Overview

The Drop was originally built as a temporary worker’s camp during the construction of the Atlantic Express. However, once the rail line was completed, the workers found that they couldn’t afford to live anywhere else in Rapture, and the settlement under the tracks became permanent.

Most residents of the Drop lived in the sprawling Sinclair Deluxe tenement building. The Fishbowl Diner was a popular lunch counter for working stiffs. A pawn shop, King Pawn, and free clinics can be found in the Drop’s downtown. Skid Row is home to a once-bustling marketplace for scavenged and otherwise illicit goods. The marketplace is anchored by the Reliable Pharmacy at one end, and the Limbo Room jazz club at the other.

Story Goals Go to the Sinclair Deluxe Hotel. Search the pawn shop downtown for the Research Camera. Research Brute Splicers. Clear the rubble at the Sinclair Deluxe. Go to Grace’s Apartment. Get the Override Key from Grace. Use the Override Key to end the lockdown. New Discoveries Plasmids and Tonics Hacker’s Dellight Every time you hack something, you gain a little health and EVE. Shorten Alarms Reduces duration of Security Camera alarms. Fire Storm You emit a burst of fire when struck by melee attacks, damaging all around you. Hypnotize Causes enemies to become hypnotized, attacking anyone nearby! Freezing Drill You freeze enemies for longer, and all Drill attacks have a chance to freeze the target. Keen Observer Increases research bonuses, allowing you to progress faster at research. Weaponry Shotgun Fires a wide burst of pellets, most effective at shorter ranges. Base ammo does moderate piercing damage. Solid Slug can penetrate multiple targets and inflicts anti-personnel damage. Phosphorous Buck sticks to enemies and explodes after a short time. Research Camera Research enemies by initiating filming to record you combating them. Record yourself using a variety of attacks to earn Research Points and earn various Research Awards, including damage perks and tonics! First encounters Rosie Rosie is a version of Big Daddy that prefers to maintain a safe distance and attack with a Rivet Gun and lobbed Proximity Mines. Use Telekinesis to throw the mines back at them. Brute Splicer Brute Splicers have enormous bodies and forego conventional weapons in favor of vicious shoulder charges and overhead hammer blows. Brute Splicers also throw objects!

The train rolled out of Ryan Amusements just as Sinclair said it would, but even he couldn’t predict Lamb’s next move. She issued a city-wide shutdown of the Atlantic Express, and has stranded you in Pauper’s Drop—the ghetto of Rapture. There’s nothing you can do to change Lamb’s mind, so you’re going to have to find a lady by the name of Grace Holloway and pry the Override Key out of her grasp—that train isn’t going to budge without that key! Grace used to sing over at the Limbo Room jazz club, but these days she just whiles away her time holed up in her apartment atop the Sinclair Deluxe tenements. As one of Lamb’s most devoted disciples, you can bet she’s got an army of Splicers and cultists stirred into a frenzy and just itching to split your helmet in two.

Go to the Sinclair Deluxe Hotel Sofia Lamb has suspended all rail travel in Rapture to prevent you from reaching Eleanor. However, her local lieutenants can override the lockdown. Sinclair has told you that a woman named Grace Holloway runs Pauper’s Drop and has the Override Key that you need. Go to the Sinclair Deluxe Hotel to find her.