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Copper OreResources · T1

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Mountains: -40% movement speed · Bolt Action Rifles +15% · Sniper Rifles +15%

From the game files (version 2.4.261112-4cec7dd).

Gathering tools

Tool	Grade	Bonus	Requires	For this resource
Makeshift Pickaxe	T0	—	—	too weak
Iron Pickaxe	T1	—	—	enough
Steel Pickaxe	T1,5	+5%	—	enough
Hardened Steel Pickaxe	T1,75	+10%	—	enough
High Grade Steel Pickaxe	T2	—	Mining Mastery lv 4	enough
Tungsten-Tipped Pickaxe	T2,5	+5%	Mining Mastery lv 4	enough
Titanium Pickaxe	T3	+5%	Mining Mastery lv 6	enough
Cobalt-Tipped Pickaxe	T3,5	+10%	Mining Mastery lv 7	enough

The game guide says the tool tier gates the resource tier. “Enough” compares the tool grade with this resource tier (T1). Bonus: chance of one more resource per gather.

Tasks

Gather Ores Copper

Codex entry

Entry 1
Native peoples of the Great Lakes' Old Copper Complex hammered nearly pure native copper nuggets into tools, weapons, and ornaments starting around 6500 BCE.
Entry 2
Copper was among the first metals used by humans. A native copper pendant from northern Iraq dates to approximately 8700 BCE, predating gold's known use by several millennia.
Entry 3
Copper surfaces naturally kill over 99.9% of bacteria, including MRSA, within two hours. US EPA registered copper alloys as the first solid antimicrobial materials.

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