Taxidermy Kit

A Taxidermy Kit can be used to make Taxidermy Specimens and other fun things out of dead animals. By adding creature remnants to the kit, they can form the basis of a specimen or other object, depending on which unlocks the kit has. Unlocks are available a la carte, allowing for a wide variety of options for creations. Taxidermy Kits debuted at the 2025 Ebon Gate festival and are sold in The Old Ossuary in Evermore Hollow. They were created by GM Avaluka. OTS Taxidermy Kit Off the shelf, a taxidermy kit can store creature remnant parts and make basic Taxidermy Specimens from them. Most "animal" creature types can be harvested for creature remnant, but they first must be killed. Gathering creature remnants from a dead creature will destroy its pelt in the process. To gather creature remnants, wear the Taxidermy Kit, hold a knife in one hand, and use DROP/PUT {CREATURE} IN KIT. Analyze You analyze the taxidermy kit and sense that the creator has provided the following information: --Taxidermy Kit-- ==General Information== This taxidermy kit is a special object that stores remnants from huntable creatures. These remains can be made into taxidermy specimens and other items. It requires acid or blood magic to be able to preserve creature parts; it can gain charges from crystal, bloodwood wands, as well as spells of the appropriate type. Some creations made with this kit require stuffing, as well, which can be made by DROPping in foraged cotton bolls or scrap pieces of fabric. ==Alteration Guidelines== * Alterations to the taxidermy kit's 15/15/15 and long description are fine, though it must remain a "taxidermy kit". It also cannot take a show. * The kit is supposed to have an interior made of metal and an exterior made of fabric or leather/suede. * The material of the interior, the material of the exterior, and the adjective/material for the toggles can be customized by any willing merchant. ==Features== * Creature Remnant Slots [5 out of 25 Unlocked] While having a dagger in one hand, DROP a dead creature into your taxidermy kit to store its remains. This requires there to be enough acid/blood magic to preserve the remnants. You can GAZE at the kit to see a list of your remnant slots, and TURN the kit to switch to a different remnant slot. * Taxidermy Specimens [Unlocked] These are taxidermied versions of the creature remnant stored. It requires stuffing to create these unless it is a skeleton or skull. They can be PLACEd on the ground as a prop or displayed in a private property. Sub-Types Unlocked: Full Body, Head. * Stuffed Puppy Toys [Locked] Creates a stuffed version of a puppy toy out of the creature remains. This requires a charge of stuffing to create. Sub-Types Unlocked: Creature Remnant Noun. * Sock Puppet [Locked] Creates an OTS version of a Sock Puppet using the creature remnants. The puppet itself is considered to be made of leather, with the skin of the chosen remnant being used to make the puppet's hair. Sub-Types Unlocked: Creature Remnant Noun. * Rugs [Locked] Creates a rug made out of the skin of the chosen creature remnant. These rugs can be PLACEd in the room or at-feet; additionally, you can SIT on them. Sub-Types Unlocked: <creature remnant noun> <fur/skin/feather> rug, <creature remnant noun> <skin/hide> rug, <pattern> <color> rug. * Articles [Locked] If unlocked, you can change the article of your potential creation with PEDAL. * Post-Noun (Long) Descriptions [Locked] If unlocked, you can change the post-noun (long) description of your creations with TWIST. You can also toggle the post-noun description showing up at all with COVER. * Adornments [Pelts=Locked, Decoration=Locked, Eyes=Locked] If unlocked, you can add gems/metal/wood/glass to use for eyes, pelts/hides for trim, and antlers/horns/teeth/bones for extra decoration. These additions will open more options for articles and post-noun descriptions, if available. * Dye [Locked] If unlocked, you can POUR cobbling or alchemy dye into the taxidermy kit and dye your creations. Your taxidermy kit has access to the following commands: DROP/PUT (add remnants/supplies), TURN (change remnant slot), CLEAN (empties currently selected option), FLIP (change creation sub-type if available), PUSH (create object with current settings). Additionally you can use INSPECT on the kit to get a wealth of information on how your next creation will appear, as well as GAZE to view the status of all the kit's creature remnant slots. ==Current Settings== * Exterior Material: suede * Interior Material: steel * Toggle Adjective/Material: round bone You get no sense of whether or not the kit may be further lightened. Usage Verb First Third CLEAN WARNING! This will permanently delete the pelt decoration of "." If you are sure you want to do this, repeat this command in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec. Pressing a finger into the base of your taxidermy kit, you trigger the interior mechanism. The kit rumbles a bit as the pelt decoration is destroyed. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Empty the currently selected creature remnant or adornment option, destroying it. Requires confirmation. DROP/PUT You carefully inspect the dead black-winged daggerbeak, noting its glossy coal black exterior. WARNING: This will destroy the black-winged daggerbeak's skin and will preserve the remnants of it in your taxidermy kit. If you are sure about this, please repeat this command in the next 30 seconds. Deftly using your steel skinning knife, you separate the black-winged daggerbeak into its component parts, feeding each one into your taxidermy kit. The scent of acid mixed with the tang of blood rises from the taxidermy kit as it preserves the new contents. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Carefully ripping a bolt of cotton into cloth strips, you flip open a toggle on a side flap of your taxidermy kit and stuff the pieces inside before firmly closing it again. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Add creature remnants or taxidermy supplies. This destroys the item added. Requires confirmation. FLIP You drum your fingers along the side of your taxidermy kit, considering your next creation. You decide to use only the head of the daggerbeak within. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Change the creation subtype, if there is more than one available as an option. GAZE You gaze at your taxidermy kit, thinking back to the creature remnants you have stored within ... [List of all creature remnant slots and their contents.] This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! See a list of your creature remnant slots. INSPECT Looking closely at the taxidermy kit, you inspect it in minute detail. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Preview what your next creation will look like. See inspect information below for details. PUSH You pause as you reach your hand to your taxidermy kit, pondering your actions. WARNING! This will create a taxidermied specimen that will look like "a feathery taxidermied daggerbeak with keen mottled gold granite eyes". Any pelts, extra decorations, or eye materials added to the taxidermy kit will be destroyed. If you are sure about this, please repeat this command in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec. Using sinew and various tools from the steel interior of your taxidermy kit, you begin to assemble a taxidermy specimen, carefully putting together several preserved animal parts until you are satisfied. Nodding happily, you straighten up with a feathery taxidermied daggerbeak with keen mottled gold granite eyes in your hands. Roundtime: 30 sec. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Finalize and make your creation based on the currently selected options. Requires confirmation. SLAP You slap the side of your taxidermy kit, making the inner mechanism shift slightly. You are sure that if you CLEAN the kit it will clear out the creature remnants now. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Change what CLEAN will empty, cycling between the creature remnant and any adornments present. This verb only becomes available if the Adornments Unlock has been added. SPIN Tapping the tip of one finger against your taxidermy kit, you decide to make a taxidermied specimen out of the daggerbeak within. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Cycles between taxidermy creation options. This verb only becomes available if additional creation options have been unlocked, such as WerePuppy Toys, Sock Puppets, or Rugs. TURN Spinning a knob on the side of your taxidermy kit, you select a different creature remnant compartment. You are sure the selected slot contains the remains of a black-winged daggerbeak (glossy coal black). Spinning a knob on the side of your taxidermy kit, you select a different creature remnant compartment. You are sure the selected slot is empty. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Change the currently selected remnant slot. Creature Remnant Slot Increase Additional creature remnant slots can be added to a Taxidermy Kit, allowing for storage of more items, up to a maximum total of 25 slots. Taxidermy Specimen Subtype Unlock Additional Taxidermy Specimen subtypes can be unlocked via certificate. By default, the Taxidermy Kit can make head and full body subtypes. Additional specimen subtypes may have their own certificates. There are separate certificates for "skeleton or skull" taxidermy specimens and "massive" taxidermy specimens. Massive specimens include wyrms, and this unlock allows for a full size taxidermy specimen to be made from it instead of just the head. WerePuppy Toy Unlock This unlock allows for the creation of WerePuppy Toys via a Taxidermy Kit. Sock Puppet Unlock This unlock allows for the creation of Sock Puppets via a Taxidermy Kit. Sock Puppets created via a kit are OTS/Tier 1 but can be unlocked individually, like store purchased Sock Puppets. Creature Noun Unlock This unlocks the ability to save a creature noun with POINT for optional use with WerePuppy Toys or Sock Puppets made with a Taxidermy Kit. Usage Verb First Third POINT This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Rug Unlock This unlock allows for the creation of Taxidermy Skin Rugs via a Taxidermy Kit. Rugs created are compatible with Pup Tents. Article Unlock This unlocks the ability to change the article on creations made via a Taxidermy Kit. Usage Verb First Third PEDAL Thoughtfully rotating a finger over the surface of your taxidermy kit, you consider your next creation. You are sure the next creation you make will have the article of "a glossy coal black" now. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Change the article of your potential creation. Post-Noun Unlock Unlocks the ability to add post-noun (long) descriptions to creations made via a Taxidermy Kit. Usage Verb First Third COVER You ensure any creations made with your taxidermy kit will have a shorter description. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Hide the post-noun (long) description. TWIST Twisting your taxidermy kit back and forth in thought, you consider your next creation. You are sure the next creation you make will have the description of "with dull mottled gold granite eyes" now. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Change the post-noun (long) description of your creations. Adornments Unlock If unlocked, you can add extra adornments to use for eyes, trim, and extra decoration. These additions will open more options for articles and for post-noun descriptions. Either the article unlock or the post-noun unlock must be applied to the Taxidermy Kit first before any adornment unlocks can be added. There are separate certificates to add different types of adornment options to a Taxidermy Kit. One certificate adds the ability to include gems/metal/wood/glass as eyes. Another certificate adds the ability to include antlers/horns/teeth/bones as decoration. A third adds the ability to include pelts/hides as decoration. Usage Verb First Third DROP/PUT WARNING! This will destroy a piece of mottled gold granite and add "mottled gold granite" as the material to be used for eyes with your next creation using the taxidermy kit. If you are sure about this, repeat this command in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec. Thumbing open one of the round bone toggles of your taxidermy kit, you lift open a lid on a compartment and feed a piece of mottled gold granite inside. Several steel teeth within the taxidermy kit come to life and pull it out of your hand, grinding the granite into its component parts. Add an appropriate adornment type. This destroys the donated item and requires confirmation. Dye Unlock Unlock the ability to add cobbling or alchemy dye to a Taxidermy Kit to dye your creation. Usage Verb First Third PINCH This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Toggle use of dye on the current creation. POUR This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Pour cobbling or alchemy dye into the taxidermy kit and dye your creations. Additional Information Inspect Information INSPECT can be used to preview the current creation as well as all options available for the current selection. This includes a long list of point and click options if using Wrayth with links enabled. Looking closely at the taxidermy kit, you inspect it in minute detail. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of leather, an extremely common material. The sharp scent of acid and blood rises from the taxidermy kit, giving some indication that it has some magic left. Based on the strength of the odor, you estimate it can preserve 3 more creature remnants before needing to be recharged. Peering at the various storage compartments, dials, and settings of the taxidermy kit, you consider the contents carefully. * Stuffing: 0 [DROP in cotton bolls or scrap fabric to add more] * Dye: None [POUR dye into the kit] * Pelt Decoration: None [DROP pelts/hides into the kit] * Additional Decoration: None [DROP antlers/horns/teeth/bones into the kit] * Eye Material: mottled gold granite * Cleaning Focus: Creature Remnant [CLEAN the kit to empty this, SLAP the kit to change what CLEAN will empty] * Saved Creature Noun: None [POINT the kit at an appropriate creature] * Creature Remnant Slots: 25/25 [GAZE at the kit to view the status of the remnants] * Selected Creature Remnant: the remains of a black-winged daggerbeak (glossy coal black) [TURN the kit to change to a different slot] * Creation Type: Taxidermied Specimen [SPIN the kit to change the creation type] * Creation Subtype: Full Body [FLIP the kit to change] * Article: a feathery [PEDAL the kit to change] Possible Articles: a mottled gold granite-eyed, a cross-eyed, a dull-eyed, a glossy-eyed, a keen-eyed, an odd-eyed, a gem-eyed, a glossy coal black, a glossy coal black feather, a feathery, a sleek-feathered, a bedraggled, a ruffled, a fluffy-feathered, a tufted, a crested, a tall-crested, an open-beaked, a sharp-beaked, a curve-beaked, a long-beaked, a short-beaked, a wide-beaked, a thin-beaked, a sinew-stitched, a lopsided, a misshapen, a lumpy, an upright-posed, a flattened, a squashed, a pristine, a perfect, a symmetrical, a crooked, a fat, a rotund, a long-bodied, a short-bodied, a skinny, an emaciated, a scrawny, a robust, an elegant, a regal, a majestic, an average-sized, a large-bodied, a medium-bodied, a medium, a plain, a sitting, a prone, a standing, a crouching, a stalking, a running, a leapinga long-winged, a short-winged, a spread-winged, a dingy-winged, a broken-winged, a bent-winged, a curve-winged. * Post-Noun Description: Off [TWIST the kit to select a description] Possible Descriptions: with mottled gold granite eyes, with dull mottled gold granite eyes, with crossed mottled gold granite eyes, with mismatched eyes, with keen mottled gold granite eyes, with gem-set eyes, colored in glossy coal black tones, colored a glossy coal black tone, with glossy coal black feather, covered in fluffy feathers, covered in sleek feathers, with dull and bedraggled feathers, sporting a large feather crest, crested with a curved feather plume, covered in partially ruffled feathers, with a wide open beak, with a short beak, with a long tapered beak, with a wide beak, with a sharp curved beak, with a sharp-tipped beak, with a curve-tipped beak, with a razor-sharp beak, with a pointed beah, with a thin beak, with a slender beak, stitched with sinew, posed in an upright position, set in a lopsided pose, covered in lumps, pressed into a board-like shape, with a fat body, with a rotund body, with an emaciated frame, with a skinny frame, set in a regal pose, set in a majestic pose, with an average-sized body, with a middling size, with a large body, set in a sitting position, posed in a standing position, set in a prone position, posed as though mid-leap, posed in a crouching position, with wings outstretched, with long wings, with curved wings, with dingy-colored wings, with partially broken wings, with outstretched wings, with large wings, with shortened wings, with folded wings. * Full Description: a feathery taxidermied daggerbeak PUSH the kit to create the item with the current settings. Using the Kit The kit needs to be charged. This can be done via acid or blood magic; it can gain charges from crystal, bloodwood wands, as well as spells of the appropriate type. Find and kill an animal. Instead of skinning or searching it, wear the kit, hold a knife or dagger in one hand and nothing in the other hand, and then DROP/PUT {CREATURE} IN KIT. This will preview what the creature remnant part will look like, including a color unique to this specific animal. Animals come in a variety of colors, and their remnants reflect those different colors as well as other random adjectives. Optional: If you are creating a WerePuppy Toy or Sock Puppet and have the creature noun unlock on your Taxidermy Kit, you can use POINT at the dead creature to preserve its noun, which can be used as the noun on the toy or puppet. Optional: Use INSPECT and the various point and click options to choose which you want applied to your creation. Use TURN to cycle between creature remnants stored inside of your kit. By default, a kit can store five different creature remnants. Certificates unlock the storage potential for remnants, up to 25 total slots. Use SPIN to cycle between which type of taxidermy creation you want to make. The default type available is a Taxidermy Specimen. Unlock certificates allow for other options to become available, such as those for a WerePuppy Toy, Sock Puppet, or Rug. Use FLIP to cycle between different subtypes of the creation previously selected via SPIN. Full body and head are available by default, and they require stuffing to make as a taxidermy specimen. Skulls and skeletons can be added via an unlock certificate, and they do not require stuffing to make as a taxidermy specimen. Optional: Use PEDAL to cycle between different article options. This requires the Article Unlock. Articles available vary depending on the animal type and may reference the color or other adjectives unique to the stored creature remnant. If the kit has any adornments unlocks applied, those are also included in the available options. Optional: Use TWIST to cycle between different post-noun (long) description options. This requires the Post Noun Unlock. You can use COVER to remove the post-noun description at any time in the creation process. Descriptions available vary depending on the animal type and may reference the color or other adjectives unique to the stored creature remnant. If the kit has any adornments unlocks applied, those are also included in the available options. Optional: POUR alchemy or cobbling dye into the kit and use PINCH to apply the dye color to your creation. If creating a Taxidermy Specimen that is either a head or a full body, DROP/PUT some sort of fabric into the kit to serve as stuffing material. Bolts of fabric purchased at Maellyn's Fabrics in Solhaven work for this purpose. Use PUSH to complete your creation. This requires confirmation and will destroy all components used in making the creation.

Taxidermy Kit Information Type Fluff Crafting Item Classification Miscellaneous Item(s) Applied to Taxidermy kit Alterable Yes Light/Deep Customizable Yes Custom Exterior Material Interior Material Toggle Adjective/Material Original Release Venue Ebon Gate Original Release Year 2025 Tiered Yes How to Unlock Certificate Corresponding Item Scripts Taxidermy Specimen Taxidermy Skin Rug Restrictions Must remain a taxidermy kit. Long descriptions only. Item Verbs CLEAN COVER DROP FLIP GAZE INSPECT PEDAL PINCH POINT POUR PUSH SLAP SPIN TURN TWIST