The Town



"This is a game about boundaries. Humans transcending their own limitations, and the metamorphoses that may await them on that journey: a blood cell or an udurgh, a doll or a living creature, a slave to the circumstances or the setter of new laws. Our town is a unique example of a utopia made real. It’s the cornerstone, the foundation of the game’s entire conflict: “a cataclysm has befallen the worthiest”."

- Pathologic 2 artbook

The Town-on-Gorkhon (Город-на-Горхоне)—a small, remote settlement, lost in the Eastern steppe. It developed from the Bull Enterprise—the town's meat-making industry, owned and operated by the Olgimskys. Unique and isolated, the Town combines various eras of history and all aspects of humanity.

Traditions and Superstitions

 * Few people fish in the River Gorkhon for fear of sharp objects like hooks.
 * Before the outbreak, townspeople engaged in a blind bartering game in which they exchanged unlabeled packages.
 * Locals refuse to drink water drawn from the River Gorkhon, from how unsanitary it is, preferring to drink stored water imported from rivers farther from the Gorkhon.

The Districts
The Town is divided into three areas by two tributaries of the Gorkhon river—the Guzzle and the Gullet. Each quarter has its own name and is divided into several districts.

Earth Quarter
This is the eastern part of town, by the Guzzle.


 * The Tanners
 * The Saburovs' Rod
 * Grocery
 * Pharmacy


 * The Skinners
 * Peter Stamatin's Loft
 * The Termitary
 * The Bone Stake Lot
 * Grocery


 * The Hindquarters
 * Stanislav Rubin's Apartment
 * Anna Angel's Willows
 * Isidor Burakh's House
 * Tailor
 * Grocery
 * Pharmacy


 * The Crude Sprawl
 * Aspity's Hospice
 * The Abattoir


 * The Factory ("Welcome to the machine")
 * Andrey Stamatin's Broken Heart Pub


 * The Cemetery
 * Grace's Lodge

Knots Quarter
This is the middle part of town, between the Guzzle and the Gullet.


 * The Spleen
 * Stairway to Heaven
 * The Nutshell, the temporary residence of Khan
 * Tailor


 * The Marrow
 * Mark Immortell's Theatre
 * Pharmacy


 * The Chine
 * Yulia Lyuricheva's Trammel
 * Pharmacy


 * The Backbone
 * Town Hall
 * Stairway to Heaven
 * Grocery


 * The Maw
 * Vlad the Younger's Vacant House


 * The Flank
 * Lara Ravel's Shelter
 * Grocery


 * The Gut
 * The Olgimskys' Lump


 * The Warehouses ("Only rats live here")
 * Notkin's Soul-and-a-Half Fortress
 * Bad Grief's Nest
 * Stanislav Rubin's Hideout
 * Haruspex's Lair
 * Grocery that ignores any reputation effects


 * The Station
 * The Train Station
 * Murky's Train Car

Stone Yard Quarter
This is the western part of town, by the Gullet.


 * The Cape ("Dream Mistresses sleep here")
 * Victoria's and Nina's Tombs


 * The Atrium
 * Var's house
 * Eva Yan's Stillwater
 * Grocery
 * Tailor


 * The Bridge Square
 * The Cathedral
 * The Kains' Crucible
 * The Polyhedron

The Steppe

 * The Ragi Barrow
 * Shekhen