Herbs

Pathologic 2= Collected herbs play a vital part in both the mechanics of the game and the culture of the Steppe. The most important herb is twyre, but all herbs can be used to create Tinctures to boost the player's immunity or to discover disease symptoms when healing the infected.

Herbs
"Not dead, but back to Earth that cast her clay. That's what we are, we Kin. Our Mother Boddho, our Earth, will grant us one more birth. As twyre, as swevery, white whip, bodies or odonghe…"

Many of the herbs are called twyre, and bloom most fiercely in September as the Steppe cools. The bloom of twyre causes a period where the air surrounding the Steppe grows heady with pollen causing dizziness, fatigue and headaches. This period is referred to by collectors of twyre as "the golden time of harvest".

During the daytime, Twyre herbs emit a unique noise that is audible to the Haruspex. During nighttime, they also emanate light particles, allowing them to be harvested more easily; for each human has two eyes and two ears. Different Herbs emit different noises. All common herbs, such as Brown, Black and Blood, sound like flies buzzing, whilst Ashen Swish makes a light rattling noise. Swevery and White Whip however, share the same noise, which is one of rattly whisking and whispering.

Twyre is also called "oxitocia tvirinum", the first word of which is the Greek-derived medical term 'oxytocia' (rapid childbirth) which is related to the hormone oxytocin. The name of the herb may be taken from the Russian word tvorit', which means 'to create', and the related Ukrainian word tvaryna, which means 'animal' or 'livestock'.

Types following are types of herbs that can be harvested in-game:

Herbs
"Twyre is the pain of the Steppe (‘huung twyrat ag agyl')"

- The Kin

Every root of twyre is different, and some may only be picked on certain days, months, or years. It is said that stalks of the herbs have name—these named ones are the most valuable. The people of the steppe believe that twyre feeds off the deeply-buried blood of the Earth and is proof of that area's pain. Some say it even brings the souls of the dead up from the Earth.

The following are types of herbs harvested in-game. While there are other species of twyre and grass mentioned, they cannot be collected by the player.

Location
While exploring as either the Haruspex or the Changeling, players have the ability to harvest herbs each day. Additionally, the Haruspex has the ability trade with Worms, exchanging blood, body parts, or food for plants. He can also use the herbs to create various tinctures.

Herbs can also be exchanged with Andrey Stamatin at his pub for weapons, bullets, or twyrine extracts.

Herbal Recipes
Haruspex will receive several herbal recipes over the course of his story, which can be used to brew various medicines from harvested herbs.

The numbers in the recipes below represent the ratio of immunity boost to health damage upon ingesting the resulting Twyrine Extract.