The Morgue Guide
Autopsies
Autopsies are probably one of the least understood areas of the game.
Use the Autopsy Table in the Morgue to remove Boby Parts from Corpses. Each Body Part has a different effect on the Red and White Skulls the Body arrives with and can be used later for crafting and completing quests.
The number of Red and White Skulls and the Corpse Decay with determine the Corpse Rating rating, which will impact the Graveyard Rating when buried.
Best Corpse Rating I’ve seen in the full release is 12.
White Skulls will increase the Graveyard Rating by 1.
Red & Green Skulls will reduce the Graveyard Rating by 1.
The maximum Gaveyard Rating a Corpse can have when buried is equal to the number of White Skulls it has with one exception. If a Corpse has no Red Skulls it will naturally get a +1 Graveyard Rating when buried.
Effects of removing each body part
- Flesh = Removes 1 Skull, starting with a Red Skull.
- Blood = Removes 1 Red Skull and adds 1 White Skull.
- Fat = Removes 1 Red Skull and adds 1 White Skull.
- Bone = Has no effect on either Red or White skulls. (Bug?)
- Skin = Removes 1 White Skull and adds 1 Red Skull.
- Skull = Adds 1 Red Skull.
The Brain, Heart and Intestine can remove up to 4 Skulls
- -3 Red & -1 White
- -1 Red & -3 White
- -2 Red & -2 White
- -1 Red & -1 White
- -2 Red or -2 White
- -1 Red or -1 White
The effects of removing the Brain, Heart and Intestine are selecdted randomly when the corpse is created by the game. Ideally you’re looking for one of them to remove 2 Red skulls, but this might not always be possible.
One strategy is to sleep and save the game before butchering a corpse, so you can reload the game should mistakes be made.
A Good strategy after you have just opened the Church is to only remove the blood and fat, bury the corpse and dig it up later when you have the Surgeon skill unlocked.
Corpse Decay
When a Corpse gets dropped off by the Donkey, it’s Decay Rating will be at about 99%. Should the Corpse be left and the Decay Rating drops to 90% it will gain 1 Green Decay Skull.
A Corpse left outside will Decay faster than one left inside the Morgue, a Corpse left inside the Morgue will decay faster than one left on a Morgue Slab.
After you have opened the Church you can manage when the Donkey brings a Corpse using the Box of Carrots. Placing 10 Carrots in the Box will get you 2 Corpses.
The Perfect Corpse
5 White & 2 Red
- Dark injection = +2 Red = 6 White & 4 Red
- Glue Injection = +1 White = 6 White & 4 Red
- Lye Injection = +1 White & +1 Red = 7 White & 5 Red
- Silver Injection = +1 White & -1 Red = 8 White & 4 Red
- Gold Injection = +2 White & -2 Red = 10 White & 2 Red
- Remove Blood = +1 White & -1 Red = 11 White & 1 Red
- Remove Fat = +1 White & -1 Red = 12 White & 0 Red
5 White & 3 Red
- Remove Skull = +1 Red = 6 White & 4 Red
- Glue Injection = +1 White = 6 White & 4 Red
- Lye Injection = +1 White & +1 Red = 7 White & 5 Red
- Silver Injection = +1 White & -1 Red = 8 White & 4 Red
- Gold Injection = +2 White & -2 Red = 10 White & 2 Red
- Remove Blood = +1 White & -1 Red = 11 White & 1 Red
- Remove Fat = +1 White & -1 Red = 12 White & 0 Red
5 White & 4 Red
- Glue Injection = +1 White = 6 White & 4 Red
- Lye Injection = +1 White & +1 Red = 7 White & 5 Red
- Silver Injection = +1 White & -1 Red = 8 White & 4 Red
- Gold Injection = +2 White & -2 Red = 10 White & 2 Red
- Remove Blood = +1 White & -1 Red = 11 White & 1 Red
- Remove Fat = +1 White & -1 Red = 12 White & 0 Red
Any 5 White corpses with more than 4 Red and you’ll need to start removing organs. You can save scum and see what each will give or you can get the Cultist Perk to see what they’ll give.
iirc you get the Cultist Perk when your relationship with the Inquisitor hits 75% (or completing the Snake quest line… can’t remember which).
You’ll need to start with 6 white Skulls to get a 12+1 (13) Graveyard Rating.
You’ll need 1 Red skull to use a Silver injection and 2 Red Skulls to use a Gold, or they don’t work.
Gold is pretty rare so I’d save those injects for a corpse you can make perfect with 12 White Skulls.