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Copper

Copper is a refined stellar metal in No Man's Sky. The best yield: refine Copper x1, Chromatic Metal x1 in a Medium Refiner to get 2.

Best yield

1Copper1Chromatic Metalmakes22Copper

Medium Refinerabout 0.36s per batch

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Copper

1 batch: 1 Copper + 1 Chromatic Metal in a Medium Refiner makes 2 (1 more than you put in), about 0.36s in one refiner.

What can you refine from Copper?5 recipes

What can you craft with Copper?24 items

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A chromatic metal, generated by fusion in the heart of a star. Such stellar material ends up forming deposits in the crust of local planets.

Copper is found on planets orbiting yellow stars, and can be placed in a Refiner to create purified Chromatic Metal for use in the manufacture of advanced technologies.

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2026-09-09