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* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': When Marcille's MagicStaff is damaged, she repairs it by weaving in strands of magical [[PlantPerson Dryad]] wood.

Possession of such things tends to be shorthand for "badass hunter", since FridgeLogic dictates that the character most likely had to kill the creature in question to get the requisite materials. Claws and teeth also tend to be [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp Blades]], to emphasize the ferocity of the previous owners, or at least justify their continued usage in place of more "advanced" weapons.

* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': Having the fame of fighting a wild bear and not just surviving but also killing the animal with his fists, Mamoru Takamura usually should appears with the skin and head of that bear as a cape previous of his fights, also showing [[RuggedScar the scar of the bear clawing in his chest]].

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' the villainous and terminally ill leader of the Sound Five Kimimaro can pull the bones from his body to instantly shape harder then steel weapons.

* ''Literature/TheKalevala'': Väinämöinen builds his first kantele (a stringed musical instrument) out of the jawbone of a giant fish he slew.

* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': Used for disturbing effect considering that the series takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. There are a few villains in the series with clothing, armor, or weapons made from parts of animals they've allegedly killed, such as Cluny the Scourge and his cloak made from bat wings, and Urgan Nagru and his wolf pelt and matching skull helmet.

** Some of the runelords' weapons of rule were crafted from creatures' mortal remains. Krune's animated spear has a dragon's fang for a blade, while Zutha made his scythe out of magically reinforced bones and sinews.

* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Mata Nui's sword is made from a [[BewareMyStingerTail Vorox tail.]] [[TheSmartGuy Berix]] notes that this trope applies for most glatorian weapons.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'': The exoskeletons of ankheg monsters can be made into armor while in the sequel you can also turn the hides of different dragons into armor as well.

* ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'' has a lot of weapons and occasionally armors made/taken from the bosses' body. The Secret Dungeon [[OptionalBoss Optional Bosses]] in particular tend to either drop the special equipments themselves (rarely), or drop the materials you'd need to craft the equipment (more commonly).
* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'': Chief Thunder returns from the first game with large feathers in his head and a necklace made of teeth, probably from wild animals like wolves, bears, etc. This trope becomes more literal with his alternate costumes, having helmets with heads of a bear, a wolf, [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset a skull of an animal]] and even in one costume, his axes are sharped bones attached to a stone and a stick.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': Animals frequently drop resources such as leather, wool, feathers or ink sacs that can be crafted into more stuff. Thus, any gear the player obtains through these materials qualifies for this trope.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' is very strongly centered on this concept. You are a hunter tasked with killing monsters, using their body parts to build and upgrade armor and weapons, and use them to hunt even stronger monsters.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Skarmory's Pokédex entries mention that in the past people used to use their shed feathers as swords -- Skarmory being a Steel-type, its feathers are naturally made out of metal and quite sharp.

* In ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', autopsying [[BigCreepyCrawlies the insectoid Chryssalids]] unlocks Chitin Plating, an item made with four of their corpses and a tiny amount of alien alloys. Chitin Plating adds 4 HitPoints, the most of any HP-enhancing item and equal to the mid-tier Carapace Armor, and gives the user an inherent 50% DamageReduction against melee attacks.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': An interesting version occurs when Coyote [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=686 pulls out his own tooth]] and gifts it to Antimony. Being a magical tooth, it transforms into a blade [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=964 so sharp]] that it can [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=965 slice a shadow]] from the off the ground and constantly resonates with Coyote's laughter.

* ''WebVideo/KiwamiJapan'', known for making knives (among other things) out of strange materials, does this occasionally, such as the shark-tooth knife in the page image, alongside more unconventional ones, such as making an engagement ring out of ''human nails''.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'': The exoskeletons of ankheg monsters can be made into armor.