Remove the tail from your (Skeleton Type)

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Wiki note: The title of this option varies with the skeleton's Menace quality:
Remove the tail from your

Skeleton: MenaceText
0Creature
1Animal
2Beast
3Monster
4Monstrosity
5Demon
6+Abomination
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It's ruining the lines of the animal.

Game Instructions: You will not retrieve the value of any tail you may have added previously, and this will not add Tails Needed to your skeleton. It will simply remove one tail.

Unlocked with Skeleton: Tails, Ravenglass Knife, Skeleton in Progress 10-99

Locked with Skeleton: Skulls Needed


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 220

  • 151 - very chancy (41%)
  • 187 - chancy (51%)
  • 224 - modest (61%)
  • 261 - very modest (71%)
  • 297 - low-risk (81%)
  • 334 - straightforward (91%)
  • 367 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Removing attachment points

Cut the tail at the base, then snip off the very end and reattach that piece. Now the spine comes to a natural conclusion. It's really very artful work.


Failure

Removing attachment points

Cut the tail at the base, then snip off the very end and reattach that piece. It's work that takes strength, and if the knife slips, it will– yes. That. That is exactly what you wanted to avoid. Now, where did you put the bandages?