How to get Bronze Bars in Coral Island

If anything, Coral Island is a game of staggered rewards. By that, I of course mean that you may have a larger goal in mind — save the island, romance that one character, clear your farm of debris — but there are a ton of smaller, more achievable goals that over time will result in the bigger goal being achieved.

At some point, you’ll begin to realize your starter tools aren’t cutting it anymore, for example. It’s then that you might think about visiting the blacksmith to upgrade one (or all, if you have a lot of corals and raw materials) of your tools, only for them to tell you you need a hefty amount of Bronze Bars. 

If you’re not thinking a few steps ahead, you might be confused and not know where to find Bronze Bars. Thankfully, we’ve figured out all the ways you can stock up on Bronze Bars, and it starts in a location on the island you may or may not have visited yet — The Cavern.

Getting Bronze Bars in Coral Island?

To answer this question would be skipping a step, kind of. To make Bronze Bars, you first need to obtain Bronze Ore. It’d seem the best spot to find Bronze Ore is — as mentioned above — The Cavern. 

In the Earth Shaft of The Cavern, you’ll be able to spend most of your stamina breaking a seemingly endless amount of stones to see what’s inside. It helps to avoid breaking every single stone — if you do, you’re guaranteed to run out of stamina lest you bring a hefty amount of restoration items — while you can get Bronze Ore from normal stones, the drop rate is very low. Instead, look for the stones with bronze-like ore jutting out from it. Those are guaranteed to drop anywhere from 1-3 Bronze Ore each.

In addition, you can buy Bronze Ore from the blacksmith for 150 corals per unit, if you have a hole burning in your pocket. 

OK — so, you’ve gathered up a good supply of Bronze Ore. How do you turn it into Bronze Bars? After your first excursion to The Cavern and after obtaining your first unit of Bronze Ore, the blacksmith will be outside your door the next morning. He’ll give you the blueprint for a Furnace and task you with making one. The Furnace takes 5 units of Bronze Ore and 1 unit of Coal, and in return gives you 1 Bronze Bar.

What can Bronze Ore / Bronze Bars be used for in Coral Island?

I mentioned earlier that you’ll need a steady supply of Bronze Bars to upgrade your tools to their second level, and that remains true. But, what else can you use Bronze Ore and Bronze Bars for? Here’s a list of craftable items that call for either Bronze Ore or Bronze Bars in their recipes:

Bronze Ore/s

• Bee House: 50x Wood, 15x Bronze Ore — earn blueprint after reaching Catching LV.2.
• Kiln: 25x Stone, 20x Bronze Ore — earn blueprint after reaching Foraging LV.2.
• Furnace: 40x Stone, 20x Bronze Ore — earn blueprint automatically after first visit to Cavern and collecting Bronze Ore for the first time.
• Explosive I: 1x Bronze Ore, 4x Coal — earn blueprint after reaching Mining LV.1. 

Bronze Bar/s — Crafting

• Mayonnaise Machine: 20x Wood, 20x Scrap, 2x Bronze Bar — earn blueprint after reaching Ranching LV.2.
• Keg: 20x Wood, 1x Bronze Bar, 1x Silver Bar, 20x Scrap — earn blueprint after reaching Farming LV.4.
• Tap: 50x Wood, 3x Bronze Bar — earn blueprint after reaching Foraging LV.4. 

Bronze Bar/s — Construction

• House Upgrade No. 2: 100x Wood, 50x Stone, 10x Bronze Bar, 5,000 corals.
• Coop LV.1: 100x Wood, 50x Stone, 5x Bronze Bar, 10x Fiber, 2,000 corals.
• Barn LV.1: 200x Wood, 100x Stone, 5x Bronze Bar, 10x Fiber, 3,000 corals. 
• Mill: 20x Scrap, 50x Wood, 2x Bronze Bar, 2,000 corals.