Copper is a tricky, but necessary resource to find and harvest in Skull and Bones.
Joey Carr
on February 13, 2024 at 2:48PM PST
As you might expect from a pirate game with ship-building elements like Skull and Bones, precious metals are an extremely valuable commodity. During the early game of Skull and Bones, you’ll start off with a great need for Iron, but that quickly turns into a demand for Bronze, which is made by using Copper.
Bronze Ingots are a requirement in dozens of crafting recipes that pop up as you begin to establish yourself as a bonafide pirate. As such, you’ll need to know where to find Copper so you can harvest it. You’ll also need to know what to do with it after you’ve added the ore to your inventory. Below, you can see exactly where to find Copper in Skull and Bones.
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There are a few different locations across the East Indies that allow you to mine Copper, but the best spot is just south of the Sacred Tree outpost. The Sacred Tree is located along a narrow canal near the Hova Hill spot west of Sainte-Anne. South of the outpost, you can keep following the canal to reach a trading settlement and a couple of guard towers.
Around these guard towers, you can find a couple of Copper ore veins along the shoreline. One of the spots is on the right side of the towers while the other is in between them on a small island. You can see both locations in the map screenshot below:
Initiating copper mining necessitates possession of Pickaxe I. It is constructed at the Carpenter’s workshop located in Sainte-Anne, requiring two Torn Sails and one Broken Plank. Post procurement of the Pickaxe, approaching a Copper ore vein is possible. These veins are noticeable by their shiny rocks along the coastline. A “Harvest” button appears on interaction which initiates the mining.
During the process, a mini-game starts that demands pressing a button when the pickaxe falls in the green zone. An alternate option exists in the form of “Auto-Harvest” in the game settings. This faster method sidelines the mini-game but compromises on the volume of resources acquired. To preserve the essence of Skull and Bones, disengaging Auto-Harvest leads to traditional looting methods.
The completion of each Copper ore vein mining session should be followed by a check for nearby veins. In absence of these, pursuit of another vein or heading back to Sainte-Anne to deposit the freshly mined Copper Ore helps. These deposits are then converted into Bronze Ingots at the Refinery in exchange for a minor fee.
The conversion of Copper Ore into Bronze Ingots at the Refinery can be done in bulk (three Copper for one ingot). Post-production, the ingots are accessible in the “Finished Goods” section on the Refinery’s menu.
If you want to make a new ship or craft some new blueprints, you’ll need quite a hefty amount of Copper and Bronze Ingots, so I recommend making several trips to the ore veins south of the Sacred Tree.
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