Scalpel

Name	Scalpel
Type	Melee Weapon
Item ID	Scalpel_Entity

Scalpel is a melee weapon in Pathologic 2 that can also be used during autopsy. Of the four surgical tools for autopsy in the game (the others being the Rusty Scalpel, the Lancet, and the Menkhu's Finger), the Scalpel is average in every aspect: price, durability, damage, and surgical success rate. It can be bought from Pharmacies, sold to all stores, and traded to Dandy in the Soul-and-a-Half Fortress.

*Value at full durability

• The following equations calculate for damage dealt, where D represents durability. Durability is reduced prior to damage being calculated.
  • Light Attack: 27.5 + √(D) × 16
  • Heavy Attack: 45 + √(D) × 40
  • Backstab Attack: 14 + √(D) × 70

Scalpel Autopsy Values

	Kidney	Liver	Heart	Brain
Chance of Success	100%	90%	70%	45%
Durability reduction	-7.5%	-11.25%	-15%	-18.75%

• The Scalpel has a LinesVision stat of 15 and Quality stat of 25.
• Autopsy chance of success is constant, and does not scale with durability.

Scalpel Repair Values

Durability	Grindstone	Chisel	Straight Razor
>70%	1
>35%	1	1
>0%	1	1	1

Quotes

Hover Quotes
Haruspex	The Marble Nest	Alpha
Either a bladed weapon to take someone's life with, or an essential tool for a surgeon.	Item is not present in The Marble Nest.	Either a weapon to take someone's life with, or a tool that allows to extract human organs.

Touch Quotes
Haruspex	The Marble Nest	Alpha
A tool for a surgeon. A tool for a menkhu. A tool for a bandit. A tool for a Ripper. A tool for me.	Item is not present in The Marble Nest.	In our town, it is forbidden to deny the sacred wholeness of a body by cutting it open. Only a certain caste of people, menkhu, are allowed to do that. My father is one, though. The rest follows.

Gallery

• 
  Scalpel equipped in the melee slot.
• 
  Scalpel icon in an early version of the autopsy screen

Notes

• Scalpels take up 2x1 inventory slots. They do not stack.