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Animal Corpse

Animal Corpse
Animal Corpse
Class Farming and Animals
Type Corpse
Fresh For 5 days
Rotten After 7 days
Butchered On Butcher Hook
Spawn ID /additem Base.CorpseAnimal

An Animal Corpse is the body of a dead animal. It can be butchered for meat, hide and bones. In the game the item never uses the name Animal Corpse. It takes the name and picture of the animal instead, so a dead cow shows up as Dead Angus Cow.

Every animal leaves a corpse when it dies. This includes farm animals such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens, and wild animals such as deer and rabbits. The corpse goes bad over time, so it is best to butcher it soon after the kill.

How to Get an Animal Corpse

Farm animals can be killed with the Kill Animal option. Wild animals have to be hunted. A wounded deer or rabbit can run away before it dies, so its body can end up some distance from where it was hit. Traps catch small animals such as rabbits, raccoons, rats and mice. An animal hit by a car also leaves a corpse on the road.

Small corpses can be carried in the hands. Large corpses, such as cows and deer, can be loaded into an animal trailer. A corpse can also be buried in a grave.

Animal Corpse Weights

Every animal at every life stage, with its picture as a corpse and the weight range of its body.

Animal Stage Image Weight
Chicken Chick Dead Chick 0.05 to 0.2
Chicken Hen Dead Hen 2 to 5
Chicken Cockerel Dead Cockerel 2.5 to 6
Cow Calf Dead Calf 60 to 350
Cow Cow Dead Cow 360 to 950
Cow Bull Dead Bull 360 to 1300
Pig Piglet Dead Piglet 15 to 110
Pig Sow Dead Sow 115 to 350
Pig Boar Dead Boar 115 to 350
Sheep Lamb Dead Lamb 20 to 70
Sheep Ewe Dead Ewe 60 to 120
Sheep Ram Dead Ram 80 to 200
Turkey Poult Dead Poult 0.05 to 0.3
Turkey Hen Dead Hen 4 to 9
Turkey Tom Dead Tom 8 to 12
Rabbit Baby Rabbit (Kitten) Dead Baby Rabbit (Kitten) 1 to 2
Rabbit Female Rabbit (Doe) Dead Female Rabbit (Doe) 2 to 7
Rabbit Male Rabbit (Buck) Dead Male Rabbit (Buck) 2 to 7
Deer Fawn Dead Fawn 15 to 100
Deer Doe Dead Doe 110 to 200
Deer Buck Dead Buck 110 to 200
Raccoon Baby Raccoon (Kit) Dead Baby Raccoon (Kit) 1 to 8
Raccoon Male Raccoon (Boar) Dead Male Raccoon (Boar) 10 to 15
Raccoon Female Raccoon (Sow) Dead Female Raccoon (Sow) 9 to 14
Rat Rat Pup Dead Rat Pup 0.1 to 0.3
Rat Male Rat (Buck) Dead Male Rat (Buck) 0.4 to 0.7
Rat Female Rat (Doe) Dead Female Rat (Doe) 0.3 to 0.5
Mouse Mouse Pup Dead Mouse Pup 0.02 to 0.08
Mouse Male Mouse (Buck) Dead Male Mouse (Buck) 0.08 to 0.12
Mouse Female Mouse (Doe) Dead Female Mouse (Doe) 0.05 to 0.1

Animal Corpse Butchering

A corpse can be butchered on the ground or on a Butcher Hook. Only some animals fit on the hook, but the hook gives more parts. On the hook, the hide can be removed separately, the blood can be drained and collected, and the head can be removed. Animals too small for the hook still give a hide when they are butchered on the ground.

A higher Butchering skill gives a better chance of good cuts of meat. Every second level also raises the most parts a corpse can give. Bigger animals give more meat.

A corpse starts to give fewer parts after about 12 hours. Meat from a rotting corpse can come out rotten. An animal killed by a car gives fewer parts and less nutritious meat.

Animal Corpse Hides

The hide from a butchered animal can be made into leather. First, the leftover flesh is scraped off on a Softening Beam with a fleshing tool. The fur can be kept or removed. Next, brain tan is made from an animal brain, a bowl and water. The hide and the brain tan go into a Tannin Barrel. The wet leather then dries on a drying rack of the right size. Dry leather is used for tailoring.


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