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Alchemy in Graveyard Keeper 2 runs on a three-color system. Every ingredient carries one or more colored skull values, and mixing the right ones in a laboratory lets you brew potions, dusts, elixirs, and reagents. This guide lists every confirmed recipe combination so you can stop guessing and start crafting.
Each recipe shows the required ingredients with their color values in parentheses. The number of hearts indicates the potion’s effect tier. Ingredients separated by a slash mean any one of those items works in that slot.
How the Color System Works
Three colors drive every alchemy result in the laboratory: Red (❤️), Green (💚), and Blue (💙). The final product depends on which colors you feed into the mix and how many of each. Matching the exact combination is the only way to get the result you want — there is no RNG here, but there is no room for error either.
Most early recipes need only one or two colors. Higher-tier potions demand precise three-color spreads. If the spread is wrong, you get a different item or nothing useful.
Editor Warning: The laboratory only accepts ingredients that carry the required color. Drop a Red-only item into a mix that needs Green and you will waste the slot. Check every ingredient’s skull values before adding it.
Understanding the Recipe Tables
Slash marks mean “or.” For example, Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) means any one of those four items works — they all carry one green skull. When a recipe lists the same entry three times (like Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️)), it genuinely requires three separate Clay units.
The heart symbols in each header show the potion’s tier or focus. More hearts do not always mean “stronger” — some recipes just have a wider effect range.
Part 1: Core Alchemy Recipes
Paint (💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
Lacquer (💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
When you start processing zombies at the morgue, you gain access to Zombie Goo and Blood — two reliable blue sources that speed up mid-game crafting.
Tanning Liquid (❤️❤️❤️❤️💚💚💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Clay(❤️) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Clay(❤️) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
Alkali (❤️💚💚💚💚💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Clay(❤️) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
Damage Potion (❤️💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Clay(❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) |
Both single-ingredient and two-ingredient lines work here. If you are short on Clay, the Flax/Tooth option is the easiest early pick.
Damage Potion II (❤️❤️💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Clay(❤️) |
| Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Clay(❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
Damage Potion III (❤️❤️❤️💚💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Clay(❤️) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Beeswax(❤️💚💚) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Clay(❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
Healing Potion (❤️❤️)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) |
Healing Potion II (❤️❤️❤️❤️)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Clay(❤️) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) |
Healing Potion III (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Clay(❤️) |
Berserker Potion (❤️💚💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) |
| Clay(❤️) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Clay(❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
Berserker Potion II (❤️❤️💚💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Clay(❤️) |
| Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Clay(❤️) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
Dream Dust (💚💙)
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| Ingredients |
|---|
| Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
Weak Growth Elixir (❤️💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) |
| Clay(❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Clay(❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
Rich Growth Elixir (❤️💚💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Clay(❤️) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
Miracle Growth Elixir (❤️💚💚💚💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
Explosive Dust (❤️❤️💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
Spices (💚💚💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Ash/Peat(💚💙) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Ash/Peat(💚💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
Umami (💚💚💚💚💙💙💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) |
| Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) |
| Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) |
| Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
Philosopher Stone (❤️❤️❤️💚💚💚💙💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Beeswax(❤️💚💚) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Honey/Hops(💚💚💙) |
Part 2: Advanced Recipes
Third Eye Salt (❤️💙💙💙💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Clay(❤️) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
Preservative (💚💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
Organ Improver — Red Skull (❤️❤️❤️❤️💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Clay(❤️) + Clay(❤️) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Clay(❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Melted Fat(❤️❤️❤️) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Flax/Tooth(❤️💚) + Clay(❤️) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
Organ Improver — White Skull (💚💚💚💚)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) |
| Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) + Flour/Swamp Mushroom(💚💚) |
The Organ Improver recipes tie directly into the game’s mechanics for organ quality. Keep a steady supply of both the Red Skull and White Skull variants if you plan to optimize your graveyard through body part upgrades.
Reanimation Liquid (❤️❤️💚💙💙💙💙)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) + Clay(❤️) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
| Copper Nugget/Gold Nugget(❤️❤️💚) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) |
| Red Mushroom(❤️❤️) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Ash/Peat(💚💙) + Minced Meat/Night Flower/Zombie Goo(💙💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Berry/Leaf/Stick/Water(💚) + Alcohol/Brain(💙💙💙) |
| Tin(❤️❤️💙) + Blue Crystal(💚💙💙) + Blood/Blueberry/Seed Oil(💙) |
Editor Warning: Reanimation Liquid uses three ingredients, which means all three color spreads must add up to the total shown. I wasted several runs by swapping Alcohol/Brain for Blue Crystal — they look similar on paper but the color weight differs, and the batch failed. Always verify the exact triple.
Quick Reference: Color Sources
If you are new to the laboratory, here is a quick map of the most common ingredients by color. This helps you substitute when a specific item is missing.
- Red sources: Clay, Red Mushroom, Melted Fat, Copper Nugget, Gold Nugget, Tin, Flax, Tooth, Beeswax, Cheese, Salt
- Green sources: Berry, Leaf, Stick, Water, Flour, Swamp Mushroom, Ash, Peat, Honey, Hops, Blue Crystal, Beeswax, Cheese, Salt, Flax, Tooth, Copper Nugget, Gold Nugget
- Blue sources: Blood, Blueberry, Seed Oil, Minced Meat, Night Flower, Zombie Goo, Alcohol, Brain, Ash, Peat, Honey, Hops, Blue Crystal, Tin, Cheese, Salt
Ingredients that bridge two or three colors — like Cheese/Salt(❤️💚💙) or Beeswax(❤️💚💚) — are the most flexible in the whole system. Stockpile them whenever you can.
Practical Notes from the Lab
Crafting requires the laboratory station to be built and powered. You cannot brew anywhere else. Bring the exact ingredient counts with you before starting a session — running back to storage mid-craft only slows you down.
Higher-tier recipes (Damage Potion III, Healing Potion III, Philosopher Stone) need three distinct ingredients at minimum. Do not try to shortcut with duplicates unless the recipe explicitly allows it (like three Clay or three Flax/Tooth).
Some ingredients can be gathered freely in the wild, while others require processing at specific stations. Zombie Goo and Alcohol/Brain in particular demand mid-game infrastructure. Plan your alchemy around what you can actually produce.
Conclusion
With these recipes on hand, you can skip the trial-and-error phase entirely and go straight to crafting what you need. Bookmark this page — the full list is long, and the higher-tier recipes are easy to forget mid-session.
More Guides:
- Graveyard Keeper 2: How Zombies Work (Game System Explanation)
- Graveyard Keeper 2: Some Useful Strategies for The Game’s Mechanics
- Graveyard Keeper 2: How to Enable 32:9 Ultrawide Resolution
- Graveyard Keeper 2: How to Fix Game Stuttering Issue
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