# Where are items from corpses listed? like bones, brains, etc
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062
**Category:** The Toolbox
**Created:** [September 18, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062 "2021-09-18T19:26:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062/1 "2021-09-18T19:26:36Z")
I’m trying to make a “trophies” mod for the game (because its not the apocalypse until you can put somebody’s head on a stick as a warning, dangit!) but i’m having trouble finding out where stuff like bones are located.
How/where should I put an item that would be “harvested” from bodies?
I think I understand the whole “type” and “id” stuff you have to add when making an item but what I should classify it as and how to get the game to recognize it is a mystery to me
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### Author:  [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062/2 "2021-09-18T19:58:08Z")
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> How/where should I put an item that would be “harvested” from bodies?
They are located in the [harvest.json](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/dfeffce52e0c8ed34e18b5e2d0bd8e73990f8219/data/json/harvest.json) file.
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> I think I understand the whole “type” and “id” stuff you have to add when making an item but what I should classify it as and how to get the game to recognize it is a mystery to me
After you’ve defined your item, you have to add it as a harvest type (see [mammal\_fur](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/dfeffce52e0c8ed34e18b5e2d0bd8e73990f8219/data/json/harvest.json#L441-L460) as a random example).
You either have to add to / redefine existing entries, or create a new one and then link that one to a monster by redefining the `"harvest":` entry on the monster itself.
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### Author:  [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062/3 "2021-09-18T20:22:26Z")
I know that, but what I’m asking here is where do I put the thing _before_ I start adding harvesting
To clarify if I were add something like “hskull” where I put an entry that tells the game what hskull is and where to grab it from
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### Author:  [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062/4 "2021-09-18T20:48:47Z")
> [@Bio](#):
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> […] where I put an entry that tells the game what hskull is and where to grab it from
That… is what the `id` and `type` entries are for… As long as it’s _somewhere_, the game will find and use it.
You can find more information on modding [generally explained here](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/d929790fbe12337a7341a411f2877cf6f82de14f/doc/MODDING.md) and explained [more in detail here](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/wiki/Guide-to-adding-new-content-to-CDDA-for-first-time-contributors).
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### Author:  [@TwoFeather](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TwoFeather)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-are-items-from-corpses-listed-like-bones-brains-etc/27062/5 "2021-09-19T12:59:42Z")
This sounds like it could be really cool.
Imagining a psychopath character collecting the heads of all the NPCs they come across
One man’s hellscape apocalypse is another man’s paradise