v0.31:Butcher

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Skill: Butcher

Association
Profession	Template:L
Job Title	Butcher
Labor	Butchery
Tasks
Butcher Template:L Extract from a dead animal Capture a live land animal
Workshop
Attributes
None

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Butchers do the dirty job of killing tame animals, processing animal Template:Ls, skeletons and body parts for Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, Template:Ls, Template:L(s) and many other objects at the Template:L.

To butcher a tame animal either

• go into View mode, place the cursor on the animal, go to the Prf page and press S to toggle slaughter

or

• go to the ZStatus screen, then the animal page, select the animal and press b to toggle slaughter.

Note that animals adopted as Template:L can not be butchered.

The type and number of objects produced from butchering a creature varies greatly, since not all creatures have the same parts.

A butcher's skill affects the speed of butchery, which can be important for processing a large number of corpses before they begin to rot. Note that butcher shops can become Template:L quickly, because most animals create a large number of different items of different categories when butchered. So make sure that you have nearby stockpiles for refuse, raw hides, meat, prepared organs and fat.

See also

• Template:L

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