Graveyard Keeper 2 Alchemy Recipes and Rune Finder
Alchemy in Graveyard Keeper 2 no longer uses fixed ingredient lists. Every ingredient carries red, green, and blue rune values, and a recipe succeeds only when your combined ingredient runes match the product exactly. Below you will find a finder tool for the runes you have, and all 29 alchemy products with their exact rune totals and a working example for each.
Rune finder: what can I craft?
Add up the red, green, and blue runes of your ingredients (research them on the study table if you are not sure) and enter the totals. The finder lists every alchemy product that matches those totals exactly.
How alchemy works in Graveyard Keeper 2
- Research first. Study an ingredient on the study table to reveal its decomposition products and rune values.
- Grades matter. The same ingredient in bronze, silver, or gold quality carries different rune values — the totals below assume the example ingredients as listed.
- Two or three ingredients. Recipes combine two or three ingredients in the laboratory. The rune totals must match the product exactly — there is no partial credit.
- Matching is the skill. Once you know each ingredient’s runes, any combination that sums to the target works — the ingredient lists below are verified examples, not the only solutions.
All 29 alchemy products
| Product | Runes (R/G/B) | Example ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Dream Dust | 0R 1G 1B | Leaf + Blood |
| Paint | 0R 2G 0B | Leaf + Leaf |
| Lacquer | 0R 0G 2B | Blood + Blood |
| Healing Potion | 2R 0G 0B | Clay + Clay |
| Healing Potion II | 4R 0G 0B | Clay + Iron Ore |
| Healing Potion III | 5R 0G 0B | Stone + Iron Ore |
| Damage Potion | 1R 1G 0B | Clay + Leaf |
| Damage Potion II | 2R 2G 0B | Clay + Coal |
| Damage Potion III | 3R 3G 0B | Coal + Golden Nugget |
| Zombie Motivator | 1R 0G 1B | Clay + Blood |
| Zombie Motivator II | 1R 0G 2B | Clay + Zombie Goo |
| Zombie Motivator III | 3R 0G 3B | Tin + Firefly |
| Berserker Elixir | 1R 1G 1B | Clay + Ash |
| Berserker Elixir II | 2R 1G 1B | Clay + Salt |
| Berserker Elixir III | 3R 2G 2B | Clay + Tin + Hops |
| Weak Growth Elixir | 1R 2G 0B | Leaf + Flax |
| Rich Growth Elixir | 1R 3G 0B | Coal + Leaf |
| Miracle Growth Elixir | 1R 5G 0B | Coal + Bronze Pumpkin |
| Preservative | 0R 3G 0B | Flour + Leaf |
| Organ Improver (Red Skull) | 4R 1G 0B | Iron Ore + Flax |
| Organ Improver (White Skull) | 0R 4G 0B | Flour + Flour |
| Reanimation Liquid | 2R 1G 4B | Clay + Alcohol + Salt |
| Tannin | 4R 2G 1B | Clay + Tin + Coal |
| Alkali | 1R 4G 2B | Clay + Hops + Hops |
| Explosive Dust | 2R 0G 2B | Tin + Blood |
| Spices | 0R 2G 2B | Ash + Ash |
| Umami | 0R 4G 4B | Flour + Hops + Alcohol |
| Philosopher's Stone | 3R 3G 3B | Tin + Hops + Salt |
| Third Eye Salt | 1R 0G 5B | Alcohol + Firefly |
Recipes that matter most early
- Healing Potions (2R) — the base healing line only needs two Clay, and the upgrades scale with ore quality.
- Organ Improvers — the White Skull version (4G, two Flour) and Red Skull version (4R 1G, Iron Ore + Flax) directly improve autopsy results.
- Umami (4G 4B, Flour + Hops + Alcohol) — the seasoning that turns silver dishes into gold at the kitchen table. Full details on the Umami page.
- Reanimation Liquid (2R 1G 4B) — the key ingredient for bringing your zombie workforce online.
Recipe data checked October 6, 2026 against the community wiki for the current build. Patches can rebalance rune values — if a combination stops working, let us know.