Butchering

2026-05-12T20:38:17Z

Johnnyguy: Added Farsight Flemmings as butchering unlock for 80 and 90+

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{{Skill infobox
|title = Butchering
|image = [[File:Empty_Placeholder.png]]
|caption = Skill in the act of removing meat and useful body organs from a corpse. You need to be carrying a Butcher Knife in order to butcher a corpse. Corpses of sentient creatures, such as goblins and humans, can't be butchered.
|skilltype = Trade Skill
|maxlevel = 80 
|req = None 
|skilltrainers = [[Nishika]], [[Noita the Green]]
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== {{msg:BASEPAGENAME}} Overview==
''' Butchering''' is a skill that allows Adventurers to harvest extra meat and organs from creatures. This option is only available when looting a corpse if a Butcher Knife, or similar tool, is in a character's inventory. If a corpse is butchered, it can not be [[Skinning|skinned,]] or have it's skull extracted. Butchering can also be leveled by extracting skulls, using a [[Skull Extractor]].
=== In-Game Description ===
Skill in the act of removing meat and useful body organs from a corpse. You need to be carrying a Butcher Knife in order to butcher a corpse. Corpses of sentient creatures, such as goblins and humans, can't be butchered.
=== Training {{msg:BASEPAGENAME}} ===
* Butchering is learned the first time a monster is defeated, and a Butcher Knife is used on the corpse.
* [[Fainor]], the owner of [[Serbule]]'s Chortling Beaver Inn, sells Butcher Knives.
* [[Toolcrafting|Toolcrafters]] are able to craft a variety of Butcher Knives.
* [[Nishika]] and [[Rugen]] in the [[Rahu|City of Rahu]], can both raise your Butchering Level Cap from 50 to 60, and from 60 to 70.
* [[Noita the Green]] in the [[Fae Realm]] can raise the cap from 70 to 80.
* Levels 81-90 are unlocked by [[Dunahain Broadarm]] deep beneath [[Povus]].
* [[Farsight Flemmings]] in [[Statehelm]] will unlock levels 81 to 90 and 91 to 100.

== Connected Skills ==
=====Sub-Skills:=====
* None
=====Secondary Skills:=====
* [[Anatomy]] - Raising certain Anatomy Sub-Skills will improve the chance to receive extra meat while butchering, and increases the chance that an organ will be found.
=====Related Skills:=====
* [[Skinning]] - Another possibility available to those who stumble onto a corpse, Skinning will make it impossible to Butcher.
* [[Phrenology]] - Skulls extracted using a [[Skull Extractor]] are used in the art of Phrenology.
* [[Cooking]] - Butchering is the primary way that cooks obtain meat!
* [[Toolcrafting]] - Toolcrafters are able to craft many types of knives usable for Butchering.
===== Synergy Levels: =====
Bonus [[Synergy Levels]] for [[Butchering]] can be obtained from the following skills and levels:
:; [[Knife Fighting]]
:: Level 10
:; [[Skinning]]
:: Level 40

== Recipe Lists ==
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== {{msg:BASEPAGENAME}} Mechanics ==
=== Leveling Butchering ===
Failing an attempt to butcher a corpse will grant 1 XP. Successfully butchering a corpse will grant much more experience! If you loot both meat and a bone or organ, you will receive 3x the normal experience.
=== Collecting Organs, Bones, and Fat ===
Organs such as [[Stomach]]s, [[Heart]]s, and [[Spleen]]s can be looted while butchering a corpse. Bones, such as [[Femur]]s can also be obtained. The chances to loot an Organ or Bone improves based on the Anatomy skill of the corpse you are looting.

If you are looting a [[Sickly Tiger]], the bonuses would come from [[Feline Anatomy]]. Level 6 Feline Anatomy grants ''Butchering yields extra bones: +2%,'' and Level 9 Feline Anatomy grants ''Butchery yields rare meat or organs: +3%.''

Fat drops are based on the monster's level and their anatomy type. Herbivorous animals (such as Ungulates) have the best of all of the resources: skins, meat, organs. Carnivores have the worst. And omnivores are somewhere in between.

====Probability of Organ====
(As of end of 2020, according to [https://forum.projectgorgon.com/showthread.php?2747-Butchering-result-of-animal-fats&p=19653&viewfull=1#post19653 Citan's forum post]):

Provided you don't botch the butchering attempt altogether, you get a 3% chance of an organ for every 9 levels (rounded down) of the relevant [[Anatomy]] skill, plus any item bonus. If you receive an organ, it is selected at random from the possible organ drops for that mob.

Example: If you have a level 45-53 anatomy skill and [[Amutasa's Organ Knife|Amutasa's +7% organ knife]], you would have a 5*3+7 = 22% chance for an organ. Say you are butchering a [[barghest]]. Barghests have five different organs (stomach, brain, heart, spleen, tier-4 animal fat) so if you get an organ from one, you have a 1-in-5, or 20%, chance of getting a fat. That amounts to a 22%/5 = 4.4% chance to get fat from a Barghest.

===Butchering tools===
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! Tool !! Description !! style="width:150px;"|From
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| '''{{Item|Butcher Knife}}''' || A large knife for cutting meat and organs out of corpses (Keep it in your inventory and you'll have the option to butcher the corpses of some enemies.) || Sold by [[Fainor]].
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| '''{{Item|Organ Knife}}''' || A large knife for cutting meat and organs out of corpses ('''+5% chance for an organ'''). (Keep it in your inventory and you'll have the option to butcher the corpses of some enemies.) || [[Toolcrafting]]
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| '''{{Item|Yogzi's Butcher Knife}}''' || Yogzi created this convenient butcher knife that can also extract skulls. (+3 to your effective skill when Butchering or Extracting Skulls). (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to butcher and/or extract the skull of some enemies.) || End of Year gift from [[Yogzi]]
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| '''{{Item|Filleting Knife}}''' || A large knife for cutting meat and organs out of corpses (+5 to your effective skill when Butchering). (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to butcher the corpses some enemies.) || [[Toolcrafting]]
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| '''{{Item|Amutasa's Organ Knife}}''' || A large knife for cutting meat and organs out of corpses ('''+7% chance for an organ'''). (Keep it in your inventory and you'll have the option to butcher the corpses of some enemies.) || Complete a favor for [[Amutasa]].
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| {{Item|Skull Extractor}} || An odd serrated utility knife that can be used to extract a skull from a corpse. (Your Butchering skill is used to determine success) || Given by [[Glajur]] at Comfortable Favor.
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| {{Item|Multipurpose Knife}} || A versatile knife for skinning, butchering, oyster-opening, or skull extraction. (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to skin, butcher, shuck, and/or extract the skull of some enemies.) || [[Toolcrafting]]
|}
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== Butchering Experience Table ==
{{Spoiler|Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Butchering|
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== Trivia ==
'''Butchering''' can be used to loot [[Stomach]]s, a valuable item used by [[Cheesemaking]].
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