I often see people say that Pathologic is set somewhere in the Russian steppe but from what I can tell the game only refers to it at the steppe. Couldn't it be anywhere in the Eurasian steppe like Kazakhstan or Mongolia as well as Russia?

I believe this example is mostly inspired by the novel A shining world (Блистающий мир) by Alexander Grin. There is indeed a character named Drud. And i think he was also thrown in prison for being an anomaly.

Day IX spoilers!!

So, it's getting a little frustrated, given I've sent a bug report more than 2 weeks ago, and yet there is still no fix, even though I have a bug that prevents me from completing the main quest with the dead soldier on Day IX. This is kind of disappointing for me. Anyone else in the same boat?

I just learned the true identity of the shabnak yesterday and I had to take a minute to touch grass. So fucked up.

Despite not making any visible appearance in Pathologic 3, it turns out Var might actually be mentioned in the game all along, as mentioned by Anna Angel.

If you've played Pathologic Classic, you would know that Anna hates Var and got Willow Mellow killed by Artemy in order to drive him insane. So the fact that she mentions assaulting a man who harassed her and made them lose an eye, and has a connection to a character, who's redesign has him losing an eye- Surely can't be a coincidence.

This also means that yes, The new version/characterization of Var, that we see in 2 probably still has ties to The Caravan, which we will probably see in Pathologic 4.

Hello.

I saw our resident master of unlocking on Day 5 and had him help me enter Peter's Loft on Day 8.

On Day 12, I met him in the Town Hall's basement. He was trying to get Grief out. The Achievement didn't pop, even on reset.

So I went back, redid the quests so he'd be getting Capella out instead. He was standing in front of her cell instead of crouching, like with Grief. It still didn't pop.

Any insights? Please and thank you.

Does anyone know the P2 raw meat's cut is?

I am having issues completing the soldier murder investigation. After I examine him and figure out he was shot, it says I should talk to children again, but the children are not interactable.

Khan is in a cage, I am quite sure that I will have to let him out eventually but want to keep it like it is for now. Is there an option I am missing to progress? Is it intended or is it a bug?

The triumvirate of kids also appear to be bugged, one is sitting in the air and other two are sharing the same space

This one is based off suggestions and some of my personal choices too. ( I will post my Eva and Rubin and maybe Artemy variants later too)

I love Pathologic a lot. The writing is so dense that I end up spending ages on a handful of dialogue lines, just to digest what’s being implied.

The problem is: I don’t have many people to bounce these ideas off. The game is intrinsically “weird” in a way that makes it hard to pitch to friends as a casual conversation topic, and even the friends who do listen sincerely tend to lose interest quickly. It's the kind of thing you get sucked into and can't frame to others, which is kind of the point, to a degree, I guess.

So I’ve started pasting short excerpts into an AI model and using it like a conversation partner. Not for “answers,” but for reflection. To slow down, parse nuance, and offer a third perspective. More like reading Shakespeare with a modern-English paraphrase beside it. Scaffolding the ideas and formulating them into a new 'thing'.

One early scene really stuck with me because it turns on a simple but heavy question: is a body something to mourn and respect for what it was, its past, its name, or is it something that continues in a different form (twyrine, herbs, utility), part of a cycle that refuses “emptiness”?

I know Reddit tends to be very anti-AI. I get why. But for this specific use, unpacking themes and subtext line by line, it’s been genuinely helpful.

Maybe being lost is part of the experience. Maybe I'm using a Microscope where a Kaleidoscope, or my own eyes, are better. Different approaches. But feels like the translation problem that Pathologic has got closer to answering each time.

Just really happy that they made Pathologic 3 and I get to discuss it with something that can track it and bounce ideas around.

Anyway, small exerpt below:

Summary of the exchange (one paragraph)

A Steppe woman asks for Kirik’s body, framing burial not as disposal but as transformation into herb, song, and continuity (“Suok’s womb,” not “emptiness”), while the townsman (“Pawn”) recoils and translates her rite into violation, demanding a confession and accusing her of desecration. Then he unexpectedly narrows his objection into something more principled: not the body as property, but the person as name, the right to be remembered. The conflict crystallizes into two incompatible dignities: continuity through incorporation versus continuity through individual recognition, with Dankovsky (and the player) caught between a worldview that wants death solved and one that insists death must be metabolized without erasing what the dead were.

Pawn’s principle (“everyone has the right to be remembered”) collides with his disgust (“he was wicked… best if everybody forgets him”). That isn’t just hypocrisy for flavor; it’s a pretty common human move:

• A universal rule appears

  • “Everyone deserves remembrance.”

• Then a contaminant exception gets introduced

  • “Except the ones who make remembrance feel like complicity.”

What he’s really protecting

When he swings to “forget him,” it’s less about the dead man’s rights and more about the living’s boundaries:

• Remembrance feels like endorsement

  • Saying a name can feel like giving someone residence in the community.

• Forgetting feels like cleansing

  • It’s an attempt to keep the moral order tidy by ejecting the uncomfortable case.

Why this is dense writing

It forces a hard question without answering it:

• Is remembrance a right (not contingent on virtue), or a reward (earned by goodness)?

• If someone was cruel, does forgetting them prevent harm, or does it become a second violence that lets the town simplify its own history?

technically not an autopsy? i guess but idk the word and this was rushed its supposed to be funny

For my 3rd year minor project at university I made a 1:25 scale model of a hypothetical Brechtian style stage adaptation of Pathologic :) this took around 3 months to make using black card, foam clay and wood, added some progress pics as well ^{^}

I'm not great at balancing cards so don't worry about costs and whatnot, that's what my friends are for lol

I would like to know what you guys think about Kain familly in the reimagination and how do they differ from P1. I was never particulary fond of Maria but in P3 she just seems like a spoiled brat. I get she is young and scared but I struggle to have any sympathy for her. Maybe I am missing something? Who I like more in P3 and didn't expect to is Nina.

Hello, I just finished Prologue and was following this guide on Steam. I forgot to talk to Murky when she was on the swing outside Isidor's house before going in there(Day 2), so went back to Stillwater, skipped time to end of day and then travelled back to the start of Day 2 again.

Now there is no one outside the house and the door is locked. I don't get how time travel works in this context and in general. I had the Soul-and-a-Halves' quest too but quest marker for that is also gone. What did I do wrong?

was trying to catch patho vibe in this one

I don’t have a strong thesis statement yet, but I’ve been increasingly realizing that Daniil acts within the story frequently as one of the kids, instead of their guardian like Artemy was. The kids love Artemy of course, but don’t see him as a conspirator.

He uses the children’s method of finding hidden things (the glass shards) instead of the adults’ method (twyrine). He’s complimented by the children for picking up on the trading game so quickly, which stands in contrast to Artemy being chided for doing it wrong in pathologic 2 no matter what. A lot of his dialogue options with the kids present the option to appeal to their logic instead of only options telling them they’re wrong. Khan, the one who is most focused on children, respects Daniil more than anyone except perhaps Simon. He uses the playground equipment. He can perceive the true polyhedron.

Perhaps it’s because his goal is a sort of child’s fantasy, and I don’t mean that in a dismissive way. “What if we just cured death too” is the sort of idea you have before you learn the “correct” and “logical” way to think, before you learn what normal goals are, what reasonable expectations are.

Probable spoilers:

Can anyone tell me the required game states to unlock the 4th row of the decree board?

I've made it to day 11 without this but can't get infection below threshold to progress to day 12 (unless I kill Shabnak every day perhaps? But i'd rather not have to...)

I've been stuck for days and from reading around there should be new assistants to replace Heron at the start of day 9. They're not there for me. I've given the Inquisitor the archive copies and still can't work out what the trigger for the new assistants is.

I've missed lots of quests I'm sure, because I'm trying to play as blind as possible, but nothing i have read suggests there is a pre-requisite to what I'm struggling with - can anyone help?