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Graveyard Keeper 2 runs on a single supply chain that feeds the graveyard, automation, combat and Town Restoration from the same pool of gathered and processed goods. No official recipe list had been published as of 23 September 2026, the day after launch. What follows is the material actually named or shown in official sources, kept separate from guesswork.

Named Inputs

Input	Source in official copy
Flora	Named in the store description as part of what the player harvests
Fauna	Named alongside flora in the store description
Human remains	Named in the store description as a harvested material
Hearts	Named in the publisher's launch announcement as a decayed material collected for the zombie army
Bones	Named in the same list
Brains	Named in the same list
Skin	Named in the same list

The store copy phrases the gathering brief as harvesting as much flora, fauna and human remains as the player can in order to build extraordinary machinery, automate production and expand the graveyard for profit.

Materials Visible in the Tech Tree

The Building branch of the Technology Tree names a chain of basic construction materials through its node titles and icon tiles.

Material	Where it appears
Logs and planks	The Concept of Wood node
Firewood and split logs	Chopping node
Processed timber	Woodworking I node
Oiled wood	Its own node, a treated timber a tier above plain boards
Stone blocks	The Concept of Stone node
Polished stone	Stone Polishing node
Clay vessels	Pottery I node
Fired brick	Brick Making node

Items Seen in the Hotbar

The heads-up display carries a four slot hotbar, and the published screenshots catch a handful of carried items with their stack counts. These are visual identifications from art, not confirmed item names.

Depicted item	Stack shown
Wedge of cheese	Three, and four in a second capture
Pumpkin or squash	One
Herb or leaf bundle	Twelve, and nine in a second capture
Tankard of beer	Five, eight and fifteen across three captures
Red berries	One
Cut of meat	One
Purple flask or potion	One and seven across two captures
Cooked or bundled goods	Two and six across two captures

A pickup toast in the Garden capture reads plus three Stick, which is the only item name the screenshots actually spell out.

Processed Output

The build mode capture shows a smelter part way through a job, with an ingot icon above it and a stack count of two, which confirms smelting and metal ingots as part of the chain. Weapons, armour and fortification components come off the same lines, as described on Combat, and trade goods for the reviving settlement come off it as well.

The Three Point Currencies

Separate from physical materials, the game tracks three coloured point pools spent on research. They are shown on the heads-up display next to the energy bar and again at the top left of the Technology Tree panel.

Pool	Observed values
Red	228 in the world view, 115 on the tech tree screen
Green	218 in the world view, 113 on the tech tree screen
Blue	201 in the world view, 100 on the tech tree screen

How the other pools are earned had not been described by 13 October 2026; patch notes show zombies earning red tech points for winning fights and at the quarry. The screenshots also show a small magenta or pink counter beside the energy bar whose purpose is not stated.

Materials Named at Launch

Material or Product	Achievement Goal
Bronze ingots	Smelt 100
Iron ingots	Smelt 100
Potions	Brew 25
Trees	Fell 100
Supplies	Create 50 for the town
Battle items	Craft 50
Dishes	Cook 100
Alcohol	Produce 100 bottles

The achievement list is the first official text to name bronze and iron as smelted metals, and it counts brewing potions as an activity; the 18 September combat log had already mentioned combat potions. The Necronomicon, a book the player can find, is also named there.

Materials Named in Patch Notes

Material or Item	What the Patch Notes Say
Tree logs	Sawn into chunks; update 1.005 raised the yield per log
Firewood	Kept in a firewood holder
Clay	Dug at a clay pit and kept in clay storage
Sand	Dug at a sand pit
Polished stone	Could not be obtained until update 1.007
Peat	To be collected by zombie farmers in a planned update
Compost	Picked up into the inventory
Dynamite	Can be destroyed or sold since update 1.007
Bronze tools	Asked for by Jack
Iron	Delivered to the Town Warehouse in supply quests
Gears	Provided by zombies for conveyor belts
Repair Kits	Used to repair the Vineyard Bridge
Bait	Used for fishing and can be stored in bags
Beer and pie	Given to soldiers for a reward
Self-study books	Rebalanced in update 1.007

The inventory uses bags as well as a backpack. Extra bag slots, a Builder's Bag, a farmer bag and an alchemy bag are all mentioned, and since update 1.006 extra bag slots work for pickups and vendor purchases when the backpack is full.

Not Yet Disclosed

Any recipe, ingredient ratio or crafting time
In-game names for most gathered and processed materials
Whether materials have quality tiers
Stack limits and exact inventory capacity; bags are covered above
Seasonal or regional restrictions on gathering
What the magenta heads-up counter tracks

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