Brothel

Brothel
Area Details
Danger Level	Outside or Trading: Safe Trespassing:Dangerous
Inhabitants	Pyotr, 4-5 Thugs, 2 Hostages
USeful Tools	Crowbar or Lock Pick×2 Saw Blade×2

Overview

The Brothel typically becomes available during harsh conditions such as snowy weather or crime waves. It consists, from left to right, a two-story bombed-out building with a basement, a bombed out area resembling a walkway with an upper and lower level, and the Brothel building itself. Two grated doors are on the map; one in the basement of the bombed out abandoned building, the other is accessible from outside the Brothel building on an upper floor. Players opting for a stealthy infiltration will want to use this upper-floor entrance. Another exit from the level is located to the right of the map, through a back door on the ground floor.

Pyotr the Trader

Pyotr, a thug-trader, is located past the ground-level entrance in the lobby. He is one of two traders in the game (the other being Mateo) that sells broken weapons. Pyotr typically offers the Broken Pistol and Broken Shotgun; he also sells a large amounts of Tobacco and some Weapon Parts. Killing him is not considered an atrocity; because he's a thug. His trading inventory is located inside a locked container not too far from him.

Hostile Thugs

Beyond Pyotr, are 4 additional thugs inside the Brothel that will attack you if you go farther in the base or pull out a weapon. Most can be killed stealthily with back-stabs (assuming you entered stealthily via the 2nd floor), afterwards players can hide in nearby hiding spots if the commotion brings reinforcements. The thugs will drop Assault Rifles, Shotguns, Ammunition, and Military Vests, so you can use the gear you pick up to help kill the other thugs with the rifle if your character can handle it. Pyotr will still trade as long as he is not directly provoked or killed.

Certain combat-capable characters like Roman can literally nuke all the thugs with a Shotgun. This isn't recommended, however, as there are much safer approaches.

Prisoners

2 female sex slaves are being held captive behind a locked door in the basement, though they can be seen walking around when the player first enters the building. If you rescue them, some of your survivors will receive a morale boost. The thugs will open fire if they see or hear the door being opened. However, they will ignore the escaping women if the action goes undetected. If you do kill the thugs, a bug may appear where the prisoners may not be rescued on following visits if they are not freed immediately on the same night.

Tips and Tricks: Stealth Approach

Given the lucrative opportunity, killing all the thugs is optimal for looting, but isn't necessary. Everything you need is a Hatchet, a Saw Blade and a Lock Pick.

1. Use the Saw Blade to open grated door (marked 1 in the picture), break the door at 2.
2. Going down one flight of stairs after 2 there's a place to hide. If you are lucky enough to break 3 without being seen great. If not, that's okay too as long as you don't stay seen for too long. If you can't break 3 without being seen because someone is sleeping in the bed just below 3, then make sure you're not seen before you enter the room, and once seen upon entering the room immediately break down the door and run to 4.
3. If you were seen, the thugs will tell you to leave and follow you outside, but if you go to 4 they should go back inside. If unlucky they might walk all the way towards 4. If you see them do that then jump down to the left, and wait until they go back inside before going back up to 4.
4. If due to being unlucky and having the thugs walking around blocking your way, and you are short on time at this point, then pick up the loot outside and leave. Come back the next day and with plenty of time to continue.
5. Begin chopping the closet at 4 and Pyotr will go to check.
6. Follow the blue path down to the basement. Go fast, but not too fast as you need to give Pyotr time to get up to 4, though make sure you've entered the building and close the door at 3 before he gets to 4. Pick the lock and let the prisoners out.
7. If you're seen by any of the thugs along the way then immediate run downstairs and left and outside to the left, pass the door. The thugs will once again tell you to leave. Wait until they go back inside, then wait until there's no one the entrance hall or the room with the stairs down to the basement. Once it's all clear, go down and pick the locks.
8. Once the lock's been picked, let the prisoners out and run with them towards the exit. At this point it doesn't matter if the thugs see you or the women, they won't attack. Once outside the building, you're safe.

Notes

In total, there are 4 hostile thugs, Pyotr the trader, and 2 female prisoners in the base. There are also 2 locked doors, 2 grated doors, and no rubble.

The Brothel is a large map and may take multiple nights to clear all hostiles or the loot. The containers are spread across the map, in many different rooms. It is common to run out of time while investigating the Brothel building due to its size, the sheer amount of hostiles and numerous obstacles.

Although most of the loot on this map is labeled as 'private property', you can loot them without a morale penalty since they are technically owned by thugs.

Bugs

• This map appears to be bugged in the current version; upon entering the Brothel map, the majority of sound effects will be muted (including weapon discharges, footsteps, lockpicking and the crowbar). While the sound effects are muted for the player, those particular actions still create sounds which enemy characters can hear. The bug will continue after leaving the Brothel--those same sounds will continue to be muted during play regardless of which zone is entered after leaving the Brothel. The only confirmed method of resuming sound effects playing appears to be closing out of the game (and Steam, at least if on Steam) and restarting. Simply exiting to the main menu and resuming does not fix the issue.