For detailed information on player corpses, please see the article on [[death]].
A '''corpse''' is the result of killing [[NPC]]s ([[animals]], [[tower guard]]s, etc), and other [[player]]s. A corpse is used for (and left after) [[butchering]]. Burying a corpse gives a small amount of [[digging]] skill. If the corpse is a human then burying it can increase [[alignment]] by 1. A dirt tile must be least three dirts deep at each corner to provide enough dirt for burying.
Corpses [[decay]] relatively fast unless inside a [[Terrain:Cave|cave]]. Once it is decayed, the [[item]]s on the corpse will end up in a [[pile of items]].