Skinning

[Iron Horse]

Just bought the game. I killed something. I have a stone knife equipped. I press F and I can't skin it. I can pick it up, like a wolf or rabbit, but can't skin it. What am I missing?

[william_es]

Are you pressing F and holding it? it's not a one click thing. You'll see a small progress bar fill up around the square button.

It has that delay so you don't accidentally trigger the whole skinning animation if there's an enemy nearby.

[SomeBloke]

Some things you cannot skin with a stone knife.

[william_es]

Originally posted by SomeBloke:

Some things you cannot skin with a stone knife.

Snap, you're right. I've had better tools for so long, I forgot.

Things like buffalo you need a something that counts as iron or above. If you have an insufficient knife, and aim the cursor at something that needs higher quality, you see a knife symbol in red with roman numeral II next to it.

Even the junkiest mxc workshop knife counts as iron. The mxc knife is probably one of the first 6 things that anyone should buy from the workshop.

[Iron Horse]

If I hold F, I pick up the animal.

[AKH925]

Originally posted by Iron Horse:

If I hold F, I pick up the animal.

Try E. My friends and I have this discussion often because its common for people to Swap E and F keybinds so it gets confusing. lol I can't remember which is the default anymore.

I normally only pick up animals if im not actively holding the knife. It could be a bug but it would be one I've never seen/ heard of. 🤔

[Iron Horse]

No. I have a stone knife. When I look at an animal with it drawn, it gives me a red knife symbol. Given I look at a rock with an ax, I get a red symbol for "wrong tool."

[william_es]

Originally posted by Iron Horse:

No. I have a stone knife. When I look at an animal with it drawn, it gives me a red knife symbol. Given I look at a rock with an ax, I get a red symbol for "wrong tool."

Red knife symbol usually means it's not a high enough quality level of knife to pierce the skin.

What animal is it?

[Iron Horse]

Lvl 5 wolf or rabbit or something.

[Tasolth]

Rabbit wolf, deer, goats should be skin-able with even stone. Buffalo and bears need iron or above.

[Iron Horse]

Nevermind. I was trying to skin with the throwing knife.