Copper in sanctuary

[thomasE]

I really need copper in my base in sanctuary, but can barely find any. Is there a spot with a lot of it?

[Xyzzy]

it is in junk, like telephones, desk fans, look in houses.

[Grace1957]

Do you have it tagged?

[thomasE]

Originally posted by Grace1957:

Do you have it tagged?

Yes

[Sentient_Toaster]

Cooking pots, fuses, telephones, vacuum tubes, magnets... Phones are pretty common in office buildings. Practically every turret seems to contain vacuum tubes, too.

If you have the Scrapper perk, weapons with appropriate mods can also yield copper when scrapped.

[thomasE]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Cooking pots, fuses, telephones, vacuum tubes, magnets... Phones are pretty common in office buildings. Practically every turret seems to contain vacuum tubes, too.

If you have the Scrapper perk, weapons with appropriate mods can also yield copper when scrapped.

Can I pick up stuff from other places, drop them, and scrap them to get copper?

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by nkthatcher:

Can I pick up stuff from other places, drop them, and scrap them to get copper?

Yes.

You don't actually need to manually scrap junk items, though. Any junk items that you store in the workshop will be automatically broken down into its component materials as needed. This will not happen to weapons and armor; if you want to use them for components, you have to scrap them yourself (either by dropping them on the ground and scrapping them in Workshop mode, or by scrapping them at a weapon or armor workbench). So grab junk, haul to workshop, store all junk and it's good to go.

Once you have multiple settlements, getting CHA to 6 and picking up the Local Leader perk will let you send settlers to establish supply lines between them so that components can be shared when crafting or building.

[thomasE]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Originally posted by nkthatcher:

Can I pick up stuff from other places, drop them, and scrap them to get copper?

Yes.

You don't actually need to manually scrap junk items, though. Any junk items that you store in the workshop will be automatically broken down into its component materials as needed. This will not happen to weapons and armor; if you want to use them for components, you have to scrap them yourself (either by dropping them on the ground and scrapping them in Workshop mode, or by scrapping them at a weapon or armor workbench). So grab junk, haul to workshop, store all junk and it's good to go.

Once you have multiple settlements, getting CHA to 6 and picking up the Local Leader perk will let you send settlers to establish supply lines between them so that components can be shared when crafting or building.

Thank you!

[rresuggan]

there is a quest for the green grasshopper that will give bars of copper,silver and gold plus a legendary sword

[TooTall1]

If you see KLEO at Goodneighbor and Arturo in Diamond City, they sell it

Originally posted by rresuggan:

there is a quest for the green grasshopper that will give bars of copper,silver and gold plus a legendary sword

and here, SPOILER it is a walkthru..

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gilded_Grasshopper