Graveyard Keeper 2 Wiki | Graveyard Keeper 2

Graveyard Keeper 2 Wiki is being built as a guide to the whole game: items and recipes, quests and characters, locations, technologies, building, farming, fishing, combat and progression. Start with the guides below, including a comparison of what changed from the first game. Coverage is expanding.

Graveyard layout in the official media kit.

Alchemy recipes, Alcohol and Factory setup

Find a mixture, produce its Alcohol ingredient, or get the first Factory line running. These guides connect recipe quantities with unlocks, workstations and the supplies needed for the next step.

• Alchemy Recipes — Look up 29 formulas in six groups, with ingredient icons and exact rune totals.
• Alcohol — Unlock distillation, prepare Wine and Clay Urns, and calculate batch supplies.
• Factory Setup — Build a first Wooden Kit I line and diagnose power, worker or recipe problems.
• Base and Factory Layouts — Plan Yard, laboratory and Factory stations around the next recipe.
• Factory Production Lines — Plan connected kit and town-supply production.
• Conveyor Belts and Chests — Set filters, route materials and resolve conveyor problems.
• Mysterious Fish — Finish the Fisherman’s fillet request.
• The Nun Also Reads — Get the Choir ceremony to count.
• Fertilizers and Compost Pile — Unlock Peat and the Compost Pile Upgrade.
• Bioreactor — Produce Zombie Power from Wheat.
• Save File Location — Find Windows saves and transfer demo progress.
• Crematorium — Find construction costs, cremation rewards and the stuck-corpse fix.

Find a crafting or progression answer

Find Faith, zombie and iron progression help, charge a Hypno-device, make Dream Dust, use Green Scrolls, or unlock a missing workstation.

• Faith — Earn more from ceremonies and budget it for progression.
• Zombie Workers — Get the first workers and diagnose stopped production.
• Iron Ingot — Choose a smelting route or craft Supply: Iron.
• Hypno Device — Buy and charge the device for Gunter.
• Green Scroll — Get house rewards and deliver them to Linda.
• Dream Dust — Make the Leaf and Blood formula.
• Furnace — Unlock Furnace I and plan placement.
• Writing Desk — Prepare the desk for paper and sermon work.
• Distillation Cube — Build the Alcohol workstation.
• Formulation Bench — Make candles and charge devices.

Materials and workers for later progression

Find the source of Coal, Steel Ingots and Special Wood, grow Flax, or build the stations needed for your next recipe.

• Coal — Open mine production for Factory smelting.
• Steel Ingot — Buy steel from the Royal Foundry.
• Special Wood — Unlock Harold’s supply in the Stilt Houses.
• Gold — Compare nuggets, ingots and their uses.
• Zombie Gardening — Build the Gardener Stand and assign a worker.
• Flax — Buy seeds, grow Flax and spin thread.
• Jewelry Table — Unlock collar and equipment crafting.
• Firewood Shed — Supply Fuel to workbenches.
• Tin — Wash Sand for bronze-smelting material.
• Paint — Mix the formula for Linda’s request.
• Reanimation Liquid — Prepare the formula and resurrection supplies.
• Melted Fat — Distill Fat or Seed oil for doors and crafting materials.
• Tooth — Process a Skull for the Fairy-summoning ingredient.
• Blue Crystal — Buy the crystal needed for Zombie Collars.
• Gold Story — Make the gold-quality Story for Gunter’s printing request.
• Newspaper — Print supplies for the weekly PR Machine.

Start playing

Follow the opening walkthrough, then learn the daily tasks that support progression.

• Beginner Walkthrough — Follow the route from the first burial to the first zombie workers.
• Graveyard Burial — Place a grave and bury a corpse.
• Energy and Insanity — Recover energy and understand a reduced maximum.
• Crafting Basics — Check workbenches, ingredients and talent requirements.
• Zombie Workers — Unlock, assign and improve the undead workforce.
• Church and Sermons — Prepare ceremonies and maintain attendance.
• Corpse Quality — Choose bodies and grave decorations for the right purpose.
• Progression Troubleshooting — Resolve common access, worker and quest blocks.
• Weekly Calendar — Plan battles, resurrection, orders and sermons.
• Zombie Guide — Resurrect a zombie to automate work.
• Factory Guide — Turn resources into materials.
  

Unlock regions and advance quests

Open the Forest and Swamp, improve corpse deliveries, and complete the workshop and character requests.

• Forest Access — Obtain the pass and clear the Forest Outpost checkpoint.
• Forest Mine Access — Open the mine with Larry’s help and the bandits’ Dynamite.
• Swamp Access — Obtain the Royal Pardon and cross the bandit-held bridge.
• Necronomicon Quest — Meet Gunter’s reputation requirements and collect the book.
• Brawns and Brains — Unlock better corpse deliveries from Agatha.
• Jack Workshop Repair — Prepare both kit hand-ins for the Town Workshop.
• Stars, Lies, and Contracts — Get Jack’s signature and finish Gunter’s frontman request.
• Fairy’s Swamp Map — Summon the Fairy and reach the Goddess.

Late game and Factory progression

Build your production line and follow the later story. The walkthrough and branch guides contain major spoilers.

• Late Game Walkthrough — Follow the portal, Palace and ending route.
• Portal Fragments — Find all seven fragments and their installation requirements.
• Red Eye Choice — Compare both story branches and their requirements.
• Palace Politics — Prepare the character favors and final approach.
• Story and Cinematics — Browse the story illustrations and historical accounts. Contains major story and ending spoilers.
• Abandoned Sawmill — Set up Log production and transport.
• Porter Stations — Move mine, Sawmill and packed Factory goods to the right destination.

Items, recipes, characters and quests

Browse item and recipe references, quest routes, characters and locations.

• Items and Materials — Find material production recipes and uses.
• Crafting Recipes — Compare inputs and outputs by workstation family.
• Quests — Follow hand-ins and early progression objectives.
• Characters — Find quest characters and trade details.
• World Map — Explore the original game map and destination directory.
• Locations — Browse regions, interiors and production areas.

Food, fishing and supplies

Find ingredients, compare recipe batches and unlock more dishes.

• Cooking Recipes — Compare fixed-batch kitchen ingredients and unlocks.
• Fishing Locations and Bait — Choose fishing areas and bait for each listed catch.
• Where to Buy Materials — Find sellers and trade levels for progression supplies.
• Cooking Technologies — Follow the unlock checklist for all 20 cooking technologies.
• Foraging and Mining — Find clay, sand, copper, berries and mushrooms.

What changed from Graveyard Keeper 1?

Compare the sequel’s new and expanded systems.

• What Is New in Graveyard Keeper 2 — See the changes for returning players.
• Talents and Inspirations — Understand talent and perk progression.

Crafting, farming and research

Choose a technology branch, plan a craft or learn the production systems.

• Technology Costs — Browse costs and prerequisites for 226 technologies.
• Sawhorse — Calculate Board and Short Log batches.
• Farming Basics — Plan seed costs and harvest improvements.
• Fishing Basics — Handle bites and reeling.
• Study Table — Obtain Science and study items.
• Alchemy Basics — Match ingredients to a formula.

Build and supply the Town

Plan shop materials, workers, orders and automated production.

• Town Building Costs — Compare shop materials by upgrade stage.
• Trading and Town Orders — Understand changing prices and deliveries.
• Zombie Worker Perks — Compare worker specializations.
• Factory Automation — Connect workers, conveyors and capacity.

Combat and completion

Read battle objectives and track achievement conditions.

• Combat Basics — Command squads and defend your base.
• Graveyard Keeper 2 Achievements — Check all 38 achievement conditions.
• Victory Banner — Expand military building space with battle rewards.

Launch information

Check platform availability, the demo and reported launch issues.

• Patch Notes — See what updates 1.005 to 1.010 changed, down to recipe costs and battle rewards.
• Platforms and Demo — Check console editions and demo-save transfer.
• Known Issues — Read the publisher’s launch issues and hotfix notice.
• Mods — Install voice-over mods and find every voiced line id.

What to do next

• Building Technologies — Plan the points for your next construction unlock.