Copper Pipe

A pipe for transporting liquids.

Notes

Copper Pipe is a tier-3 building block used for transporting liquids, placed on walls as a solid block. It is also a crafting ingredient for the Portable Steam Engine, making it a key component in advanced liquid and power infrastructure. For efficient progression, prioritize producing copper pipes to enable high-tier room construction and late-game machinery.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Copper Bar	1	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Copper Scrap	0.02

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	15 calories
Craft time	0.8 min
Throughput	≈ 75 Copper Pipe / hour (base)

As a block

Recycling & waste

• 0.25× Copper Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 4.38× Copper Ore
• 0.06× Clay

Categories

• Block
• Constructable
• Ingredient
• Pipe
• Placeable On Walls
• Product

Obtained from

• Copper Pipe

Used in

• Desalinator
• Portable Steam Engine
• Water Filter

See also

Iron PipeSteel Pipe