Sharp Bone Fragment
| Sharp Bone Fragment | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Animal Part |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Made With | 1x Long Sharp Bone |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Carving: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SharpBoneFragment
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| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Carving) |
The Sharp Bone Fragment is a pointed sliver of animal bone. It is the basic raw piece for bone carving.
Carving turns it into small tools. Carve Bone Awl and Carve Blunt Bone Knife need only Carving 1. Higher Carving opens the Bone Spoon, Bone Fork, Bone Needle and Bone Fishing Hook. It can also be bound to a Long Stick as a spear head, or set into a branch with the Bone Spike Weapon recipe.
Fragments are usually made with the Sharpen Bone recipe from Bone Pieces. Using Research Craft on one teaches Carve Bone War Hatchet Head and Carve Fleshing Tool. The Rancher is the best occupation for animal parts. It starts with the most Butchering skill. The Chef and the Fishing Guide also start with some Butchering skill.
Uses
Carving is the main use. Every carving recipe here keeps a whetstone or file and a sharp knife. Carve Bone Awl and Carve Blunt Bone Knife each take one fragment at Carving 1. Carve Bone Spoon needs Carving 2. Carve Bone Fork needs Carving 3 and also accepts a Bone Spoon. Carve Bone Sewing Needle makes a Bone Needle at Carving 4. Carve Bone Fishing Hook makes a Bone Fishing Hook at Carving 5. Together these replace a sewing needle, cutlery and fishing hooks in a world with no shops.
For weapons, Bind Spear Head ties a fragment to a Long Stick or Sapling to make a Spear with Bone Head. It needs Maintenance 1 and two Zip Ties, Leather Strips or Twine. Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape and Bind Spear Head With Wire do the same with other bindings. Bone Spike Weapon takes two fragments and two Long Sharp Bone to make a Cudgel with Bone Spikes or Tree Branch with Bone Spikes at Carving 3.
The item also teaches two recipes through Research Craft: Carve Bone War Hatchet Head and Carve Fleshing Tool. The Bone Fleshing Tool is the tool that cleans raw hides on a Softening Beam.
How to Get Sharp Bone Fragment
The Sharpen Bone recipe makes a fragment at Carving 1. It takes Bone Pieces, a Long Sharp Bone, a Large Bone Bead or a Bone War Hatchet Head. A whetstone or file and a saw, sharp knife or meat cleaver are kept. Bone Pieces come from smashing animal skulls.
Taking apart a Spear with Bone Head with the Dismantle Long Implement recipe also gives the fragment back.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Sharp Bone Fragment and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Bone War Hatchet Head | Bone War Hatchet Head | 
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/additem Base.HatchetHead_Bone
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| Carve Fleshing Tool | Bone Fleshing Tool | 
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/additem Base.Fleshing_Tool_Bone
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How to Craft Sharp Bone Fragment
Each recipe that makes the Sharp Bone Fragment is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Sharpen Bone
The Sharpen Bone recipe makes the Sharp Bone Fragment. It needs Carving level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whetstone | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Whetstone
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| Hacksaw | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
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| Long Sharp Bone | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.SharpBone_Long
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Sharp Bone Fragment, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awl - Bone | 
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Carve Bone Awl | 1x | - | Carving: 1 | /additem Base.Awl_Bone
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| Blunt Bone Knife | 
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Carve Blunt Bone Knife | 1x |
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- | Carving: 1 | /additem Base.DullBoneKnife
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| Bone Fishing Hook | 
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Carve Bone Fishing Hook | 1x |
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- | Carving: 5 | /additem Base.FishingHook_Bone
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| Bone Fork | 
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Carve Bone Fork | 1x |
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- | Carving: 3 | /additem Base.Fork_Bone
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| Bone Needle | 
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Carve Bone Sewing Needle | 1x |
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- | Carving: 4 | /additem Base.Needle_Bone
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| Bone Spoon | 
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Carve Bone Spoon | 1x |
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- | Carving: 2 | /additem Base.Spoon_Bone
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| Cudgel with Bone Spikes | 
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Bone Spike Weapon | 2x |
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- | Carving: 3 | /additem Base.Cudgel_Bone
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| Spear with Long Bone Head | 
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Bind Spear Head | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Spear_BoneLong
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| Spear with Long Bone Head |
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Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.Spear_BoneLong
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| Spear with Long Bone Head |
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Bind Spear Head With Wire | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Spear_BoneLong
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Locations
Fragments are rare in loot. The dogfood factory is the one strong place, with a good chance per container. University storage holds them now and then. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches turn up a few in boxes, crates, counters and shelves, more often in late game safehouses. Making them from Bone Pieces is far more reliable.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Dogfood factory | Other | 40% |
| University storage | Other | 7.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Fireplace | 5.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 2.2% |
Notes
- A Bone Needle carved from a fragment replaces a lost sewing needle.
- A Bone Fishing Hook needs Carving 5, so it comes late.
- Dismantling a bone spear returns the fragment for reuse.
- Research Craft on a fragment teaches the Bone Fleshing Tool, the key tool for hide work.
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