Mechanics

Money and trading: coins, traders, orders and happiness

How the coins add up, how much a trader can pay, and what resets on Pride.

Graveyard Keeper 2 counts money in bronze, silver and gold coins: 100 bronze make a silver and 100 silver make a gold. A new game starts with 1 silver. Money comes from burial certificates, selling to traders, sermons and town orders.

100
Bronze in a silver: 100
Silver in a gold: 1 silver
Starting money: 77
Town orders

Pride: town orders and the weekly happiness caps

Town orders can only be accepted on Pride, and completing them rewards happiness and coins. The weekly cap on the happiness each trader gives for special goods also resets every Pride.

The rules

Prices, purses and restocks

Prices move: The more of an item a merchant holds, the lower its price.
Special goods: Every merchant has its own goods to buy and sell, some of them special to that merchant.
Restocks: Merchant stocks refresh over time. Upgrading a merchant expands its inventory.
The happiness bar: Selling items marked with the happiness label fills a progress bar at that trader; each time it reaches 100% the Keeper gains happiness. Each trader only takes a limited number of each item a week.

Every trader also has a purse. It starts at a fixed amount and grows each day by the trader's daily income, which rises with the trader's tier. A trader cannot pay more than its purse holds.

Trader purses

Happiness

The Town's other currency

Happiness comes from Town Gratitude, trading special items and completing town orders; town orders are its main source. Restored shops unlock new merchants and town orders and raise village reputation. A sermon spends happiness: the number of parishioners who come is the lower of happiness and church quality.

The most happiness each Town shop gives for special goods per week, by tier. It resets every Pride.

The most happiness each Town shop gives for special goods per week, by tier. It resets every Pride.
Trader	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III
Herm	2	15	20
Januarius	10	15	20
Alchemist	8	16	25
Apothecary	8	16	25
Baker	8	16	25
Brewery	8	16	25
Builder	8	16	25
Fish Stand	8	16	25
Furniture Maker	8	16	25
Jeweler	8	16	25
Smithy	8	16	25
Tailor	8	16	25
Tavern	8	16	25
Vegetable Stand	8	16	25

Happiness limit: Houses give Green Scrolls. Linda takes them every Lust, raising citizen reputation and the maximum happiness limit.
Urgent orders: Urgent orders must be completed in full within one week.
Delivering orders: Orders are completed by delivering the required goods to the Town Warehouse. Extra goods delivered there are sold for money.
Order rewards: 10 to 80 happiness per order, more with the Happy supplier perk

Income

Where money comes from

All traders

Town orders

The Town

Money questions

How much is a gold coin worth?

10,000 bronze, or 100 silver. Prices in the game are shown as gold, silver and bronze coins side by side.

When does a trader not buy an item?

When it does not deal in that item, or when its purse is empty. Purses refill every day by the trader's daily income, which grows with its tier.

What does a burial pay?

A Burial Certificate, worth 1 silver to 5 silver depending on the corpse. Januarius buys them.