Alchemy in Graveyard Keeper 2 is a core mechanic that lets you create a variety of useful potions and materials by combining different ingredients. Figuring out the right combinations can be tricky, especially since multiple sets of ingredients may yield the same end product.
The key to efficient alchemy lies in understanding these recipes and their required materials. This way, you won’t waste time randomly testing mixtures in the laboratory in search of your desired outcomes.
How Alchemy Works in Graveyard Keeper 2
To use an ingredient for alchemy, you must study it at the Study Table first.
Select an unstudied item and use the Study action, which consumes both Faith and Science. This process reveals the magical runes associated with the ingredient, though some materials won’t provide useful runes, requiring you to test other items.
After studying, the ingredient becomes usable for crafting mixtures in the laboratory.
The laboratory interface lets you combine your studied ingredients and shows the runes each provides. Remember that crafting items also requires the use of Flasks to produce the final product.
The general alchemy procedure is as follows:
- Study an ingredient at the Study Table to unlock its runes.
- Collect and combine these ingredients in the laboratory.
- Add a Flask to finalize the recipe.
- Select the quantity and craft the desired item.
- Study an ingredient at the Study Table.
- Learn the runes it provides.
- Take the studied ingredients to the laboratory.
- Add the required ingredients.
- Add a Flask.
- Choose the amount and craft the result.
Many alchemy recipes have multiple valid ingredient combinations, all of which are detailed in the sections below.
Before beginning to craft, check your resources in the Graveyard Keeper 2 Workstation Materials: All Building Costs to ensure you have the necessary supplies for the Laboratory and associated workstations.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Alchemy Recipes
Paint (💚💚)
- Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water combined with Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water
- Flour or Swamp Mushroom
Lacquer (💙💙)
- Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil combined with the same
- Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
Tanning Liquid (❤️❤️❤️❤️💚💚💙)
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Cheese or Salt + Clay
- Copper or Gold Nugget combined with itself + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Red Mushroom + Ash or Peat
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Tin + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Melted Fat + Beeswax + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Melted Fat + Cheese or Salt + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Melted Fat + Clay + Honey or Hops
- Melted Fat + Flax or Tooth + Ash or Peat
- Red Mushroom + Cheese or Salt + Flax or Tooth
- Red Mushroom + Red Mushroom + Honey or Hops
- Tin + Beeswax + Clay
- Tin + Flax or Tooth combined with itself
- Tin + Red Mushroom + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
Alkali (❤️💚💚💚💚💙💙)
- Beeswax + Ash or Peat + Ash or Peat
- Beeswax + Blue Crystal + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Beeswax + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Beeswax + Honey or Hops + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Cheese or Salt + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Ash or Peat
- Cheese or Salt + Honey or Hops + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Clay + Honey or Hops combined with itself
- Flax or Tooth + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Blue Crystal
- Flax or Tooth + Honey or Hops + Ash or Peat
Damage Potion (❤️💚)
- Clay + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth
Damage Potion II (❤️❤️💚💚)
- Beeswax + Clay
- Clay combined twice + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth + Clay + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth combined with itself
- Red Mushroom + two units of Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Red Mushroom + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
Damage Potion III (❤️❤️❤️💚💚💚)
- Beeswax + Flax or Tooth + Clay
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Beeswax
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Clay + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Flax or Tooth + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth combined three times
- Melted Fat + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Red Mushroom + Beeswax + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Red Mushroom + Flax or Tooth + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
Healing Potion (❤️❤️)
- Clay combined with itself
- Red Mushroom alone
Healing Potion II (❤️❤️❤️❤️)
- Melted Fat + Clay
- Red Mushroom + two units of Clay
- Double Red Mushroom
Healing Potion III (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)
- Melted Fat + two units of Clay
- Melted Fat + Red Mushroom
- Two Red Mushrooms + Clay
Berserker Potion (❤️💚💙)
- Cheese or Salt alone
- Clay + Ash or Peat
- Clay + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Flax or Tooth + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
Berserker Potion II (❤️❤️💚💙)
- Cheese or Salt + Clay
- Clay combined twice + Ash or Peat
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Flax or Tooth + Clay + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Red Mushroom + Ash or Peat
- Red Mushroom + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Tin + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
Dream Dust (💚💙)
- Ash or Peat
- Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
Dream Dust is particularly important for progressing through zombie-related quests.
Weak Growth Elixir (❤️💚💚)
- Beeswax alone
- Clay + two units of Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Clay + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
- Flax or Tooth + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
Rich Growth Elixir (❤️💚💚💚)
- Beeswax + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Clay + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth + two units of Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth + Flour or Swamp Mushroom
Miracle Growth Elixir (❤️💚💚💚💚💚)
- Beeswax + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flax or Tooth + Flour or Swamp Mushroom combined twice
Explosive Dust (❤️❤️💙💙)
- Two units of Clay + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Red Mushroom + two units of Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Red Mushroom + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Tin + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
Spices (💚💚💙💙)
- Ash or Peat combined twice
- Ash or Peat + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water combined twice + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Blue Crystal + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flour or Swamp Mushroom + two units of Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Honey or Hops + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
Umami (💚💚💚💚💙💙💙💙)
- Flour or Swamp Mushroom + two Blue Crystals
- Honey or Hops + Blue Crystal + Ash or Peat
- Honey or Hops + Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Alcohol or Brain
- Two Honey or Hops + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
Philosopher Stone (❤️❤️❤️💚💚💚💙💙💙)
- Three Cheese or Salt units
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Beeswax + Alcohol or Brain
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Cheese or Salt + Blue Crystal
- Melted Fat + Honey or Hops + Blue Crystal
- Tin + Beeswax + Blue Crystal
- Tin + Cheese or Salt + Honey or Hops
Third Eye Salt (❤️💙💙💙💙💙)
- Clay + Alcohol or Brain + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
Preservative (💚💚💚)
- Three units of Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Flour or Swamp Mushroom + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
Organ Improver (Red Skull) (❤️❤️❤️❤️💚)
- Copper or Gold Nugget + two Clay units
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Red Mushroom
- Melted Fat + Clay + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
- Melted Fat + Flax or Tooth
- Red Mushroom + Flax or Tooth + Clay
- Two Red Mushrooms + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water
Organ Improver (White Skull) (💚💚💚💚)
- Flour or Swamp Mushroom + two Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water units
- Two Flour or Swamp Mushrooms
Reanimation Liquid (❤️❤️💚💙💙💙💙)
- Cheese or Salt + Clay + Alcohol or Brain
- Copper or Gold Nugget + Alcohol or Brain + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
- Copper or Gold Nugget + two Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo units
- Red Mushroom + Ash or Peat + Alcohol or Brain
- Red Mushroom + Blue Crystal + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Tin + Ash or Peat + Minced Meat, Night Flower, or Zombie Goo
- Tin + Berry, Leaf, Stick, or Water + Alcohol or Brain
- Tin + Blue Crystal + Blood, Blueberry, or Seed Oil
