Graveyard Keeper 2 Main Walkthrough Hub: All Guides & FAQs

At long last, the highly anticipated Graveyard Keeper sequel has arrived. Graveyard Keeper 2 lets players once again step into the role of Keeper, managing our own graveyard and profiting a little on the side. While your helpful talking skull friend will show you the ropes, sometimes it’s helpful to have a few pointers. That’s where our guides for Graveyard Keeper 2 come in.

This walkthrough hub serves as your go-to space to get the basic details for the game, as well as links to all of our guides. So if you’re looking for something specific, it’s a great place to start. I’ll cover some of the FAQs and link to all of our more in-depth guides for recipes, tools, and all things Graveyard Keeper 2 as our team digs in.

Graveyard Keeper 2 Basic Details: Price, Platforms, and Rating

Graveyard Keeper 2 is a cemetery management sim with plenty of grim humor and loads of zombies. As the name suggests, it’s the sequel to Graveyard Keeper. However, you don’t need to play the first game to enjoy this one. Here are the key details if you’re still on the fence about checking it out:

• Price: $24.99 USD
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2
• Rating: ESRB T for Teen and PEGI 16 in Europe, due to violence, blood, and dark humor

The game is available on prior-gen platforms (PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) as well as current-gen.

All Graveyard Keeper 2 Guides

Here’s a list of all the guides we have completed or in progress for Graveyard Keeper 2. Looking for something else? Let us know, and we’ll see what we can do!

• All Tech Crafting Stations & Where to Find Them
• Key Resource Guide
• All Fish & Fishing Bait
• All Tools & Upgrades
• Cooking Guide
• How to Unlock the Pottery Wheel

Graveyard Keeper 2 FAQs

Here’s where we’ve listed out some tidbits that didn’t quite fit into other guides. I’m talking early-game tips and frequently asked questions for getting started.

How Is Graveyard Keeper 2 Different from the First Game?

If you played the first game, you might be wondering… what’s new in the sequel? Our story uses the lore of the first game as its foundation for a new, standalone story. So, you don’t have to play the first game to jump into this one. But if you did, your skills will certainly transfer.

Much of the overall gameplay loop is similar. However, Graveyard Keeper 2 expands on the core graveyard management with more emphasis on town restoration and automation. Essentially, the game brings back much of what fans liked about the first game, but streamlined, expanded, and updated. You will get to use zombies for labor and for combat while running your graveyard and improving the town. Many say it’s basically an upgraded version of the prior game, so if you liked Graveyard Keeper and want more, the sequel is an obvious yes.

If I Played the Demo, Does My Progress Carry Over?

If you played the Graveyard Keeper 2 demo, you should be able to transfer your progress. Make sure you buy the full game using the same platform and account that you used to play the demo. When you boot up the game, you should be able to select Continue instead of New Game.

Some users on PC have reported having issues with loading their demo save files. If you’re running into issues, there’s an FAQ from publisher tinyBuild that can walk you through manually transferring your demo save so you don’t have to start over.

How Do You Save in Graveyard Keeper 2?

Saved game anxiety? I get you, because same. The game doesn’t make it super clear when it saves, as there’s no obvious autosave icon or save menu. However, you can rest assured that Graveyard Keeper 2 saves your progress every time you sleep for the night.

Can I Customize My Character in Graveyard Keeper 2?

The answer to character customization here is kind of a “yes and no” situation. You can’t change your character from the default male Keeper character. However, once you build the Dresser with Mirror tech in your home, you can adjust his appearance. This includes changing his hairstyle and beard, as well as selecting from a series of outfits you’ll unlock as you level up core skills.

What Is The Purple Stuff In the Stamina Bar, And How Do I Get Rid Of It?

Larry the talking skull does eventually explain the Insanity mechanic. But that info comes a bit after most players will have noticed that certain tasks add purple to the stamina bar, blocking out your ability to restore stamina. This is the game’s Stress/Insanity feature. Essentially, the whole working with dead bodies and zombies thing takes a toll, and you need to do something about it. The main downside to filling up the Insanity bar is that it takes away from how much stamina you have to go about your daily tasks. The more Insanity you have, the less space there is for stamina.

The purple Insanity meter can be reduced by imbibing certain foods and drinks; for instance, beer and other alcoholic substances. You can also avoid adding up too much Insanity by making sure your stamina is full before you start your graveyard management tasks, and by getting enough sleep at night. Specifically, you can regain sanity by going to sleep when tired (when the blue Zzz icon appears at the top of the screen). Doing this will clear some of the Insanity bar, along with drinking beer and eating berry pies.

How Do You Get Faith in Graveyard Keeper 2?

If you’re trying to unlock new Insights, you’ll likely notice that you need to accumulate and spend Faith to unlock many achievements. However, if you ignore a certain questline in the early game like I did, you’re going to struggle to figure out how to get Faith.

Faith comes via preaching sermons in the church near your graveyard. You’ll get access to this feature by meeting the Nun. She will arrive once you’ve helped Jack fix his boat and recruit the twins to row. After he leaves, wait a few days, and you’ll get a letter asking you to stop by the Tavern to meet the Nun. Then, you can begin unlocking the Church and the Faith that comes with it.

You can pray once a week, on a specific day. To do so, you’ll need to have at least one written prayer (you’ll unlock one by default in the questline). The amount of Faith (and money) you generate depends on whether the prayer succeeds or fails, impacted by the quality of the written prayer and your Church, plus your current Town Reputation.

How To Get into the Forest in Graveyard Keeper 2

Early in your Graveyard Keeper 2 experience, two guards will block your access to the forest area near town. Rest assured, you will gain access in due time. To get there, you need to work on progressing your main quests.

Specifically, you will need to win your first battle against the zombies and unlock access to the town. After this point, you’ll begin a main quest chain that will help you acquire the necessary permit to gain access to the forest (and the many resources lurking within).

Where to Get the Fairy’s Swamp Map

If Alchemy hurts your brain as much as it does mine, you may have left summoning the fairy for a bit later than your other quest lines. If that’s the case, you may get to the point of trying to access the swamp region before you obtain a key item. The Fairy’s Swamp Map is required to get the bandits to let you cross their bridge. Thankfully, it’s relatively easy to obtain. You just need to summon the fairy for the first time, and she’ll give it to you. How do you summon the fairy, you may ask? Well…

How to Make Dream Dust for the Plague Doctor and Summon the Fairy

To progress the Plague Doctor questline, you’ll need to craft some dream dust and show it to him. Incidentally, this is also how you get your first zombies. But how do you make Dream Dust? This requires working with the Study Table until you locate items with the Runes that correspond to the recipe provided by the Plague Doctor. Before you can use them to craft Dream Dust, you must study the items to uncover their Runes. However, if you don’t want to spend hours (and precious resources) studying every item in your possession, here’s one recipe for Dream Dust that should work:

• 1 Blood
• 1 Stick

This should give you the correct combination of runes to make Dream Dust at the laboratory table. Show it to the Plague Doctor, and he’ll tell you to combine the Dream Dust with the Comet and an extracted Tooth at your kitchen table. You should already have a comet in your possession from earlier in the quest, so you can mix up the potion right away. You’ll also get some bonus cheese out of the deal, along with some exciting new questlines to pursue.

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