Graveyard Keeper 2 Donkey Guide: How the Body Delivery System Works

The Setup: Why the Donkey Matters

In Graveyard Keeper 2, corpses are the core resource of your business. A graveyard is nothing without bodies to bury, and burying them improves your graveyard's ratings. But bodies have another use: you can turn a dead body into a zombie and put it to work for you.

That steady supply depends on one character — the Donkey, probably your best friend in the game, who delivers corpses straight to your graveyard.

The Delivery Cycle: Every Two In-Game Days (With a Catch)

The Donkey arrives once every two in-game days, but the system isn't a simple timer — there's an odds mechanic underneath it:

• After each visit, the Donkey is due back after the next two days, but there's a chance it will skip your graveyard entirely.
• Each time the cart does show up, that chance of a miss keeps rising.
• Once the Donkey finally gives your graveyard a miss, it's almost certain to arrive after the next two days — and the cycle starts over.

One More Limitation: Graveyard Space

The cycle only holds as long as you have room. If your graveyard runs out of space, the Donkey might not appear at all until you've made fresh space. So managing burial capacity isn't just housekeeping — it directly controls your corpse supply chain.

Can You Speed It Up?

As of writing, there's no way to make the Donkey arrive faster. The two-day rhythm and the odds system are fixed.

However, you can increase the number of bodies the Donkey brings per visit. This is tied to an in-game quest, so it's something to work toward rather than something available from the start.

Where This Leaves Players

At this stage, the practical takeaway is straightforward: keep your graveyard from filling up, plan around the two-day delivery window with its built-in randomness, and pursue the quest chain that eventually raises the Donkey's payload if you want more bodies — whether for raising graveyard ratings or building out your zombie workforce.