Graveyard Keeper 2: help with crafting and early roadblocks

Start with the missing requirement

These answers use the PC game data from Steam build 25467846, checked on September 23, 2026. Search the recipe catalogue for an item, then check its workstation, extension and technology requirements. A full bag of ingredients may still leave one of those requirements unmet.

How to make Polished Bronze

Make 2 Polished Bronze from 2 Bronze Detail, 2 Sand and 1 Melted Fat at Woodworking Workbench I or II. The recipe also requires the Tool Rack extension and the Bronze Polishing technology.

• Bronze Polishing follows Bronze Forge and costs 30 red technology points.
• Tool Rack is a separate technology. Its listed predecessors are The Concept of Stone and Woodworking I; it costs 35 red technology points.
• Building the Tool Rack in the Yard costs 2 Wooden Plank, 4 Bronze Detail and 6 Bronze Nails.
• The craft has base crafting difficulty 5. The worker carrying it out needs mastery level 5 in the workstation’s corresponding talent branch.

Check the workbench, Tool Rack, recipe unlock and worker’s mastery when this craft is unavailable. These are confirmed requirements; they do not establish the cause of every greyed-out crafting menu.

Open the Polished Bronze recipe.

Boards and Wooden Planks are different materials

English Board is 料板 in the Chinese game text. Wooden Plank is 木板. They belong to different steps of the wood-processing chain.

Board recipes · Wooden Plank recipes · The Concept of Wood

A Sawhorse itself costs 2 Board and 4 Stick to build in the Yard. Keep those materials available before dismantling your only one.

If you have already run out, the Builder’s catalogue lists Boards for sale from tier 1. Access still depends on your town’s progress, so this is a place to check, not a guaranteed recovery route for every save. Herm buys Boards from you but does not sell them in any of his three listed tiers. A Board entry in his catalogue therefore does not mean you can buy one from him.

Where to buy seedlings from Herm

Herm’s tier 3 catalogue includes these four seedlings for sale:

• Apple Tree Seedling
• Bush Seedling
• Blueberry Seedling
• Rhododendron Seedling

Check Herm’s tiers and trade directions.

In the merchant catalogue, sells means the merchant sells the item to you; buys means the merchant accepts it from you. Some items are listed only because the merchant buys them.

The seedlings’ tier is confirmed. The full quest or upgrade sequence that opens Herm’s third tier has not yet been verified here, and the catalogue does not promise that a particular item is currently in stock.

Can a zombie run the Compost Pile?

Compost Pile and Compost Pile II process their recipes automatically, but neither is configured to accept a stationed zombie in this build. Automatic processing and zombie staffing are separate capabilities.

The first pile’s Peat recipe takes 8 Leaf; the second takes 16 Leaf. Their output quantity varies in the source data, so these pages do not give a fixed Peat yield or a leaves-to-Peat efficiency ranking.

First Compost Pile recipe · Second Compost Pile recipe · Fertilizers I

These entries do not establish automatic collection, supplier access or an unattended production loop. The duration of Peat’s effect after application also remains unverified here.

What is still unanswered?

The Speed Potion item is present, but its alchemy mixture has not yet been verified for this guide. An empty recipe search does not mean the potion cannot be made. Zombie perk-point sources, town-wide Gratitude caps, and recovery from a stuck Crematorium also need further verification.

For missing items, stuttering or demo-save trouble, check the publisher’s known issues and Steam demo-save transfer instructions. As checked on September 23, the known-issues page includes extended-session performance problems, Nintendo Switch demo-save transfer, console screen tearing, overflowing full chests, and some soldier hand-in rewards.

A community report is evidence that someone encountered a problem. It does not confirm the cause or a working fix. Read how this guide checks its data for coverage and remaining gaps.