GK2 Guide

Graveyard Keeper 2 Automation

Find what can be automated, trace its production chain, check the workers and workstations it needs, and see what to fix when production stops.

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Can Ceramic Plate be automated?

Automatable

Yes. This item has a confirmed automated production path.

Produced at
Kiln
Method: Zombie worker · Automatic station
Inputs
3×Clay Plate10×Fuel
Output
3×Ceramic Plate
See the production chainOpen the item page

Why isn't my automation working?

Pick what you are trying to produce. Every requirement the game data documents for that path is listed, so you can check them one by one.

What are you trying to produce?

Requirements for Ceramic Plate

Production path
  1. Inputs: Clay Plate, Fuel
  2. Workstation: Kiln
  3. Output: Ceramic Plate
Check these requirements
  1. Required inputs

    These inputs have to reach the workstation: Clay Plate, Fuel.

  2. Assigned worker

    The workstation needs a compatible worker assigned to this process.

  3. Worker mastery

    The worker running this process needs mastery 3 or higher.

  4. Worker tool

    The worker's tool affects whether the process runs at all, and how fast it runs.

  5. Recipe unlock

    The recipe stays locked until its technology is researched.

Every requirement the data documents for this path is listed above.

This is what the game data states about the process, not a reading of your save. Check the requirements in order and fix the first one that is missing.

How automation works

One automated step is always the same shape.

  1. Inputs
  2. Workstation
  3. Worker
  4. Output

Automated production only runs while every required input, workstation and unlock in the chain is available.

Find a production chain

Browse automation

336 items carry a documented automation answer. Pick the way you want to search them.

Showing 48 of 66 documented automation answersReset filters
AutomationAll (336)Automatable (270)No confirmed path (66)
MethodAll (336)Zombie worker (269)Conveyor (47)Automatic station (45)Zombie resource worker (9)
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By workstation

Some workstations run more automated processes than others. Pick one to see every input and output it handles.

Choose a workstation

By input

Pick a resource to see which automated processes consume it. This is how you find out what drains your stock, and what upstream production to expand first.

Choose a resource

Iron Detail

13 automated processes consume this resource

Production chain

Each step shows the inputs it consumes, the workstation it runs on and the output it produces. Open a step to follow its own upstream production.

Ceramic PlateAutomatable
  1. Inputs3×Clay PlateShow upstream production10×Fuel
    Workstation:KilnZombie worker · Automatic stationFull known chain
    Output3×Ceramic Plate

A step whose ingredient list is only partly documented is marked as such: the chain below never fills a gap with a guess.

Planning a production chain?

Choose a target output to see the whole production chain, which steps can be automated, the workstations it needs and where automation stops.

Open the Automation PlannerOpen the chain preview

Zombie workers

Zombie workers are one automation method, not the whole system.

Zombie workers can operate supported production tasks once the required systems and workstations are unlocked. The same processes can also be driven by the game's other automation modes, so this page lists what a worker can run instead of treating every zombie as a production switch.

  • Workstations that accept a zombie worker

    46 workstations in the published automation data allow a zombie worker to be assigned.

  • Processes a zombie can drive

    348 automated processes in the data are documented as zombie-capable.

  • Items a porter route can move

    41 items with an automation answer also have a known porter route between stations.

Workstations that support zombies

Zombie workers do not remove the requirements: an input still has to arrive, the recipe still has to be unlocked, and mastery still applies.

How to unlock automation

Automated production is gated by progression: a technology adds the workstation, and the workstation is what runs the process.

Technologies that add an automating workstation

Quests that gate an automated process

Automation does not open with a single switch: the technology adds the workstation, and the workstation runs the process. Technologies the game data does not publish yet are not listed here.

What should I automate first?

These targets are ranked by how many automated processes consume them, not by opinion: an output that feeds many other processes pays for itself across the whole chain.

Why this one

This is a dependency count from the game data, not a throughput measurement: it says which output the rest of your production leans on most.

Common automation problems

The questions players ask when production stops, answered with what the data actually documents.

Can this item be automated?
270 of the 336 items with a documented automation answer have a confirmed automated production path. Search the item above to see its own answer and chain.
Why is there no automated path for some items?
66 items carry a documented answer without a confirmed automated path. That is not the same as manual-only: the data simply does not document a process that produces them.
Which workstations can a zombie worker run?
46 workstations allow a zombie worker to be assigned. Pick one in the workstation list to see exactly what it runs.
What do I need to unlock automation?
12 published technologies add a workstation that runs automated processes. A technology unlocks the station; the station is what runs the process.
Why is my worker not producing anything?
Every documented process lists its requirements: inputs, an assigned worker, worker mastery, the tool, and the recipe unlock. Open the diagnostics above for a target and work through them in order.
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