How to Unlock the Necronomicon in Graveyard Keeper 2 – Requirements, Materials, and Uses

The Necronomicon is a book you obtain through early quest progression in Graveyard Keeper 2. Its revival instructions call for green goo harvested from a walking one, plus Tin and Ash, but you’ll need to prepare those ingredients before you can make the liquid.

The book has two uses: its formula helps you make a zombie for work around your base, and studying it grants blue tech points. This guide covers the book’s quest, Reanimation Liquid, corpse resurrection, and the study reward.

How do you get the Necronomicon in Graveyard Keeper 2?

Advance the early story quests involving Sludge, then continue Gunter’s quest progression. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Keyote begins when you encounter the Donkey near the Morgue. The Donkey sends you to ask Gunter about the Necronomicon, and the quest awards the book.

Gunter reputation for book conversations

Those thresholds apply to the conversations about the book. Keep progressing Gunter’s quests to reach the separate Reanimation Liquid technology in Anatomy and alchemy.

How to use the Necronomicon in Graveyard Keeper 2

Get the book, make Reanimation Liquid, prepare a corpse, and study the book for its blue tech point reward.

1 – Get the Necronomicon

Advance the early quests that lead to the book.

Advance the early quests

Get through Sludge’s early story quests and continue Gunter’s quests toward the Necronomicon.

2 – Gather Zombie goo, Ash, and Tin

Each ingredient has a different source.

Earn Zombie goo in battle

Take on battles marked by shield icons for Zombie goo rewards; the barracks at the crossroads let you build barricades and hire fighters to help.

Cremate a corpse for Ash

After getting Zombie goo, unlock the early Crematorium technology in Anatomy and alchemy, then cremate a corpse instead of burying it. Crematorium I and II produce Ash; cremation also yields Salt, which this recipe does not use.

Unlock the Sluice Box

Progress through Metallurgy to Bronze Forge to unlock the Sluice Box, then place it.

Gather Sand

Harvest a sand heap for Sand; Sand gathering can later be automated.

Process Sand into Tin

Use the Sluice Box to turn the Sand into Tin, completing the three-ingredient set.

3 – Prepare and craft Reanimation Liquid

Work in the Alchemy Lab beneath the tower behind your house.

Study the ingredients

Enter the stone tower in the Inquisition Base and descend into the Alchemy Lab. At its central Study Table, study Zombie goo, Tin, and Ash using Science and Faith; build Laboratory II through the build menu after unlocking it for this crafting route.

Open the liquid technology

Advance Gunter’s reputation through his quests and unlock Reanimation Liquid in Anatomy and alchemy.

Mix Reanimation Liquid

At Laboratory II, add 1 Zombie goo, 1 Tin, and 1 Ash and craft Reanimation Liquid, which enables corpse resurrection.

4 – Make a collar and resurrect a corpse

Prepare Science for the book, then turn a corpse into a zombie.

Make Science Kit I

At the Writing Desk in the dungeon’s Writing Basement, craft Science Kit I from alchemy flasks, clean paper, and ink. Each gives 30 Science, and two provide 60 Science.

Craft a Zombie Collar

Use the Jewelry Table in the Writing Basement to make a collar for the corpse you plan to resurrect.

Resurrect the corpse

Take your prepared supplies to the morgue’s resurrection room, select a corpse at the Resurrection Table, and complete its resurrection. The resulting zombie can work in the garden or automate other base tasks.

5 – Generate Science and study the Necronomicon

Use the Science you prepared to claim the book’s second reward.

Study the book

Travel north to the tower, descend into the Alchemy Lab, place the Necronomicon on its central Study Table, and study it for 300 blue tech points.

The Reanimation Liquid technology lists Laboratory I and Laboratory II as crafting stations. Gunter also sells the liquid at his building at the port’s Main Pier, though his stock is limited.

Zombie Collar Red Skull ranges

Bring the collar you’ve chosen to a corpse on the Resurrection Table in the morgue. The liquid prepares the corpse, and the collar completes its resurrection.

Studying the Necronomicon gives you the same number of blue tech points as the 300-point cost of Reanimation III in Anatomy and alchemy.