v0.31 Talk:Butcher's shop

Parts Yielded

It seems that creatures now do not give the same thing when butchered. For example I butchered some Hydras in arena mode and none of the Hydras gave the same yield of parts. There seems to be a range in what you get from butchering, or is this just a side effect of now having fatness and size? In one case I got more livers from one Hydra than from a different one, how would this either of these effect major organs?

I was using a drowning tank just to see what these animals would yield. There are some things that stayed the same, like the Hydras always had 7 skulls and 14 eyes.

If the above is the case then the creature pages might need to show a range of values one could expect when butchering a certain animal. --Flying Dwarves Hurt 15:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I have also noticed this while butchering kittens. Is it possible that the yield is related to butchering skill? --Soronhen 16:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Maybe related to both considering that in arena mode you have either no skill or max skill. --Flying Dwarves Hurt 17:09, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

One thing I've noticed, after having my Swordsdwarf hunt down a Leopard and him killing it by severing its lower body, was that both the mutilated corpse and the lower body were butcherable, and it might be that some, if not all, parts are duplicated then, as I received two skins from the butchering in total. Unless Leopards generally yield two skins (or can). Correct me if I'm wrong... --Ramperkash 17:36, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Parts with Unknown Uses

Wouldn't tusks be used for crafts as well? I see there are Decorate with Ivory/Tooth and Make Ivory/Tooth Crafts commands at the craftsdwarf workshop, and I'd guess that tusks would be considered Ivory, if not Teeth. We'd have to check whether they actually do use tusks for those though.