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BIOSHOCK WALKTHROUGH
by Chris Vig (chris.vig@gmail.com)
"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."
- Andrew Ryan, founder of Rapture
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i. TABLE OF CONTENTS [c00s01]
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This file is a walkthrough/game guide/reference for the video game BioShock. It
contains an explanation of the basic game concepts, a complete walkthrough of
the game, tips and notes, and lists of all the audio-diaries, plasmids, gene
tonics, little sisters, research rewards, craftable items, and weapons upgrades
available in the game.
To quickly skip to the section you want to read, press Ctrl-F (or whatever the
keystroke is for the search function in your browser) and type the code for
that section - this will quickly take you there.
i. Table of Contents....................................................c00s01
ii. Version History.....................................................c00s02
iii. Copyright Information..............................................c00s03
iv. Contact Information.................................................c00s04
v. Acknowledgements.....................................................c00s05
1. Introduction.........................................................c01
2. Basic Game Concepts..................................................c02
a. Game Controls.....................................................c02s01
b. Status Menu.......................................................c02s02
c. Death.............................................................c02s03
d. Items.............................................................c02s04
e. Money.............................................................c02s05
f. ADAM/Little Sisters/Big Daddies...................................c02s06
g. Machines..........................................................c02s07
h. Audio Diaries.....................................................c02s08
i. Denizens of Rapture...............................................c02s09
j. Weapons...........................................................c02s10
k. Custom Ammo.......................................................c02s11
l. Weapon Upgrading..................................................c02s12
m. Plasmids..........................................................c02s13
n. Gene Tonics.......................................................c02s14
o. Inventing.........................................................c02s15
p. Researching Enemies...............................................c02s16
q. Security System...................................................c02s17
r. Hacking...........................................................c02s18
3. Walkthrough..........................................................c03
a. Plane Crash.......................................................c03s01
b. Welcome to Rapture................................................c03s02
c. Medical Plaza.....................................................c03s03
d. Neptune's Bounty..................................................c03s04
e. Smuggler's Hideout................................................c03s05
f. Arcadia...........................................................c03s06
g. Farmer's Market...................................................c03s07
h. Arcadia Pt. 2.....................................................c03s08
i. Fort Frolic.......................................................c03s09
j. Hephaestus........................................................c03s10
k. Rapture Control...................................................c03s11
l. Olympus Heights...................................................c03s12
m. Apollo Square.....................................................c03s13
n. Point Prometheus..................................................c03s14
o. Proving Grounds...................................................c03s15
p. Endgame...........................................................c03s16
4. Tips and Notes.......................................................c04
5. Frequently Asked Questions...........................................c05
6. Reference............................................................c06
a. List of Audio-Diaries.............................................c06s01
b. List of Plasmids..................................................c06s02
c. List of Gene Tonics...............................................c06s03
d. Little Sister Locations...........................................c06s04
e. Weapon Upgrade Locations..........................................c06s05
f. Research Rewards..................................................c06s06
g. Inventable Items..................................................c06s07
7. Achievement Information..............................................c07
8. Conclusion...........................................................c08
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ii. VERSION HISTORY [c00s02]
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0.1 - 8/24/07 - First version of guide. Completed introduction, basic game
concepts section, and walkthrough up to the end of the Medical Pavilion
level. Tips and reference section still under construction. Information which
still needs to be added is indicated by the {} curly braces.
0.2 - 8/25/07 - Fixed some content errors and spelling and grammar mistakes in
version 0.1. Continued walkthrough to the end of the Neptune's Bounty level.
Began adding reference information, including audio diaries, plasmids, gene
tonics, and little sisters locations.
0.3 - 8/25/07 - Finished walkthrough to the end of the Arcadia level. Added a
ton of extra reference information. Corrected some errors in version 0.2.
Began adding weapon upgrade locations and research rewards to reference
section. Began adding inventable items information.
0.4 - 8/26/07 - Added clarifying information about big daddy/little sister
locations. Finished walkthrough to the end of the Arcadia Pt. 2 level. Added
a lot of new reference information. Corrected some errors from version 0.3.
Changed some formatting and added some information to the top of the file.
0.5 - 8/27/07 - Fixed some errors and formatting. Reorganized the plasmid and
gene tonic lists according to HOW they are obtained, not WHERE. Completed the
research rewards section and added achievement information. Finished the
walkthrough to the end of the Fort Frolic level. Added some more reference
information.
0.6 - 8/27/07 - Completed walkthrough to the end of the Rapture Control level.
Added some content suggested by readers and clarified a few things. Added some
more reference information. Thanks to everyone who's sent suggestions - keep
them coming.
0.7 - 8/28/07 - Fixed some spelling and content errors in 0.6. Added frequently
asked questions section to deal with some of the more common questions I've
been getting. Added some tips and other content from readers. Reworded
explanation of big daddy/little sister spawn system. Completed walkthrough
to the end of the Olympus Heights level.
0.8 - 8/29/07 - Minor update, completed walkthrough to the end of Apollo Square
and added some minor odds and ends. I'm hoping to have the guide completely
finished by this weekend.
0.9 - 8/30/07 - Added some content suggested by readers. Added Xbox 360
achievement information section. Completed all reference section information.
Completed walkthrough to the end of Point Prometheus. Added a few other minor
items.
0.10 - 8/31/07 - Completed walkthrough. Added a few odds and ends and some
reader-suggested content. The guide is now pretty much finished, but I'm going
to play through the game again this weekend exactly as I have it in the guide
to make sure that there are no errors and that I haven't missed anything.
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iii. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION [c00s03]
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This guide is copyright 2007 by Christopher Vig. No part of it may be
copied, used, or incorporated into any other guide. If I find it used in this
way without permission I will request that your file be removed, and if it is
not I will take legal action under the DMCA law. However, this guide may be
freely reposted and transmitted so long as a) no money is charged for it, b)
the file is unmodified, and c) my name is still attached to it.
I HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION INTO THIS GUIDE,
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU RESPECT MY REQUESTS IN THIS SECTION.
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iv. CONTACT INFORMATION [c00s04]
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If you have any questions or comments about this guide or need something
clarified, please e-mail me at chris.vig@gmail.com, or send me a message on
Xbox Live (my gamertag is TheCrimsonOmen). You can also send me anything you
think should be added and I will put it in (with credit to you). If you have a
question about something, you might be able to get a quicker answer by checking
the Frequently Asked Questions section (section 5).
I don't ask for donations or anything like that, but if you found this guide
useful or helpful it would be nice to get an e-mail letting me know my efforts
were appreciated.
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v. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [c00s05]
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I would like to thank...
- my wife Hannah for putting up with me through all of this
- 2K Games/Irrational for making such an awesome game
- The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for taking 3+ months
to process my employment authorization application, leaving me with a LOT
of free time to write game guides :P
- Everyone who's e-mailed me with kind words about this guide, you are very
much appreciated
- Matthew P., LakotaSilver, Adam D., ghettomurph, crifer, Michael C., Preston
W., and everyone else for explaining how to get into the secret room in the
Tea Garden
- Dan P. for a tip on dealing with Houdini splicers
- NeoJedi Knight for clarifying how to get the Sander Cohen achievements
- Jason for reminding me about the thin hacking puzzle tiles
- Dominick P. for pointing out something about the Peach Wilkins encounter
- Ian T. for a tip about melting barriers
- TFGoose, Orchyboy, and Chenna for clarifying some things about big
daddy/little sister patrol routes
- Brendan K. for a tip about the first big daddy fight
- CodeHxr, Nitramuse, Tony B., Bruno H., Dee Rye, Cody M., and everyone else
for some information about telekinesis, trapwires, and Kyburz's office
- shadowsdieaway for his guide about the audio-diaries, which helped me find a
couple I was having trouble locating
- Torbjorn S. for a hacking tip
- Shadrow for reminding me about an area I forgot way back in the Medical
Pavilion (I haven't added this yet but I will in the next version)
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1. INTRODUCTION [c01]
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This is a walkthrough/guide for the game BioShock. It is based on the Xbox 360
version of the game, but I'm assuming that most of it should be applicable for
the PC version as well. Having clicked on this guide you probably already
realize that it WILL include spoilers, but if not, this is your warning - turn
back now.
First, a little about the game - BioShock is a hybrid FPS game developed by 2K
Boston/2K Australia studios (previously known as Irrational Games), released
for the computer and Xbox 360 console in North America on August 21, 2007. It
is currently the best-reviewed game ever for the Xbox 360, with a score of
97/100 on Metacritic and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The game focuses on a secret
underwater city named Rapture. It was created by a billionaire named Andrew
Ryan, with the goal of creating a utopian society where the great and powerful
would not be constrained by the poor, and where the world's elite could live
without being bound by morality, government, or religion. The game begins with
a plane crash into the ocean near the city's surface entrance. You, the lone
survivor of the crash, take a submarine down to the city to search for help. As
soon as you arrive, however, you realize that things have gone horribly,
horribly wrong...
This guide is divided into eight sections. Section 1 is the introduction, which
you're reading now. Section 2 covers the basic concepts of the game that you'll
need to know to survive in Rapture. Section 3 is a complete walkthrough of the
game from beginning to end, which will explain exactly what you need to do in
each level. Section 4 is a miscellaneous tips and notes section for things
which don't fit into the other sections. Section 5 is a frequently asked
questions section which answers some of the more common questions I've gotten
about the game. Section 6 is a reference section which lists details about the
different weapons, powers, items, etc. you can obtain in Rapture. Section 7 is
an explanation of how to get all of the Xbox 360 achievements in the game.
Section 8 is the conclusion.
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