Complete Graveyard Keeper guide to get you started
Take your first steps in Graveyard Keeper stress-free with an essential guide designed to build a solid legacy.Get past the initial stumble and enjoy a smooth start with practical tips and targeted guidance to help you manage every task without any problems.
Note the missions and schedules of the various characters, as the game lacks a dedicated mission log.Take a screenshot of the weekly schedule to easily consult it during your game sessions.
Manage your time freely
Take advantage of the lack of a daily time limit to organize your activities calmly.Choose the best time to go to sleep without rushing.
Find iron ore
Ask the blacksmith where to find metal ore to start processing materials.Search the marshlands to the west, across the river, to gather deposits needed for the furnace.
Use water quickly
Place the bucket of water in the quick access slot and press the corresponding number to convert the resource into usable water.
Get science points
Decompose paper using the study table to gain science points for your research. Obtain bodies with many white skulls and few red skulls to increase the graveyard's overall rating and aid in game progression.Optimize your zombies' work efficiency by transforming corpses and taking advantage of the percentage bonus offered by the white skulls on their organs. Visit the Anatomy and Alchemy section of the Tech Menu to unlock the Cultist perk, which displays red and white skulls on every anatomical part of the body.Reach approximately 75 percent friendship with the Inquisitor by hosting the Feast at the Burning Stake three times to unlock this crucial ability. Extract vital organs like the brain, intestines, and heart from the autopsy table to remove unwanted negative skulls.Use the workbench in the Soul Room to modify organs, improve viability, and add white skulls using the appropriate resources. Use the embalming table to apply injections such as glue, lye, and silver to corpses before resurrecting them as zombies. This maximizes white skulls and eliminates red skulls from bodies that cannot be resurrected without treatment. Collect coal in the mine near the river if you own the DLC, or in the base mine in the quarry if you play without the DLC.Spend a full day mining to quickly accumulate hundreds of pieces, then sell the coal to the blacksmith in the village to earn money early in the game. Sell rusted tools directly to the blacksmith instead of repairing them with whetstones.Save whetstones for higher-level tools like advanced axes and pickaxes, as buying one stone is too expensive in the early game. Craft speed potions in the alchemy lab using speed powder, chaos solution, and blood.Drink a potion to move at quadruple speed for ten minutes, drastically reducing travel times between different areas of the map. Store all organs extracted from bodies on the autopsy table instead of destroying them, as they are used for alchemy and missions.Unlock the Prayer for Rest to increase your chances of receiving corpses.with valuable organs during church ceremonies.
Interpret the symbols on field signs to manage crops efficiently.Recognize the hourglass as an indicator of seed growth time and the star as an indicator of the quality of fertilizer needed for abundant harvests.
Improve graveyard rating and zombie efficiency
Unlocking Skull Display with the Cultist Perk
Modifying Organs at the Workbench
Applying Embalming Injections
Coal Mine
Managing Rusted Tools
Speed Potions
Organs and Prayers
Agricultural Symbols
