Animal bones

[Pamela]

Do you need to "clean up" the bones when you kill an animal?  I have heard on some YouTube videos that leaving them affects the spawn rate of new animals.

[City Builder]

wondering the same

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They'll eventually despawn on their own.  Not sure about the spawn rate thing.

[City Builder]

Thanks, I've also been wondering if the presence of bones deters other animals from the area.  For example, I have a garden growing that is surrounded by a 1x2 pit (to protect the garden from rodents / rabbits) and if I leave their bones in the pit, would that deter other animals from coming to the area and falling into the pit?

 

Also, is there a way to turn their "bones" into something using a tool when we break them down?

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On 10/10/2020 at 5:39 PM, City Builder said:

Also, is there a way to turn their "bones" into something using a tool when we break them down?

no right now you get the bones from the drops window after butchering.  It's possible that in the future that might not be the case, and you actually have to do something to the skeleton to get the bones.

Bones don't have any deterrent effect that I'm aware of.