Ocean CrateOcean Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Pearlwood CratePearlwood Crate	4–15	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Seaside CrateSeaside Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Sky CrateSky Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Stockade CrateStockade Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Wooden CrateWooden Crate	4–15	3.57*1/28 (3.57%)

Copper Ore is an early game ore, which spawns on the surface as well as in the Underground and Cavern layers. It is the weakest and most easily obtained tier of ore in the game. Its primary use is to make Copper Bars, which can be used to create the Copper tier of equipment. The equivalent of Copper Ore is Tin Ore, which will sometimes replace Copper in a world. Copper Ore has a small chance to appear as a bonus drop from slimes.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Copper Ore	Tin Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion
	Tin Ore	Shimmer Transmutation

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Copper Bar	Copper Ore3	Furnace
only: Copper Brick 5	Stone Block5 Copper Ore
only: Copper Brick	Stone Block Copper Ore
only: Copper Plating 5	Stone Block5 Copper Ore	Heavy Work Bench
only: Copper Plating	Stone Block Copper Ore
Stone Block	Copper Ore	Shimmer Transmutation

Notes

• Although a world might have Tin Ore instead of Copper Ore, new players will always start with a Copper Shortsword, Copper Pickaxe and a Copper Axe.

Achievements

Ooo! Shiny! • “Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.”

Mine your first ore.

Category: Explorer

Tips

• Similar to Tin Ore, new players may want to consider skipping mining Copper Ore early on, so they can focus on collecting Iron or better ores instead.
  • This is because Copper armor and tools offer only a small improvement over Wood/Cactus armors which are accessible at the start. Additionally, the collection may not be worth the time invested as copper equipment is often quickly replaced by equipment from stronger metals.
• However, Copper Ore is used in some decorative recipes and may become more desirable to the player as mining becomes easier and quicker.

See also

• Tin Ore

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Changed item texture from to .
  • Changed block texture from to .

• Desktop 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Desktop 1.2: Copper Ore will now sometimes not generate with a world, being replaced by Tin Ore.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Now has a sparkle effect.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.02: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Copper Ore will now sometimes not generate in a world, being replaced by Tin Ore.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.