How To Move Dead Animal Corpses In Rimworld

Managing dead animal corpses efficiently is an essential part of Rimworld gameplay. Whether you’re dealing with fallen enemies or hunted animals, knowing how to move and store them properly can help you maximize resources and keep your colony organized. This guide will walk you through the process step-by-step.

Enabling Corpse Movement

When you have dead animals on your colony map—such as the dead monkeys that were previously attacking your colonists—they won’t be moved automatically until you enable them for hauling. To do this, you need to remove the restriction on each corpse.

Click on each dead animal corpse and look for the “X” or restriction marker. Select the option to allow these corpses to be moved. Once you’ve done this, your colonists will automatically begin hauling the bodies to available stockpiles.

Setting Up a Corpse Stockpile

For your colonists to haul dead animal corpses efficiently, you need to create a designated stockpile or zone. The key to this is configuring the storage settings correctly.

Navigate to your stockpile or zone settings and access the storage options. From there, you need to tick the boxes for both “corpses” and “animal corpses.” This ensures that your stockpile will accept dead animals when colonists haul them there.

Preventing Unwanted Cremation

By default, your cremator may automatically cremate animal corpses—which wastes valuable food resources. If you want to butcher these animals for food instead, you’ll need to adjust your cremator settings.

Access the bill on your cremator and navigate to the “cremate corpse details” option. Open the “animal corpses” submenu. Here you have two choices:

Disallow cremation of animal corpses entirely

Set a hit point threshold (for example, only cremate corpses with 0-20% hit points, or below 80%)

By setting a hit point threshold like “below 80%,” you ensure that fresh corpses aren’t automatically cremated. This makes it far more likely that your colonists will butcher them instead, converting them into food for your colony.

Summary

Moving dead animal corpses in Rimworld is straightforward once you understand the three key steps: enable movement on the corpses themselves, create a properly configured stockpile for animal corpses, and adjust your cremator settings to prioritize butchering over cremation. With these systems in place, your colony will operate more efficiently and waste fewer resources.

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