Stilwater

Stilwater is the setting of Saints Row, Saints Row 2 and Saints Row: Total Control, with brief appearances in Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV.

Stilwater billboard — Billboard near Wardill Airport

Welcome to Stilwater ...Template:Br... and it's with one 'L', bitch.

— Billboard near Wardill Airport

Geography

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Stilwater's changed appearance in Saints Row 2.

Stilwater is a fictional city set in the United States of America, in the state of Michigan,^[1] it is located in a lake,^[2], on an island which is split down the middle by a large, unnamed river crossed by multiple bridges.

The city is prone to natural disasters, an example of Stilwater's seismic activity was the Stilwater Earthquake.^[3]

The Downtown Area is in the central northeast, and is mainly a skyscraper jungle; museums, office towers, and high-end apartments and shopping dominate the landscape here. The northwest is entirely high-class suburban sprawl, with most business concentrated along the river bank in the south.

On the south bank of the river, the city is much more closely-built, and distinctly lower-class; most of the city's activities and shopping are located here, along with landmarks such as the Ultor Dome, Wardill Airport, the Black Bottom Refinery, and Saint's Row.

Regions

There are twenty-two Districts in Stilwater, divided into various Neighborhoods. New districts and neighborhoods were added between Saints Row and Saints Row 2, along with the borders of others being adjusted.

District	Neighborhood	Notes
Airport	Huntersfield	Saints Row 2 only, different in Saints Row.
Airport	Wardill Airport
Apartments	Sommerset
Arena	Pleasant View
	Sunsinger	Saints Row 2 only
	Ultor Dome
Barrio	Cecil Park
	Encanto
	Ezpata
	Southern Cross
Chinatown	Chinatown	Saints Row only
	Imperial Square	Saints Row 2 only
	Little Shanghai	Saints Row 2 only
Docks & Warehouses	Charlestown
	Poseidon Alley
	Stoughton
	Fox Drive	Within Factories District in Saints Row
Downtown	Adept Way
	Brighton
	Filmore
	Union Square
Factories	Black Bottom
	Fox Drive	Within Docks & Warehouses District in Saints Row 2
	The Mills
	Pilsen
	Stilwater Caverns	Saints Row 2 only. Located underground
High End Retail	Atlantis Avenue	Saints Row only
	Nob Hill
	Rounds Square Shopping Center	Saints Row 2 only. Located underground
Hotels & Marina	Centennial Beach	Saints Row 2
Hotels & Marina	Stilwater Boardwalk	Saints Row 2
Museum	Amberbrook
Museum	Humbolt Park
Nuclear Power Plant	Stilwater Nuclear	Saints Row 2 only
Projects	Shivington
Projects	Sunnyvale Gardens
Red Light	Bavogian Plaza
	Prawn Court
	Rebadeaux
	Old Stilwater	Saints Row 2 only. Located underground
Saint's Row	Athos Bay
	Harrowgate
	Mission Beach	Appears in Saints Row IV mission, King Me.
Stilwater Prison	Hangman's Wharf	Saints Row 2 only
Stilwater Prison	Stilwater Penitentiary	Saints Row 2 only
Stilwater University	Frat Row	Saints Row 2 only
Stilwater University	Stilwater University	Saints Row 2 only
Suburbs	Misty Lane
	Tidal Spring
	Huntersfield	Saints Row only, different in Saints Row 2.
Suburbs Expansion	Mourning Woods Cemetery	Saints Row 2 only
	New Hennequet
	Quinbecca
Trailer Park	Elysian Fields	Saints Row 2 only
Truck Yard	Copperton
Other	Mount Claflin	Not defined as a neighborhood.
Other	The Pyramid	Saints Row 2 only.

Technically, the four underground neighborhoods are part of a district named "Underground", but this is never revealed within the game, as the maps for these areas show the names differently.

There are also a variety of hidden islands which don't show up on the map, many of which are Secret Areas. The Ocean itself is also classified as a district, for the purposes of vehicle spawning.

The Saints Row data files reference several unused hoods, most of which have no mention other than a name, and are likely placeholder names for the final neighborhoods.

Allston
Ashland Arena (Early name for Ultor Dome)
Back Bay
Central Station (A building in Southern Cross is all that remains of the Central train station)
Crackton
Gaslamp
Hackenshack
Hell's Kitchen
Hoodieville
Lakeview
Lerner Industrial Park
Lesalle (Early name for Rebadeaux, according to a freeway sign)
Southside Seaport (Early name for Docks & Warehouses)
Sunset (Early name for Sommerset, there is a sign for "Sunset Apartments")^[4]

Expansion

In Saints Row 2, Stilwater is larger and has experienced 25-30 years worth of transformation in just "a few short years"^[5]. This is said to be, in part, due to efforts by the Ultor Corporation to "fix its problems". Stilwater is now revealed to be an island city, rather than the end of a peninsula, and some areas have been radically changed. This depiction of Stilwater has a Trailer park, an island prison, a Marina District, an ampitheatre, a University, a Cemetery, a Nuclear Power Plant, and an underground shopping complex. The city also seems to have had a major population boost between Saints Row and Saints Row 2, having much more people, vehicles, businesses, and services.^[6]

City

The Stilwater town hall and courthouse are located in the Downtown District, along with a Police Station. In Saints Row 2, the Police Headquarters is located in the Precinct 31 building in the Saint's Row District.

In Saints Row, the mayor of Stilwater is Marshall Winslow, while the police are led by Chief Richard Monroe. In Saints Row 2, the mayor is Monica Hughes, widow of Alderman Richard Hughes, and the police department's chief-of-police is Troy Bradshaw.

Seal

The Stilwater Seal consists of two circles. The outer circle has "SEAL OF THE CITY OF STILWATER" written on it with three stars at the bottom. The inner circle has a skyline view of Stilwater with the Phillips Building in the center. Then it has lights shining outward from the bottom of the building, then there are four stars at the top of the circle. The seal is on most Stilwater Police Department buildings and vehicles.

Services

Stilwater has a Police Department, Fire Department, a city-wide Ambulance service, a Garbage service and a Hazardous Waste service.

Transport

Stilwater is home to an elevated train called the Stilwater Transit system. The train line primarily runs along a city loop line visiting eight stations along the route. These stations are Saint's Row, Downtown, Museum, Business District, Suburbs, Arena, Barrio and Docks. The three stations in the affluent City Core (Downtown, Museum and Business District) run along an additional core loop. The Line is elevated above street level for the most part, except for a short sub-surface section with the tunnel mouths in Shivington located in the Projects and Southern Cross in Barrio, whilst tunneling underneath Chinatown and Copperton. This subsurface section can be used as an alternative to the traditional loop route.

Stilwater also has a Bus service called "Cheetah Bus Lines", whose hub is the Transportation Center in Prawn Court, Red Light District. Although The Protagonist can travel by train, he cannot use the Bus Service. There are also three Taxi Services. These are Eagleline Yellow, Big Willy's Cab, and TNA Taxi all in which can be called using the Cellphone.

Businesses

Many Stores are spread throughout the city. These include movie theaters, music stores, clothiers, weapons dealers, liquor stores, car dealers, boat dealers, car mechanics, plastic surgeons, hair salons, fast food outlets, jewelers, and tattoo parlors (all of which can be robbed or broken into for money or other objects).

Tallest Buildings

The tallest buildings in Stilwater are:

71 floors - Phillips Building in the Saint's Row District
60 floors - Dalton Moore building, in the Downtown District
45 floors - Merrill Building and King Plaza building in the Downtown District

Trivia

They are several towns named "Stillwater" in the United States in reality, but none with only one L. The one nearest to the northern Midwest with its own prison is in Minnesota, which is called the North Star State, in Saints Row 2 in Shivington there is a building with North State on the wall of the building.
The Saints Row Dev Diary depicts Wardill Airport (Neighborhood) as being a lot larger, taking up nearly half of the map.^[7]
The first Saints Row trailer has more Neighbourhoods east of Sommerset, along with a larger Highway system.^[7]
In Saints Row, the area where Mount Claflin would be in Saints Row 2 is still a mountain, and there is an inaccessible path on the map. Part of the western "mountain" boundary from Saints Row is no longer present in Saints Row 2.
Stilwater was voted "Most Family-Friendly City!" in 1977.^[8]
Despite record court appearances, the only crime anyone has been convicted of is littering.^[9]
The loss of Loa Dust resulted in a 431% drop in enrollment at Stilwater University.^[9]
"City code prevents the public display of children and animals", referencing the fact that there are no children or animals visible in Saints Row and Saints Row 2.^[9]
Stilwater has a minor appearance in Saints Row: The Third in the form of Stilwater 1st National Bank during the mission "When Good Heists Go Bad". The Saints are also there during the opening cutscene of "Return to Steelport", when they are attacked during Johnny Gat's funeral procession.
- This version of Stilwater does not resemble Stilwater from Saints Row or Saints Row 2, and exists as a 1 square kilometer island south west of Yearwood. It is possible to use cheats in order to escape the Bank and explore the empty island.^[10]
- While this area is normally only loaded during the mission, the game files can be modified to make it appear permanently.^[11]
In Kinzie's Warehouse in Saints Row: The Third, multiple newspaper cutouts are pinned to the walls. One such headline reads, "Zombies Everywhere!!!", with an image of Saints Row 2's Stilwater.^[12]
Stilwater must be close to Steelport or not far away from it, as in the mission where Shaundi and The Protagonist go to raid the Guard Armory, Pierce arrives in Steelport with the rest of the Saints by helicopter in less than an hour.^[13]
Just like in Saints Row: The Third, Stilwater makes a minor appearance in Saints Row IV, but as a missions where The Protagonist goes into Benjamin King's^[14] and Shaundi's mind.^[15]. King's mind features Saint's Row District and Saints Row Church; Shaundi's mind features On Track nightclub.
During initial Player Customization, a news headline says that Stilwater, as birthplace of the President, was named the number one travel destination by the Sabbatical Channel.