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11 The Technology Tree is the research and unlock screen in Graveyard Keeper 2, reached from the second tab of the in-game menu. It gates blueprints, recipes, buildings and graveyard modules behind nodes that the player buys with three separate pools of coloured points. Lazy Bear Games has confirmed that the tree carries over from the first game as the backbone of progression, and that a new talent system now sits alongside it.
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33 Confirmed Shape
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55 The developers describe the sequel as keeping the familiar progression through the Technology Tree while adding a talent layer designed to make the grind more enjoyable, and they have said outright that there will be less grinding this time than in the original. Everything below about the tree's on-screen layout comes from the official store screenshots rather than from a written breakdown, so node costs and exact ordering in the released game may differ from what those captures show.
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77 ElementWhat is confirmedLocationSecond tab of the menu bar, between Character and Inspirations. See User InterfaceCategoriesFour category tabs across the top of the tree panelCurrencyThree separate point pools, colour coded red, green and blueUnlock markerA completed node carries a green tick on its cardGrantsNode cards show the items and blueprints they unlock as icon tilesTalentsA separate new talent system, announced but not yet shown
88 The Four Categories
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1010 The tree panel carries four category tabs. Only the first is legible in current material.
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1212 TabIconStatusBuildingAn open book over a carpentry toolOpen in the published screenshot, with eleven nodes readableSecond categoryA red tablet or scroll iconNamed contents not disclosedThird categoryA green leafNamed contents not disclosedFourth categoryA blue skullNamed contents not disclosed
1313 The three coloured skull and leaf icons on the tabs match the three coloured point counters shown on the heads-up display, which suggests each branch leans on a different pool. That reading is inference from the icon set rather than a stated rule, so it is not recorded here as confirmed.
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1515 Building Nodes
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1717 Eleven Building nodes are readable in the published tech tree screenshot. They are listed here with the connections the on-screen lines draw between them. The capture is taken from a save where the whole visible branch is already completed, so it shows an early spread rather than a full tree.
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1919 NodeGrantsFeeds intoThe Concept of WoodPlanks, logs and a workbench blueprintWoodworking I, ChoppingWoodworking IProcessed timber and a bench blueprintSimple Weapons, Simple BarricadesChoppingFirewood and split logsTimber processingThe Concept of StoneStone blocks and a blueprintStone Polishing, Pottery I, Brick MakingSimple WeaponsAn early spear and an early bladeArming troops, see CombatSimple BarricadesThree barricade variantsPerimeter defenceTool RackA workshop tool fixtureOiled woodOiled woodTreated timberHigher tier constructionStone PolishingPolished stoneRefined masonryPottery IClay vessels and a kiln blueprintCeramicsBrick MakingFired brick and a kiln blueprintMasonry, see Buildings and Construction
2020 The point counters visible on that screen read 115 red, 113 green and 100 blue, which gives a sense of the scale the pools run at rather than any individual node price. No node in the published material displays its cost.
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2222 Graveyard Modules
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2424 The June 2026 developer log tied the tree directly to the graveyard. Progressing through the Technology Tree unlocks special graveyard modules that the player places on the plot, and each module provides space for a different class of object. The developers named tombs, benches, columbaries, monuments and graves. The same log confirmed a wider catalogue of new grave designs and decorations for styling the cemetery.
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2626 Talents
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2828 A talent system is confirmed as new for the sequel and separate from the tree. The studio frames it as a way of softening the grind rather than replacing the Technology Tree, and has not shown the screen, named a single talent, or explained how talent points are earned. Anything beyond that framing is unconfirmed.
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3030 Named After Launch
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3232 After launch the developer named one more technology: Suit Up!, which unlocks the Dresser that the Inquisitor builds at home to change clothes, including into the pre-order outfit. The launch achievement list also counts Inspirations, the name of one of the five menu tabs, with an achievement for reaching 150 of them. Patch notes since launch name individual Inspirations; see Perks, Points and Inspirations below.
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3434 Perks, Points and Inspirations
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3636 Patch notes since launch name several perks and say what they do. Whether these are the talents the September developer log described has not been stated.
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3838 PerkEffect Described in Patch NotesTempering ExpertGrants a Mastery bonus and unlocks Master Armor and sword crafting; fixed in update 1.007SommelierBoosts wine crafting; fixed in update 1.008Happy SupplierA bonus the studio increased in update 1.008; its effect is not describedSon of a ButcherA bonus that applies to organ surgery and pocket extraction; fixed in update 1.009Belt MasterMakes zombies give more gears for conveyor belts; update 1.010 raised the amount
39-On points, zombies earn red tech points for winning fights, a fix that arrived in updates 1.006 and 1.007, and the Study Table turns an inserted item into Science, without which research cannot be started. Since update 1.009 the tier-2 kitchen oven stays hidden on the tree until the oven is repaired, and self-study books were rebalanced in update 1.007.
39+On points, zombies earn red tech points for winning fights and at the Stone and Marble Quarry, both fixed in early updates, and the Study Table turns an inserted item into Science; before update 1.005 a lock-up there could stop research from being started. Since update 1.009 the tier-2 kitchen oven stays hidden on the tree until the oven is repaired, and self-study books were rebalanced in update 1.007.
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41-Patch notes also name individual Inspirations, among them Dry Cleaning, Surgeon's Error and Formula Master II. Update 1.010 fixed some that asked for more actions than the game world allows, so at least some Inspirations count actions the player performs.
41+Patch notes also name individual Inspirations, among them Dry Cleaning, Surgeon's Error and Formula Master II. Update 1.010 on PC fixed some Inspirations that required more actions than the world allows.
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4343 Not Yet Disclosed
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45-Node costs, prerequisites and the total node count in any branchThe names and contents of the three unopened category tabsHow the other coloured point pools are earned (red tech points come from winning battles), and whether branches draw on one pool or severalThe talent screen, the talent list, and how talent progress is earnedWhether nodes can be refunded or respeccedHow the tree interacts with the new zombie skill progression
45+Node costs, prerequisites and the total node count in any branchThe names and contents of the three unopened category tabsHow the other coloured point pools are earned (zombies earn red tech points for winning fights and at the quarry), and whether branches draw on one pool or severalThe talent screen, the talent list, and how talent progress is earnedWhether nodes can be refunded or respeccedHow the tree interacts with the new zombie skill progression