Rimetusk Obsidian Knife dummy water · Week 250–251 current-player evidence boundary
ICARUS Rimetusk Obsidian Knife Dummy Water Fix
Quick Answer
If skinning a Rimetusk with an Obsidian Knife gives dummy water items, confirm that both the client and host run ICARUS Week 251 build 3.0.29.157838 or later. RocketWerkz describes the defect in two complementary ways: creatures that drop ice could produce dummy water when skinned with the Obsidian Knife, and Rimetusk ice was being cooked during that skinning path. Week 251 prevents that conversion. On the corrected build, identify a Rimetusk, record the equipped knife and the inventory before skinning, complete one normal skinning action, and compare only the observed output. The release does not publish an expected ice quantity, knife durability cost, affected stack size, cleanup method for dummy items already created, or a guarantee that an older carcass or saved state will refresh. Treat the Rimetusk, Obsidian Knife, ice-to-dummy-water defect, and Week 251 boundary as verified. Keep yields, other creatures, existing-item repair, console commands, save edits, and repeated harvesting tricks separate unless current reliable evidence supports them.
- Reading time
- 8 minutes
- Difficulty
- Creature, tool, build and output-state diagnosis
- Checked
- 2026-10-07
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Guide details
Before you begin
Use the Week 251 fix when skinning a Rimetusk with an Obsidian Knife produces dummy water instead of a clean ice result.
Week 251 Rimetusk and Obsidian Knife ice-to-dummy-water fix; no invented yield, knife wear, old-item cleanup, other-creature scope, console, or save edit.
- Status
- Official ICARUS release evidence plus bounded exact-query review
- Edition
- Week 250–251 current-player evidence boundary
- Platform
- PC · Steam
- Checked
- 2026-10-07
- Check note
- Only the cited Week 251 release facts are verified. Search volume, keyword difficulty, external SEO score, unsupported recovery methods, numeric values, and later changes remain Unknown.
Before you set out
Prerequisites#
- Use Week 251 build 3.0.29.157838 or later on both the player client and the session host.
- Confirm that the carcass is a Rimetusk and the equipped tool is the Obsidian Knife before skinning.
- Record the relevant inventory slots before the action so observed ice and dummy-water changes are distinguishable.
- Keep expected yield, knife wear, other affected creatures, old-item cleanup, and old-carcass recovery Unknown unless another reliable source verifies them.
Why the Obsidian Knife could create dummy water#
The Week 251 release describes a narrow output-conversion defect. Its notable summary says skinning a creature that drops ice with the Obsidian Knife could produce dummy water items. The fixed list narrows the concrete case to preventing ice from being cooked when a Rimetusk is skinned with that knife. Together, those statements support one bounded causal chain: the Rimetusk skinning path produced ice, the Obsidian Knife path incorrectly treated that ice as though it should be cooked, and the resulting inventory output could appear as dummy water. The note does not say the animal failed to skin, that all loot disappeared, that the knife changes normal yields, or that water containers caused the problem. It also does not identify a player-operated conversion toggle. This distinction matters because a missing resource, an unexpected quantity, an unidentified inventory icon, and a dummy water entry can look like the same failure while representing different states. On Week 251 or later, test only the documented combination and preserve the before-and-after inventory. Do not throw away items, move them through benches, repeatedly skin unrelated animals, or edit the save merely to force a correction. The patch fixes the code path going forward; it does not document how already-created dummy entries are migrated. A useful remaining-failure report therefore includes the game build, host build, creature label, equipped knife, inventory state, output labels, and whether the carcass existed before the update.
Route 02
Check ICARUS Rimetusk Obsidian Knife dummy water#
Use this order to verify the documented Week 251 boundary without inventing an ice-yield recipe or destructive cleanup method.
Confirm the creature#
Use the current game label to verify Rimetusk. The fixed line names that creature; it does not establish the same behavior for every animal that may drop a cold or water-related resource.
Confirm the equipped knife#
Verify that the active skinning tool is the Obsidian Knife. A different knife, attachment, workshop tool, or harvesting action is outside this exact evidence.
Check the client build#
Confirm Week 251 build 3.0.29.157838 or later. An older client is below the documented correction and cannot demonstrate that the fixed path is present.
Check the host build#
Match the host or dedicated server to the corrected build. Shared carcass and inventory outcomes cannot be judged from the joining client version alone.
Record the inventory before skinning#
Note visible ice, water-like entries, free slots, and the exact tool. This creates an observation baseline without assuming a particular yield.
Skin once through normal play#
Complete one ordinary skinning action on the confirmed Rimetusk. Week 251 does not prescribe a special angle, animation cancel, alternate key, or bench step.
Read the actual output labels#
Compare the resulting item names and icons with the baseline. Do not call a resource ice or dummy water solely from color or shape if the game provides a label.
Separate quantity from item identity#
The fix establishes the wrong item type, not a target number. Record any quantity but keep expected yield Unknown here.
Note the carcass boundary#
Record whether the animal was killed or the carcass created before updating. The release does not promise that every pre-patch object reconstructs itself.
Preserve a remaining failure#
Keep builds, host type, creature, knife, pre-action inventory, output labels and quantities, and carcass timing. Avoid save edits or repeated disposal before evidence is captured.
Pocket list 03
Verified Rimetusk skinning boundaries#
- Affected creature — Rimetusk in the concrete fixed-line example.
- Affected tool — Obsidian Knife.
- Documented resource path — ice was incorrectly cooked during skinning.
- Observed bad output described by the publisher — dummy water items.
- Fix boundary — Week 251 build 3.0.29.157838.
- Unknown — expected ice quantity, knife wear, stack behavior, and other creatures.
- Unknown — cleanup of existing dummy items, old-carcass refresh, console, or save-edit recovery.
- Search volume, keyword difficulty, and external SEO score remain Unknown.
Fault ledger
If Rimetusk skinning still gives the wrong item#
- The host is older than Week 251
- Update and restart the host before judging the correction. A current client does not prove the authoritative skinning path is updated.
- The tool is not the Obsidian Knife
- Stop applying this exact diagnosis. Record the actual tool and evaluate that separate skinning path with its own evidence.
- The item identity is unclear
- Preserve the current label and icon. The release distinguishes ice from dummy water but gives no screenshot or inventory-row identifier.
- Only the quantity looks wrong
- Keep that as a separate issue. Week 251 verifies the output-type correction, not an expected Rimetusk yield.
- Dummy items existed before updating
- Do not promise automatic cleanup. The source says the generation path was fixed but does not document migration of old inventory entries.
Field questions
Rimetusk and Obsidian Knife questions#
- What exactly did Week 251 fix?
- It prevents Rimetusk ice from being cooked during Obsidian Knife skinning, the path described as producing dummy water items.
- Which build is the verified boundary?
- Week 251 build 3.0.29.157838-rel-DangerousHorizons.
- How much ice should one Rimetusk give?
- The cited update does not publish a yield, so the expected amount remains Unknown here.
- Are other knives or creatures affected?
- The summary refers broadly to creatures that drop ice, but the fixed line names Rimetusk and Obsidian Knife. Do not extend the claim without evidence.
- How do I delete or convert old dummy water?
- Week 251 supplies no cleanup, console, transfer, or save-edit procedure for items already created.