Copper

Copper
Details
A basic metal
Require:	Smelter
Storage:	Warehouse, Towncenter, Chest
Source:	Smelter, Trade mission, Trains, Expedition
Usage:	buildings, crafting, research, trade, facilities
Category:	Resources, Capped resources

Copper is a basic metal

Copper has many uses including crafting, reasearch and production.

• Your available Copper, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, displays after you get some.

Access

Copper appears, after you hire your first Smelter on Jobs.

• You need 50 Food and 1 free Population to hire a Smelter.

Worker required:
Worker	Requirement	Recruit cost
Smelter	hire on Jobs	Food	50
		Population	1

• You can also get Copper:
  • at Market with Trains;
  • when you explore with Military; and
  • with Trade missions at the Dock.

Storage

Your maximum available Copper is limited by storage capacity.

• Storage for Copper is provided, by:
  • some buildings, on Buildings; and
  • Chests.

Storage provided:
Item	Amount
Warehouse	5
Towncenter	10
Chest	0.3

• Other factors increment storage.

Production

• Smelters, on Jobs, produce 0.01 Copper per second.

Copper produced:
Producer	Rate
Smelter	0.01 per second

Bonuses to production

• Other factors increment Copper production.

Bonuses to production:
Item	Amount
Eredal	10% per Title
Metallurgy	10%
Bronze tools	10%
Steel tools	10%
Copper mastery	depends on level
Global production	varies
Boost	× 2
Rush economy	30 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.

Trades for copper:
Send	ratio	Receive
Mineral	1 000 : 3	Copper
Sand	25 : 1	Copper

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