Copper Ore

Copper Ore

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Statistics

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

Sounds

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

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

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Copper Bar	Copper Ore (3)	Furnace
Copper Brick	Stone Block Copper Ore
Copper Plating	Stone Block Copper Ore	Heavy Work Bench

total: 3 row(s)

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.

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

 Desktop 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.

 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.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.