Butchering changes in Project Zomboid
- 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.
Official source - 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
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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.
Official source - 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.
- FIXButchering
Fixed: some stuff with rotten animals on butcher hook
Fixed some stuff with rotten animals on butcher hook.
Official source - 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.
Official source - 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.
Official source - 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.
Official source - 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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