Graveyard Keeper 2 Layout Guide: Yard, Lab and Factory Setup
Updated 2026-09-30 · Fan-made guide for Graveyard Keeper 2 · Not affiliated with Lazy Bear Games
A good Graveyard Keeper 2 layout separates your graveyard yard, your alchemy lab and your factory into three zones — with the lower yard given to zombie workstations and supply boxes. Start small, leave expansion room, and connect production lines to conveyor chests from day one.
The three-zone rule
The community's shared layouts converge on one principle: zone your base. Keep the graveyard itself for burials and visitors, dedicate a work area to your own crafting and alchemy, and reserve a lower area for zombie workstations.
One popular player layout places seven zombie stations in the lower yard, each paired with its own supply box, while the keeper's area stays upstairs and clean. The physical separation means zombies never path through your workspace and you never trip over production.
Start small, expand outward
The wiki's layout planning guide recommends planning the yard, alchemy lab and factory around station costs and expansion space rather than squeezing everything in at once. Station footprints grow when you add extensions, so leaving a tile or two of breathing room pays off.
A Steam guide suggests starting with a single short belt run: connect storage to one workbench, check the direction and machine connections, then select a recipe and assign its zombie. Only after one line runs cleanly should you build a second — a broken three-line factory teaches you nothing.
Factory layout: chests before belts
In the underground factory, players repeatedly recommend putting the big factory chest in front of your raw material stockpiles so input never starves. Every product line should link directly to a conveyor chest you can pull from on demand.
A zombie porter positioned at the supply station keeps lines fed. Combine that with correctly tooled workers — remember bronze tools match jobs — and the factory runs itself while you handle burials and town business upstairs.
Graveyard yard layout basics
For the graveyard itself, think in rows you can decorate later. Grave quality comes from the corpse's white skulls plus the decoration quality around it, so leave space between graves for the headstones and fences you will upgrade into.
Keep the path from the gate to your work yard short — corpses are heavy, and you will carry a lot of them.
Layout mistakes to avoid
- Building zombie stations before deciding your factory flow — retrofitting belts is painful.
- Packing stations wall-to-wall: extensions need room.
- Forgetting storage access in the alchemy lab; brewing dies when ingredients are far away.
- Decorating before you have a quality corpse worth the investment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a good starting layout in Graveyard Keeper 2?
Split your base into three zones: the graveyard yard for burials, a keeper's area with alchemy and crafting, and a lower zombie work area with stations paired to supply boxes. Expand outward, not inward.
How should I lay out my factory?
Feed the big factory chest from your raw stockpiles, run short belts to each workbench, connect every product line to a conveyor chest, and keep a zombie porter at the supply station.
Does layout affect grave quality?
Indirectly — grave quality comes from white skulls plus decoration quality, so a layout with room for upgraded headstones and fences lets you hit higher ratings sooner.