How to skin a crab in stranded deep

Skinning was added in v0.15. It adds an extra layer of game play where the player must prepare animals prior to cooking. While skinning is currently not tied to any skill system, it is planned to have success and fail states in a future version.

Process

In order to skin an animal, such as a fish, the player must equip a refined knife. The player must then use the knife on the animal, and the animal corpse will vanish, leaving a portion of meat behind. This meat may then be put on a campfire or one of its upgrades in order to be cooked. In a future build, skinning is planned to also provide resources such as leather and sinew.

How do you skin a crab?

How to remove meat from a crab.
Lay the crab on its back and twist off the legs and claws..
Holding firmly on to the shell, push the body section out with your thumbs..
Pull off the 'dead man's fingers' – these are tough and inedible and should be discarded..
Scoop out the brown meat from the shell and reserve..

How do you use skins in Stranded Deep?

In order to skin an animal, such as a fish, the player must equip a refined knife. The player must then use the knife on the animal, and the animal corpse will vanish, leaving a portion of meat behind. This meat may then be put on a campfire or one of its upgrades in order to be cooked.

How long does it take to cook crab meat Stranded Deep?

Medium meat takes 2 in-game hours to cook and additional 2 in-game hours to smoke. On cooking level 0, eating it will provide 2 food bars.