Human NPCs still have no skulls

Game mode: [Singleplayer]
Problem: [Bug]
Region: [AU/PAL]


I have been frequently raiding the Black Hand camp near my base, and have noticed that human NPCs still don’t drop Weathered Skulls, it’s as if they’re no longer harvestable. I remember seeing a (now closed) thread about this back in March, so that’s at least 2 months ago this first started, any word on when the heads of NPCs in the Exiled Lands will no longer seemingly be hollow?


Steps on how to reproduce issue:

  1. Mercilessly kill NPC
  2. Attempt to harvest from said killed NPC
  3. Notice no skull, only getting human flesh, hide and the occasional arm and/or leg
  4. Vent frustration on nearest NPC
  5. Repeat

Are you using a cleaver or an axe? Pickaxe and pick will not let you get skulls but the other 2 should drop them occasionally

I’ve been using a hatchet, and nothing but human flesh, hide, arms and legs seem to drop for me, haven’t had a skull drop since March actually.

Try the cleaver might help. If it dosnt work with the humans go to the sink hole and just east of that is an undead camp. Try with them as they also drop the skulls

Cleaver works on Undead, but not on humans, cleavers barely harvest anything, and human NPCs should drop them, they did since launch, until the update in March, and it was not mentioned in those patch notes that humans would no longer drop skulls.

Must be a bug that will need to be looked into

I’ve gotten them with pickaxe/handaxe. Its just super-ultra mega-rare.

It also trigger “getting a head trophy” Which is why It comes to mind. (I restart alot)

The skull drop from human NPC’s is way low now. Best way to get the skulls are from the undead with a cleaver now.

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