{"id":179726,"date":"2022-12-15T07:28:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamertweak.com\/?p=179726"},"modified":"2022-12-15T07:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:28:34","slug":"butcher-animal-dwarf-fortress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamertweak.com\/butcher-animal-dwarf-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Butcher Animals In Dwarf Fortress (Explained)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among all the other races in this game, Dwarves are the ones who contribute the most towards society in this game. They perform all kinds of jobs and show their magic with stones and gems. One aspect of this game is deeply inspired by the structures of society. Hence, you have to make sure that the Dwarves never develop negative thoughts after being unsatisfied with their job. One way to tackle this issue is by creating more job opportunities. Out of many other jobs, we got nothing else but to talk about butchering.<\/strong> It is important to do because it’s the primary way of obtaining meat and other resources. If you want to butcher animals and obtain the resources from them in Dwarf Fortress, then this guide is all you need. Read till the end and know how to do it.<\/p>\n

Steps to Butcher Animals in Dwarf Fortress<\/h2>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Butchering and Slaughtering animals have the same output of Food & Meat<\/strong>. However, the ways to perform them are different in this game. Slaughtering an animal means striking down an alive creature. Whereas, Butchering is done on already dead animals. Keep in mind that you can only Butcher tamed animals<\/strong> in Dwarf Fortress. Although, if you want to Butcher a wild animal, then you will have to assign a Trainer<\/strong> & select butchering at the same time. The Trainer will feed and tame the wild animal and make it ready for butchering. Once ready, a Butcher will come and take the livestock to the butcher’s shop.<\/p>\n

Anyways, here’s how you can Butcher an animal manually in Dwarf Fortress.<\/p>\n