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Copper Wire

A coil of copper wire, for power and electronics.

How to get it

Section titled “How to get it”

Crafting

Section titled “Crafting”
Where Takes Time Makes Learned from
Furnace 2 × Copper Ore, Coal 30 min 2 Known from the start

Found in

Section titled “Found in”
Where How often How many
Desk drawers common 1
Toolboxes common 1
Filing cabinets uncommon 1–4
Pallet racking uncommon 2–6
Workbenches common 1–4
Hardware shelves uncommon 2–6
Lab desks uncommon 1–3
Lab supply crates common 2–6
Fuel depot pallets uncommon 1–3
Hangar tool racks common 1–4
Launch site desks common 1–3
Flight hardware crates common 2–6
Colony pad pallets common 1–3
Colony tool racks common 1–4
Colony desks and lab benches common 1–3
Expedition field desks common 1–3
Switchyard pallets common 2–6
Turbine hall tool racks common 2–4
Lander wrecks common 1–3

What it is for

Section titled “What it is for”

Crafting ingredient

Section titled “Crafting ingredient”
Makes Where Needs
Snare By hand Copper Wire, Wood
Fishing Rod By hand 2 × Wood, Copper Wire
Spark plug Workbench Scrap Metal, Copper Wire
Engine parts Workbench 4 × Scrap Metal, 2 × Iron Ingot, 2 × Copper Wire
Rift Charge Chem bench 2 × Research Sample, 2 × Battery, 2 × Copper Wire
Thermal Suit Workbench Space Suit, 4 × Copper Wire, 2 × Battery, 2 × Scrap Metal
Geiger Counter Workbench 3 × Copper Wire, 2 × Scrap Metal, Battery
Rift Stabiliser Chem bench 4 × Rift Shard, Void Matter, Battery, 2 × Copper Wire
Crystal Rifle Workbench 6 × Alien Alloy, 3 × Energy Crystal, 2 × Copper Wire, Xeno Sample
4 × Crystal Cell Chem bench Energy Crystal, Copper Wire

Building material

Section titled “Building material”

Generated on 2026-11-13 from the game at commit b8361f1, rebuilt with every release (a release's name ends in its commit, e.g. build-…-b8361f1).

Every number on this wiki is read from the game's data files, and every icon is the game's own pixel art.

Credits: who made the game, and every creator whose sounds it uses.