What does the writing desk cost?

4× Wooden Plank + 6× Bronze Nails + 1× Polished Bronze, unlocked by the Writing Basic research. That single Polished Bronze is why the desk is usually the first thing players notice the bronze chain blocking.

How do you write a prayer?

Two shapes: a prayer costs 1× Story + 3× Clean Paper + 1× Ink, while the book-shaped prayers (Combo, Combat, Harvest, Repose, Excellence, Storms, Likes, Old God) cost 1× Story + 1× Blank Softcover Notebook + 1× Ink. Ticks run 12 to 16. Prayers are graded by how many of their steps land — 6 buys the silver prayer and 10 the gold, and the recipe table above lists both thresholds per prayer.

Where do Ink and Story come from?

Ink is made on this same desk from Melted Fat; Story is written here too, and both Improve story I and II are written-desk recipes. Clean Paper comes from the Paper Press or from a Leather Scroll.

Where do I build the Writing Desk?

The game offers it from the Writing Room's build desk. The Writing Room is its own work zone, so the desk cannot be placed in the yard — the blueprint Writing Basic unlocks is only usable there.

Is there a Writing Desk II?

No. This build ships a single Writing Desk; the desk-and-Desk II pair belongs to the first game. Here the desk's output grows with the level of its own writing track instead.

Graveyard Keeper 2 writing desk

The Writing Desk is the faith end of the game: every prayer in the game is written here from Story, Clean Paper and Ink, and it is also where notebooks and science kits come from.

Build cost & research

Building	Recipes	Build cost	Where	Unlocked by
Writing Desk	24	Wooden Plank ×4 Bronze Nails ×6 Polished Bronze ×1	Writing Room	Writing Basic 5R

Costs and research come straight from the game data, and “Where” is the work zone whose build desk offers the building — the game’s own placement record. “No research listed” means the page has none to show: either this build records none, or the game ships no name for it. In practice these rows are gated by materials, not by the tech tree.

Filter recipes

Writing Desk 24

Output	Ingredients	Ticks	Inspiration lv	Tech	Unlocked by	Tags
Basic prayer	Story ×1 Clean Paper ×3 Ink ×1	12	5	B 3	—	silver 6 · gold 10
Prayer for Faith	Story ×1 Clean Paper ×3 Ink ×1	14	8	B 4	Religious Writing I	silver 8 · gold 12
Prayer for Money	Story ×1 Clean Paper ×3 Ink ×1	14	8	B 4	Religious Writing I	silver 8 · gold 12
Combo Prayer	Story ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	10	B 5	Religious Writing II	silver 10 · gold 14
Combat Prayer	Story ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	10	B 5	Religious Writing II	silver 10 · gold 14
Harvest Prayer	Story ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	10	B 5	Fertilizers IV	silver 10 · gold 14
Prayer for Repose	Story ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	8	B 5	Graveyard Path and Fence I	silver 10 · gold 14
Prayer for Excellence	Story ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	14	B 5	Religious Writing II	silver 10 · gold 14
Prayer for Storms	Story ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	8	B 5	Reanimation
Prayer for Likes	Story ×1 Blank Hardcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	14	B 6	—	silver 10 · gold 14
Hypno Prayer	Story ×1 Blank Hardcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	16	B 6	Reanimation II	silver 10 · gold 14
Prayer for Old God	Story ×1 Blank Hardcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1	16	10	B 6	—
Music Notes	Clean Paper ×2 Ink ×1	8	5	R 1 B 1	Church Music I
Leather Scroll ×4	Skin ×1	3	1	R 1 B 2	Writing Basic
Clean Paper ×6	Leather Scroll ×1	6	1	R 2 B 3	Writing Supplies
Ink ×4	Ash ×1 Water ×1 Melted Fat ×1	6	2	R 2 B 3	Writing Supplies
Story	Faith ×3 Clean Paper ×2 Ink ×1	10	6	B 5	Books I	silver 6 · gold 10
Story★2	Story ×2 ★1	12	7	B 5	Books II
Story★3	Story ×2 ★2	16	8	B 5	Storytelling I
Blank Softcover Notebook ×2	Leather Scroll ×1 Clean Paper ×4	6	2	R 2	Books I
Primer	Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1 Story ×1 ★1	8	2	R 3 B 1	Books I
Dictionary	Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×1 Story ×1 ★2	12	3	R 6 B 2	Books II
Science Kit I ×3	Alchemy Flasks I ×1 Clean Paper ×5 Ink ×1	6	2	R 1 B 1	Writing Supplies
Science Kit II ×3	Alchemy Flasks II ×1 Blank Softcover Notebook ×1 Ink ×2	8	4	R 2 B 2	Writing Tools I

“Inspiration lv” is the level this station’s own inspiration track has to reach — below it the recipe is not offered. “Needs” is the extension that has to stand next to the station before the recipe appears.

What these products feed

Product	Used by recipes	Stations
Story	41	Writing Desk · Printing Press
Ink	40	Writing Desk · Printing Press
Blank Softcover Notebook	26	Writing Desk · Printing Press
Clean Paper	10	Writing Desk · Printing Press
Leather Scroll	5	Writing Desk · Jewelry Table

Only products with a follow-up recipe are listed; anything missing is not consumed by a recipe in this build.

Where the inputs come from

Input	Used here	Produced at
Ink	18	Writing Desk
Story	16	Writing Desk
Blank Softcover Notebook	9	Writing Desk
Clean Paper	7	Writing Desk · Paper Press
Blank Hardcover Notebook	3	Printing Press
Leather Scroll	2	Writing Desk
Skin	1	no producing row
Ash	1	Crematorium I · Crematorium II
Water	1	no producing row
Melted Fat	1	Distillation Cube
Faith	1	no producing row
Alchemy Flasks I	1	Furnace I · Furnace II
Alchemy Flasks II	1	Furnace I · Furnace II
Wooden Plank build cost	—	Woodworking Workbench I · Woodworking Workbench II · Circular Saw
Bronze Nails build cost	—	Wooden Anvil · Iron Anvil · Steel Anvil
Polished Bronze build cost	—	Woodworking Workbench I · Woodworking Workbench II

“Used here” counts how often the input appears in this page’s recipes and build costs; “no producing row” means the recipe, alchemy and crop tables all come up empty — you gather, hunt, buy or loot it instead.

Common questions

What does the writing desk cost?: 4× Wooden Plank + 6× Bronze Nails + 1× Polished Bronze, unlocked by the Writing Basic research. That single Polished Bronze is why the desk is usually the first thing players notice the bronze chain blocking.
How do you write a prayer?: Two shapes: a prayer costs 1× Story + 3× Clean Paper + 1× Ink, while the book-shaped prayers (Combo, Combat, Harvest, Repose, Excellence, Storms, Likes, Old God) cost 1× Story + 1× Blank Softcover Notebook + 1× Ink. Ticks run 12 to 16. Prayers are graded by how many of their steps land — 6 buys the silver prayer and 10 the gold, and the recipe table above lists both thresholds per prayer.
Where do Ink and Story come from?: Ink is made on this same desk from Melted Fat; Story is written here too, and both Improve story I and II are written-desk recipes. Clean Paper comes from the Paper Press or from a Leather Scroll.
Where do I build the Writing Desk?: The game offers it from the Writing Room's build desk. The Writing Room is its own work zone, so the desk cannot be placed in the yard — the blueprint Writing Basic unlocks is only usable there.
Is there a Writing Desk II?: No. This build ships a single Writing Desk; the desk-and-Desk II pair belongs to the first game. Here the desk's output grows with the level of its own writing track instead.

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