Before you start
- Bone Pickaxe or better
- A way to survive the swamp approach and stronger Plains enemies
- A Furnace plan, including construction materials and fuel
Follow the northern exit from Whispering Swamp
- Use Whispering Swamp as the approach and continue north into the Fractured Plains. This is a harder region than the starting valley; mining-tool access does not make its fights easy.
- Look for large ore rocks. Reported Copper nodes have orange areas on grey stone; Tin has yellow-green patches. Check the gathered item name to confirm which you have.
- Gather both types before turning back. Our recommendation for a first run is one small batch rather than filling every slot with the first ore you see.
Stuck? Where do I find copper and tin?
Hint 1
Check your pickaxe before you set out: these ores need a Bone Pickaxe or better. Then plan a trip past Whispering Swamp.
Hint 2
Leave Whispering Swamp on its northern side and carry on into the Fractured Plains. Copper rocks are grey with orange patches, tin rocks have yellow-green ones, and both are bigger than stone or clay nodes.
Checked on screen · Oct 21, 2026 · 1.0 release build
1:57–3:02 · 65 sInto the Fractured Plains: a Copper Ore Node, then a Tin Ore NodeEnter the Fractured Plains and climb through the pink grass and ruins to a rock labelled Copper Ore Node (orange patches on dark stone), then a Tin Ore Node, this one already mined to Depleted.
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“How to get Tin and Copper Easily in Runescape Dragonwilds - Starvins Guides” by Starvin' Survivor · Sep 19, 2026 · 1.0 release build (uploaded Sep 19, 2026, before the 1.0.0.8 update)
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Sources for this section
Reported guide · Destructoid: Copper and Tin locations · April 16, 2025
Choose a useful ore target
These are calculated ingredient totals from the recorded 3 + 3 → 2 recipe. They exclude fuel and the stations needed to process the ore. For a five-bar tool, three batches produce six bars, leaving one spare.
If the Furnace exposes only one processing slot, check the nearby Crucible upgrade before assuming the alloy recipe is missing. Use the live recipe if a later patch changes either the station or its yield.
| Bronze output | Copper Ore | Tin Ore |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bars | 3 | 3 |
| 6 bars | 9 | 9 |
| 10 bars | 15 | 15 |
Use bronze to prepare the iron trip
The Bronze Pickaxe recipe requires five Bronze Bars, four Oak Logs and two Leather. Plan the Oak and leather supply as well as the metal. Return and make the tool before attempting Iron Ore in the Stormtouched Highlands.
For repeat runs, a small outpost near the Plains approach reduces the journey through earlier regions. Choose it after scouting the immediate enemies; this is a planning suggestion, not a guaranteed safe location.
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Researched 2026-09-23. This edition is source-checked, not an installed-build playtest. Exact rates, quantities and balance remain unconfirmed where a guide marks them. Sources and coverage.