Guides & Strategy
Long-form strategy for every system in Graveyard Keeper 2, from your first burial to a fully automated zombie economy. Each guide states which game version its numbers were checked against.
Getting started
- Beginner Guide: Your First 10 Days, Step by Step Your first 10 days in Graveyard Keeper 2, step by step: first burial, the Village, 15 early techs, bread, saving and the six-day week.
- Best Graveyard Keeper 2 Tips and Tricks: 25 Rules the Game Barely Explains The 25 best Graveyard Keeper 2 tips for 1.008: Short Log fuel, mastery speed, church attendance, Prayer for Storms, the PR Machine and selling.
- Stuck in Graveyard Keeper 2? Every Progression Blocker and Its Fix Stuck in Graveyard Keeper 2? Fixes for common blockers on 1.008: reputation gates, hidden techs, quests that won't start, weekday locks and soft-locks.
- Weekly Calendar: What Happens on Each Day of the Week Gluttony to Wrath: what each of the six days unlocks in Graveyard Keeper 2, the Donkey's corpse days, sermon day and a full week plan. Checked on 1.008.
Money & trade
- How to Make Money: Best Methods and Where to Sell, Early to Late Game How to make money in Graveyard Keeper 2 at every stage: certificates, Paint, gold rings, steel swords and sermons, with sale prices, buyers and traps.
- How to Raise Town Gratitude and Likes (the Thumbs Up) Town Gratitude is an item worth 5 Likes. Every way to earn Likes in Graveyard Keeper 2 and how Green Scrolls lift the cap to 200.
- How to Get Gold: Nuggets, Ingots, Jewelry and Gold-Grade Items No gold mine in Graveyard Keeper 2: where Golden nuggets come from, how to smelt ingots, what gold sells for, plus gold Stories and gold Wine. Patch 1.008.
- Town Orders and Trading: Supply Crates and the Warehouse Town orders pay 10 to 75 Likes plus pocket change. How Pride, urgent and regular orders, Supply crates, warehouse payouts and Happy supplier work in 1.008.
- Wine, Mead and Beer: Every Recipe, Buyer and Bottle Count How to make Wine, Mead, Beer and cider in Graveyard Keeper 2: every recipe and station, who buys each drink and for how much, gold Wine and Alcohol Baron.
Church & faith
- Church, Sermons and Faith: The Complete Wrath-Day Playbook How to get Faith in Graveyard Keeper 2: restore the church, raise Likes and church quality, pick the right prayer each Wrath and dodge the zombie penalty.
- Every Prayer Ranked: What Each Sermon Pays and When to Preach It All 11 Graveyard Keeper 2 prayers ranked: Faith and coins per parishioner, the crowd each grade needs, blessings, how to write each grade, when to preach.
Graveyard & corpses
- Corpse Quality in Graveyard Keeper 2: Red and White Skulls, Autopsy, Embalming and What to Bury Corpse quality in Graveyard Keeper 2: red vs white skulls, every organ's value, autopsy odds, embalming, Organ Improver and Albert's 8-red-skull zombie.
- How to Raise Graveyard Quality Fast: Graves, Decor and Milestones Raise graveyard quality fast in Graveyard Keeper 2: how graves score, headstone, fence and decoration values, area layouts, milestones and the 1,552 cap.
- Energy and Insanity: How to Restore Energy and Cure Insanity Max energy is 100 minus insanity in Graveyard Keeper 2. How to restore energy, every insanity cure with numbers, Lack of sleep and the Sauna trap.
Zombies & automation
- Graveyard Keeper 2 Zombies: Resurrection, Perks, Jobs and the Zombie Limit How to make zombies work in Graveyard Keeper 2: raise them, pick collars and red skulls, the best perk for each job, the zombie limit and the PR Machine.
- Factory Automation: Power, Conveyors, Porters and Production Ratios Graveyard Keeper 2 Factory guide: Carousel power (7 per zombie, 140 max), belt and chest rules, porter routes, zombie crews and what to automate first.
- Best Factory Layouts: Module Grids, Power Budgets and Basement Plans Six Graveyard Keeper 2 factory layouts drawn as grids, each with its power cost, walkers and output, plus what to build in every basement and work zone.
Town & battles
- Town Restoration: Every Shop and House, Their Costs and the Best Order Every Graveyard Keeper 2 Town shop and house: kit costs, the best build order, the market stall to skip, 180 Green Scrolls, Town quality and achievements.
- Talents and Inspirations: Which Perks to Buy and What They Cost in Faith Graveyard Keeper 2 talents and inspirations explained: the Faith cost of each talent tree, the best perks to buy first and every way to raise mastery.
- Battles and Army: Defense Power, Squads and How to Win Every Fight Every Graveyard Keeper 2 battle with its defense power, squad cap and rewards, plus squad builds, barricades, towers and how to beat each enemy type.
Crafting & tech
- Material Locations: Where to Find Stone, Clay, Sand, Coal and the Rest Where to find stone, marble, coal, clay, sand, tin, copper, Special Wood, Blue Crystal and flax in Graveyard Keeper 2: spots, zombie posts and shops.
- Tech Tree Priorities: The Best Research Order, Phase by Phase Best Graveyard Keeper 2 research order by phase, with point totals, all 10 reputation gates, hidden techs and the fastest ways to earn red, green and blue.
- How to Get Science and Tech Points Fast Science Kit I gives 30 Science, Kit II 60, loose paper just 1. The fastest kit loop, where the Study Table is, the best studies and quick blue points.
- Where to Get Iron: Ore, the Old Mine and Iron Ingots Every iron source in Graveyard Keeper 2: ore boulders, the Trademaster, the Old Mine Zombie Miner, and which smelting route gives you the most Iron Ingots.
- How to Unlock Steel: Steel Ingots, Jack 70 and the Steel Anvil Steel can't be smelted in Graveyard Keeper 2. How to reach Jack 70, where the Bishop sells Steel Ingots, plus every steel tech, recipe and Smithing need.
- Alchemy Explained: Runes, Every Formula and the Cheapest Mixes Graveyard Keeper 2 alchemy: rune values for every ingredient, the cheapest mix for all 29 formulas, Dream Dust, Distillation Cube and Formulation Bench.
- Cooking Guide: Best Food, Every Recipe and Kitchen Upgrades Every Graveyard Keeper 2 cooking recipe with energy, ingredients and unlock trigger, the best food at each stage, kitchen upgrades, buff dishes and Umami.
- Farming Guide: Crops, Growth Times, Fertilizer and Zombie Gardeners How farming works in Graveyard Keeper 2: every crop's Farming requirement and growth time, Peat and fertilizers, garden upgrades and zombie gardeners.
- Beekeeping Guide: Beehives, Honey and Beeswax How to build and harvest Beehives in Graveyard Keeper 2: 3 to 6 Honey and 1 to 2 Beeswax each, plus what to make from the Honey and Beeswax no trader buys.
- Fishing Guide: Every Spot, Bait and Fish, and What Each One Is Worth Every Graveyard Keeper 2 fishing spot, bait and the 22 catches: day and night odds, Fireflies, Mysterious fish fillets, sell prices and legendary fish.
Story & quests
- Graveyard Keeper 2 Walkthrough: The Main Story Act by Act Graveyard Keeper 2 walkthrough: all 41 main quests in order across seven acts, what each act unlocks, and the reputation gates that stall the story.
- Choices and Endings: What Your Decisions Really Change How many endings Graveyard Keeper 2 has, which late-game choices change anything, what the finale needs and what you can miss. Checked on 1.008.
- All 7 Portal Fragments: Where They Are and How to Get Them Every portal fragment in Graveyard Keeper 2, in order: who holds it, where it is, the 1 gold Lust purchase, Jack at 80 reputation and each quest involved.
- Romance and Pairs: Every Couple, Scene and Requirement Can you romance anyone in Graveyard Keeper 2? Not as the Keeper. Every step, item and requirement for the three pair scenes, plus Herbert's romance novel.
Reference
- Graveyard Keeper 2 FAQ: Co-op, Game Pass, Switch, AI Art and More Is Graveyard Keeper 2 co-op or on Game Pass? Checked answers on Switch vs Switch 2, AI art, length (about 40 hours), reviews, price, Steam Deck and saves.
- Patch Notes Explained: Every Update from Launch to 1.008 Every Graveyard Keeper 2 update from launch to 1.008 in plain terms: what changed in practice, unlisted rebalances, console patch delays and the roadmap.
- Graveyard Keeper 2 Known Issues: Bugs, Soft-Locks and Fixes Known Graveyard Keeper 2 bugs on 1.008 and fixes: crashes, soft-locks, lost items, the Sauna penalty, save file location, backups and console patch gaps.
- What's New in Graveyard Keeper 2: Every Big Change from the First Game Graveyard Keeper 2 vs the first game: the playable Town, zombie army battles, underground factories, talents, Milestones and why red skulls are now good.
- Graveyard Keeper 2 System Requirements, Settings and Steam Deck Graveyard Keeper 2 minimum and recommended PC specs, what each setting does, a tested Steam Deck profile (up to 4 hours of battery) and stutter fixes.
- Graveyard Keeper 2 Mods: Best Picks, Installation and Save Safety The best Graveyard Keeper 2 mods on Steam Workshop and Nexus Mods, how to install BepInEx and voice packs, the risks for saves and the rules.
- Graveyard Keeper 2 Release Date, Platforms, Prices and Pre-order Bonus Graveyard Keeper 2 launched Sept 22, 2026 at $24.99 on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox, Switch and Switch 2. Real unlock times, Game Pass and the Sauna bonus.