# Basecamp - what do I need to make butchering job actually work?

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**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/basecamp-what-do-i-need-to-make-butchering-job-actually-work/22565 "2020-01-24T14:59:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpwb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dpwb/32/2609_2.png) [@dpwb](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dpwb)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/basecamp-what-do-i-need-to-make-butchering-job-actually-work/22565/3 "2020-01-27T09:23:41Z")

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Yep, im working on this which will help give feedback to job failures in future, [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/37300](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/37300)

But in the meantime, heres the checklist.

1. make sure the corpses are in a corpse loot zone, thats where the NPC searches for corpses.
2. make sure the NPC has a butchering implement in their inventory or there is a loot zone with a butchering implement inside it nearby ( within 60 tiles )
3. if the corpse is big, then they will also need a butchering rack, and a hacksaw.
4. if its dark, then they cant do the task.
5. as Valase also said - Im not entirely sure if the NPC can path on top of the rack, so might be worth putting the corpse loot zone adjacent to it.

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