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Hide
Hide
Thick skin, hacked from most dead animals.
Type
Rarity
Common
Renewable
Yes
Refineable
No
Combustible
No
Weight
0.01
Stack size
200 / 5000
Found in Supply Crate
White, Green, Blue
Spawn Command
cheat giveitemnum 10 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Hide 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Hide.PrimalItemResource_Hide'" 1 0 0
Used to craft
Exchange yields
50 pieces
Hexagons
Hexagon Icon 30

Hide is a resource that can be acquired by harvesting corpses with most tools and dinosaurs. It is dropped by most Creatures that aren't Fish or Invertebrates.

Gathering

When harvesting a corpse without a dino, using a Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet is the most effective tool to use. Hide can also be harvested with a Stone Hatchet Stone Hatchet or Stone Pick Picks. See the chart below for the most effective ways to harvest Hide.

Hide Hide
Creature / ToolGain per action
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★★
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★★
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo★★★★★
Allosaurus Allosaurus★★★★☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus★★★★☆

Crafting

Hide is an important resource in crafting. It can also be used with 6 Oil Oil to make Gasoline Gasoline in a Refining Forge, a vital resource for later level players who wish to run advanced machinery.

Hide is used to craft a lot of items, including:

Full list of items crafted with Hide

Notes/Trivia

  • Phiomias can yield a lot of hide, however, they run from players when attacked.
  • Parasaurs hold no inherent danger, as they will flee upon initiating, often getting itself stuck on rocks or trees. This opens it up to be easily killed or knocked out.
  • The Dodo and Lystrosaurus are both good sources of Hide early game.
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