Quick answer: If Graveyard Keeper 2 is freezing when blowing up the mine entrance, update the game first. The freeze right after you use the dynamite (you can move one step, then TAB and ESC stop working) was fixed for most players by a small update shortly after launch. Players in the Steam thread reported that they "successfully opened the mine" right after it. If it still freezes, move any building right outside the entrance and cancel and restart the construction a few times before you trigger the blast.
Players search this as freezing when blowing up mine entrance and my game keeps freezing when I try to blow up mine entrance, the title of the biggest bug thread on the Steam forums (100+ replies). The game doesn't crash: the world stops and you can't open any menu. Players who ask how to make dynamite are one step earlier: the dynamite comes from a quest, not a recipe (see below).
Quick facts
- Trigger: using the bandits' dynamite on the mine entrance
- Symptom: one step of movement, then TAB and ESC stop responding
- Main fix: the small update shortly after launch
- If it persists: clear the entrance, restart the construction
- You lose: only the time since your last sleep, if you slept first
How to fix the mine freeze
Update the game
On Steam, restart the client so the latest patch downloads. Most reports stopped after the update.
Clear the area in front of the entrance
Move any station you built right outside the mine. One player who still froze after the update had a Zombie Supplier Station there.
Restart the construction
Cancel and resume it a couple of times, then trigger the dynamite again.
Sleep before you try
If it freezes anyway, you only lose the time since your last sleep (How saving works).
Where the dynamite comes from
You don't craft the first dynamite. It comes from the bandits Hans and Sven in the forest. At night, craft a candle, place Larry's skull on Robert's skeleton and light the candle inside Larry. Larry pretends to be Robert and talks the bandits into handing over explosives. Go back in daylight to collect the dynamite, then use it on the entrance.
Force-quitting during the freeze loses everything since your last sleep. Sleep the night before you blow up the entrance.
FAQ
It was a bug in the launch version. A small update shortly after launch fixed it for most players. If you're up to date and it still happens, something built right outside the entrance is the most likely cause.
The first dynamite isn't crafted. You get it from Hans and Sven by disguising Larry as Robert at night, then returning in daylight.
Related
- How saving works: sleep before risky steps
- Stuck on the pier: the other day-costing bug
- Map: where the forest and the bandits are
Status as of September 25, 2026. Sources: Steam Community discussion "My game keeps freezing when I try to blow up mine entrance", a recorded 100% playthrough on YouTube.