Quick answer
Research Church Music I (50 red + 20 blue, after Church Carpets) and build the Choir gallery for 4 Oiled Planks, 2 Bronze Details and 4 Music Notes. Carry up to 5 zombies onto it; each adds church quality.[1] Important: if you are on Agatha's quest line, wait until The Nun Also Reads actually asks for the choir before you build it. Players who built it early report the quest getting stuck.[2]
Build requirements
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| Technology | Church Music I: 50 red + 20 blue, follows Church Carpets[1] |
| Build cost | 4 Oiled Planks, 2 Bronze Details, 4 Music Notes[1] |
| Music Notes | Crafted at the Writing Desk[3] |
| Capacity | 5 zombies[1][4] |
Church quality from the Choir
| What sits in the gallery | Church quality |
|---|---|
| The gallery itself | +1 |
| Zombie with no musician perk | +1 each |
| Zombie with Novice Musician | +2 each |
| Zombie with Skilled Musician | +4 each |
| Zombie with Maestro | +7 each |
| Five Maestros (maximum) | 36 total |
Values from the graveyardkeeper2.io wiki.[1] Musician ranks are zombie perks, so they come from corpses with red skulls and the zombie's own perk slots.[4]
Worth it early? Even five plain zombies give +6 church quality for the price of a few planks and notes, which is a cheap way to push quality past your Likes when sermon attendance is capped by quality. Remember each zombie also counts toward your zombie limit.[4]
How to fill it
Carry a zombie over your head to the gallery and interact to place it. Interact again with empty hands to take one back.[1]
The Nun Also Reads (Agatha's quest)
The Nun asks you to add a Choir, then to hold a sermon with the choir singing.[1] Any zombie counts for the story; it does not need a musician perk.[1]
The early-build bug
On the Steam bug forum, at least 15 players reported that Agatha did not acknowledge a full choir and her quest line stopped advancing. Several traced it to building the choir before the quest asked for it. As of the latest posts we read there was no workaround and no developer reply in that thread.[2]
What to do:
- Not built yet: do not build the Choir until Agatha gives you the objective.[2]
- Already built early: keep a save from before building it if you have one, check the Steam news page for patch notes that mention the Nun or the Choir, and continue other quest lines in the meantime.[2]
Related guides
- How to get Faith
- Raise Graveyard Quality to 20 for Agatha
- Writing Desk: for Music Notes.