Scrap and ore
Copper Ore
Copper Ore from the ruins feeds furnace production and can be gathered alongside Data Discs and relic materials.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Copper Ore
Eufaula Salvage Abandoned Ruins near the scrapyard.
Before you go
- Access to the Abandoned Ruins.
- A Pickhammer and enough stamina for quarrying.
- Inventory room for ore, Data Discs, and relic materials.
Farming steps
- Enter the ruins and inspect the current floor for copper-bearing ore and quarryable ground.
- Use the Pickhammer on visible copper ore nodes and collect the raw ore.
- Quarry loose stone where useful to expose more of the floor and uncover routes onward.
- Collect any Data Discs or relic materials that appear during mining, keeping them separate from ore.
- Use a floor vending machine when you need to replenish supplies, checking its available stock in-game.
- Continue deeper only while the remaining stamina and inventory space make the trip worthwhile.
- Back at the Workshop, place Copper Ore in the appropriate furnace recipe and collect the smelted output.
- Mine identified ore nodes when raw Copper Ore is the goal; scrap recycling is a separate source and process.
- Leave room for incidental Data Discs and relic pieces so you can collect them instead of discarding useful finds.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat ruin visits whenever more Copper Ore is required. Floor contents and incidental finds can vary, so collect what is actually present rather than assuming a fixed haul.
Common mistakes
- Expecting scrap piles to yield raw Copper Ore confuses two supply chains; mine ore in the ruins or process scrap separately.
- Quarrying without checking stamina can end a trip before useful nodes are collected; set a practical return point.
- Selling or discarding Data Discs with ore wastes research currency; sort them before selling or processing anything.
When to stop or switch
Leave when your inventory is crowded, stamina is low, or the ore needed for the next furnace batch is secured.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
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