Stripping

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Strip or Stripping is an action performed by pressing the appropriate button when available.

Stripping is an action that modifies an item or removes an item from another tool.

• You have to remove a Giant African Snail from a Sharpened Stick after you havepoked it out of a Hole To Poke.
• You may want to remove the husk from a Cocos so that you can make a Pierced Coconut.
• Some items are used in different ways depending upon the current state they are in. Honey can be eaten directly from theNatal Grass Cycad's Stem but can only be applied to your hominid once it has been stripped from the stem. Applying Honey provides different healing benefits and positive status effects than eating the Honey directly from the Cycad Stem.

Learning specific neurons increases your stripping abilities.

Mechanics

You have to have the item in your hand for the Alter action to appear. The other hand has to be free to perform the action. You may have to Switch Hands for this action to appear.

You then have to press the appropriate button at the correct time for the stripping action to be successful. If you are unsuccessful, two things can happen: either you don't apply enough force and the item remains unchanged or you apply too much force and the item is destroyed.

Items to Strip

Item	Action	Result
Aloe Leaf	Stripping	Aloe Sap
Cocos	Stripping	Coconut
Cracked Coco	Stripping	Opened Coconut
Dead Branch	Stripping	Stick
Horsetail	Stripping	Horsetail Leaves
Natal Grass Cycad	Stripping	Natal Grass Cycad's Stem
Natal Grass Cycad's Stem + Honey	Stripping	Honey
Stick + Bass	Stripping	Bass
Stick +Crayfish	Stripping	Crayfish
Stick + Giant African Snail	Stripping	Giant African Snail
Stick +Scorpion	Stripping	Scorpion
Sharpened Stick + Bass	Stripping	Bass
Sharpened Stick +Crayfish	Stripping	Crayfish
Sharpened Stick + Giant African Snail	Stripping	Giant African Snail
Sharpened Stick +Scorpion	Stripping	Scorpion

WhileHarvester Termites can be stripped from theNatal Grass Cycad's Stem with an empty hand, all this does is destroys the food. You simply clean the tool off, you don't get to keep the food.

Neurons

The following neurons impact stripping.

Image	Neuron	Neuronal Branch	Genetic Mutation?	Description
	Applied Force (DE 06)	Dexterity	No	The success rate of all alteration modes is increased. TAP (button) to switch an item from one hand to the other. HOLD (button) to take position to alter, then follow the steps proposed by the Contextual UI, with your bare hands or with a tool.
	Fine Motor Skill (AL 07)	Dexterity	No	The success rate of all alteration modes is increased. TAP (button) to switch an item from one hand to the other. HOLD (button) to take position to alter, then follow the steps proposed by the Contextual UI, with a tool in right hand or bare hand.
	Stripping (AL 04)	Dexterity	No	The success rate of an alteration without a tool is increased. TAP (button) to switch an item from one hand to the other. HOLD (button) to take position to alter, then follow the steps proposed by the Contextual UI, with an empty right hand.
	Stripping (AL 05)	Dexterity	No	The success rate of an alteration without a tool is increased. TAP (button) to switch an item from one hand to the other. HOLD (button) to take position to alter, then follow the steps proposed by the Contextual UI, with an empty right hand.
	Stripping (AL 06)	Dexterity	No	The success rate of an alteration without a tool is increased. TAP (button) to switch an item from one hand to the other. HOLD (button) to take position to alter, then follow the steps proposed by the Contextual UI, with an empty right hand.