Rat Racing



Rat Racing is a side activity in Pathologic that the Haruspex and Changeling can take part in as a means to gain money. Rats are captured by crouching and pressing the "use" key (E by default) while sneaking behind them. It can be found in warehouse Two in the Works, between factory buildings #3 (The Butchering Room) and #2 (The Long Facility).

Description
""Ok, look! Here's a new amusement. Rat Races! There are always three rats - let's call them Smarty Pants, Easy Game, and Beggar. Smarty Pants is running along one track, Beggar is simultaneously - simultaneously, geddit? running along the other, and on the third track [...] Obviously, the rats are different every time. It's about the track. Say, a rat took the Smarty Pants track; it has to pass all twelve checkpoints. If it comes first, it wins. If you were smart enough to bet on it, you win."

Rat Racing becomes available from Day 5 onward. The Haruspex will recieve a letter inviting him to participate in the races, while the Changeling recieves no such invitation but can still participate as long as the doghead is there. Winning the gamble nets a 500 coin addition, while the result of losing is nothing except a loss of time and a rat.