Money and trading

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Mechanics

Money and trading: coins, traders, orders and Likes

How the coins add up, how much a trader can pay, and what resets on Pride.

Graveyard Keeper 2 counts money in bronze, silver and gold coins: 100 bronze make a silver and 100 silver make a gold. A new game starts with 1 silver. Money comes from burial certificates, selling to traders, sermons and town orders.

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Bronze in a silver: 100
Silver in a gold: 1 silver
Starting money: 77
Town orders

Pride: town orders and the weekly Likes caps

Town orders can only be accepted on Pride, and completing them rewards Likes and coins. The weekly cap on the Likes each trader gives for special goods also resets every Pride.

The rules

Prices, purses and restocks

Prices move: The more of an item a merchant holds, the lower its price.
Special goods: Every merchant has its own goods to buy and sell, some of them special to that merchant.
Restocks: Merchant stocks refresh over time. Upgrading a merchant expands its inventory.
The Likes bar: Selling items marked with the Likes label fills a progress bar at that trader; each time it reaches 100% the Keeper gains one Like. Only a limited number of each item counts toward the bar each week.

Every trader also has a purse, which starts at a fixed amount. At the end of every day the trader adds its daily income, which rises with its tier, then sells off part of any stock above its usual amount and buys back part of any shortfall, both at base price and out of the same purse. A trader cannot pay more than its purse holds.

Trader purses

Likes

The Town's other currency

Likes come from Town Gratitude, trading special items and completing town orders; town orders are their main source. Restored shops unlock new merchants and town orders and raise village reputation. A sermon spends Likes: the number of parishioners who come is the lower of Likes and church quality, and each parishioner costs one Like.

The most Likes each Town shop gives for special goods per week, by tier. It resets every Pride.

The most Likes each Town shop gives for special goods per week, by tier. It resets every Pride.
Trader	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III
Herm	2	15	20
Januarius	10	15	20
Alchemist	8	16	25
Apothecary	8	16	25
Baker	8	16	25
Brewery	8	16	25
Builder	8	16	25
Fish Stand	8	16	25
Furniture Maker	8	16	25
Jeweler	8	16	25
Smithy	8	16	25
Tailor	8	16	25
Tavern	8	16	25
Vegetable Stand	8	16	25

Likes limit: Houses give Green Scrolls. Linda takes them every Lust, raising citizen reputation and the maximum Likes limit.
Urgent orders: Urgent orders must be completed in full within one week.
Delivering orders: Orders are completed by delivering the required goods to the Town Warehouse. Extra goods delivered there are sold for money.
Order rewards: 10 to 80 Likes per order, more with the Happy supplier perk

Income

Where money comes from

All traders

Town orders

The Town

Money questions

How much is a gold coin worth?

10,000 bronze, or 100 silver. Prices in the game are shown as gold, silver and bronze coins side by side.

When does a trader not buy an item?

When it does not deal in that item, or when the deal costs more than its purse holds. At the end of every day the purse gets the trader's daily income, which grows with its tier.

What does a burial pay?

A Burial Certificate, worth 1 silver to 5 silver depending on the corpse. Januarius buys them.