How the PR Machine Works in Graveyard Keeper 2
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The PR Machine (Panic Reduction Machine) sets your zombie limit. One time each week, you can start a load in the machine. A load uses Charged hypno-devices, Newspapers or the two items together. A load adds 10 to 80 to the zombie limit. It has a duration of 1 to 5 weeks. The quests of Gunter, the Astrologer, give you the machine.
How the zombie limit works#
The zombie limit#
The current load of the PR Machine sets the zombie limit. The sign of the Resurrection Lab shows two numbers. The first number is the quantity of zombies that you have. The second number is the zombie limit.
When you are at the zombie limit, you cannot resurrect a new zombie. The resurrection table shows the message “You have reached the zombie limit. Use the PR Machine to increase it.”
If a load stops and you do not start a new load, the zombie limit goes back to 0.
You make zombies from dead bodies. For the delivery of the bodies, see How the donkey delivers dead bodies.
Excessive zombies#
If you have more zombies than the zombie limit, you get the Excessive zombies debuff. The game text of the debuff is “You have too many zombies, and it’s creeping people out. Your sermons are less effective.” Each sermon then gives less faith and less money. The debuff stops when you do not have more zombies than the zombie limit.
The Hypno Prayer stops the effect of the debuff while the prayer is active.
When you can start a load#
You can start a load only on Gluttony, the first day of the week. On the other days, the machine shows the message “PR Machine available on 
”.
A load stops at the end of Wrath, the last day of the week. A load of 1 week stops at the end of the first Wrath. A load of 3 weeks stops at the end of the third Wrath.
The machine can hold only one load at a time. You cannot start a new load until the current load stops.
- Gluttony Start a load
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Sloth -
Lust -
Envy -
Pride -
Wrath The load stops
PR Machine levels and loads#
The PR Machine has five levels. Upgrade the machine at the machine itself. The upgrade occurs immediately.
Each level adds one new load. A machine of a higher level can also use the loads of the lower levels. For example, PR Machine V can use the load of PR Machine I. If a load shows two items, it uses the two items together.
| Level | Load | Adds to the zombie limit | Duration | Upgrade to the next level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 PR Machine I |  Charged hypno-device ×2 |  +10 | 1 week |  Oiled Plank ×10  Iron Detail ×8 |
 PR Machine II |  Newspaper ×10 Charged hypno-device ×3 | +20 | 2 weeks |  Wooden beam ×6  Advanced Detail ×8 |
 PR Machine III | Newspaper  or better ×20 Charged hypno-device ×5 | +30 | 3 weeks |  Wooden Joint ×6  Steel Detail ×8 |
 PR Machine IV | Newspaper or better ×100 | +50 | 4 weeks |  Carved Wood ×10  Engineering Details ×8 |
 PR Machine V | Newspaper  only ×100 | +80 | 5 weeks | Maximum level |
How to make a Charged hypno-device#
- Buy a Hypno-device from Gunter in the Astrologer’s Tower.
- Go to the Formulation Bench.
- Craft the Charged hypno-device from 1
Hypno-device and 1 
Faith.
PR Machine upgrade parts#
Each card shows one upgrade part, its workstation and its ingredients. You cannot craft a Steel Ingot. Buy it from the monks of the Royal Foundry.
Oiled Plank
Woodworking Workbench
Wooden Plank ×4 
Melted Fat ×1 Iron Detail
Iron Anvil or Steel Anvil
Iron Ingot ×1 Wooden beam
Circular Saw
Log ×1 Advanced Detail
Iron Anvil or Steel Anvil
Bronze Detail ×2 Iron Detail ×2 Wooden Joint
Woodworking Workbench II Wooden beam ×2 Advanced Detail ×1 Steel Detail
Steel Anvil
Steel Ingot ×1 Carved Wood
Woodworking Workbench II
Special Wood ×2 
Iron Chisel ×1 Engineering Details
Furnace II Steel Ingot ×1 How to get the PR Machine#
Gunter, the Astrologer, is in the Astrologer’s Tower at the Port. His quests start after you meet the foreman again at the Port. Do the quests in the sequence below. A filled number shows a quest that starts the zombie limit or gives you the machine.
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Friendship Written in the Stars
Go to the Astrologer’s Tower. Speak to Gunter. Ask Gunter about zombies. Gunter offers three zombies for “a small favor”.
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A small favor: the Deck of Cards
Speak to Linda, the hostess of the Dockside Club at the Port. Get the Deck of Cards from Linda. Give the Deck of Cards to Gunter.
- You give
- Deck of Cards ×1
- You get
- Astrologer reputation +10, Town Gratitude ×1, Story ×1
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Take zombies
When you have 10 Astrologer reputation, select “Take zombies”. Gunter delivers three zombies to your home before the morning.
- You need
- Astrologer reputation 10
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Ceremony for Gunter
The quest text is “Meet Gunter after your next Ceremony.” Hold a sermon. After the sermon, Gunter speaks to you at the church.
The zombie limit starts in this quest. Your zombie count increases by 3, and you get the Excessive zombies debuff.
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Congregation Trouble
Go to the Astrologer’s Tower. Ask Gunter why the people lose interest. Gunter then starts to sell the Hypno-device.
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The hypno-device
The quest text is “Buy a Hypno-device from the Astrologer in his Tower, charge it in the Formulation Bench and return it to him.”
Buy a Hypno-device from Gunter. Charge the Hypno-device at the Formulation Bench. Give the Charged hypno-device to Gunter.
- You need
- Hypno-device ×1 from Gunter, Faith ×1
- You give
- Charged hypno-device ×1
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Hold a sermon
The quest text is “Hold a sermon to try out the new Hypno-device.” Hold a sermon. The Hypno-device has no effect on the people. Gunter then makes a plan for a newspaper.
PR Machine I appears. The Gluttony icon shows on your week bar. The game shows the tutorial of the PR Machine.
- You get
- PR Machine I, Astrologer reputation +10
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Rhyme and Printed
This is the next quest of Gunter. Print the poetry of Gunter. Bring the Printed Poetry to the Astrologer’s Tower. Gunter then tells you to ask Jack to join the campaign.
- You give
- Printed Poetry ×1
- You get
- Astrologer reputation +10, Town Gratitude, Story (silver star)