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Skinning Knife

Tool for skinning animals; better knives give better yields, shells, horns and animal heads.

Recipe

What goes into Skinning Knife and where it’s made.

NeedsAmountSource
Leather Straps Made fromAmount pendingDev build Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 3:33:10 (opens in a new tab)
Tool Collar Made fromAmount pendingDev build Unconfirmed Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 3:33:43 (opens in a new tab)

“Amount pending” means we don’t have that number yet for this version.

How to get

Where Skinning Knife comes from.

PageSource
Tannery Sold byDev build Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 1:03:02 (opens in a new tab)

Used in

What Skinning Knife goes into.

PageSource
Great Bison Needed forMarch alpha Video: Jeff Kaplan + Esfand Play The Legend of California Alpha at 1:49:14 (opens in a new tab)

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Patch history

3 versions

Every fact about Skinning Knife by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Dev build
  • Gets better skinning yield; makes hunting tortoises for their shells worthwhile.
  • Tool used for skinning; a Tier 3 version exists and can be handed to teammates.
  • Recipe bought at an outpost.
  • Better skinning knife recipe is among the few useful recipes the players owned. Unconfirmed
  • Needs leather straps and a tool part; only one could be made at a time.
Alpha 5
  • A Tier 2 or higher skinning knife is required to get animal head drops.
March alpha
  • A Tier 2 skinning knife exists and was used to skin the Great Bison.

Sources

5

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) (opens in a new tab) VideoOct 17, 20262
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) VideoAug 15, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) VideoJun 6, 20266
Jeff Kaplan + Esfand Play The Legend of California Alpha (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 30, 20262
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 22, 20261

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