How to Get Black Paint in Graveyard Keeper?

If you’ve been wandering around Graveyard Keeper, wondering how on earth you’re supposed to get black paint. Chances are, you are looking to craft the ink. Don’t worry, it’s not complicated, and once you know where to look and what to do, it becomes easy.

Black Paint is an alchemy-crafted item made at the Tier I Alchemy Workbench. However, there is more than one way to create the item. It depends on what resources you have in abundance. Below are the recipes for the Black Paint:

Producing Black Paint is just one of those foundational crafting steps, as it also serves as a base ingredient for other recipes, so let’s dive in.

Materials Needed for Black Paint Crafting

To produce Black Paint efficiently in Graveyard Keeper, you’ll need a few supporting resources. Some are simple, while others require processing systems (like moth).

If you are going the Graphite powder way, you will need to mill it from graphite (using the Alchemy mill). The process is straightforward. However, if you want to go with the Ash and Oil recipe, these ingredients require some work.

To produce Ash and Oil, here are the recipes:

Lastly, there is Death powder, another key alchemy ingredient used in one of the Black Paint recipes. It requires more advanced processing compared to Ash or Oil and is typically produced through the Alchemy Mill.

Once you have a steady supply of Ash, Oil, or Death Powder, Black Paint becomes a quick and repeatable craft. From there, you’ll be fully ready to push forward into ink production

What Black Paint Is Used For in Graveyard Keeper

One step away from chaos and one step closer to ink.| Credits: Lazy Bear Games

Once you have Black Paint in Graveyard Keeper, its main purpose is to craft ink, which is used in several progression systems. Here’s the recipe for making ink (for which you need to go to the Church workbench):

Additionally, you can craft a decent amount of Black Paint and store it, as it is stackable up to 30 units for a single inventory block. With it having multiple crafting paths, you can adapt based on what resources are most available in your current progression.

So, with all the different ways to produce Black Paint, which setup fits your current progression best? Comment below to let us know.