Lightyear Frontier is a farming and building simulation game. In order to upgrade your tools, build a bigger and better home, and other important items, you will need to collect a whole bunch of materials. This includes the difficult-to-find metal copper. Copper is needed for a number of builds and upgrades, making picking up as much of it as you can find as often as possible a great tip for beginners to Lightyear Frontier. There is one place to find copper in large amounts, and here is everything you need to know about getting a bunch for yourself.
Where to Find Copper in Lightyear Frontier
There is a great place to farm copper in Lightyear Frontier, and it is to the south of the starting area. Immediately south of the Meadows, there is a location called the Edge Cliffs. At the very southern edge of this section of the map, you can find a bunch of copper in the grassy areas. On the map above, you can see this location where the orange marker is. If you want to know what copper looks like out in the wild, here is a screenshot of a copper deposit.
How Often Do Materials Respawn in Lightyear Frontier?
Once you clear this area of copper in this day 1 Xbox Game Pass game, you will need to sleep or pass a day in order to pick up anymore. If you have removed all the copper from this part of the map, some of it will respawn the next morning, but not all of it. It seems like resources completely respawn within two or three in-game days, depending on the material you are looking to farm.
What is Copper Used For in Lightyear Frontier?
Copper is incredibly crucial in Lightyear Frontier. The only thing you can make from copper directly is copper wire, which is made with an Assembler; two copper are required for each wire. Here are all the recipes that require copper wire:
- The Advanced Furnace
- A Grinder, which is super important for making Red Crystal dust in Lightyear Frontier
- A Silo
- A Weather Station
- Strange Lamps
- Upgrade: Vacuum Harvester Power I upgrade to your Lightyear Frontier mech's toolkit
- Upgrade: Sprint Speed I
Lightyear Frontier
- Released
- March 19, 2024
- ESRB
- E For Everyone
- Developer(s)
- Frame Break, Amplifier Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Amplifier Studios, Frame Break
- Platform(s)
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Adventure, Farming