Copper ore is an ore which can be smelted in a furnace along with a piece of tin ore to create a bronze bar. Copper ore, along with tin ore, are the first ores a player can mine using the Mining skill, and requires level 1 Mining.
Copper rocks can be found in various mines across RuneScape. Mining a copper ore grants 17.5 Mining experience for each ore mined.
With a Divination level of at least 17, 3 copper ore or tin ore may be transmuted into 1 iron ore. This costs 2 flickering energy and yields 3.7 Divination experience.
Mining[]
 Copper ore
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|---|---|
| Mining level |  1
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| Source | Copper ore rocks |
| Experience (per ore) | |
| Mining | 17.5 XP |
| Equipment | 2.065 XP |
Respawn rate[]
Mine locations[]
Smithing[]
A player can smelt copper ore into a bronze bar through the Smithing skill by using it on a furnace along with a tin ore, granting 6.2 Smithing experience; this requires level 1 Smithing. Bronze bars can then be used on anvils to create bronze items, though some things may need more than 1 bar, such as a bronze battleaxe. Copper drops in the Al Kharid activity centre are common.
Beginners sometimes mistake copper ore as the unrefined form of a "copper bar"; this is not true.
Transmutation[]
 Level
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Initial resource | Energy | Result | XP
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Profit/loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 3 Copper ore
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2  Flickering energy
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1  Iron ore
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3.7 | −978 |
Drop sources[]
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| Source | Combat level | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpse archer | 18 | 1 | Common |
| Crassian scout | 7 | 1 | Common |
| Crassian warrior | 7 | 1 | Common |
| Crawling corpse torso | 9 | 1 | Common |
| Desert Lizard | 35; 49; 63 | 1 | Common |
| Dragith Nurn | 26 | 1 | Common |
| Dung kalphite | N/A | 1 | Common |
| Dwarf | 9; 14; 39; 44 | 1 | Common |
| Goblin Raider | 56 | 1 | Common |
| Lanzig | 39 | 5 | Common |
| Lizard | 77 | 1 | Common |
| Market Guard (Fremennik) | 39 | 5 | Common |
| Minotaur | 14; 44; 52 | 1 | Common |
| Mugger | 15 | 1 | Common |
| New Varrock guard captain | 104 | 1 | Common |
| Outlaw | 32 | 1 | Common |
| Rockslug | 42; 49 | 1 | Common |
| Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs) | 15 | 1 | Common |
| Skoblin | 19 | 1 | Common |
| Small Lizard | 21 | 1 | Common |
| Trader | N/A | 1 | Common |
| Warped bat | 16 | 1 | Common |
| Warped rat | 12 | 1 | Common |
| Uncleaned find | N/A | 1 | Random |
| Rogue | 9 | 1 | Rare |
| Thief | 11; 12; 14; 21 | 1 | Rare |
| Afflicted | 60; 61; 63; 64 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Al Kharid warrior | 18 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Anja | 4 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Black Guard | 42; 47 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Black Guard crossbowdwarf | 70 | 5 | Uncommon |
| Borrokar | 39 | 5 | Uncommon |
| Corpse Spider | 4 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Corpse mage | 21 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Drunken man | 5 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Fire spirit | N/A | 1–2 | Uncommon |
| Freidir | 39 | 1–5 | Uncommon |
| Giant lobster | 40; 70 | 3 | Uncommon |
| Lensa (Rellekka) | 39 | 5 | Uncommon |
| Lumbridge guard (historical) | 8 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Man | 1; 2; 4 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Rock Crab | 71 | 3 | Uncommon |
| Trade floor guard | 70 | 5 | Uncommon |
| Warped cockroach | 1 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Warped fly | 7 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Warrior (Rellekka) | 39 | 5 | Uncommon |
| Woman | 2; 4 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Zombie | 11; 12; 22; 29; 72; 74; 75; 77; 78; 79; 82; 84; 85 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Zombie (New Varrock) | 1 | 1 | Uncommon |
| Cuffs | 12 | 1 | Unknown |
Store locations[]
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| Seller | Location | Cost | Currency | Base stock | Members? |
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Disassembly[]
| Disassembly XP | 0.1 |
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| Item quantity required | 1 |
| Material count | 1 |
| Base junk chance | 98.9% |
| Possible materials | |
| Often | |
 Simple parts | 100% |
| Melee weapons |
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| Ranged weapons |
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| Tools |
 Hatchet Pickaxe | ||||||
| Armour |
 Helm Full helmet Chainbody Platebody Platelegs Plateskirt Square shield Kiteshield Gauntlets Boots | ||||||
| Rewards |
 Gloves Defender | ||||||
| Other |
Ore Ore Bar Nails Arrowheads Bolts (unf) Dart tip Limbs | ||||||
