Upgrading your tools from copper is a drawn-out process in V Rising. This guide on How To Upgrade From Copper To Iron Tools In V Rising will explain how you go about the process of building up your tools so that you can reach the next level of items and continue to progress with the objectives and main story missions.
You will not be able to upgrade from Copper to Iron immediately after unlocking Copper tools. You need to progress through the story first. You need to reach at least around the level 30 mark so that you’re able to track and kill Clive the Firestarter on the Blood Altar. This V Blood target is a requirement because if you want to upgrade to iron tools, you first need the ability to create a Minor Explosive box, which Clive the Firestarter unlocks.
How To Upgrade From Copper To Iron Tools In V Rising
Once you’ve defeated Clive the Firestarter, track Quincey the Bandit King on your Blood Altar. This will take you to a stronghold that is guarded by thick walls. This is where you need to use the explosives, planting them on the floor and them blowing them up in the proximity of the walls, will give you access. You then need to defeat Quincey the Bandit King to unlock all of the iron recipes.
If you want to know how to harvest iron ore, you need a copper item that is AT LEAST Merciless rarity. These are the blue blueprints, the upgraded version of copper. The basic copper tools are not enough.