GK2 Workyard Conveyors & Automation Guide

Conveyors carry resources and crafted components automatically between stockpiles, workbenches, and storage chests, powered entirely by stationed undead zombie laborers.

Yes. Resurrected zombies can be stationed at mechanical assembly tables to craft continuous queues of planks, stone blocks, and nails using conveyor-fed materials.

Yes! In Official Update 1.011, developer Lazy Bear Games added the ability to move placed objects and workstations directly in build mode, eliminating the need to destroy and rebuild structures when reorganizing your workyard.

Yes. In Official Update 1.011, zombie assistants can start and finish autocrafts at Furnaces and Kilns in the Yard, Kitchen Ovens in the Home, Compost Piles in the Garden, Cider and Wine production in the Vineyard Basement, and Distillation Cubes in the Alchemy Lab. They earn tech points upon craft completion, provided the player has unlocked the prerequisite craft mastery.

To resolve factory deadlocks: 1) Attach automated overflow bins to the end of every conveyor branch so full chests don't freeze the belt; 2) Ensure receiving chests have matching item filters set in slot 1; 3) Separate loose materials from bulk trade crates (route crates to Supply Stations); 4) Use build mode in Update 1.011 to move tight workstations and widen pathing clearances; and 5) Pick up and re-place any frozen porters to reset their active cargo buffers.

Yes. As of Official Update 1.011, zombies can now be cremated at the Crematorium, allowing players to cleanly dispose of low-skull early-game zombies when upgrading to 16-skull master workers.

No fuel or electricity is required in Graveyard Keeper 2. Workshop automation is powered entirely by undead labor: zombies operate semi-automatic machines without asking for food, fuel, or wages.

No. Conveyors are strictly designed to transport resources, ores, and crafted goods. Corpse handling runs exclusively through the morgue, autopsy tables, and embalming slabs.

If crop chests are completely full or lack a dedicated wheat filter slot, farm zombies path toward the nearest open space. Build an adjacent farm storage chest and place 1 wheat bundle in slot 1 to fix deposit routing.

Update 1.005 increased lumber yield per log and rebalanced kiln and furnace fuel costs. Update 1.006 fixed kitchen zombies consuming ingredients without producing dishes. Update 1.007 fixed the potter's wheel getting stuck on Craft, fixed being unable to obtain polished stone, fixed conveyor supplier station draw layers, and fixed getting wedged between workstations when pushed by moving zombies.

Zombie automation can feel punishing if players unlock assembly tables before establishing storage buffers and sorting chests. Stationed zombies produce items continuously; without designated output chests, workstations fill up and stop. To optimize, prioritize filter hoppers, limit active worker squads, and deploy excess zombies to defensive barricades (which earn red tech points per fight as of Update 1.007).

Zombie porters fetch finished goods from assigned workshop output crates and transport them along designated logistics corridors into the Town Warehouse or cellar hoppers. Ensure warehouse chests have matching item slots filtered; if bins are full or missing an assigned slot, porters stall at the entrance. In Update 1.007, zombie caretaker crashes and workstation push-clipping were fully patched.

Yes. Open the building interaction menu to deconstruct unwanted conveyors, signs, and fixtures, refunding materials back into your inventory. In Update 1.011, you can also move placed workstations and objects directly in build mode without deconstructing them.

Factory stalls are usually caused by: 1) Downstream storage chests becoming completely full with no overflow chute, deadlocking the belt; 2) Workstation collision bounding boxes blocking zombie pathing; or 3) Zombie haulers freezing with carried items. In Update 1.008 and 1.009, developer Lazy Bear Games cleaned up collisions on conveyor storage, crematoriums, and assistant stations, unblocked overhead carried boxes, and fixed haulers at the sawmill, mine, clay pit, and sand pit getting stuck.

Update 1.008 resolved an infinite loading screen crash caused by conveyor exceptions and cleaned up workyard clipping. Update 1.009 fixed collisions on conveyor storage, crematoriums, and resurrection tables, prevented overhead boxes from blocking movement, and fixed zombies freezing when reassigned to stations.

Official Update 1.010 enabled zombies to yield more conveyor gears with the Belt Master perk and fixed porter wall-clipping. Official Update 1.011 added moveable workstations in build mode, enabled zombie assistants to start/finish autocrafts at kilns/furnaces/ovens, made quarry workers carry stone/marble without assistants, made conveyor belts face up by default, and allowed zombies to be cremated.

Zombie porters in Graveyard Keeper 2 freeze when their designated destination chest, cellar hopper, or warehouse bin is completely full, or when the chest lacks an available matching filter slot. While Official Update 1.010 resolved porters walking through factory walls, a full destination container still halts delivery AI. To fix a frozen porter, clear space in the receiving chest, then pick up the zombie and place it back onto its workstation to reset its held item buffer.

Ground-level hoppers and floor stockpiles in Graveyard Keeper 2 are designed as directional feeder chutes for the underground basement factory rather than standard passive chests. Items dropped into these hoppers flow along subterranean conveyor belts to automated assembly benches. If items stop moving, check if downstream basement storage trunks are full or if the conveyor belt direction is misaligned.

In Graveyard Keeper 2, fabric bundles, crop crates, and trade merchandise belong to the 'bulk supply / trade crate' class. Standard wooden storage trunks and personal chests only accept loose materials (like ingots, flitch, and raw crops). Bulk trade items must be stored on dedicated Workyard Crate Racks or routed directly through a Supply Station to the Town Warehouse using a zombie porter.

A Supply Station acts as a buffer depot specifically designed for bulk packaged goods. When fabric looms or packing tables produce bundles, connect a conveyor or assign a zombie porter to carry crates directly into the Supply Station. The porter will then transfer cargo to the Town Warehouse during delivery cycles.