BioShock Walkthrough

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We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us. - Andrew Ryan
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BIOSHOCK: ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR THE XBOX 360
By Maxim Arestov (littlemoth@yahoo.com)
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Table of Contents
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A. Version History ...................................[RSST]
B. Introduction ......................................[INON]
C. Bioshock Game Information .........................[BGNI]
1. Controls .......................................[COLS]
2. Weapons ........................................[WENS]
3. Plasmids .......................................[PLDS]
4. Adam ...........................................[MADA]
5. Gene Tonics ....................................[GECS]
6. Character Growth ...............................[CHTH]
7. Rapture ........................................[RUTP]
8. Machines .......................................[MAES]
9. Hacking ........................................[GNIK]
10. Getting Help ..................................[GELP]
11. Status Menu ...................................[STNU]
D. Hints, Tips and Notes .............................[HAPS]
E. Walkthrough .......................................[WAGH]
1. The Crash Site .................................[TCSE]
2. Welcome to Rapture... Medical Pavilion .........[WRMP]
3. Neptune's Bounty... Smuggler's Hideout .........[NBSH]
4. Arcadia... Farmer's Market .....................[AFMT]
5. Fort Frolic ....................................[FTFC]
6. Hephaestus... Rapture Central Control ..........[HRCC]
7. Olympus Heights... Apollo Square ...............[OHAS]
8. Point Prometheus... Proving Grounds ............[PPPG]
9. Fontaine .......................................[NOFT]
F. Achievement Guide .................................[ACDE]
1. Story ..........................................[STOY]
2. Hacking ........................................[KCAH]
3. Researching ....................................[REAS]
4. Inventing ......................................[ITNE]
5. Weapon Upgrades ................................[PARA]
6. Collecting .....................................[TCEL]
7. Tracks .........................................[SKCA]
8. Other ..........................................[ETHO]
G. Gene Tonic Locations ..............................[GTLS]
1. Engineering Gene Tonics ........................[EGTS]
2. Combat Gene Tonics .............................[CGTS]
3. Physical Gene Tonics ...........................[PGTS]
H. Audio Diary Locations .............................[ADLS]
1. Welcome to Rapture... Medical Pavilion .........[EAEA]
2. Neptune's Bounty... Smuggler's Hideout .........[EOMI]
3. Arcadia... Farmer's Market .....................[RAAT]
4. Fort Frolic ....................................[OOIT]
5. Hephaestus... Rapture Central Control ..........[EPEO]
6. Olympus Heights... Apollo Square ...............[LEPQ]
7. Point Prometheus ...............................[OREU]
I. Power to the People Station Locations .............[PPML]
1. Neptune's Bounty ...............................[NNBB]
2. Arcadia... Farmer's Market .....................[FFMM]
3. Fort Frolic ....................................[FFFF]
4. Hephaestus .....................................[HHSS]
5. Olympus Heights... Apollo Square ...............[AASS]
6. Point Prometheus ...............................[PPPP]
J. Researching .......................................[GNIH]
1. Creatures ......................................[CRES]
2. Security Systems ...............................[SEMS]
K. Inventing .........................................[INNG]
1. Story ..........................................[YROT]
2. Ammo ...........................................[OMMA]
3. Gene Tonics ....................................[ENON]
4. Other ..........................................[RETH]
L. Bioshock Quotes ...................................[BKQS]
M. Special Thanks ....................................[SLTS]
N. Contact Information ...............................[CTIN]
O. Copyright Information .............................[NITC]
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A. Version History                         [RSST]
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Version 1.00
All the sections are complete but I might improve things and maybe add new
sections in later updates.
Created: 08/08/2008
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B. Introduction                            [INON]
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This is my first FAQ/Guide/Walkthrough of any kind so I hope all goes well.
This is a guide for Bioshock, my most favourite game of all time. This guide is
based on the original release of Bioshock for the Xbox 360. It has a total of
50 Achievements with a total of 1000 Gamerpoints. I guess you could also use
this guide if you're playing on the PC.
This guide does contain !SPOILERS! so if you're looking for a !SPOILER! free
guide, this is not the guide for you. You have been warned.
I wrote this guide with the intent of presenting my way, to you, of completing
the game in one playthrough. When I say "completing", I mean finding all the
Audio Diaries, Gene Tonics, Power to the People machines and getting every
single Achievement in the game in one playthrough. Check the Walkthrough
section to see how this is done. This guide is based on the Hard difficulty but
if you don't want to go for the Achievement that finishing the game on Hard
offers you can play on an easier difficulty. However, the game would probably
feel to easy if you use my methods for Hard on a lower difficulty.
This FAQ covers basic Game Information you need to know in order to play the
game, provides Hints, Tips and Notes to help you while you're playing the game,
provides a complete Walkthrough of how to do everything in the game in one
playthrough, provides an Achievement Guide, checklists with locations for all
Audio Diaries, Gene Tonics and Power to the People Machine, and contains
everything you need to know about Inventing and Researching.
I strongly suggest you read all the sections of this guide prior to using the
Walkthrough to maximise the effectiveness of this guide.
I hope this guide helps you and you enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed
writing it and playing Bioshock.
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C. Bioshock Game Information               [BGNI]
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I'm Andrew Ryan and I'm here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?
No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose...
RAPTURE.
A city where the artist would not fear the censor. Where the scientist
would not be bound by petty morality. Where the great would not
be constrained by the small. And with the sweat of your brow,
Rapture can become your city as well.
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In this section you will find everything you need to know about Bioshock to be
able to play it. I strongly suggest reading this section before starting the
game unless of course you are familiar with it.
[[======== 1. Controls ===============================[COLS]=================]]
In order to play the game you need to know how to control your character so
here is a brief description of what each Button does.
Left Analogue Stick: Use this stick to move around. Click to crouch.
Right Analogue Stick: Use this stick to look around. Click to zoom weapon.
X Button: Press to reload your weapons/Use EVE Hypo when equipped Plasmid.
Y Button: Press to Jump.
B Button: Press to use the First Aid Kits you have found.
A Button: Press to interact with objects. Hold to replay Audio Diary.
D-Pad: Use to change the type of Ammo your weapon is using.
Left Button: Press to switch Plasmid, hold to activate Selection Radial.
Left Trigger: Pull to use your current Plasmid.
Right Button: Press to switch weapon, hold to activate Selection Radial.
Right Trigger: Pull to use your current weapon.
START: Press to open up the Pause Menu.
BACK: Press to open up the Status Menu.
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Like in any other FPS Bioshock has weapons you use to shoot bad guys with. As
you advance through the game you will find new and more powerful weapons. To
fire your weapon pull the Right Trigger.
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Ammo
Each weapon has 3 different ammo types: 1 standard type and 2 special types
like electrical and explosive. You can find all 3 types lying around Rapture
but you can also buy or invent them at different machines like the Ammo Bandito
and the U-Invent. Use the D-Pad to change ammo types on your current weapon.
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Weapon Switching
To cycle through your weapons press the Right Button. If you hold RB the game
will pause and a Selection Radial of all the weapons you have will be brought
up on screen. Use an Analogue Stick to select the weapon you desire and then
release RB.
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Weapon Upgrading
To upgrade a weapon you have to find and use a Power to the People machine.
Each machine can only be used once to upgrade 1 weapon. The machine closes
forever once you use it but at least it's free. You can upgrade each weapon
twice.
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Below is a list of all the different weapons you find in Rapture and the types
of ammo they use. You will also find out in which way each weapon can be
upgraded with the exception of the Wrench and Research Camera because they
can't be upgraded.
Wrench: There is nothing better than a simple, reliable Wrench. It's your
standard melee Weapon, you get it near the start of the game and carry it to
the end.
Pistol: This is the second weapon you acquire, very useful at the beginning
of the game but becomes practically useless later on in the game. Quite good
for headshots.
Ammo: Pistol Rounds
Armor-piercing Pistol Rounds
Antipersonnel Pistol Rounds
Upgrades: Pistol Clip Size Increase
Pistol Damage Increase
Machine Gun: This is the third weapon you collect and is quite useful near
the start but just like the Pistol becomes quite useless later on in the game
because it's very hard to aim it. However, it's pretty good for firing at
long range targets.
Ammo: Machine Gun Rounds
Antipersonnel Auto Rounds
Armor-piercing Auto Rounds
Upgrades: Machine Gun Damage Increase
Machine Gun Kickback Reduction
Shotgun: This is the fourth weapon you find and one of my favourite. Deadly
at close range but useless at middle and long range. Sometimes it's hard to
actually hit a target with it though and it becomes considerably less powerful
later on in the game.
Ammo: 00 Buck
Electric Buck
Exploding Buck
Upgrades: Shotgun Rate of Fire Increase
Shotgun Damage Increase
Grenade Launcher: This is the fifth weapon you get in the game. Very, very
powerful and useful, especially against Big Daddies. It looses it's
effectiveness against Splicers later on in the game though.
Ammo: Frag Grenades
Proximity Mines
Heat-seeking RPGs
Upgrades: Grenade Launcher Damage Increase
Grenade Launcher Damage Immunity
Research Camera: It's not really a weapon but you use it like one. You use
it to snap pictures of enemies and Security Systems to research them.
Ammo: Film
Chemical Thrower: This is the sixth actual weapon you find and is extremely
powerful. You should use it all the time and it remains powerful throughout
the game. Extremely useful against Big Daddies.
Ammo: Napalm
Liquid Nitrogen
Electric Gel
Upgrades: Chemical Thrower Consumption Rate Decrease
Chemical Thrower Range Increase
Crossbow: This is the eight weapon you get and also the last. It's deadly in
the right hands. It's hard to hit moving targets with it but if you do it's
pretty much always a one hit kill. Later on in the game it looses a bit of
power but maintains it if you are a good shot and aim for the head it's still
a one hit kill weapon.
Ammo: Steel Bolts
Incendiary Bolts
Trap Bolts
Upgrades: Crossbow Breakage Chance Decrease
Crossbow Damage Increase
[[======== 3. Plasmids ===============================[PLDS]=================]]
Unlike in other FPS games as you advance through Rapture you will find, be
awarded and buy Plasmids with ADAM from Gatherer's Garden machines. Plasmids
are like powers in an RPG like fire, ice etc. To use a Plasmid pull the Left
Trigger.
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EVE
You need EVE to use your Plasmids, without EVE your Plasmids are useless. To
refill you EVE you need EVE Hypos. You use them a lot like First Aid Kits.
You acquire EVE Hypos by searching around Rapture and buying them from Vending
Machines. Some types of Food and Drink will also restore your EVE a little.
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Plasmid Switching
To cycle through your Plasmids press the Left Button. If you hold LB the game
will pause and a Selection Radial of all the Plasmids you have will be brought
up on screen. Use an Analogue Stick to select the Plasmid you desire and then
release LB. You can only have six Plasmids equipped at a time.
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Plasmid Slots
When you start the game you have 2 free Plasmid Slots into which you equip
Plasmids. To be able to carry more Plasmids you need more Plasmid Slots which
you get by purchasing them with ADAM at Gatherer's Garden machines.
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Below is a list of all the different Plasmids you can find and buy with ADAM
from Gatherer's Garden machines in Rapture.
Electro Bolt: This is the first Plasmid you find, you are forced to get it to
proceed through the story. It's also the best and most useful Plasmid. Later
on you can buy 2, more powerful versions of this Plasmid. Electro Bolt shocks
enemies with electricity temporarily stunning them and damages enemies while
they are standing in water.
Rating: 10/10
Incinerate: This is the second Plasmid you find, you are forced to get it to
proceed through the story. Quite useful in my opinion. Later on you can buy 2,
more powerful versions of this Plasmid. Incinerate puts your enemies on fire
burning them. You can also light puddles of oil with it to increase it's
effectiveness.
Rating: 8/10
Telekinesis: This is the third Plasmid you find, you are forced to get it to
proceed through the story. Useful if you make a habit of using it. There is
only 1 version of this Plasmid. Telekinesis pulls objects towards you which
you can then choose to drop or fire somewhere or at someone.
Rating: 9/10
Security Bullseye: You get this Plasmid for free. I found it completely
useless. There is only 1 version of this Plasmid. Throw it at an enemy and if
a nearby Security Camera spots the enemy Security Bots will appear and shoot
that enemy.
Rating: 3/10
Enrage: You get this Plasmid by buying it with ADAM at a Gatherer's Garden
machine. I think this Plasmid can be quite useful if you make a habit of using
it. There is only 1 version of this Plasmid. Throw it at an enemy and the
enemy will attack other enemies. If there are no other enemies around the
enemy you fired the Plasmid at, the enemy will just attack you.
Rating: 5/10
Hypnotise Big Daddy: You get this Plasmid as a reward from Tenenbaum for
saving Little Sisters. Rarely does the opportunity arise for you to use this
Plasmid in an effective fashion. There is only 1, more powerful version of
this Plasmid you get buy continuing to save Little Sisters for Tenenbaum
which increases the duration of the Plasmid's effect.
Rating: 6/10
Target Dummy: You get this Plasmid by buying it with ADAM at a Gatherer's
Garden machine. I don't even bother using this Plasmid. There is only 1
version of this Plasmid. You set a decoy of yourself and enemies attack it
until they see you. Good for sneaking past enemies.
Rating: 2/10
Insect Swarm: You get this Plasmid by buying it with ADAM at a Gatherer's
Garden machine. This is the most useless Plasmid in my opinion. Later on you
can buy 2, more powerful versions of this Plasmid. All it does is momentarily
distract enemies that you fire the Killer Hornets at while dealing minimum
damage.
Rating: 1/10
Winter Blast: You get this Plasmid by buying it with ADAM at a Gatherer's
Garden machine. This is quite a useful Plasmid, the only problem is that the
Chemical Thrower can do the exact same thing rendering this Plasmid useless.
Later on you can buy 2, more powerful versions of this Plasmid. When you fire
it at an enemy it freezes them momentarily letting you destroy them.
Rating: 7/10
Cyclone: You get this Plasmid by buying it with ADAM at a Gatherer's
Garden machine. This Plasmid would have been more useful if it caused more
damage and was easier to use. Later on you can buy 1, more powerful version
of this Plasmid. You set it on the ground as a trap and when an enemy steps
on it, they get shot up into the air by a cyclone and sometimes hit the
ceiling and then the floor. Ouch.
Rating: 4/10
[[======== 4. Adam ===================================[MADA]=================]]
As Andrew Ryan stated, Rapture is a place where scientists were not bound by
petty morality, so it was natural that scientific breakthroughs would be made.
The canopy of those breakthroughs was ADAM. ADAM is created by a kind of sea
slug when it attaches itself to a living organism, the sea slug creates new
cells healing the organism. These new cells allow the organism to apply other
genetic modifications that form a new cell structure. This way people could
change their appearance as well as heal themselves. These genetic modifications
where later created for aggressive purposes and where in the form of Plasmids
and Gene Tonics.
[[======== 5. Gene Tonics ============================[GECS]=================]]
There are many Gene Tonics for you to choose from. There are 3 kinds of them:
Physical Gene Tonics, Engineering Gene Tonics and Combat Gene Tonics.
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Combat Gene Tonics
Combat Gene Tonics improve your strength, reflexes and generally your combat
skills. These Gene Tonics can boost the power you swing your Wrench with and
improve how effective you are with elemental attacks like electricity, ice,
fire etc. Good examples of Combat Gene Tonics are Wrench Lurker and Human
Inferno.
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Physical Gene Tonics
Physical Gene Tonics improve your natural abilities like speed to super human
levels. These Gene Tonics can enhance your tolerance of alcohol and boost your
resistance to certain types of damage. Good examples of Physical Gene Tonics
are Sport Boost and Natural Camouflage.
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Engineering Gene Tonics
Engineering Gene Tonics improve your intelligence and handiness. These Gene
Tonics can boost your hacking skills and let you bypass Rapture's Security
Systems. Good examples of Engineering Gene Tonics are Safecracker and
Security Expert.
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ADAM and the Little Sisters
In order to be able to "splice" continually new Gene Tonics and Plasmids into
your genetic makeup you need ADAM, the lifeblood of the great city of Rapture.
To survive in Rapture you need as many Plasmids and Gene Tonics in your
genetic system as possible, but you need ADAM in order to do so and it can
only be found in the bodies of the Little Sisters now. The Little Sisters
carry big syringes which they use to drain blood from corpses which they than
drink to recycle the ADAM while the Big Daddies watch over them.
The only way you're getting to a Little Sister and all that tasty ADAM is if
you kill the Big Daddy protecting her. If you manage to defeat the Big Daddy
you get to choose how to deal with the Little Sister. You can either Rescue
or Harvest a Little Sister. By rescuing a Little Sister you eliminate the
parasite inside of her turning her back into a normal girl. You also get some
ADAM by doing this. If you choose the alternative: harvesting the Little
Sister, you will remove the parasite from the girls body and ingest it killing
the little girl in the process. You get double the ADAM though. It's a hard
choice you will have to make.
If you do not collect ADAM from the Little Sisters the game will become
extremely difficult later on. However, you can always go back to a previous
level and do so.
When you acquire some ADAM you can spend it at a Gatherer's Garden machine
for new Plasmids, Gene Tonics and Health and EVE upgrades.
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Researching Rapture's Inhabitants
The police force of Rapture used special Research Cameras to find out what
genetic enhancements the inhabitants of Rapture had spliced. You will come
across such a camera while you explore Rapture which you can use to research
the inhabitants of Rapture. You take pictures of enemies and Security Systems
and when the Research Camera learns something about an enemy or Security
System you get new rewards like Gene Tonics and damage bonuses.
The Research Camera is a very valuable resource that will help you survive in
the city of Rapture.
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Population of Rapture
The remaining citizens of Rapture have been transformed into horrid monsters
by genetic modification. There is hardly anything human left in them and they
barely remember their former lives.
Below is a list of all the different enemies you will encounter while you
explore Rapture. They are divided into 2 categories: Splicers and Little
Sisters and Big Daddies.
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Splicers
They are the former citizens of Rapture, they have gone crazy from excessive
use of Plasmids and Gene Tonics and have turned into aggressive and grotesque
creatures. They dislike anybody they don't know and will attack you on sight.
Below is a list of the 5 different variations of Splicers you come across. The
order I mention in which you find the Splicers is according to my Walkthrough.
Thuggish Splicer: This is the first kind of Splicer you come across and is also
the most weak and common kind. These Splicers use melee weapons exclusively.
You will encounter different kinds of this Splicer later on in the game like
electric ones.
Leadhead Splicer: This is the second kind of Splicer you come across and is
quite weak at the start of the game but becomes the most powerful and hard to
kill later on in the game. They use Pistols at the start of the game and use
Machine Guns later on in the game. You will encounter different kinds of this
Splicer later on in the game like electric ones.
Nitro Splicer: This is the third Splicer you come across and is always rather
hard to kill. They throw Frag Grenades and Molotov Cocktails at you. Also if
you get close enough to them they will throw a Smoke Grenade to the floor and
try to run away far enough in order to start throwing grenades at you again.
Spider Splicer: This is the fourth kind of Splicer you come across and are
difficult to kill because of their constant acrobatics and wall crawling. On
the ground they jump at you in an attempt to slice you with their hooks. And
while they are crawling on the ceiling they throw their hooks at you.
Houdini Splicer: This is the last kind of Splicer you come across and are
hard to kill because they constantly teleport (which makes me think: what ever
happened to that teleportation Plasmid demonstrated in that Bioshock demo) and
throw fire balls at you. Later on in the game you might come across an ice kind
of Houdini Splicer that fires ice balls at you.
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Little Sisters and Big Daddies
In addition to the Spliced-up citizens mentioned above there are little girls
that wonder the sinking halls of Rapture. These little girls are called Little
Sisters and carry large needles. The Little Sisters are constantly followed by
their protectors, the Big Daddies. These diving suit-wearing creatures protect
the Little Sisters. If you want the ADAM the Little Sisters have, you need to
kill their Big Daddy protector in order to get to the Little Sisters which is
a challenging prospect. There are 2 types of Big Daddy: The Bouncer and the
Rosie.
Bouncer Big Daddy: This guy does not have any long range weapons but he will
stomp the ground and you will get kind of shell-shocked and move really slowly.
Then he will try to hit you by charging at you. Will melee you if you get
close.
Rosie Big Daddy: This guy shoots at you with his Rivet Gun and throws Proximity
Mines to get you from out of cover. Will melee you if you get close.
In addition to the regular Big Daddies, later on in the game you will face
Elite versions of the Big Daddies. They are tougher to kill and deal more
damage. Cosmetically they are a little different from the regular Big Daddies
in that their diving suit is a little different and some parts of it are
coloured a deep red and white.
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Exploration
If you want to survive in the city of Rapture you need to search in all sorts
of storage containers and corpses for the resources you need to do so.
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Items
Some of the most important items you need to survive are EVE Hypos and First
Aid Kits. You can find these items lying around in Rapture but you can also
buy these and other important items like ammo with the money you find around
the city.
Below is a list of 3 such items which can be found as well as bought.
First Aid Kit: Partially restores your Health.
Eve Hypo: Completely restores your EVE.
Automatic Hack Tool: Instantly hacks any hack able machine. Single use.
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Audio Diaries
You can find these all over Rapture. These are audio messages recorded by the
citizens of Rapture for themselves and others. You will have to find some of
these in order to advance through the story. Most of these Audio Diaries
however, tell back story of the different characters of Rapture as well as hint
at story elements and secrets. Very interesting.
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Security
There is a number of Security Systems in Rapture.
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Automated Turrets
These Automated Turrets are stationed throughout Rapture and are hostile to
intruders. However, you can hack these Turrets and they will become friendly
and shoot at your enemies. Before trying to hack them though you have to
temporarily disable them. Many Gene Tonics and Plasmids have been created in
order to bypass the Security Systems of Rapture.
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Security Cameras
These Security Cameras are placed throughout Rapture. Like the Automated
Turrets, Security Cameras are constantly looking for intruders. If a Security
Camera sees you, you will hear a warning sound that alerts you of that fact.
If you stay in it's sight long enough it will identify you and send Security
Bots continually after you until the alarm timer runs out.
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There are many machines you can find in Rapture that provide resources and
services that you need to survive.
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Vending Machine
Vending Machines provide First Aid Kits, EVE Hypos, Film, basic Ammo and other
valuable resources you need to survive in Rapture. You can also hack the
Vending Machines to get lower prices on the items and in some instances
unlock things so you can buy them.
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Ammo Bandito
These Vending Machines only provide Ammo.
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U-Invent
You find all sorts of different junk around Rapture and U-Invent machines let
you make new items out of it. You can create a few Gene Tonics at these
machines as well as Ammo and Automatic Hack Tools. Some of the Gene Tonics you
can only acquire from these machines.
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Gatherer's Garden
You can buy new Gene Tonics and Plasmids as well as Health and EVE upgrades
from these machines using ADAM. You can also buy more Gene Tonic and Plasmid
slots to be able to equip more Plasmids and Gene Tonics.
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Gene Bank
These machines store all of your unequipped Plasmids and Gene Tonics. You also
use these machines to switch the Plasmids and Gene Tonics you have equipped.
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Health Station
You use these stations to restore your Health completely, but it costs you
money. You can also hack these stations and if an enemy tries to use it its
Health will be damaged, plus you get a discount. If you destroy these
machines they will drop a couple of First Aid Kits and cease to function.
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Power to the People Weapon Upgrade Station
These machines upgrade your weapons. Each machine only gives one upgrade
before it closes down permanently, so choose wisely. The good thing is that the
upgrades are free.
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Bot Shutdown Panel
If you trigger an alarm you can use these panels to switch of the security
bots for a price. You can then choose to hack the shut-down Security Bots
and they will follow you around attacking anything that attacks you.
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Vita-Chamber
If you get killed you are instantly revived in the Vita-Chamber closest to
the location of your death. In each area there are a couple of these.
[[======== 9. Hacking ================================[GNIK]=================]]
The people of Rapture eventually figured out how to Hack the different machines
that populate it. These people figured out how to change the circuit flow of
machines to change the state of the machines. You can Hack almost any machine
in Rapture from Vending Machines and Safes to Automated Turrets that turn
friendly when you do. To Hack a machine approach it and if an X appears on
screen it means you can Hack it by pressing the X button. You can then decide
if you want to Hack normally, Buyout the machine or use an Automatic Hack Tool.
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How Do I Hack?
To Hack you need to direct the circuit flow to the exit tile. To do this you
need to uncover the tiles and then switch and swap then so that you make one
continuous pipe that goes from the Start tile to the Exit tile. Also the
circuit flow is constant so you need to hurry up. There are also Alarm
tiles that will sound an alarm if you hit them and Overload tiles that will
hurt you if the circuit flow hits them.
If Hacking becomes to hard for you, you can purchase a variety of new
Engineering Gene Tonics with ADAM that will improve your Hacking skills.
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Hacking Buyout
If you can't be bothered to Hack normally you can Hack machines by paying
some money. The cost depends on the difficulty of the Hack. There are also
Engineering Gene Tonics that will reduce the price of buying out machines.
To use this feature press the X button near a hack able machine to enter the
initial Hacking screen and then press the Y button to Buyout.
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Automatic Hack Tool
If you find, buy or invent an Automatic Hack Tool you can use it on any
hack able machine to instantly Hack it with no hassle. To use this feature
press the X button near a hack able machine to enter the initial Hacking screen
and then press the X button again to use an Automatic Hack Tool.
[[======== 10. Getting Help ==========================[GELP]=================]]
Rapture is an extremely deep place that's rich with secrets waiting to be
found. While playing the game there will be many ways for you to get help.
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Hints
Open up the Status Menu by pressing the BACK button and then hit the Y button
to get Hints on your current objective. Depending on how far you have
progressed on your current goal the Hints will change to accommodate that. A
simpler and quicker way of accessing the Hints is by holding right on the
D-Pad.
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Adaptive Training
Bioshock is a feature filled game and you can easily forget about some of
them. This system will remind you of features you may be forgetting because
you're not using them. This can become quite annoying at times so if it
irritates you, you can turn it of in the Options Menu that you access by
pressing the START button.
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What Is This?
While Playing Bioshock if you come across an item that you would like to find
out more about, approach it and a small "What Is This" message will appear on
screen. Then hold the BACK button and you will receive information about that
item. If you want to access this information again in the future press the
BACK button which will open up Status Menu, then press left on the D-Pad until
you reach the Help slide.
[[======== 11. Status Menu ===========================[STNU]=================]]
To open up the Status Menu press the BACK button. There are a few slides in
Status Menu which can be switched by using the D-Pad or LB and RB.
Below is an explanation of each one of these 4 slides.
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Map
This is the default slide you see when you bring up the Status Menu. It shows
the map of the current level you are on, your position, objectives and the
different machines in the level. If you want to see a larger version of the
map press the A button to zoom out of your current position. If you want a
hint on your current objective press the Y button.
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Goals
In this slide you can see all your current objectives. If there are multiple
objectives for you to complete, you can select the one you want to be active by
selecting with the D-Pad or Left Analogue Stick and then pressing the A button
to confirm your decision. If an objective can't be activated it means that you
can't start it yet.
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Messages
In this slide you can listen to all the Audio Diaries you have found and Radio
messages you have received.
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Help
In this slide you can see helpful information about many items, enemies and
features of the game.
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D. Hints, Tips and Notes                   [HAPS]
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Below are a few useful Hints, Tips and Notes that you should follow as you play
through Bioshock
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1. The code to the room in Twilight Fields in the Medical Pavilion is 0451.
2. The code to the gate where Timmy H. was tortured in Neptune's Bounty is
5380.
3. The code to room "7" in the Fighting McDonagh in Neptune's Bounty is 7533.
4. The code to Langford's Wall Safe in Langford's Office in Arcadia is 9457.
5. The code to the locked room in the Market in the Farmer's Market is 0512.
6. The code to Kyburz's Office in the Lower Workshops in Hephaestus is 0126.
7. The code to the locked room in Robertson's Tabaccoria in Fort Frolic is
7774.
8. The code to the Elevator in Mercury Suites in Olympus Heights is 5744.
9. The code to the room in Failsafe Armored Escorts in Point Prometheus is
1921.
10. When researching enemies zap them with the Electro Bolt first, then take
pictures of