Graveyard Keeper 2 Zombie Mining: Unlock and Assign Workers
Unlock Graveyard Keeper 2 Zombie Mining, assign a pickaxe worker and separate porter, and check ore, coal, storage and the route to the Factory.
Quick Answer
Open the Old Mine and its connection toward your base, then recheck the Metallurgy tree for Zombie Mining. Build the mining and porter stations, assign a pickaxe-equipped miner and a separate hauler, and watch output reach its destination. Being able to enter the mine does not by itself prove that worker mining is unlocked.
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Open the connection before rechecking the tree
If the mining technology or placement option is missing, return to the underground route. Launch-week Steam reports describe the technology appearing after a mine-to-house blockage was cleared; one named the writing-basement passage into Supply Storage. This is a community route check, not a claim that every obstruction in the network must be demolished.
Follow the nearby quest when a mine entrance explicitly asks for Dynamite, then inspect the reachable blockage from its correct side. Use the existing Iron Mine guide for the access route; this page covers assigning and feeding the worker loop once you are there.
| Research or building | Release-era reference |
|---|---|
| Zombie Mining | After Iron Smithing; 60 red + 10 blue points in the local 1.007 export |
| Zombie Miner | 2 Wooden Planks + 4 Bricks |
| Mine Porter Station | Separate hauling post; check the live mine blueprint |
| Mining worker | Pickaxe and the mastery required by the station |
Construction mastery and a zombie’s work mastery are separate checks. Unlocking a blueprint does not finish the station.
Set up production and hauling as different jobs
- Finish the Zombie Miner in the Old Mine and assign a zombie through its actual station interaction.
- Inspect that zombie and give it the required pickaxe. Confirm the station shows the assigned worker.
- Finish and staff the site’s Porter Station. Check that the route from the mine to its connected output destination is open.
- Watch mined resources reach the site output, then the porter collect and deliver them. Treat those as two success checks.
Check both ore and coal destinations
The local 1.007 mining recipe lists 1 Iron Ore and 2 Coal as its regular outputs. It also contains a conditional Gem chance tied to Magpie’s Eye; a Gem is not guaranteed every cycle. The data’s eight-tick duration is not a measured real-time production rate for your current worker.
Do not judge the whole loop by looking only at the ore pile. Coal and ore can reach different capacity limits. Move surplus Coal to another appropriate storage and observe a fresh work cycle; if nothing changes, keep checking the porter assignment and path rather than assuming the Coal pile was the sole cause.
If the miner stops after delivering
Official 1.009 notes specifically fix mine workers getting stuck after returning their result. On an older build that symptom can survive a correct pickaxe and a clear route. Check the update available for your platform, then retest with destination space free.
| Observed failure | Inspect next |
|---|---|
| No worker option or technology | Mine connection, research and finished station |
| Worker shown but no mining | Its pickaxe and work requirement |
| Mining progresses but destination does not change | Site output and the separate Porter |
| One stockpile full, the other empty | Both output types and available receiving space |
| One cycle succeeds, next never starts | Installed build and the return-to-work behavior |
Record what actually increased: local stock, carried items or Factory stock. Quiet animations or an empty ore pile alone do not identify the failed handoff.
Mine worker checklist
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Watch the mine area and downstream Factory
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Sources were checked on October 9, 2026. Gameplay images show the cited recording; extracted data describes its stated build and does not establish every console patch or save state. GameHelpBase has not playtested these steps in its own save.