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Bones are obtained when butchering animals or taking apart skeletons. 

Skeletons are the last step of the [[wear|rotting]] procedure. After a corpse begins to rot, no food can be created from it, and it will eventually rot into a skeleton. The skeleton has to be taken to the {{L|butcher's shop}} and "butchered" to be torn apart into skulls and bones afterwards. 

Bones can be made into crossbows at a bowyer's workshop, and crafts, bolts, greaves, gauntlets, or helms at a craftdwarf's workshop. Note that armor made out of bone can be used by dwarves assigned a uniform of metal armor.

Unlike in previous versions, bones are now counted as "body parts" for the purposes of stockpiles and the stocks menu.
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-'''Bones''' are obtained when butchering [[animals]] or taking apart skeletons. Some severed body parts also decay into usable bones, the same way a corpse rots into a skeleton.
+Bones are obtained when butchering animals or taking apart skeletons.
-Skeletons are the last step of the [[wear|rotting]] procedure. After a [[corpse]] begins to rot, no [[food]] can be created from it, and it will eventually rot into a skeleton. The skeleton has to be taken to the [[butcher's shop]] and "butchered" to be torn apart into [[skull]]s and bones afterwards. Bone does not rot further or produce [[miasma]]. Note that many civilizations (like dwarves) consider it unethical to butcher certain corpses{{bug|1180}}. An exception is the stack of bone that can form after a severed part decays. This appears to happen when the part in question has bone as its only non-rotting material.
+Skeletons are the last step of the [[wear|rotting]] procedure. After a corpse begins to rot, no food can be created from it, and it will eventually rot into a skeleton. The skeleton has to be taken to the {{L|butcher's shop}} and "butchered" to be torn apart into skulls and bones afterwards.
-While bones are counted as "[[body parts]]" in the [[stocks]] menu, they have their own subcategory in the [[stockpile|refuse stockpile]] menu. It is a good idea to create an internal refuse stockpile to handle bones near one's [[craftsdwarf's workshop]] for easy access. Dwarves in a [[strange mood]] may require bone as an ingredient, also making it important to stockpile bone in a safe place.
+Bones can be made into crossbows at a bowyer's workshop, and crafts, bolts, greaves, gauntlets, or helms at a craftdwarf's workshop. Note that armor made out of bone can be used by dwarves assigned a uniform of metal armor.
-Be aware, stockpiled bones may disappear due to [[vermin]] such as [[rat]]s.
+Unlike in previous versions, bones are now counted as "body parts" for the purposes of stockpiles and the stocks menu.
-==Uses for Bone==
-Bones are processed as follows:
-At the craftsdwarf's workshop, using the [[bone carving]] labor:
-* Bone [[craft]]s, for sale to visiting merchants.
-* Bone [[armor]], namely [[legging]]s, [[greave]]s, [[gauntlet]]s, and [[helm]]. Note that [[armor]] made out of bone can be used by dwarves assigned a [[uniform]] of [[metal]] armor.
-* Bone [[decoration]]s. Any decoratable item can be decorated with bone, which adds to the items' value.
-* Bone [[bolt]]s. These bolts are fired from crossbows. Each bone will produce 5 bolts. Whereas, in previous versions, a stack of bone would be turned into a single stack of bolts (a stack of Yak Cow bone [7] would be turned into a stack of yak bone bolts [35]), now each bone must be crafted individually (a stack of Yak Cow bone [7] becomes a stack of Yak Cow bone [6] plus a stack of yak bone bolts [5]). This renders the process for carving bone bolts much slower than in previous versions.
-At the [[bowyer's workshop]], using the [[crossbow-making]] labor:
-* Bone [[crossbow]]s. They are one of the few weapons available without access to [[wood]] or [[metal]].
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