Graveyard Keeper is a management simulation game with a dark twist; you are thrown into a timeless world, suddenly surrounded by odd entities. As you progress throughout the game, you'll realize that although you are transported into a different dimension, the grind for money persists.
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It won't take long before you realize that the measly copper coins you earn daily are not going to be enough to support your lifestyle, and with the game's mechanic of supply and demand, you can't exploit the selling systems like you can with most other games with a trading system. If you find yourself low on some coin in your playthrough, here are some quick ways to fill up your pockets.
Updated May 10, 2023 by Jacqueline Zalace: We know that money can be hard to get your hands on in Graveyard Keeper. Because of this, we've added even more money-making options on this list, as well as removed some that don't prove to be as beneficial.
10 Sell Your Burial Certificates
Your main job in Graveyard Keeper is to prepare bodies for burial or cremation. One of the first things you'll learn as you play through the game's tutorial is that every time you bury a body, you'll gain a Burial Certificate that you can then sell to Horadric, the tavern keeper.
Selling for one silver and fifty copper, the Burial Certificates are the only product you can sell consistently and in bulk without the game's mechanic of supply and demand kicking in. As expected from a game where your job is the title, being a Graveyard Keeper is going to be your main source of income for the majority of the game.
9 Process And Package Flesh
One of the beginning mechanics you'll learn is the things you can do to a corpse on an autopsy table, from taking its flesh to removing its organs. You'll be advised to bring the flesh from your morgue and sell it to the tavern, but quickly be stopped in your tracks as you are told that you'll need a stamp to prove that it's "authentic" meat before selling, due to a mishap of suspicious flesh on the market years ago.
The game gives you two options to access this stamp, the most favorable method is to reach level 30 reputation with Snake, which you will be able to achieve by progressing his questline. The other means is to buy it through Royal Services, which can be accessed in the mailbox in front of the church after unlocking it. This is less favored due to the 50 silver cost, which in the early game is improbable to reach that amount of money.
Once you have this stamp, you can then head to your kitchen and use the stamp, flesh, and clean paper to make a package of meat that can be sold.
8 Putting Together Crates of Goods
As you progress with the storyline of Graveyard Keeper, you'll meet the Merchant who initially doubts you and snobs your potential. At 30 reputation, you'll begin the questline where the Merchant is willing to strike a business deal, but first, you have to obtain a Trade License which costs 50 silver.
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After you've gotten your hands on the license, you'll be able to open up a trade office where you can begin to sell produce and product in bulk. You can create these crates of goods in your home's front yard, with plenty of choices as to what you want to sell. There are three types of crates you can end up selling: a silver crate sells for ten silver and seventy-five copper, a gold crate sells for sixteen silver and fifty copper, and a goods crate sells for fifteen silver.
7 Donation-Focused Sermons
Not only are you a Graveyard Keeper, but early on you also find yourself taking on the role of a Preacher after you start cleaning up the run-down graveyard. You start with the Casual Prayer, given to you by the Bishop, which gives you three copper per graveyard quality, and one faith per five church quality. As soon as you are able though, it is advised to craft or purchase a Combo Prayer.
The Combo Prayer can be purchased through the Bishop for one silver and twelve copper, or crafted from the Church Workbench with one book and seven faith. It increases both Faith and donations by 50, 100, and 150 percent depending on the quality of the prayer used. The reason why this is a fan favorite is due to how this prayer is a mix of both the Prayer for Faith and the Prayer for Donations without any percentage dropoff.
6 Giving Books To The Astrologer
When you unlock the Desk and the "Books" section of the technology tree, your first few books will be used for crafting new prayers and obtaining science for your study table as well. Afterward, your primary use for books will be as a method to obtain blue technology points.
This will likely result in having an inventory of books that don't serve much use after you've gathered enough science and have your staples for Prayers. Oftentimes. you will end up creating more prayers to sell to the Bishop, but it will be much more profitable to bring these books directly to the Astrologer. Keep in mind that he will only buy silver (13 silver and 26 copper), and gold (26 silver and 52 copper) quality books.
5 Witch Burning Burger Stand
When you reach 40 reputation with the Inquisitor, he will ask that you construct a buffet tent to sell food and drink in for witch burnings. The buffet tent unlock is one of the more lucrative methods of earning money, however does take a bit more effort and planning, but ends up worth it if you have a good starting point to set up.
You will have to stock it with five gold-quality burgers and ten gold star mugs of beer. To make gold-quality burgers, you will only need gold-quality onions, and for gold-quality beer, you will only need gold hops. The payoff for the preparation is that after each buffet cutscene, you earn 33 silver and four faith.
4 Smelt Coal Into Graphite
Graphite is a resource that you can obtain from smelting coal at a furnace that is level two or three. The process is quite simple; at a level two furnace, five coal will make one graphite. At a level three furnace, five coal will make two graphite. This is pretty cheap, and one piece of graphite will sell for 40 copper.
While this isn't the most amount of money, it's quite passive. Coal is easy to get your hands on as well. Once you clear the first roadblock heading north of the graveyard, you will see a whitish quarry. Directly to the left of this, you can find a coal deposit.
3 Set Up A Zombie Farm
With the Breaking Dead DLC, you will have the ability to resurrect the dead and manage zombies. After speaking with Gunter and doing a short questline, you will be on your way to farming with zombies. These zombies can be used to manage your actual crop farm, as well as other resource farms that you have set up.
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Zombies can be picked up and placed at various stations, such as the quarry or lumber area. While here, the zombies can produce as well as transport material back to your house. This is another great, passive way to make money, as you truly don't have to do anything.
2 The Talking Skull Tavern
If you have the Stranger Sins DLC, you will also be given the opportunity to open up a tavern of your own called the Talking Skull. This building will give you the chance to sell alcohol and food, as well as organize events.
The Talking Skull provides both a passive and active means for earning money. As you increase your Tavern Quality, more patrons will visit, and as long as your crates are stocked with alcohol, you'll have passive income every time you visit. With events, you'll be able to stock your Barman's inventory with food items as well as alcohol to increase your income gained from the event.
1 Brew Wine
Lastly, let's talk about brewing wine. You will learn about wine shortly after completing the tutorial, but you won't be able to make it right away. To profit from winemaking, you will need to plant grape seeds in the vineyard area that can be used once you have access to Witch Hill.
Here, you can plant grape seeds, which will fully grow after a short period of time. Once grown, you can use these grapes to make juice, which can be then further processed into wine. Overall, we recommend planting a lot of grapes, so you will have plenty of wine to sell. Remember to not sell too much at a time, or it will interfere with supply and demand.
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