Pathologic 2 – Loot/Trading Guide

 
 

Introduction

This guide is intended to explain what to do with the loot you find in the game. Most of the information was obtained from the pathologic.gamepedia.com – https://pathologic.gamepedia.com/Pathologic_Wiki page. Please check there if you need more information. 
 
 
 

Trade (What You Want)

You should primarily be trading with children because they appreciate junk. Only trade with adults if you have the right items. Try to clear up inventory space when you make trades. 
 

Usually Trade For These

Food is the preferred item to trade for. It’s more expensive to buy with coin. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Only trade for Morphine when it costs 6. You are going to need these if you are treating patients. Immunity Boosters are necessary to get around in the game, but you may not need that many if you wear shoes and use a lantern inside infected houses. 
 
 
 
 
These items good to trade for because most of them trade up in value. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sometimes Trade For These

A package contains 1-4 random small items, which generally isn’t worth it unless you have a lot of Beetles. Fingernails aren’t needed that much, but they’re so common that it’s hard to avoid trading for them. Tweezers have good value but they’re hard to trade away. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow pills are the least useful because you can craft yellow antibiotics easily. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rarely Trade For These

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Never Trade For These

Combat should be avoided which makes ammo and healing useless. Trade bandages to women and take painkillers before sleeping to heal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Below is a map of children locations, caches, and other containers. 
 
 
 
 

Trade (What Others Want)

This is a list of items that you should trade away. Fishing Hooks and Matches are the only items worth 1-2 points. All other items can be bartered for at least 3 points. 
 

Avoid Trading These

These items usually trade for less than they’re worth. Only trade these away if you don’t find yourself using them. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

All

Charms are worth about the same to everybody. Candle Stubs are best traded with Herb Brides but they can be traded to a large number of people. 
 
 
 

Children

Children are the easiest to trade with due to the large number of items they accept. Each child prefers a specific set of items. Don’t trade Needles unless you have to. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Women

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Men

Tweezers are only tradable to static.wikia.nocookie.net – https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pathologic_gamepedia/images/c/c5/Pochard.png/revision/latest?cb=20200506032511. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dead Item Shop

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Buy/Sell (Coin)

Do not buy the revolver. It’s overpriced. 
 

Buy

Buy cheap items and trade them away. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sometimes Buy

See the Keep section for why you want these. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Avoid Buying Food

Buying food is less efficient than trading for it. If you do need to buy food then only buy the items listed below. Never buy food on Day 3 or after because the cost of food will go up 3x. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Do Not Buy

These items are overpriced, especially Pemmican and Tan. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Sell

These items are worth a few hundred coins which makes them worth selling. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Keep

 

Repairs

You will need to repair your equipment, so keep a few of these items around. Footwear is especially valuable Try to repair items before they reach 33%-50% durability or it can get expensive. 
 

 

 

	Grindstone	Repairs scapels.
	Chisel	Repairs scapels below 66%
	Straight Razor	Repairs scapels below 33%
	Thread	Repairs clothes.
	Safety Pin	Repairs clothes.
	Thimble	Repairs clothes.
	Charm	Repairs Gas Mask below 50% (Day 9).
	Broken Scissors	Repairs Army Cloak below 50% (Day 9).
	Bracelet	Bracelet Repairs Army Gloves below 50% (Day 9).
	Fishing Hooks	Repairs Army Boots below 50% (Day 9).
	Sewbox	Repairs Army equipment below 25% (Day 9).

 
 

Quests

	Spindle	Purchased from Clothes Shops or obtained from Herb Brides.    Quest involving pathologic.gamepedia.com – https://pathologic.gamepedia.com/Anna_Angel (Day 7).
	Spring	1x needed to repair the Alembic (Day 3).  1. needed to repair broken well pumps (Day 4).
	Metal Scrap	1x needed to repair broken well pumps (Day 4).
	Toolkit	Purchased from Clothes Shops.    1. needed to repair the Alembic (Day 3).

 
 

Inventory Upgrades

All of these items can be purchased from a Clothes Shop. Repellent Cloaks can be obtained on Day 4. Sewkits can be obtained on Day 5. Army Cloaks are available on Day 9. 

1	Day 2
2	Day 5
3	Day 5
4	Day 9

 
 
 
 

Crafting (Herbs/Tinctures)

 

Containers

	Empty Bottle	Fill with water or blood
	Water Bottle	Drink or craft tinctures.
	Muddy Water	Pour out.

 
 

Herbs

Herbs are obtainable on Day 2. You can hear them when you are near them and they are easier to find at night. Herbs grow around rock formations, marshes, cemeteries and in Shekhen. 
 

 

	Black Twyre	Craft Medrel and Zürkh Tinctures (Yellow & Orange).
	Blood Twyre	Craft Yas and Medrel Tinctures (White & Yellow).
	Brown Twyre	Craft Yas and Zürkh Tinctures (White & Orange).
	Swevery	Craft Medrel Tincture+ (Yellow).  Obtained from the Steppe and Shekhen.
	Ashen Swish	Craft Zürkh" Tincture+ (Orange).  Obtained near the Cemetary (bottom right) or Cape (top left).
	White Whip	Craft Yas Tincture+ (White).  Obtained on the island under the Polyhedron.

 

Organs

Used to craft Painkillers from Tinctures or sold to Var for coin. 
These are gathered from dead people using a Scalpel. 
Blood can can be used on static.wikia.nocookie.net – https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pathologic_gamepedia/images/1/1e/Pathologic_2_herb_locations.png/revision/latest?cb=20200308223522. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Infected Organs

Used to craft Antibiotics from Tinctures. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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