Skinning

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Skill in the act of removing fur or skin from an animal. You need to be carrying a Skinning Knife in order to skin a corpse. Corpses of sentient creatures, such as goblins and humans, can't be skinned.

Skinning is a skill that allows the player to collect the hides and furs of animals. These can later be treated with the tanning skill into rawhide and leather.

To start raising this skill you need a Simple Skinning Knife. You can get one either by helping Ivyn or buy one from Kleave.

XP Gain

Skinning an enemy successfully gives XP equivalent to the enemy's level, rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5. It seems that getting any extra skins or special items (e.g. cat eyes, pig snouts) gives another +5 XP for each skin/item. Trophy skins also give +5.

Failing a skinning gives a portion of the XP you would have gained from a successful skin.

Skinning Knives

Knife	Description
Skinningknife Simple Skinning Knife	-
Utility Knife Utility Knife	A versatile knife for skinning or butchering. (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to skin andlor butcher the corpses of some enemies.)
Skinningknife Expert Skinning Knife	A great skinning knife for expert Skinners. (+6 to your effective skill when skinning.)
Skinningknife Master Skinning Knife	A perfect skinning knife for master Skinners. (+8 to your effective skill when skinning.)
Skinningknife Amazing Skinning Knife	A perfect skinning knife for master Skinners. (+10 to your effective skill when skinning.)
Multipurpose Knife	A versatile knife for skinning, butchering, or skull extraction. (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to skin, butcher, andlor extract the skull of some enemies.)

Related Skills

• Tanning
• Leatherworking

Skins and leveling guide

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Skin	Skinning	Creatures & XP Gain	Area(s)
Shoddy Animal Skin	0+	Rat +5 Deer +8 Pig +8	Between the town and the Tutorial Cave (east on the minimap) lots of Pigs and Wolves. In the Serbule Sewers, lots of Sewer Rats.
Rough Animal Skin	11+	Buck Deer +13 Doe Deer +13 Doe Snow Deer +36 Feral Cow +15 Wild Pig +15 Worg	South of Serbule up the hills.
Crude Animal Skin	16+	Bear Groupie +29 Wolf +20 Tiger +25 Feral Bull +21 Fire Sheep +25 Misery Yak +27 Panther +30 Tor-Urak +40	Eltibule
Decent Animal Skin	26+	Anomalus Sheep +35 Buck Snowdeer +33 Fey Panther Groupie +35 Mountain Sheep +35 The Mangler +39 The Mauler +39 Trained Crushing Bear +39	Southwestern Eltibule
Nice Animal Skin	40+?	Bleddyn +45 Bloodthirsty Werewolf +45 Hungry Tundra Wolf +40 Ice Bear +45 Insane Werewolf	Kur Mountains

Trophy Skins

Skin	Questgiver	Value
Trophy Bear Skin	None	750
Trophy Cow Skin	"Cheesemaker"	500?
Trophy Deer Skin	None	250
Trophy Panther Skin	Gorvessa	1200
Trophy Rat Skin	Thimble Pete	250
Trophy Sheep Skin	None	750

Level Up Rewards

Level	Bonus	Skill
10	+1 to	Tanning
20	+1 to	Leatherworking
30	+1 to	Tanning
40	+1 to	Butchering
50	+1 to	Tanning

Related Skills

Anatomy gives a bonus to the percentage chance of skinning exotic items and trophy skins. The bonus is based on your anatomy skill with the mob type you are skinning (Higher Cat Anatomy yields bonus rewards only when skinning cats).

Butchering

Level	Bonus	Skill
10	+1 to	Skinning
30	+1 to	Skinning
50	+1 to	Skinning

Tanning

Level	Bonus	Skill
20	+1 to	Skinning