Copper ore

Copper ore comes from orange-streaked ore nodes in Rocky Ridges mines and a handful of overworld secrets. It is the first metal many players smelt after unlocking the furnace.

Copper ingots for tools, early metal furnishings, and some infrastructure upgrades around the hot-spring town.

Farm clusters north of the Rocky Ridges Pokémon Center. Bulbasaur’s jump-rope minigame in Withered Wasteland grants one copper ore per day—useful when you are one ingot short.