Graveyard Keeper 2: How to Automate Wood for an Endless Supply

An automated wood line in Graveyard Keeper 2 keeps logs flowing into your Yard without felling a single tree yourself. The setup relies on a zombie chopping wood at the Abandoned Sawmill and a porter carrying it home through an underground route. Once the chain is connected, your home stockpile refills on its own while you focus on quests and crafting.

Quick answer: Get the Forest Pass, unlock the Zombie Lumberjack blueprints, build a Lumberjack stand, Timber stockpile, and Porter Station at the Sawmill, then clear the Old Mine into the Factory so timber routes to your Yard.

Requirements before you start

The whole system depends on reaching the Forest, and that gate opens through the quest line rather than the map alone. Progress the main story until you receive the Forest Pass, which grants entry to the Forest area and, from there, the Abandoned Sawmill.

Complete the “Into the Forest” quest to earn the Forest Pass and show it to the guards.
A working zombie with an axe equipped in its tool slot.
A second zombie to staff the Porter Station.
Access to the Old Mine above the Quarry, plus the tech to clear it.

Prerequisites & Quest Tree — The Quests menu with "Into the Forest" active, the quest that hands over the Forest Pass. Shown at 00:19 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Lazy Bear Games

Follow the quest tree through its later nodes as they appear, including “Go Wild in the Wild lands,” to keep opening up the Forest and its resources. With the pass in hand you can enter the area and scout west for the Sawmill.

Quest tree details — The quest progression tree with the Forest Pass node, the checkpoint that unlocks Forest travel. Shown at 00:36 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Lazy Bear Games

Unlock the Zombie Lumberjack blueprints

Construction at the Sawmill requires researching the Zombie Lumberjack technologies in the Tech Tree’s Building tab. That branch grants the three blueprints needed: Lumberjack stand, Timber stockpile, and Porter Station.

Research only opens the build options. You still have to gather the materials and finish each structure yourself, so plan the wood and parts before you head into the Forest.

Build and staff the Sawmill

Travel west through the Forest path until the “Sawmill” area label appears. Everything for the chopping half of the line gets built here.

Build the Lumberjack stand at the Sawmill, then carry a zombie over and drop it at the stand using the “Put Zombie” prompt. The worker will chop wood continuously once placed.

Sawmill setup and Zombie Lumberjack — Placing a worker at the Lumberjack stand with the "Put Zombie" prompt at the Sawmill. Shown at 01:01 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Lazy Bear Games

Equip that zombie with an axe in its tool slot. Without an axe it will stand idle and no wood gets cut.

Build the Timber stockpile beside the stand. Felled logs collect here, giving the porter a fixed place to pick them up.

Build the Porter Station next to the stockpile and place a second zombie inside. This worker acts as the courier that moves logs off-site.

Porter Station at Sawmill — The Porter Station, the small red-roofed structure, sits next to the timber stockpile to haul logs. Shown at 01:19 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Lazy Bear Games

Keep the stockpile directly next to the stand so the porter has a clear, short path and does not stall between pickups.

Connect the route through the Old Mine and Factory

The porter can only reach your Yard once the underground path is open. That route runs from the Old Mine, above the Quarry, down into the Factory area where wood is sent up to the surface.

Overview of automated wood — The end result in your Yard: log racks and wood stations kept stocked by automated delivery. Shown at 00:04 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Lazy Bear Games

Head past the Quarry Porter Station and continue to the Old Mine entrance. Confirm your technology and quest progress permit entry to the mine.

Quarry and Old Mine entrance — The Old Mine entrance beside the Quarry Porter Station, the way down to the Factory. Shown at 01:45 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Lazy Bear Games

Walk through the Old Mine tunnel and clear the debris blocking the passage. Removing the blockage links the mine to the Factory beyond it.

Enter the underground Factory area, where the porter zombie deposits wood to be sent up. With the passage open, timber logs travel the full route from the Sawmill straight to your home stockpile.

Confirm the wood is arriving

Return to the Yard and check the wood stockpile. When the chain is working, logs appear there automatically, without you harvesting anything or depleting the trees around your home.

You can verify it end to end by crafting from the stored timber. Open the Woodworking Workbench II and the Sawhorse and make items like a Wooden Plank or Board using the automated supply. If those recipes pull from your stockpile, the line is fully connected and will keep restocking on its own.