The full Graveyard Keeper 2 weekly schedule: sermons, battles, Resurrection, Town Orders, trader resets and corpse delivery days.
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Quick answer
A Graveyard Keeper 2 week has six days in this order:
Gluttony
Sloth
Lust
Envy
Pride
Wrath
The most important early schedule rules are: battles on Sloth, zombie Resurrection on Envy, Town/trader weekly resets around Pride, and sermons on Wrath. Once corpse delivery begins, the donkey visits on Gluttony, Lust and Pride days.
One in-game day is about 7.5 real minutes, so missing a weekly event can mean waiting roughly another 45 minutes of normal game time.
Many Graveyard Keeper 2 systems do not happen whenever you feel like using them.
You can have:
and still be blocked because today is the wrong day.
That is why progression sometimes looks bugged when the game is actually waiting for a specific weekly icon.
GK2 has six days rather than seven.
A new day starts at midnight. Most day-specific systems become active shortly after the day begins and close near the next midnight.
Sleeping does not skip the underlying simulation safely. The whole world continues at greatly accelerated speed while you sleep:
You can absolutely sleep through something important.
Later progression ties Gluttony to the PR Machine.
Even earlier, it matters because this is one of the normal corpse-delivery days once the donkey route is active.
The usual delivery days are:
If your morgue is full, the corpse system may not behave the way you expect, so clear body capacity before the next delivery window.
For corpse handling, see Red and White Skulls Explained.
Sloth is the main battle day.
After the first story fight, most later battles can be launched on Sloth.
Before it arrives, prepare by:
finishing Barracks upgrades;
checking Defence Power;
equipping zombie squads;
preparing battle consumables;
saving at home.
The first battle is an exception, which is why players often miss the day restriction afterward.
Lust is mostly important as the setup for Resurrection.
Near the end of Lust day, the Resurrection device recharges so it can be used on the following day.
It is also another normal donkey delivery day.
A good Lust-day routine is to:
Then Envy day becomes a quick activation rather than a rush to finish preparation.
Envy is Resurrection day.
The central device in the Resurrection Lab works on this day if it is charged.
Because the activation can affect all prepared tables, it is efficient to prepare multiple corpses before Envy rather than raising workers one at a time.
If the device will not work, check:
Pride is a major economic and Town day.
This part of the weekly cycle includes things such as:
If you are actively developing the Town, it is useful to organize your production around Pride.
For example:
prepare crates in advance;
check the Warehouse;
complete old deliveries;
take new orders;
use fresh weekly trader limits.
See How Town Orders Work and How to Make Money.
Wrath is sermon day.
After the church is open, your normal weekly service can be held once per week here.
Sermons matter because they provide both:
Faith then feeds Inspirations, research and Milestone activation.
Miss Wrath and the next ordinary sermon is another full six-day cycle away.
Once normal corpse delivery is active, the donkey follows three days:
Actual delivery still depends on the state of the corpse system and available room.
If your morgue is completely full, do not be surprised when the next delivery does not work the way you expected.
Yes.
Sleep accelerates time; it does not pause weekly mechanics.
If you go to bed late on Wrath, the sermon window can end while you are asleep.
The same principle applies to other scheduled systems.
If you only want to save but an important weekly event is currently available, do the event first and sleep afterward.
You do not need to optimize every minute.
Remember four anchors:
Sloth → battle
Envy → Resurrection
Pride → Town/trader reset
Wrath → sermon
Then associate Gluttony, Lust and Pride with normal donkey delivery days.
After a few cycles the icons become much easier to read.
As the map grows, walking can consume a large chunk of a day.
Milestones let you quickly return to:
That becomes especially useful when the current weekly event is already running.
See How to Fast Travel.
Before Wrath, it is useful to ask:
After the service, the cycle effectively begins again with fresh Faith and another week of planned progression.
Roughly 7.5 real minutes at normal speed.
Six days, roughly 45 real minutes without sleep acceleration.
No. The world keeps running quickly and weekly events can pass while you sleep.
After the first battle, most later fights wait for Sloth day.
The actual activation uses the Resurrection device on Envy day.
Normally once per week on Wrath after the church is unlocked.
Automation
How to start battles in Graveyard Keeper 2, build Defence Power, equip zombie squads, use pikes and bows, and prepare Barracks defenses.
Automation
How to unlock the Resurrection Lab, prepare a valid corpse, choose a Zombie Collar, use Reanimation Liquid, and raise multiple zombies on Envy day.
Quests
How to accept Town Orders, where to place Supply Boxes, why an order can show 1/1 without completing, when pickup happens, and how Urgent and Cumulative orders differ.
Getting started
How to get Faith, how Inspirations feed the talent system, how they affect Mastery, and why spending all your Faith on the first available upgrade can slow progression.
