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Butchering changes in Project Zomboid

Latest change Build 42 Stable (42.20.0) ·

  • 18documented changes
  • 11patches
  • 1buff
  • 2new
  • 9fixes

Every documented change to Butchering

18 changes across 11 patches, newest first

Build 42 Stable (42.20.0) Wednesday, 29 July 2026

  • BUFFButchering

    Increased the amount of meat cuts gained from large animals when using the butcher hook

    Butchering large animals on a butcher hook now gives more meat cuts.

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  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: being able to butcher already butchered animals after placing it in a Livestock Trailer

    Fixed being able to butcher already butchered animals after placing it in a Livestock Trailer

    Official source

42.16.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 31 March 2026

  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: butchering can be performed from a vehicle

    You can no longer butcher animals while sitting in a vehicle.

    Fixed butchering can be performed from a vehicle

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42.13.1 (Build 42 Unstable) Thursday, 18 December 2025

  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: disappearing animal corpses when destroying Butchering Hook

    Fixed disappearing animal corpses when destroying Butchering Hook

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Build 42 Multiplayer (42.13.0) Thursday, 11 December 2025

  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: Crafting Butcher Cooked Rat yields Uncooked Rodent Meat

    Butchering a cooked rat no longer gives you uncooked rodent meat.

    Fixed Crafting Butcher Cooked Rat yields Uncooked Rodent Meat.

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42.12.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Thursday, 25 September 2025

  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: calc error in butchering animal, making animal rotten between 12h & 30h giving more meat

    Butchering no longer hits a calculation error between 12h and 30h that made the animal rotten while giving more meat.

    Fixed calc error in butchering animal, making animal rotten between 12h & 30h giving more meat.

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42.11.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 4 August 2025

  • CHANGEButchering

    Building a butcher hook now requires a Large Hook

    Building a butcher hook now needs a Large Hook, so it takes an extra part to set up.

    Building a butcher hook now requires a Large Hook.

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42.6.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 24 March 2025

  • CHANGEButchering

    Balanced butchering on the ground

    Butchering animals on the ground has been rebalanced.

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  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: Butcher Animal on the ground tooltip UI being too small

    Fixed Butcher Animal on the ground tooltip UI being too small

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42.5.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 11 March 2025

  • CHANGEButchering

    Balanced butchering

    Rotten bodies no longer give a head when butchered, and you can no longer butcher bloody skeletons.

    Balanced butchering. No more heads when body is rotten.

    • Balanced butchering. No more heads when body is rotten. Can't butcher bloody skeleton.
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  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: some stuff with rotten animals on butcher hook

    Fixed some stuff with rotten animals on butcher hook.

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  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: butchering rotten corpse from ground producing a clean skeleton instead of a bloody one

    Fixed butchering rotten corpse from ground producing a clean skeleton instead of a bloody one.

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42.4.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 4 March 2025

  • CHANGEButchering

    Balanced butchering meat given

    The amount of meat you get from butchering has been rebalanced.

    Balanced butchering meat given.

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  • CHANGEButchering

    Balanced butchering further

    Butchering has been rebalanced again, so what you get from carcasses may differ from before.

    Balanced butchering further.

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42.3.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 11 February 2025

  • NEWButchering

    Added Blacksmith, Butcher, Leather, MobileLibrary, and Glass Vans

    Five new van types can appear: Blacksmith, Butcher, Leather, Mobile Library and Glass vans.

    Added Blacksmith, Butcher, Leather, MobileLibrary, and Glass Vans.

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  • NEWButchering

    The Butcher Van has tools required to hang/process meat as well as handle some of the mess

    The Butcher Van carries the tools you need to hang and process meat, plus some supplies for cleaning up the mess.

    The Butcher Van has tools required to hang/process meat as well as handle some of the mess.

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42.0.1 (Build 42 Unstable) Friday, 20 December 2024

  • FIXButchering

    Fixed: a butchering exploit

    Fixed a butchering exploit.

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  • CHANGEButchering

    Removed the butchering & recipe code fixes since it wasn't wanted for hotfix

    The butchering and recipe code fixes were taken back out of this hotfix, so they aren't in this update.

    Removed the butchering & recipe code fixes since it wasn't wanted for hotfix.

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