There are two ways to kill tamed animals in Valheim, turning on Friendly Fire or equipping the Buthcer's Knife. I use the butcher's knife when I am slaughtering large amounts of tamed animals to restock my reagents for making food recipes, but when I find a tamed animal that is not where it should be: like fallen into a moat without an exit; I turn on Friendly Fire, kill the animal, then turn off Friendly Fire.

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Use butcher knife, pvp settings have nothing to do with this.

PVP settings do have something to do with this, but aren't necessary. For example: I'm usually too lazy to go grab our butcher knife (on top of the fact that I never bothered to learn where we kept it) when dealing with the boars on our farm, so I just turn on PVP when I'm doing that chore then turn it back off when done.

Not exactly, the method in game is to use the butcher knife.
If a person turns on pvp it is because they are now flagged to be destroyed because it is an asset of a player.

The 2 things are technically different, which is the best kind. (Futurama reference) ;)

We have tool racks attached to the side of a workbench shed in our 4H areas with hoe, cultivator and butcher knife hanging from display plaques, so we always know where to find them when needed.

Originally posted by dmonroeschool:

they changed it so only the butcher knife can kill a tame so you don't accidentally kill then during a fight

no, still works, just done it yesterday, turn on pvp and kill

Change your PvP setting, so you can kill friendlies. To do that open inventory and click two swords icon in upper right corner. You can also use butcher knife, I think it baypasses PvP setting.

they changed it so only the butcher knife can kill a tame so you don't accidentally kill then during a fight

Use butcher knife, pvp settings have nothing to do with this.

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Use butcher knife, pvp settings have nothing to do with this.

PVP settings do have something to do with this, but aren't necessary. For example: I'm usually too lazy to go grab our butcher knife (on top of the fact that I never bothered to learn where we kept it) when dealing with the boars on our farm, so I just turn on PVP when I'm doing that chore then turn it back off when done.