Butcher Small Animal is a cooking crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Frog Meat or Small Bird Meat or Skinned Mouse (Dead) or Skinned Rat (Dead) or Rabbit Meat x1. It needs no skill level.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | any sharpknife or any meatcleaver | Tool, kept |
| 1 | Dead Bird or Dead Mouse or Dead Squirrel or Dead Rat or Frog or Dead Rabbit | Used up |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Frog Meat or Small Bird Meat or Skinned Mouse (Dead) or Skinned Rat (Dead) or Rabbit Meat |
Use the Butcher Small Animal recipe (Cooking category). You need Dead Bird or Dead Mouse or Dead Squirrel or Dead Rat or Frog or Dead Rabbit and these tools: any sharpknife or any meatcleaver.
No skill level is required.
It is known from the start; no book or skill level is needed to see it.
It gives 10 XP in Butchering per craft.
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