Story or NPC blocker
Story Tree → current objective → location text → named NPC
Objectives usually supply the person, area and prerequisite action together.
Demo troubleshooting · tutorial and quest text checked
Graveyard Keeper 2 stuck? beginner troubleshooting
Stuck? Start with the symptom, then follow the check. Most early blockers are not solved by grinding more resources: a Story Tree prerequisite is missing, the wrong workstation is being used, or a quest item is going to the wrong person.
Common blockers10
First place to checkStory Tree
Evidence statusChecked
The 30-second check
- Open the Story Tree and read the full current objective.
- Identify the person, place, quantity and prerequisite action.
- For crafting, check technology, workstation, ingredients and fuel together.
- If maximum energy fell, rest and address insanity before gathering more.
Choose the right troubleshooting route
Crafting or building blocker
Building cost → recipe inputs → workstation → unlock technology
Do not stop after checking whether the bag contains a similarly named item.
Rating or burial blocker
Corpse skulls → grave steps → headstone and fence
Overall graveyard rating and one corpse’s rating ceiling are different questions.
Energy or slow-progress blocker
Food → sleep → insanity → return to objective
Forcing more work while exhausted usually costs more time.
Symptoms, causes and next actions
| I'm stuck because… | Check this first | Why |
|---|---|---|
| I don't know what to do next | Open the Story Tree first | Tasks are separated into story branches. Complete the currently visible objectives to reveal new nodes to the right instead of guessing which NPC matters. |
| I can't turn in the first Burial Certificate | Go to Herbert at the Crossroads first | The first explicit objective is Herbert, head of the guards. After that, visit the Head of the Village in the Village Tavern to collect the money and ask about fairies. If he is absent, the objective tells you to ask Januarius to call him. |
| The grave won't complete | Mark the plot at the graveyard blueprint desk | The tutorial order is: mark the grave, dig with the shovel, place the remains, bury them, then add a sign. Missing one step can leave the loop incomplete. |
| My maximum energy fell | Sleep and address insanity | Food and potions refill energy. Sleeping restores energy and will probably reduce insanity. Working while exhausted wastes more energy and raises insanity faster; insanity reduces maximum energy. |
| I can see a recipe but can't craft it | Check both technology and workstation | Most new items require the matching technology and the correct workstation. The technology page shows unlocks; the recipe page shows inputs, outputs and stations. |
| I don't have enough tech points | Do the matching activity instead of waiting | The tutorial says normal actions earn points, and studying new items at the Study Table can also award them. Red covers hand-crafting and materials, green covers nature; the first blue point comes from the Study Table in the Church basement. |
| Buying seeds did not advance the quest | Plant them and complete the crop step | Herm’s objective asks for 16–20 Wheat Seeds to be bought and grown in your garden. Keeping them in the bag—or pressing them into oil—does not complete that step. |
| I can't get a fish or find a fishing spot | Recover the rod from the twins first | The twins are south of the Village, across the bridge in Twins’ Land. The objective names two spots: left of the house at the Inquisition Base and beside the road to the Village. Bring the catch to Herm. |
| My graveyard rating isn't rising | Check corpse skulls, then grave furniture | The grave tutorial says the main way to raise the graveyard’s white-skull rating is grave decoration with more white-wreath value. Red-skull lines never score, but must still be filled before later white-skull lines can count. |
| Wood or bronze keeps blocking construction | Process only the next material batch | One Log becomes four Boards or two Short Logs; one Bronze Scrap can directly make one Bronze Nail. List the next workstation’s inputs before converting every raw material into the wrong intermediate. |
The easiest turn-in to misread: the first certificate
- 1
Complete the first grave
Mark, dig, bury and add the sign to receive the Burial Certificate.
- 2
Find Herbert first
Take the certificate to the guard captain at the Crossroads.
- 3
Then visit the Village Tavern
A later objective sends you to the Head of the Village for payment and fairy information.
- 4
If the village head is absent
Follow the objective and ask Januarius to call him.
What this page can verify
- Story Tree, energy, insanity, technology points, graves and autopsies: English tutorial localization.
- Burial Certificate, Herm’s crop objective, twins and fishing spots: English objective localization.
- First grave and certificate sequence: complete checked English auto-captions and gameplay frames from CohhCarnage Part 1.
- Wood, bronze and workstation conversions: the recipe, technology and vendor tables in the game files.
Frequently asked questions
- Who gets the first Burial Certificate?
- Take it to Herbert, head of the guards at the Crossroads, first. A later objective sends you to the Head of the Village in the Village Tavern for payment.
- How do I get the first blue tech point?
- The technology tutorial explicitly places the first blue point at the Study Table in the Church basement. Normal early activities mainly establish red and green points.
- Why won't Herm's wheat objective complete?
- You must buy 16–20 Wheat Seeds and grow them in your garden. Buying, carrying or pressing the seed into oil is not the full objective.
- Where are the fishing spots?
- The objective names the left side of the house at the Inquisition Base and the road to the Village. First recover the rod from the twins south of the Village, across the bridge.
- Why does my energy still feel low after sleeping?
- Insanity reduces maximum energy. Sleep will probably reduce insanity, while continuing to work exhausted raises it faster. Stop the drain and rest first.