Resource question.

[CatLoverJerryGarcia]

Still somewhat new to the game, never gotten as far as I have. Is it possible to have a factory that does not utilize copper at all?

[Fenix]

no
you need copper for copper sheets (Pipes) and Copper powder (Nuclear Pasta)

[electricphoenix]

If it is possible (I don't know if it is) then you would need to learn all the alternative recipes from scanned hard drives to use other materials to make everything that usually requires copper.

So at the least you'd be waiting a long time to learn all of those first, rather than using copper right away to progress.

[electricphoenix]

And oh true I forgot about the copper powder. I haven't seen an alternative recipe for that

[Kage Goomba]

Nope.
Pretty much every resource will be employed in some form or fashion.

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by Fenix:

no
you need copper for copper sheets (Pipes) and Copper powder (Nuclear Pasta)

Wires too.

[Fenix]

Originally posted by Kage Goomba:

Originally posted by Fenix:

no
you need copper for copper sheets (Pipes) and Copper powder (Nuclear Pasta)

Wires too.

yes and no, Iron wire can be gotten early... but only if you skip onboarding

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by Fenix:

Originally posted by Kage Goomba:

Wires too.

yes and no, Iron wire can be gotten early... but only if you skip onboarding

Splitting hairs aside - you can't escape the copper resource regardless lol.
That much we can agree on.

[Private]

curious, what do you have against cooper?

[Ryzilynt]

Well... technically you could convert raw quarts or bauxite into copper using SAM ore and a converter.

You'd still have products using elemental copper, but it would not be sourced from a traditional or existing copper node.

[Ryzilynt]

Originally posted by Private:

curious, what do you have against cooper?

Cooper? Nothing , great guy, copper? Terrible.

[CatLoverJerryGarcia]

Originally posted by Private:

curious, what do you have against cooper?

Nothing was just trying to see if I could simplify my supply chain.

[Huren Ogeko]

Iron wire is a nice way to simplify it but there will always be somethings you cant avoid needing copper for. But I have used iron wire to simplify things in some playthroughs.

[Oceanstorm]

Originally posted by CatLoverJerryGarcia:

Originally posted by Private:

curious, what do you have against cooper?

Nothing was just trying to see if I could simplify my supply chain.

Alternate recipes are your friend here.
Unlock them all and then play around with the different combinations until it matches the supply chain you like.

[Grandaddypurple]

No I'm pretty certain copper will be unavoidable even using alt recipes.
The only ressources you could potentially skip for phase assembly would be urianium, and maybe sulfur

[GIGGLESPOOPY]

It's unavoidable if you want wires and cables manufactured automatically, and also advanced components require some copper, like Heat Sinks and stuff.