A Copper Bar is created by smelting 5 Copper Ore in a furnace with 1 coal for fuel. Smelting the copper in a furnace takes 30 in-game minutes. Shadow Brutes and Shadow Shaman may also drop a Copper Bar when slain (4% chance).
Copper bars are used in a variety of crafting recipes and are used to upgrade tools. They can be sold for 60g, or 90g with the Blacksmith Profession
Tool Upgrades
Copper Bars are required for the first upgrade of tools.
| Name | Cost | Ingredient |
| Copper Hoe | 2000g | Copper Bar (5) |
| Copper Pick axe | 2000g | Copper Bar (5) |
| Copper Axe | 2000g | Copper Bar (5) |
| Copper Watering Can | 2000g | Copper Bar (5) |
| Copper Trash Can | 1000g | Copper Bar (5) |
Crafting
Copper Bars are used to make the following items:
| Name | Description | Ingredient | Recipe Source |
| Charcoal Kiln | Turns 10 pieces of wood into one piece of coal. | wood (20) Copper Bar (2) | Foraging Level 4 |
| Chees Press | Turns milk into chees | Copper Bar (1 ) Hardwood(10) Stone(45) Wood(45) | farming Level 6 |
| Crab Pot with Trapper Profession | Place it in the water, load it with bait, and check the next day to see if you’ve caught anything. Works in streams, lakes, and the ocean. | Copper Bar (2) Wood (25) | Fishing Level 3 |
| Keg | Place a fruit or vegetable in here. Eventually it will turn into a beverage. | Copper Bar (1 ) Iron Bar(1) Oak Resin(1) wood(30) | Farming Level 8 |
| Mayonnaise Machine | Turns eggs into Mayonnaise | Copper Bar (1) Earth Crystal(1) Stone(15) Wood(15) | Farming Level 2 |
| Sprinkler | Waters the 4 adjacent tiles every morning. | Copper Bar (1 ) Iron Bar (1) | Farming Level 2 |
| Study Ring | Cuts the duration of negative status effects in half. | Copper Bar (2) Bug Meat (25) Slime (25) | combat level 1 |
| tapper | Place on a maple, oak, or pine tree and wait for the reservoir to fill with product! | Copper Bar (2) Wood (40) | Foraging level 3 |
| Transmute | A Bar of pure Iron | Copper Bar (3) | Mining Level 4 |
| Trap Bobber | Causes fish to escape slower when you aren’t reeling them in. | Copper Bar (1 Sap (10) | Fishing Level 6 |
Buildings
| Name | Description | Cost | Size |
| silo | Allows you to cut and store grass for feed. Note: Holds up to 240 pieces of Hay | 100g Stone (100) Clay (10) Copper Bar(5) | 3*3 |
Bundles
A Copper Bar is used in the Blacksmith’s Bundle in the Boiler Room.
Tailoring
A Copper Bar is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Copper Breastplate. It can be used in dyeing, serving as an orange dye at the dye pots, located in Emily’s and Haley’s house, 2 Willow Lane.
Quests
The Copper Bar may be randomly requested during any season at the “Help Wanted” board outside Pierre’s General Store for a reward of 180g and 150 Friendship points. A Copper Bar will never be requested until you have the Furnace blueprints.
4 Copper Bars may be requested by Stonefish in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 7 to 10.
3 Copper Bars may be requested by Catfish in a Fish Pond quest to increases the capacity of the pond from 3 to 5.
Summary
| Source | Furnace Shadow Brute (4%) Shadow Shaman(4%) |
| Base 60g | Blacksmith(+50%) 90g |
| Equipment | Furnace |
| Processing Time | 30m |
| Ingredient | Copper Ore(5) Coal (1) |