Best Way To Find Copper

An image showing a few steps in the copper bar process in Last Day on Earth.

And so, you're looking for copper ore and copper bars in Terminal Day on Earth? Well, you've come to the right place! In this guide I'll explain the well-nigh efficient methods for getting both of these resources, and along the way y'all might pick up some other helpful tips for your journeying in LDOE.

Chances are pretty skilful that you're reading this because yous're terminate-goal has something to exercise with steel bars or plates (i.e. Armed services Backpacks, Metal Walls). And so you may find my aluminum guide helpful as well, every bit that's another resources you'll be focusing an equal amount of time on. Alright, on to the copper!

An image outlining the steps to crafting materials for metal walls and a military backpack in Last Day on Earth.

Copper Bar drops

So, earlier nosotros go into the most efficient processes/farming I'll go ahead and list some ways that y'all could get copper confined through completing mid-pretty hard content. Use these methods if yous've got some guns to burn down and if you just tin can't stand waiting for that furnace timer. These aren't guaranteed methods though, your actual payout numbers are upwardly to random number generation.

Copper bars tin can be found in the farm chest on Crooked Creek Subcontract.
Quite a few confined can be found on the quaternary flooring of Alfa. (Guns required)
Floppy disc crates have a run a risk of containing bars.
Keep on raiding, some of those bases have ore and bars!

Become Recycling!

Don't feel similar mining ore or trudging through other content for those copper bars? Well, you can skip that whole process by recycling items and crossing your fingers for that recycler to coughing out a few bars. Pop in some cameras, gold watches, or batteries, and you've got a pretty adept adventure of getting a surprisingly high corporeality of bars.

A screenshot showing the amount of batteries and gold watches I got after finishing the second and third floor of Bunker Alfa in Last Day on Earth. — *Rewards after running the second and tertiary floors of Bunker Alfa. (Not even a full clear)*

Batteries are easily downward the best particular to chuck in in that location though! My recycler's "electronics" level is at max and gives me a 15% chance at a bar per bombardment! Information technology's likewise pretty overnice that batteries aren't too difficult to come past. Bunker Alfa has a proficient amount of them, and holds even more than copper potential from the watches you'll go at that place also! In addition, you lot'll get tons of helpful aluminum wires in that location as well. Alfa is integral to getting aluminum, copper, and consequentially one of the best all-around places for your steel bar/plate journey.

Helpful Link: A community word on finding more batteries.

Mining copper ore

Alright, so hither's the deal…. mining copper is a pain. It takes ages to do and requires very conscientious playing, but information technology'southward the best style to go a lot of copper in the shortest amount of time.

You tin mine copper ore in the northern winter regions on the map. You'll need to wearable some protective fur armor though, as it's a bit nippy upward at that place! Using a fur coat/pants along with tactical shoes and a hat is the tried-and-true combination for this venture. It provides you with decent armor and freezing protection, and y'all'll be needing both those bases covered.

Yous'll also demand iron pickaxes to break the copper ore deposits, which take 10 hits to break! In addition, y'all'll need to keep your eyes open for crazy strong A.I. players, frozen zombies, and a litany of other bothers. Besides, frozen zombies heal themselves with each of their hits; fun eh?

You'll desire to stick to the outer edges of the map and gradually piece of work you way in if y'all're able to avoid disharmonize. Mine as much equally yous safely can, so head to the other winter zone and repeat. Juggle dorsum and forth between the two zones equally long every bit you can. Information technology'south ho-hum work, but it is a guaranteed way to become stockpiles of copper.

An alternative to mining

A screenshot showing the loot from the yellow winter zone after clearing it with rations in Last Day on Earth. — *Rations + yellow wintertime zone*

Honestly, if you need tons of copper I'd recommend using your rations on the wintertime zones. The rations are a paid-for choice, but you tin can get a decent corporeality of them in the season passes. Save those up and cash em in when yous desperately need more than copper.

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