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 (Город) is 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. According to Vlad the Younger the town's population in Pathologic 2 is approximately seventeen-thousand people, thirty percent of which live in the Termitary and work for the Bull Enterprise. The Town's population is comprised of both Townsfolk and Kinsfolk.

Due to it's remote location the Town relies heavily upon supplies from outside sources in order to survive. In exchange for the meat produced by the Bull Enterprise the Town receives shipments of things that cannot be found in the Town such as sugar and medicine. These supplies arrive in the Town through the Train Station. A few months before the outbreak the shipment of supplies stopped, sending the Town into a deficit for a number of items. The relationship between the Town and the outside world is often compared to the relationship between a mother and a child, connected by an umbilical cord - the Station.

The Town is home to a number of remarkable people - such as the Stamatin brothers - because Simon Kain brought them into the Town. He wished to collect brilliant specimens and turned the Town into an Ark in doing so.

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 (Дубильщики)
 * The Saburovs' Rod
 * Grocery
 * Pharmacy


 * The Skinners (Кожевенный)
 * Peter Stamatin's Loft
 * The Termitary
 * The Bone Stake Lot
 * Sticky's House (Pathologic)
 * Grocery
 * Tailor


 * The Hindquarters (Жильники)
 * Stanislav Rubin's Apartment (Pathologic 2)
 * Anna Angel's Willows
 * Isidor Burakh's House
 * Grocery
 * Pharmacy
 * Tailor


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


 * The Crude Sprawl (Сырые застройки)
 * Aspity's Hospice

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


 * The Flank (Седло)
 * Lara Ravel's Shelter
 * Grocery
 * Tailor


 * The Chine (Ребро)
 * Yulia Lyuricheva's Trammel
 * Pharmacy


 * The Backbone (Хребтовка)
 * Town Hall
 * Stairway to Heaven
 * Grocery


 * The Marrow (Сердечник)
 * Mark Immortell's Theatre
 * Pharmacy
 * Tadpole Yard Playground (Pathologic 2)


 * The Gut (Утроба)
 * The Olgimskys' Lump
 * Pharmacy
 * Tailor


 * The Maw (Жерло)
 * Vlad the Younger's Dilapidated Shack
 * Grocery


 * The Spleen (Почка)
 * The Nutshell, the temporary residence of Khan (Pathologic 2)
 * Stairway to Heaven
 * Tailor


 * The Warehouses (Склады) ("Only rats live here")
 * Notkin's Soul-and-a-Half Fortress
 * Bad Grief's Nest
 * Stanislav Rubin's Hideout
 * Grocery: Gnarl's Shady Shop, which offers services regardless of player reputation (Pathologic 2)


 * The Station (Станция) ("Closed at the moment")
 * The Station
 * Murky's Train Car
 * The Gumstone (Pathologic 2)

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


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


 * The Atrium (Створки)
 * Grocery
 * Tailor
 * Stairway to Heaven


 * The Bridge Square (Площадь Мост)
 * The Cathedral
 * The Kains' Crucible
 * Eva Yan's Stillwater
 * Pharmacy: Var's place


 * The Polyhedron (Многогранник) ("The tower of children")

The Steppe
"Has a thousand eyes"

- The Steppe's subtitle in Pathologic 2

The Steppe borders the town from the south, and is accessible from the Bridge Square, the Spleen, the Station, the Warehouses, the Factory, and the Crude Sprawl. There are two major marshes located in the Steppe, which connect to the Guzzle and Gullet tributaries.

The Steppe is plentiful with herbs. In Pathologic, all herbs can be found in the Steppe, and Worms will trade herbs to the Haruspex in exchange for healthy blood and organs, and food. In Pathologic 2, all common herbs and swevery grow in the Steppe, but ashen swish and white whip do not.

Marked Locations

 * The Abattoir
 * The Ragi Barrow
 * The Cemetery (Кладбище) ("You're always welcome here")
 * Grace's Lodge
 * The Cemetery
 * Worm Yurts (Pathologic)
 * Marked with the samn sigil south of the Atrium.
 * Marked with an unknown sigil in the Guzzle's marsh.
 * Marked with the soom sigil southwest of the Cemetery.
 * The Crowstone (Pathologic 2)
 * Shekhen (Pathologic 2) ("A place of old")

Traditions and Superstitions

 * Few people fish in the River Gorkhon for fear of sharp objects like hooks.
 * It is frowned upon to carry sharp objects such and knives and needles at all. Despite this, many still do.
 * Digging well and holes (or otherwise piercing the Earth) is forbidden.
 * Cutting bodies is taboo to everyone outside of a select few people called Menkhu.
 * 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 and instead prefer to drink stored water imported from rivers farther from the Gorkhon.

Screenshots
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Concept Art
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Paintings
Pathologic 2= The following are paintings featured in various homes in the Town in Pathologic 2.

Maps
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