The Tech Tree in Graveyard Keeper 2 sits behind a wall of three distinct point types, and the game does not spend much time explaining which activities feed which currency. Most players end up swimming in one type while starving for another. There are three Tech Point colors: Red, Green, and Blue, each tied to completely different playstyles. Here is exactly how to generate all three efficiently from the earliest hours.
What are Tech Points in Graveyard Keeper 2?
Tech Points are the currency for the Tech Tree, the system that gates most crafting recipes, workstations, and progression features. Without spending them, your options stay limited to the most basic tasks. The three types do not share a pool, so running out of one type creates a real bottleneck even if you have hundreds of the other two sitting idle.
Every unlock requires a specific color or combination, which means you need to actively farm all three rather than focusing on just one.
How do you get Red Tech Points?
Red Tech Points are the most accessible type in the opening hours, and the game practically throws activities at you that generate them. Using your Rusty Pickaxe on rocks, swinging your Rusty Hammer on graves, and digging with your shovel all produce Red points passively while you do other things.
Crafting also contributes, though the yield varies by recipe. Making Boards earns 1 Red Tech Point per craft, while producing a Piece of Stone earns 3. The stone route is noticeably more efficient if you have the raw materials. Breaking rocks and chopping trees remain the easiest early options since those tasks come up constantly anyway.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Guide: Tech Points Explained
How do you get Green Tech Points?
Green Tech Points come from nature-focused activities. Harvesting crops and picking berries from bushes around town are the primary early sources. As you explore the village, any bush you spot is worth stripping for both the Green points and the berries themselves, which restore energy when eaten.
Some crafting recipes also yield Green points, so check the output tooltip before you skip a recipe assuming it only produces Red.
For players building out their farm and looking to automate resource gathering, the zombie workforce guide covers how to set undead laborers to work on repetitive tasks, which can free you up to focus on activities that generate the point types you actually need.
How do you get Blue Tech Points?
Blue Tech Points are the hardest to accumulate early on, and the game gives you fewer obvious paths to them. The first reliable method is performing autopsies: removing organs from corpses at the autopsy table generates Blue points. This ties your Blue point income directly to the flow of bodies arriving at your graveyard.
Later in progression, you unlock the ability to study items, which opens a much more scalable Blue point pipeline. Studying is worth prioritizing as soon as the option becomes available since the early autopsy route has a natural ceiling based on corpse supply.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Guide: Tech Points Explained
Tips for balancing all three types
The most common mistake is treating Tech Points as a side effect rather than a goal. Once you identify which color you are short on, restructure your daily routine around the activities that generate it.
- Red shortage: Dedicate a session to rock-breaking and grave maintenance. Crafting Pieces of Stone at 3 points each adds up quickly.
- Green shortage: Plan a full sweep of every bush in the village before doing anything else. Set up crop plots as early as possible for a passive supply.
- Blue shortage: Process every incoming corpse through the autopsy table before burial. Once item studying unlocks, prioritize it immediately.
Keeping all three types in reasonable supply prevents the frustrating situation where you have the materials for an upgrade but lack one specific color to actually research it.
For players still getting oriented, the Graveyard Keeper 2 beginner tips and tricks guide covers crafting queues, food buffs, and other early habits that pair well with an efficient Tech Point routine. For everything else across the game's systems, the full Graveyard Keeper 2 strategy guides collection has you covered.