[Suggestion] Ability to Release tamed animals back into the wild

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• 18 Mar
  Tidalblade Merged

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  As players engage more with breeding systems, we inevitably produce excess or undesirable animals. Currently, the only option is to manually kill our own tames, which takes time, wastes ammunition or durability, and feels unnecessarily clumsy.
  
  A dedicated Slaughterhouse, Bolt Gun, or Cull command would allow players to instantly and humanely euthanize their own claimed animals. This would streamline breeding management and reduce the time spent fighting our own livestock.
  
  Such a system could return normal harvest resources while giving players a clean, intentional way to manage herds without the awkward process of attacking their own animals.

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• 22 Feb
  Pitbreaker Merged

  With the new update of farming and incentivizing players to breed and have multiple animals, i think it would be good to have a tool you can make to dispatch tamed animals, very similar to what modern farmers use.
  
  For example, to kill a cow, they have a base of ~2K HP and that can consume a fair bit of ammo to put one down to make room for another juvenile to be born and grow

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• 26 Feb
  Edymnion Merged

  In the mean time, what I've been doing for the super-tank rejects is to build up several of them at a time, and send them to the station.
  
  Then go make a temporary save, name it "Dumpster" or "Trash" or something like that, call them down on it, and then just delete the save.
  
  It takes a minute, yes, which is why I build up a batch of them to do at a time to make it worth the effort, but its easier than trying to put down a buffalo with maxed out health and resists by hand half a dozen times in a row.

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• 02 Mar
  Joanna Merged

  I really want this. I hate shooting them so many times. I also think it could be a station you craft at the ranching table- have the tamed critter follow you to the butcher block, interact with the station to dispatch humanely.

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• 05 Mar
  Edymnion

  Something definitely needs to be done.
  
  What we did was make a new open world and named it "Trash Planet". Built it up just enough to get an OES board.
  
  Now we breed animals up on our breeding save, and when we get enough to make it worth the hassle send them up to the station and call them back down on the trash planet. We then leave them there. If/when it gets overwhelmed, we'll just delete the prospect and make a new one.

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• 06 Mar
  Rumblestrip

  I and several others ive seen streaming have been putting them down, usually with gun fire

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• 11 Mar
  Iblys Merged

  Or just add a trader that buys tames.

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• 18 Mar
  AnonJr Merged

  I'm not into the breeding stuff, but I can see where this would be a problem. A tool of some sort like [Joanna recommended](https://icarus.featureupvote.com/suggestions/696115/comment/767605#comment767605) would be good (though I like [Iblys' suggestion better](https://icarus.featureupvote.com/suggestions/696115/comment/769903#comment769903).

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• 18 Mar
  AnonJr

  Saw this after looking at https://icarus.featureupvote.com/suggestions/696115/comment/767605 and I do like the idea of being able to "unclaim" and then release back into the wild even better.

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• 19 Mar
  Elissa - Producer System

  "[Suggestion] Animal Dispatch Tool" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-02-22), including upvotes (69) and comments (4), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 19 Mar
  Elissa - Producer System

  "Suggestion: Add a Humane Slaughter/Cull Option for Tamed Animals" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-03-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 24 Mar
  Mitchell

  Release is nice, but a slaughter option/tool/bench would be more useful. I would probably release take wildlife but I don't want to release cows and sheep 😬.
  
  Maybe the skinning bench or butcher table could let you process a nearby tame? That might be safer than a tool you hold in your hand. I can just imagine my daughter grabbing my mouse while I'm walking around my barn...

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