Copper ore

Copper ore is an ore with the joint-lowest mining requirement in the game, at level 1. It can be found all across Runescape, in places such as the Lumbridge Swamp mine and East Varrock mine. Mining copper grants 17.5 mining experience per ore, and can be smelted with tin to create a bar of bronze.

Copper ore was released as part of the very first Runescape beta, in January 2001, and has been part of the game since. It is widely dropped by monsters such as minotaurs and outlaws, often along with tin.