How To Butcher Animals in Rimworld

Butchering animals is an essential survival skill in Rimworld that provides your colony with a steady supply of meat for meals. This guide walks you through the complete process of setting up and managing animal butchering, from building the necessary structures to automating the workflow.

Building a Butcher Table

The first step to butchering animals in Rimworld is constructing a butcher table. You can build this structure using either steel or wood, depending on your available resources. The steel version is shown in this guide, but the wooden alternative functions identically.

Setting Up Butchering Bills

Once your butcher table is built, you need to add a bill for butchering creatures. Navigate to the Bills section and create a new butchering bill. You have flexibility in how you configure this—you can set it to run continuously or specify conditions like “do it until you have X amount of meat.”

Configuring Bill Details

In the bill details, you’ll find important options to customize your butchering process. Importantly, you can ensure that only animal corpses are processed and not human corpses. You can also set restrictions on the hit points of animals you’re willing to butcher, giving you control over meat quality and usability.

Creating Storage for Animal Corpses

Before your colonists begin butchering, ensure you have adequate storage space for animal corpses. Set up a dedicated stockpile configured to accept only corpses. This keeps your base organized and prevents corpses from cluttering your workspace.

Assigning Hunting and Corpse Transport

You must have colonists assigned to hunt animals and bring their corpses back to your base. The work priority system handles this automatically—colonists set up to cook will prioritize bringing animal corpses to the butcher table for processing.

Managing Cremation Settings

If you have a crematorium in your colony, make sure you’ve suspended the “cremate corpses” bill or configured it carefully. By going into the crematorium’s details, you can ensure that animal corpses destined for butchering are not accidentally cremated. This is entirely up to how you organize your colony’s workflow.

Automating the Butchering Workflow

Once everything is set up correctly, the process becomes fully automated. Colonists assigned to cooking will automatically transport animal corpses to the butcher table, where the butchering bill converts them into meat. The finished meat is then stored in your stockpile and becomes available for cooking meals.

Summary

Butchering animals in Rimworld is a straightforward process once you have the right infrastructure in place. Build a butcher table, create a butchering bill with appropriate settings, establish corpse storage, assign hunters, and manage your crematorium settings. With these steps complete, your colony will have a reliable source of meat to sustain your population through meals and survival.

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