Pathologic: The Marble Nest

Mode(s) | Single-player

***Pathologic: The Marble Nest*** is a stand-alone short story set in the *Pathologic* universe, set on a single day during the Second Outbreak. It was initially released as a limited demo for backers of the Kickstarter project as a sneak preview of what the story of *Pathologic 2* would be like, on December 1, 2016 It was later released for anyone to download. Ice-Pick Lodge describe it as "almost like a small autonomous game that uses the assets, characters, and premise of *Pathologic*, but works on its own. Kind of."

Following the official release of *Pathologic 2*, Ice-Pick Lodge re-released an updated version of *Pathologic: The Marble Nest* as a DLC on October 29th, 2019. It was available as a free download to anyone who already owned *Pathologic 2* as of the release date. It was later released with the Xbox One release on December 12, 2019, and on Playstation 4 on March 7, 2020, one day following *Pathologic 2*'s console release.

## Plot

**See:* Plot: The Marble Nest*

The events of *The Marble Nest* take place on the tenth day of the outbreak as experienced by the Bachelor. The player takes on the role of the Bachelor as he attempts to keep the last uninfected area of the Town safe from the Plague. They must also work to piece together clues to unravel Death's mystery - but may fail.

The Bachelor can grow hungry and exhausted, and his infection and immunity levels will rise and fall with the player's actions, similarly to the Haruspex in *Pathologic 2*. However, the survival mechanics are lenient compared to *Pathologic 2,* "...as if the Bachelor didn’t try to cling to life too much...".

## Gallery

* 2019 release
* 2016 release

### Menus and UI

* *Pathologic: The Marble Nest* on the Main Menu
* Marble Nest loading screen
* The Bachelor's Things UI
* The Bachelor's Touch Details
* The Bachelor's Map of The Town
* The Bachelor's Mind Map
* The Bachelor's People UI
* The Bachelor's People UI

### Dialogue Screens

* Orderly in Dialogue
* Dora Feugel in Dialogue
* Marat Ranin in Dialogue
* Sticky in Dialogue
* Blacky in Dialogue
* Executor in Dialogue
* Aspity in Dialogue
* Military Sentry in Dialogue
* Military Officer in Dialogue
* A Tragedian in Dialogue
* Georgiy Kain in Dialogue

### Enviroment

* Neck 3 in the Bachelor's dream
* A Bull in the Bachelor's dream
* The Bachelor's dream
* An Executor in the Bachelor's dream
* Sticky in the Marble Nest
* An Executor in the Marble Nest
* Neck 1
* The Atrium
* The Store
* A crowd gathered outside of the Store
* The Polyhedron
* The Cathedral
* The Bridge Square
* The Committee
* A Tragedian outside of Georgiy Kain's Workshop
* The Steppe Camp
* Neck 3
* Aspity's House

### Endings

* *The Marble Nest* ending 1
* *The Marble Nest* ending 2
* *The Marble Nest* ending 3
* *The Marble Nest* ending 4

### Menus and UI

* The original Marble Nest main menu
* *The Marble Nest* demo loading screen 1
* *The Marble Nest* demo loading screen 2
* The Bachelor's Character screen
* The Bachelor's Inventory
* The Bachelor's Touch Details
* The Bachelor's Map of The Town
* The Bachelor's mindmap

### Dialogue Screens

* Aspity in dialogue
* Georgiy Kain in dialogue
* Odongh in dialogue
* Sticky's character model
* Dora Feugel
* Marat Ranin in dialogue
* Orderly in dialogue
* Military sentry in dialogue
* Tragedian in dialogue

### Enviroment

* Screenshot of the Polyhedron
* Screenshot of the Polyhedron and the Town
* Sticky in the Marble Nest
* Screenshot of the Cathedral
* Screenshot of the Steppe camp
* Money used in the demo

### Endings

* *The Marble Nest* ending 1
* *The Marble Nest* ending 2
* *The Marble Nest* ending 3
* *The Marble Nest* ending 4

## Notes

* The title "Marble Nest" is a reference to *Knock-Knock*, another Ice-Pick Lodge game.

* The original demo version of *The Marble Nest* took place on Day 8, while the DLC version takes place on Day 10.
* Since the full DLC release of *The Marble Nest*, the former website that would link to a free demo version now redirects to the Steam store.

## References

1. ↑ *Pathologic: The Marble Nest (the First Playable)*
2. ↑ *Come, Little Birds (For Free)* - ice-pick.com
3. ↑ Pathologic (Мор.Утопия) Update #42 Pathologic: The Marble Nest (the First Playable)

## External links

* *Pathologic: The Marble Nest* Steam page
* Thanatica Labs
* Thanatica Labs (restored version)