Leech Blood

Leech Blood

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A congealed glob of Leech Blood. Can be used for medicinal purposes when carefully prepared.

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Resource

Type

Resource

Rarity

Uncommon

Renewable

No

Refineable

No

Combustible

No

Item

Weight

0.2

Stack size

50

Spoils in

3h

Added in

v242.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi LeechBlood 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_LeechBlood.PrimalItemResource_LeechBlood'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Used to craft

1 item

Leech Blood is a naturally obtained resource. It can be harvested by killing  Leech,  Deathworm and  Lamprey.

Leech Blood is an ingredient of  Lesser Antidote.

Gathering

Leech Blood
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Direwolf	★★★★★
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Sabertooth	★★★★☆
Pulmonoscorpius	★★★☆☆
Stone Hatchet	★★★☆☆

The easiest way to collect Leech Blood is to build a Wooden Raft with a room and an open deck, and sail to the swamps.

• Use a crossbow (or other ranged weapon if necessary) while on the raft deck to kill the leeches without risking them attaching to you then harvest the leech blood using a  Metal Hatchet.
• If a  Titanoboa gets near, hide in the room and use a melee weapon to kill it when it clips inside the room.
• Have a campfire going inside the raft room in order to burn off any leeches that latch on during harvest or to cook up prime meat from the  Titanoboa.
• If you don't build the boat out of stone, beware of  Sarcos since they can do decent damage to wooden structures.

Another option is to ride a Rex into the swamps and kill all the leeches. Once finished, harvest them using the Rex or a Hatchet. Using a Dino will prevent leeches from becoming attached to the player. This method will work with any carnivore but to be safe from Kaprosuchus' grab ability make sure your Dino is immune to it, usually by being too big to carry. A Rex or Spino is recommended for this reason.

On Aberration, Leech Blood can be collected from lampreys found in the blue zone.

Crafting

Items crafted with Leech Blood or Horns (Deathworm or Woolly Rhino):

•  Lesser Antidote

Fishing Comparison

It is also used as a bait when  Fishing, as an alternative to using  Sap or  Giant Bee Honey.

Bait	Catchable Fish	Max Fish Size
Sap	Coelacanth	0.94
Leech Blood	Coelacanth,  Sabertooth Salmon,  Piranha	1.88
Giant Bee Honey	Coelacanth,  Sabertooth Salmon,  Piranha	2.4

Notes

• It can be consumed but there has been no recorded effects or symptoms of disease after.
• It can be stored in a  Preserving Bin, but that doesn't extend its spoil time.
• It can't be stored in a  Refrigerator, although patch notes 242.3 state it can, and there have been no contrary patch notes since.