Copper Bar

Copper Bar
A bar of pure copper.
Information
Source	Furnace Shadow Brute (4%) Shadow Shaman (4%)
Sell Prices Base Blacksmith (+50%) 60g 90g
Crafting
Equipment	Furnace
Processing Time	30m
Ingredients	Copper Ore (5) Coal (1)

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Copper Bar, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Copper Bar - Stardew Valley Wiki }} 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. Copper Bar may occasionally be found in Garbage Cans after receiving the Furnace blueprints from Clint. 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 data-sort-value="60">60g, or data-sort-value="90">90g with the Blacksmith Profession.

Tool Upgrades

Copper Bars are required for the first upgrade of tools.

Image	Name	Cost	Ingredients
	Copper Hoe	data-sort-value="2000">2,000g	Copper Bar (5)
	Copper Pickaxe	data-sort-value="2000">2,000g	Copper Bar (5)
	Copper Axe	data-sort-value="2000">2,000g	Copper Bar (5)
	Copper Watering Can	data-sort-value="2000">2,000g	Copper Bar (5)
	Copper Trash Can	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g	Copper Bar (5)

Crafting

Copper Bars are used to make the following items:

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe Source
	Charcoal Kiln	Turns 10 pieces of wood into one piece of coal.	Wood (20) Copper Bar (2)	Foraging Level 2
	Cheese Press	Turns milk into cheese.	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
	Sturdy 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 4
	Transmute (Fe)	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
	Big Chest	It can store almost twice as much as a regular chest.	Wood (120) Copper Bar (2)	Carpenter's Shop (data-sort-value="5000">5,000g)
	Barbed Hook	Makes your catch more secure, causing the "fishing bar" to cling to your catch. Works best on slow, weak fish.	Copper Bar (1) Iron Bar (1) Gold Bar (1)	Fishing (Level 8)
	Quality Bobber	Boosts the quality of fish that you catch.	Copper Bar (1) Sap (20) Solar Essence (5)	"Juicy Bugs Wanted!" Special Order

Buildings

Image	Name	Description	Cost	Size
	Silo	Allows you to cut and store grass for feed. Note: Holds up to 240 pieces of Hay	data-sort-value="100">100g Stone (100) Clay (10) Copper Bar (5)	3x3 3x3

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 data-sort-value="180">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.

Notes

• It is more profitable to sell Copper Bars than to transmute them into Iron Bars and sell the Iron Bars. However, it is even more profitable to craft them into Trap Bobbers to sell.

History

• 1.0: Introduced.
• 1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests. Now used to make the Charcoal Kiln.
• 1.6: Can now be used as ingredient to Big Chest recipe.