Copper is a basic metal
- Your available Copper, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, displays after you get some.
Access
- You need 50 Food and 1 free Population to hire a Smelter.
Worker required:
Worker Requirement Recruit cost Smelter hire
on JobsFood 50 Population 1
- You can also get Copper:
Storage
- Your maximum available Copper is limited by storage capacity.
Storage provided:
Item Amount Warehouse 5 Towncenter 10 Chest 0.3
- Other factors increment storage.
Production
Copper produced:
Producer Rate Smelter 0.01 per second
- Other factors increment Copper production:
Bonuses to production:
Item Amount Eredal 10% per Title Metallurgy 10% Bronze tools 10% Steel tools 10% Copper
masterydepends
on levelGlobal
productionvaries Boost × 2 Rush
economy30 minutes
of production
- Bonuses also affect the quantity of resources brought in by a Cargo train.
Uses
- Copper is used to:
- construct, on Buildings;
- maintain production, on Facilities;
- research on Technologies;
- craft items, on Crafting; and
- trade, at the Dock.
Use of copper:
Use Item Amount craft Pickaxe 1 craft Spear 3 craft Bronze 40 craft Plate 400 research Copper tools 1 research Pickaxe 3 research Basic weapons 5 research Metallurgy 10 research Bronze 40 construct Banner 1 × 1.7n construct Foundry 5 × 1.3n construct Crusher 150 × 1.2n consume Tool factory 5 per second export Trade mission varies where 'n' is the number of the item
Other
- A Cargo train can haul 0.15 Copper per second, before any bonuses.
- There is 7.5% chance to find Copper, on expeditions, if no enemies appear.
- You can import Copper with a Trade mission, from the Dock.
| Capped resources |
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| Cement | Chemicals | Clay | Coal | Concrete | Copper | Food | Gold | Iron | Knowledge | Mineral | Morale | Nickel | Sand | Steel | Tin | Water | Wood |