The Graveyard

The Graveyard



Location information
Buildable	True
Exits	Church, Morgue, Apiary, Swamp, Witch Hill, Wheat Farm
Npcs
Episcop

The graveyard is introduced in the tutorial. An integral part of the game is how well you "keep" or maintain your graveyard. The most important part of the graveyard is its rating. The church is located in the graveyard.

Graveyard Rating[ | ]

Graveyard rating is the main factor affecting the amount of money earned by donations in weekly sermons. It is therefore desirable to have a high .

There are four factors that affect quality: bushes, corpses, decor and graves.

Bushes[ | ]

Bushes are present at the start of the game and do not currently regrow after being removed. Each bush has a -1 effect on rating.

Corpses[ | ]

The quality of a buried corpse determines the maximum rating per grave. The number of , and in the corpse rating are the basis of the quality. No grave can have a higher rating than the number of on that corpse. Additionally, certain autopsy operations increase the base rating of a grave. See corpse for more info.

^{(Possible Bug Warning: If you exhume a corpse with 100% freshness from the right/east side of the graveyard, be wary of trying to improve it via autopsy. Corpses that spawned in the graveyard at the start of game may not acknowledge organs or parts added to them, effectively 'eating' the parts with no benefit. Parts can still be removed as normal. )}

Decor[ | ]

Decor includes things like lanterns, urns with ashes, flower beds, prayer stations, etc. Each piece of decor adds some amount of . The fence around the whole graveyard can be repaired for +10 and further upgraded for +20 .

Item	Quality	Cost	Size	Notes
Trunk	-	4× Flitch 4× Nails 7× Simple iron parts	3x2 2x3	Available from the beginning
Gravesite	-		3x3	Available from the beginning
Wooden prayer station	+ 2	7× Flitch 4× Nails 1× Book	2 x 2	Requires Graveyard Enhancement Can be only placed in 9 spots.
Stone prayer station	+ 4	4× A polished brick of stone 1× A carved piece of stone 1× Book	2 x 2	Requires Stone Prayer Station Can be only placed in 9 spots
Stone columbarium	+ 12	4× Wooden beam 4× A polished brick of stone 12× Ceramic funeral urn	4 x 4	Requires Cremation
Marble columbarium	+ 20	4× A polished brick of marble 2× A carved piece of marble 12× Porcelain funeral urn	4 x 4	Requires Cremation II
Flowerbed	+ 2	2× A piece of stone 1× Peat 2× Red flower	2 x 2	Available from the beginning Can only be placed in 9 spots
Lawn	+ 2	3× A piece of stone 1× Peat	2 x 3	Requires Graveyard Enhancement
Lawn	+ 3	4× A piece of stone 1× Peat	2 x 4	Requires Graveyard Enhancement
Lawn	+ 4	6× A piece of stone 2× Peat	2 x 6	Requires Graveyard Enhancement
Marble flagstones	+ 3	4× A piece of marble	2 x 4	Requires Stone Prayer Station
Lantern	+ 4	4× A piece of stone 4× Simple iron parts 2× Glass	2 x 2	Requires Stone Prayer Station
Fix the Fence	+ 10	10× Nails 10× Wooden plank 6× A piece of stone	none	Requires Graveyard Enhancement
Build stone fence	+ 20	24× A polished brick of stone 2× A carved piece of stone 12× Complex iron parts	none	Requires upgrading to Big Church
Statue of the Bishop	+ 5		none	Requires upgrading to Cathedral

Graves[ | ]

Graves are an integral part of the game. Your first source of income in the game is
Burial certificates. They are obtained by burying or cremating corpses, and can be sold to Horadric at The Dead Horse for 1 50.

Graves also have a positive or negative effect on the rating, based on the corpse quality and grave decorations. As the maximum benefit for tombstones is +7 and fences is +5 , no grave can have a rating higher than +12 , even if the corpse has more than 12 . (with the Game of Crone DLC the maximum benefit for tombstones is increased to +9 and for fences to +7 resulting in a possible max. of 16.)

Grave sites have no effect on when placed or "planned" with the blueprint desk located in the graveyard. After being dug out for burial, the grave has a -2 effect on quality.

Grave Maintenance[ | ]

Graves will fall into disrepair over time. This is made apparent during the tutorial when you are shown how to repair grave decorations. Grave decorations that have deteriorated will provide less which in turn will provide you with less income.

Tombstones[ | ]

As noted in the corpses section, the maximum benefit of a grave cannot exceed the number of of the corpse buried there.

Item	Quality Provided	Technology required
None	+0
Wooden marker	+1	Graveplate
Wooden cross	+2	Simple Gravestone
Gravestone	+2	Simple Gravestone
Stone cross	+3	Stone Gravestone
Gravestone II	+3	Stone Gravestone
Stone cross II	+4	Carved Gravestones
Stone plinth	+4	Carved Gravestones
Stone sculpture	+5	Grave Monuments
Stone sculpture II	+5	Grave Monuments
Marble cross	+5	Marble Gravestone
Marble cross II	+6	Carved Marble Gravestones
Marble plinth	+6	Carved Marble Gravestones
Marble sculpture	+7	Crypts
Marble sculpture II	+7	Crypts
Unlocked with Game of Crone
Gravestone III	+4	Advanced Gravestones
Stone sculpture III	+6	Stone statues
Stone sculpture IV	+7	Stone statues
Marble gravestone III	+6	Advanced Gravestones II
Marble sculpture III	+8	Marble statues
Marble sculpture IV	+9	Marble statues
Unlocked with Better Save Soul
Stone sculpture V	+10	Stone Gravestones
Stone sculpture VI	+12	Stone Gravestones
Marble sculpture V	+13	Marble Gravestones
Marble sculpture VI	+15	Marble Gravestones

Fences[ | ]

As with tombstones, a grave quality is only as good as the corpse in the grave.

Item	Quality Provided	Technology required
None	+0
Wooden grave fence	+1	Simple Gravestone
Stone grave fence	+2	Stone Gravestone
Stone grave fence II	+3	Carved Gravestones
Marble grave fence	+4	Marble Gravestones
Marble grave fence II	+5	Carved Marble Gravestones
Unlocked with Game of Crone
Stone grave fence III	+3	Advanced Gravestones
Stone grave fence IV	+4	Advanced Gravestones
Stone grave fence V	+5	Advanced Gravestones II
Marble grave fence III	+5	Advanced Gravestones II
Marble grave fence IV	+6	Marble Fence
Marble grave fence V	+7	Marble Fence
Unlocked with Better Save Soul
Stone grave fence VI	+6	Stone grave fence
Stone grave fence VII	+7	Stone grave fence
Stone grave fence VIII	+8	Stone grave fence
Marble grave fence VI	+9	Marble grave fence
Marble grave fence VII	+10	Marble grave fence
Marble grave fence VIII	+11	Marble grave fence

Maximum Rating[ | ]

The following table shows (without the DLC's Game of Crone or Better Save Soul) how to achieve a maximum graveyard rating (top/north to bottom/south and west/left to east/right). Instead of a lantern, a stone prayer station can be used for the same amount of . The 2x4 lawns can be replaced by marble flagstones.

left side
8 x 10 - total 95 2× Marble columbarium 40 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 3 1× Lantern 4	7 x 10 - total 88 2× Marble columbarium 40 4× Gravesite 48	8 x 10 - total 95 2× Marble columbarium 40 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 3 1× Lantern 4
8 x 6 - total 55 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 3 1× Lantern 4	7 x 6 - total 48 4× Gravesite 48	8 x 6 - total 55 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 3 1× Lantern 4
8 x 6 - total 52 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 4	7 x 6 - total 48 4× Gravesite 48	15 x 6 - total 120 10× Gravesite 120
right side
3x3 + 2x2 + 3x3 + 8x6 total 83 6× Gravesite 72 1× Lawn 3 2× Lantern 8	7 x 10 - total 88 2× Marble columbarium 40 4× Gravesite 48	huge tree 3x3 + 2x2 + 3x3 total 28 2× Gravesite 24 1× Lantern 4
8 x 6 - total 55 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 3 1× Lantern 4	7 x 6 - total 48 4× Gravesite 48	8 x 6 - total 55 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 3 1× Lantern 4
15 x 6 - total 120 10× Gravesite 120	7 x 6 - total 48 4× Gravesite 48	8 x 6 - total 52 4× Gravesite 48 1× Lawn 4
miscellaneous
Build stone fence 20	Statue of the Bishop 5

In total that's

160 8×
Marble columbarium
1008 84×
Gravesite
36 9×
Lantern or 9×
Stone prayer station
29 9×
Lawn or 2×
Lawn plus 7×
Marble flagstones
20 1×
Build stone fence
5 1x Statue of the Bishop

adding up to 1258 , which seems to be the absolute maximum. Feel free to find a better solution. (Layout: https://imgur.com/a/kTP1pef)

edit: after version 1.3 a grave can have up to 16 quality, meaning new absolute maximum is 1594. (based on above layout: https://imgur.com/p5BKek1)

edit: With the new grave decorations and body part modification system in the DLCs the maximum score for a simple grave is now 26. A perfect corpse of 26 with marble grave fence VIII and marble sculpture VI. With that in mind using any columbariums reduces your graveyard score since they only provide 20. The layout linked above can still be used, replacing any columbariums with graves and in some spots additional lawns/marble flagstones. You'll have more empty spaces in the end but a higher score.

Graveyard Expansion[ | ]

In the beginning, the west half of the graveyard is locked. The sign there tells you to speak to the Inquisitor about this. Once you have earned 20 with him, he hands you (or sells) a
graveyard scroll. Return to the graveyard and use it there at the sign.

The west half is quite overgrown with a lot of shrubs and big trees. You'll need the "Woodcutter" technology to get rid of the trees. You won't get any negative from it, but you won't be able to build anything without clearing the area first.

Royal Services[ | ]

Once you are a preacher, you gain access to the Royal services box located outside the front door of the church. It is through this box that you interact with the bureaucratic system behind the throne.

You upgrade citizen titles by spending money on the Crown. Each title costs you a certain amount of money, but grants you access to a number of items you'll need to advance certain quests.

Exhumation Permission[ | ]

Item	Cost	Notes
Exhumation permission	1 75	required to dig up a buried body.

Corpse exhumation is only needed when a badly autopsied corpse is negatively impacting your . To exhume a corpse, buy an
Exhumation permission from the church box. After you have removed the fence and the gravestone, you may select "exhume" and dig up the body.

Note: These cost 1 75, which is 25 more than what you are paid for the
Burial certificate. You will earn much of the money back if you bury it again (after autopsy) or if you cremate it. So, overall it's a small loss for exhumation.

Citizen[ | ]

Item	Cost	Notes
Citizen	50	0 -> 30
Stamp	50	needed to complete a quest for Horadric to craft a Package of meat
Building permission	20	needed to upgrade the church to a big church

Rightful Citizen[ | ]

Item	Cost	Notes
Rightful Citizen	3	30 -> 65
Rightful citizen papers	free	needed to preach in a big church
Town pass	free	grants you access to the town
Trade license	50	needed for the merchant's quest to open a trade office

Aristocrat[ | ]

Item	Cost	Notes
Aristocrat	12	65 -> 100
Aristocrat papers	free	~~needed to preach in a cathedral~~^{(No longer required - potential Bug?)} needed to advance some quests in endgame