Skull
The Skull is one of the six organs of a corpse, and one of the three you can work with in the demo. It stays unknown on the Autopsy Table I until you learn Skull and Teeth (5 blue). In 13 of the demo’s 15 kinds of corpse it is of the lowest quality and needs Anatomy mastery 3 to remove; the other two have quality-2 skulls, which need 5 (see Corpses and organs).
Anatomy 3 is a lot at the start of the game, when every branch is at 0. A 3-star Vegetable salad gives exactly that for one in-game day.
Variants (6)
| Quality | Red Skulls | White Skulls | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ★ | 0 | 0 |
| ★ | 0 | 1 |
| ★★ | 0 | 2 |
| ★★ | 2 | 2 |
| ★★★ | 0 | 3 |
| ★★★ | 3 | 2 |
How to obtain
Body Parts
Found on 15 corpses · Corpse tier 0
Other sources, not in the demo (38)
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulation Bench | Any of Skull ×1 |  5 | 6 | 12 |
| Formulation Bench | Any of Skull ×1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
Body Parts
Found on 36 corpses · Corpse tier 1–4
Used for
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Science ×5 | 1010 | 6 ( Researcher −2 ) |
Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.
Other uses, not in the demo (3)
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulation Bench | Any of Skull ×1 | Skull ×1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Formulation Bench | Any of Skull ×1 | Skull ×1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Formulation Bench | Any of Skull ×1 |  Tooth ×1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Notes
- Skulls with white skulls are worth keeping in the body. Two kinds of demo corpse have a skull with one white skull, two with two; white skulls cap a grave’s quality, so a body keeps a higher ceiling with them in.
- In the demo a removed skull has no recipe. Teeth are pulled from skulls at the Formulation Bench, which the demo cannot build. You can study a skull: 5 Science for 10 red and 10 blue.