Crushed Bones

Dust to dust. Crafting Ingredient

How to obtain

Crafting

Crushed Bones
Ingredients	Bones (1)
Station	Witching Mortar
Learned	Known from the start

From a failed recipe

Failing to make	Station
Bones	Witching Mortar

Battle loot tables

Reward table	Information
Basic cave creature loot	See the table for quantities, conditions and roll-dependent probabilities.
Deep Catacombs chest loot	See the table for quantities, conditions and roll-dependent probabilities.
School creature loot	See the table for quantities, conditions and roll-dependent probabilities.

Shared loot is awarded per encounter. The corpse-search chance, loot die and individual reward checks are separate; see Enemy loot.

Bonus loot rolls

Where	Needs	Chance per roll	Most per save
Chests in the Deep Catacombs	Opening Cata Chest 1 (1 roll) or Cata Mimic Chest 1 (1 roll, after a fight with Chest Mimic v3)	4.8%	No limit

Mined from

Found in	Pickaxe needed	Rock HP	Swings	Amount	Also
Mall Mines, Abandoned Hovel, Sealed Passage, Catacombs Mines	Rusty Pickaxe or better	1	Rusty 1 · Basic 1 · Sturdy 1 · Quality 1 · Superior 1	1	None
Mall Mines, Abandoned Hovel, Sealed Passage, Catacombs Mines	Rusty Pickaxe or better	2	Rusty 2 · Basic 1 · Sturdy 1 · Quality 1 · Superior 1	1 (50% chance)	otherwise Bones
Mall Mines, Abandoned Hovel, Sealed Passage, Catacombs Mines	Rusty Pickaxe or better	2	Rusty 2 · Basic 1 · Sturdy 1 · Quality 1 · Superior 1	1–2 (50% chance)	otherwise Bones

Found in the world

Location	Found at	Conditions
Old Man Jackson's House	Examine life preserver	After the scene with Ellie in Town

Found at a mystery

Mystery	Where	What you get
Tree Man “A dark opening in the trees calls to you.”	The Old Woods (South-East)	33%: 3; once Lesser Offering of Rain has come out
Bone Altar “A crude altar has been built from old bones.”	Sealed Chamber (3F)	Roll of 7+ (needs a Luck bonus): 3; the first 3 times; after that the same roll gives Hard Bones

Investigate it and the die decides. A mystery can be investigated again once it resets; see Mysteries for what resets them.

Processing

• Made in the Grinder or the Windmill, from the inputs listed below.

Made by processing

Crushed Bones comes out of a machine rather than a recipe.

Machine	Input	Makes	Time	Fuel
Grinder	Bones	Crushed Bones	1 in-game hour	1
Windmill	Bones	Crushed Bones	3 in-game hours	No fuel required

Recipes

21 recipes use Crushed Bones, at 7 stations.

Potion Lab (8)

Makes	Ingredients	Learned
Flask of the Gods (Luck)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (HP)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (MP)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (Attack)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (Defense)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (M. Atk)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (M. Def)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start
Flask of the Gods (Agility)	Spiritcap Mushroom (1) Tooth Dust (3) Crushed Bones (5) Gold Bar (1) Crystal Flask (1) Pickled Eyeballs (1)	Known from the start

Anvil (4)

Makes	Ingredients	Learned
Mysterious Hat +6	Rawhide (5) Leather (5) Crushed Bones (25) Corrupted Tar (2) Rune of the Dead God (2) Leadleaf (15)	Known from the start · crafted once
Mysterious Tunic +6	Rawhide (5) Leather (5) Crushed Bones (25) Corrupted Tar (2) Rune of the Dead God (2) Leadleaf (15)	Known from the start · crafted once
Mysterious Legguards +6	Rawhide (5) Leather (5) Crushed Bones (25) Corrupted Tar (2) Rune of the Dead God (2) Leadleaf (15)	Known from the start · crafted once
Mysterious Boots +6	Rawhide (5) Leather (5) Crushed Bones (25) Corrupted Tar (2) Rune of the Dead God (2) Leadleaf (15)	Known from the start · crafted once

Compost Bin (2)

Makes	Ingredients	Learned
Dense Fertilizer (Lv1) ×5	Bat Guano (10) any quality Crushed Bones (5)	Known from the start
Dense Fertilizer (Lv2) ×5	Bat Guano (10) any quality Crushed Bones (5) Common Mushroom (2)	Known from the start

Cooking Pot (2)

Makes	Tab	Ingredients	Learned
Herbal Salve	Cooking Pot	Basic Herb Bundle (1) Secret Sauce (1) Crushed Bones (5)	Known from the start
Energy Drink	Juicer	Duskmelon Slice (2) Secret Sauce (2) Crushed Bones (5)	Learned by using Recipe: Energy Drink

Prep Table (2)

Makes	Ingredients	Learned
Mana Sausage (Raw)	Mystery Meat (5) Mystery Steak (1) Salt (2) Crushed Bones (2) Tooth Dust (1)	Known from the start
Cured Mana Steak (Raw)	Mystery Meat (8) Mystery Steak (3) Salt (5) Crushed Bones (5) Gravemoss (5) Corpse-Ear Mushroom (1)	Known from the start

Workbench (2)

Makes	Tab	Ingredients	Learned
Skeleton 2	Decorative	Crushed Bones (10) Bones (10)	Known from the start
Ghostly Scarecrow	Scarecrows	Dripping Scarecrow (1) Crushed Bones (50) String (25) Wood (25) Spiritwood (15)	Learned by using Blueprint: Ghostly Scarecrow

Witching Mortar (1)

Makes	Ingredients	Learned
Scraped Hide	Bloody Skin (1) Crushed Bones (2) Salt (2)	Known from the start

Gift preferences

Neutral

Celeste, Edwin, Ellie

Disliked

Blorph, Josh, Molly, Sam, Tanner

Hated

Alice

Notes

• It is consumed by 21 recipes, making it a high-demand ingredient that is worth stockpiling.
• Its recipes accept any quality, so the least valuable quality is normally the economical one to consume.
• Avoid using it as a gift for Alice, who hates it.

See also

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