Copper Scrap
| Copper Scrap | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Made With |
|
| Station | Primitive Furnace |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.CopperScrap
|
Copper Scrap is a small piece of salvaged copper. It is the basic copper material for blacksmithing.
Its job is to become copper sheet. One piece makes a Copper Sheet - Small at the forge, and four make a full Copper Sheet. Those sheets then turn into cups, masks, lanterns, saucepans and kettles.
The scrap comes from three places. Copper items can be cut up with a saw or snips. Copper Ore can be smelted in a furnace. Loose scrap also turns up in closets, sheds, garages and pawn shops. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Forge Small Copper Sheet takes one Copper Scrap and one piece of charcoal. A hammer and tongs or metalworking pliers do the work and are kept. It runs at a Primitive Forge or better with Blacksmithing 0. Ten Electrical Wire can replace the scrap.
Forge Copper Sheet takes four Copper Scrap with the same fuel and tools. Four Copper Sheet - Small also work in place of the scrap.
The sheets lead on to finished goods. Copper Sheet - Small goes into Forge Cup, Forge Metal Mask and Forge Lantern. Copper Sheet goes into Forge Saucepan and Forge Kettle.
How to Get Copper Scrap
Smelt Copper Ore turns one Copper Ore and four charcoal into ten Copper Scrap. It runs in a Primitive Furnace or better.
Scrap Small Copper Item cuts a small copper object into one piece of scrap. Scrap Large Copper Item cuts a large one into four. Both take a metal saw, bolt cutters, a small saw, sheet metal snips or a crude saw, and the tool is kept.
How to Craft Copper Scrap
Each recipe that makes the Copper Scrap is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Smelt Copper Ore
The Smelt Copper Ore recipe makes the Copper Scrap. It needs no skill level. It is made at a Primitive Furnace.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Copper Ore | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CopperOre
|
Scrap Small Copper Item
The Scrap Small Copper Item recipe makes the Copper Scrap. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Cup | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CopperCup
|
| Hacksaw | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
|
Scrap Large Copper Item
The Scrap Large Copper Item recipe makes the Copper Scrap. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Kettle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Kettle_Copper
|
| Hacksaw |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Copper Scrap, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Sheet - Small | 
|
Forge Small Copper Sheet | 1x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.SmallCopperSheet
|
| Copper Sheet | 
|
Forge Copper Sheet | 4x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.CopperSheet
|
Locations
Copper Scrap is common in storage spaces. Closet crates, sheds and pawn shops give the best odds, a little better than one in four. Bedroom boxes and garage crates are nearly as good. Army storage and control room counters hold it fairly often. Electronics stores, technical rooms, attics and survivor safehouses carry it too.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 27.9% |
| Closet | Other | 27.9% |
| Shed | Other | 27.9% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 22.4% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 22.4% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 22.4% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 11.2% |
| Attic | Crate | 11.2% |
| Attic | Other | 11.2% |
| Closet | Locker | 11.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Other | 27.9% |
| Pawn shop office | Other | 27.9% |
| Electronics store | Locker | 13.4% |
| Electronics store | Metal shelves | 10.1% |
| Bedroom | Small box | 5.6% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 5.6% |
| Car supply store | Other | 3.2% |
| Car supply store | Tool cabinet | 3.2% |
| Plazastore1 | Other | 0.2% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Army storage | Counter | 16.7% |
| Control room | Counter | 16.7% |
| Technical | Other | 13.4% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 6.7% |
| Mechanic | Metal shelves | 4.7% |
| Laboratory | Desk | 4.1% |
| Laboratory | Other | 4.1% |
| University storage | Other | 3.8% |
| Fire station storage | Tool cabinet | 3.5% |
| Mechanic | Other | 3.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 8.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 8.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 8.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Bin | 6.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 6.4% |
Notes
- One piece of scrap makes one small sheet, and four make a full sheet.
- Electrical Wire can stand in for scrap when making a small sheet.
- Old copper items are worth cutting up before a forge session.
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