Butcher Hook
| Butcher Hook | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Building |
| Type | Farm Build |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 3 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 30 |
| Build Tools | Claw Hammer |
| Location | Built |
The Butcher Hook is a wooden frame with a hook for hanging and butchering animal carcasses. It turns a farm or hunting camp into a proper place to process meat.
It belongs to Carpentry and comes in a single version. The in-game tooltip says it makes butchering easier, with leather and more meat from each animal. Field butchering on the ground gives smaller yields. The hook also allows unprocessed leather hide from large animals. Any base that raises livestock or hunts regularly gets good use from one. It is cheap to make, so it is worth building early.
How to Build Butcher Hook
The recipe is known from the start. It asks for Carpentry level 3 and gives 30 Carpentry XP.
It takes two Plank, two Nails and one Large Hook. A hammer drives the nails and comes back after the build. Bring a hammer that drives nails, such as a Claw Hammer.
The Large Hook is the item to look for. Planks and nails are common building stock.
The hook stays where it is built. Pick the spot with care, close to where animals are kept or brought in.
The Butcher Hook recipe builds the Butcher Hook. It needs Carpentry level 3. Building it gives 30 Carpentry XP.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Plank | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
| Nails | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
| Large Hook | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeHook
|
How to Use Butcher Hook
Carry a carcass to the hook and right-click it. The add corpse option lists any animal corpses in the inventory. Choose one, and it hangs from the hook.
Several actions then open up. Drain the blood, harvest the leather, harvest the meat and take the head. Once every step is done, the skeleton drops to the ground. The skeleton can then be harvested for Animal Bone.
This order gives more meat and leather than butchering on the ground. Large animals also give unprocessed hide here.
Place the hook near the kitchen and the tanning area. That keeps fresh meat and hides close to where they are used next.
Notes
- The tooltip says it gives leather and more meat from animals.
- A Large Hook is the key material.
- The hook stays fixed where it is built.
- The skeleton left behind gives Animal Bone.
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