Merchants Sell Animal Parts
⚪ Last updated 2024Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #38 of 106 Gameplay Effects and Changes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Inspired by Forbidden West, this mod swaps out a few merchant resource and ammo supplies for animal parts. Perfect for those who prefer a more animal-friendly/time-efficient playstyle.
Regular merchants (Tier 1-4) carry all base animal bones and skins.
The Mystery Box merchant in Meridian carries Badger, Goat, and Owl bones.
Bluegleam merchants in the Frozen Wilds carry Squirrel bones and all DLC animal skins.
Installation:
Drag and drop the provided BIN file into the Packed_DX12 folder, usually found in YourDrive:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Horizon Zero Dawn\Packed_DX12
Compatibility:
Some mods which modify resources/loot drops may cause conflicts with this mod. Please refer to the optional patch files for compatibility support
If you are still experiencing a loading screen freeze, please use HZDCoreEditor to generate a patch file for compatibility with your mods: https://github.com/Nukem9/HZDCoreEditor/tree/master.
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Merchants Sell Animal Parts is a small gameplay mod that adds all base and DLC animal parts, specifically bones and skins, to merchant inventories. It's for players tired of hunting for materials and want a convenient way to buy them. With 251 endorsements and recent updates, it's a simple quality-of-life addition.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Saves time hunting for bones and skins—just buy them from any merchant.
- Covers both base and DLC parts, so you're not left scrambling for rare materials.
- Community-approved with 251 endorsements and over 8.5k downloads.
⚠️ Cons
- May unbalance the game's economy by making hunting obsolete for these materials.
- No compatibility notes—could conflict with mods that alter merchant inventories.
For survival-crafting players who find hunting tedious and just want to focus on building or questing. Also great for completionists who need specific parts for crafting recipes. Skip if you enjoy the hunting gameplay loop or want a more challenging economy.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod requires a specific game version—last updated in 2024, so it should work with recent patches.
- If you use other merchant mods, load this one after them to ensure it doesn't get overwritten.
- Test with a new save or after visiting a merchant to see the added parts immediately.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Horizonzerodawn Mods
- Author
- TrustInUma
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 8,582
- Endorsements
- 251
- Category
- Gameplay Effects and Changes
- Created
- 4/7/2024
- Updated
- 4/8/2024
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