Graveyard Keeper 2 Strategy Guides

Graveyard Keeper 2 completely retires the tri-station split from the prequel. Both the Alchemy Mill (powders) and the Hand Mixer (solutions) have been removed. All potion formulation, embalming fluid creation, and candle manufacturing now take place exclusively at the Formulation Bench, which hosts 55 distinct alchemical recipes.

• [+] Build Cost: 4× Wooden Planks, 4× Bronze Details, 1× Polished Bronze
• [+] Tech Tree Unlock: Church Lighting branch (5 Red + 5 Green tech points)
• [+] Reanimation Liquid: 1× Alcohol + 1× Catalyst (replaces legacy Zombie Juice)

The Distillation Cube no longer produces extracts; it operates passively with 20× Fuel to render raw Fat into Melted Fat and distill beverages (Wine, Beer, Cider, Mead) into Alcohol.

Surface automation in Graveyard Keeper 2 requires adhering strictly to the Two-Zombie Rule. If a Worker Zombie is assigned alone to a workbench, it crafts a single queue, exhausts its local inventory, and freezes indefinitely.

• [+] Worker Zombie: Stationed at the crafting bench to execute recipes continuously.
• [+] Supplier Zombie: Stationed at the Zombie Supplier Station to ferry raw materials from chests.
• [+] Supplier Station Cost: 4× Wooden Planks + 4× Bronze Nails.

Red Skulls vs White Skulls: White Skulls govern cemetery and sermon quality only. Red Skulls dictate undead perk capacity (from 0 to 16 slots), making high Red Skull counts ideal for industrial laborers.

The church tithe economy centers on delivering persuasive weekly sermons during Pride Day. Sermon success, faith drops, and parishioner donations are calculated directly from combined Cemetery Decor and Internal Cathedral Beauty scores.

• [+] Autopsy Quality Swing: Extracting Blood and Fat immediately yields -1 Red Skull and +1 White Skull each.
• [+] Candle Lighting: Burning White Candles crafted from Melted Fat provides vital temporary sermon buffs.
• [+] Blue Tech Generation: Study Table decomposition of organs using Science Points fuels advanced blueprints.

Corpse preparation should follow the optimal embalming sequence (Lye, Glue, Silver, Gold injections) on fresh cadavers before burial or reanimation.

Fulfilling town supply contracts is required to unlock merchant trade licenses, upgrade civic relations, and maintain a steady gold income. Fulfilling the 12 export contracts is a prerequisite for both civic prosperity and industrial endings.

• [+] Crate Packaging: Export crates are crafted at the Woodworking Workbench, not at kilns or forges.
• [+] Depot Drop-off: Crates must be physically deposited into the tarp-covered pile in the Town Warehouse basement.
• [+] Weekly Pride Day Deadline: Deliveries process strictly on the weekly Pride Day collection cycle.

The "Town Supplied" dialogue option remains inactive until the weekly collection evaluates. Always drop off crates prior to the Pride Day sunrise cutoff.