Copper

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Copper

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Uses
Make Brass at smelter Make Bronze at smelter Make Billon at smelter Make Fine pewter at smelter Make Trifle pewter at smelter Make Lay pewter at smelter Make Nickel silver at smelter Make Black bronze at smelter Make Sterling silver at smelter Make Rose gold at smelter Make Bismuth bronze at smelter Melee Weapons Crossbows Bolts Picks Armor Metal crafting Construction
Graphic
Ore
Native copper Malachite Tetrahedrite
Properties
Material value 2 Fire-safe Not magma-safe Melting point 11952 °U Boiling point 14611 °U Ignition point none Solid density 8930 Liquid density 8020 Specific heat 385
Wikipedia article

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Copper is a metal used in a large number of alloys, among them bronze, which is almost as good as iron for smithing weapons and armor, and brass, which has the largest value increase of all non-steel alloys. Copper itself is a common, low-value metal and a sub-par arms material – more specifically, it is the second-worst metal available for slashing weapons, but is pretty good for blunt weapons.

Copper is fire-safe but not magma-safe.

Major uses

• Early-game melee weapon and armor production, if you have no tin to make bronze or no iron. You will probably do best to find better metals though.
• Making picks (The material of a pick is irrelevant for mining, but does matter if the pick is used as a weapon.)
• Making bronze, which is better overall than copper for military applications.
• Training metalworking dwarves: copper is generally plentiful. This is possibly the best use for copper if you have better metals.
• Copper crossbows and copper bolts. Copper crossbows are the best crossbows if your marksdwarves are forced into melee – silver crossbows are only brought by humans and have no quality modifiers. Copper bolts are heavy enough and sharp enough to work as a good projectile, and iron/steel is generally too rare to be used in bolts. Both uses also train your weaponsmiths, which is always a good thing.
• Bins, cages, and barrels: although wooden ones are generally cheaper and lighter, copper containers are fire-safe and resistant to vermin. On maps where wood is scarce, copper can serve as a suitable substitute.
• Copper giant spiked balls for weapon traps.

Alloys

Copper is smelted (at a smelter) from native copper, malachite, or tetrahedrite.

Copper may be combined with other metals at a smelter. The following is a list of recipes involving copper:

• Brass = Copper + Zinc
• Bronze = Copper + Tin
• Billon = Copper + Silver
• Fine pewter = Copper + 3× Tin
• Trifle pewter = Copper + 2× Tin
• Lay pewter = Copper + 2× Tin + Lead
• Nickel silver = Copper + 2× Nickel + Zinc
• Black bronze = 2× Copper + Silver + Gold
• Sterling silver = Copper + 3× Silver
• Rose gold = Copper + 3× Gold
• Bismuth bronze = 2× Copper + Tin + Bismuth

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  A copper ingot, coin and rod.

"Copper" in other Languages Dwarven: gusil Elven: canò Goblin: saxo Human: gugir

Raws

[INORGANIC:COPPER] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:METAL_TEMPLATE] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:copper] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:LIQUID:molten copper] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:GAS:boiling copper] [DISPLAY_COLOR:6:4:0] [BUILD_COLOR:6:4:0] [MATERIAL_VALUE:2] [SPEC_HEAT:385] [MELTING_POINT:11952] [BOILING_POINT:14611] [ITEMS_WEAPON][ITEMS_WEAPON_RANGED][ITEMS_AMMO][ITEMS_DIGGER][ITEMS_ARMOR] [ITEMS_HARD] [ITEMS_METAL] [ITEMS_BARRED] [ITEMS_SCALED] [SOLID_DENSITY:8930] [LIQUID_DENSITY:8020] [MOLAR_MASS:63546] [IMPACT_YIELD:245000] [IMPACT_FRACTURE:770000] [IMPACT_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:175] [COMPRESSIVE_YIELD:245000] [COMPRESSIVE_FRACTURE:770000] [COMPRESSIVE_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:175] 140 [TENSILE_YIELD:70000] [TENSILE_FRACTURE:220000] [TENSILE_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:58] 120 [TORSION_YIELD:70000] [TORSION_FRACTURE:220000] [TORSION_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:145] [SHEAR_YIELD:70000] [SHEAR_FRACTURE:220000] [SHEAR_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:145] 48 [BENDING_YIELD:70000] [BENDING_FRACTURE:220000] [BENDING_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:58] [MAX_EDGE:10000] [STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:COPPER]

V · T · E Metals
Base	Aluminum • Bismuth • Copper • Gold • Iron • Lead • Nickel • Platinum • Silver • Tin • Zinc
Alloys	Billon • Bismuth bronze • Black bronze • Brass • Bronze • Electrum • Fine pewter • Lay pewter • Nickel silver • Pig iron • Rose gold • Steel • Sterling silver • Trifle pewter
Special	Adamantine • Divine metals