GK2LaboratoryFolioHelper

GK2 Known Formula Helper

A BepInEx mod for Graveyard Keeper 2 that improves the alchemy folio and laboratory workflow.

Version 0.3.2 adds ranked alternative laboratory mixes, optional HUD positioning support for GK2RecipePin and Kebo Recipe Pins, plus bundled typography support for readable helper text.

Features

• Pin known alchemy formulas from the folio.
• Shows pinned formulas directly on the HUD.
• Compact recipe cards with:
• Ready / Missing status
• owned vs. required ingredient counts
• buyable ingredients
• vendor name and stock when available
• Automatically selects the best known ingredient mix for each formula.
• Displays powder-free alternative mixes when a suitable known recipe exists.
• Open the normal alchemy folio directly from the laboratory result slot.
• Select a known formula directly from the folio.
• Automatically load the best matching mix into the laboratory.
• Shows up to ten known mix variants for the selected formula.
• Switches between variants with `` buttons or Left Arrow / Right Arrow.
• Updates the laboratory ingredient slots immediately when a variant changes.
• Craftable mixes are preferred when the required resources are already available.
• Laboratory mix selection considers available crafting resources and accessible storage.
• Recipes with missing ingredients are automatically pinned.
• Incomplete recipes are still loaded into the laboratory so available ingredients remain visible at the station.
• Normal folio pin / unpin behavior is preserved when the folio is opened normally.
• Controller support for folio recipe selection.
• Optional compatibility with:
• Pin My Recipe
• GK2 Shopping List
• GK2RecipePin
• Kebo Recipe Pins

These integrations are optional. The mod does not require any of them.

How it works

The helper evaluates your known alchemy formulas and chooses the most useful ingredient combination based on the resources currently available to the crafting system.

Pinned formulas are displayed directly on the HUD so you can quickly see:

• whether a recipe is ready
• which ingredients are missing
• how many ingredients you currently own
• whether missing ingredients can be purchased
• vendor name and stock when available
• a powder-free alternative when one is known

Laboratory folio workflow

When the laboratory does not currently contain a valid mix, the empty result slot can be used to open the normal alchemy folio.

Selecting a known formula from the folio will:

• Find the best known ingredient mix for the formula.
• Prefer a mix that can already be crafted with the currently available resources.
• Load that mix directly into the laboratory.
• Automatically pin the formula if ingredients are still missing.

The recipe is still loaded when incomplete, allowing the laboratory to show the available and missing ingredients normally.

When the alchemy folio is opened outside this laboratory selection mode, clicking formulas continues to pin or unpin them normally.

Mix variants

After selecting a formula from the laboratory folio, the helper ranks up to ten known mixes using the same resource-aware rules as the initial selection. If at least one mix is craftable, only craftable variants are shown. If none is currently craftable, the helper still shows up to ten useful variants with missing ingredients. The first mix loads automatically. Use the `` buttons beside the ingredient slots, or Left Arrow and Right Arrow (Comma and Period also work), to load another variant. The ingredient slots, counts and craft result are redrawn immediately.

The variant arrows are placed to the left and right of the laboratory ingredient slots. Their positions adapt to the two-slot Laboratory I and the three-slot Laboratory II. With a controller, press D-pad left/right while variants are active to switch mixes. The on-screen + and − controls remain available for changing the craft count.

Powder-free alternatives

Some alchemy formulas have multiple valid ingredient combinations.

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