Comstock Center Rooftops

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The Blue Ribbon Restaurant

The restaurant isn’t empty, but there aren’t any hostiles in the immediate area, either: only the odd couple who asked you to flip the coin earlier. The man is busy scrubbing the bar, while the lady offers you an aperitif, a Shield. Take the bottle from her tray and bask in the comfort of knowing that you now have an electromagnetic force-field that can absorb incoming attacks and help to keep you safe from harm. Take cover and wait for the Shield to recharge whenever the yellow Shield Meter depletes and you see it “shatter” on the screen.

A Look Back at Opening Day Enter The Blue Ribbon Restaurant and turn left to head down the hall. There, under a banner announcing “The Rise of Columbia,” you see three Kinetoscopes. Take a moment to watch each of the three short films. This particular group of three Kinetoscopes is also found elsewhere in Columbia, so temper your excitement when you see other groups of three Kinetoscopes, as it will be these same three.

Collect the Voxophone on your way through the kitchen to the doors leading outside. There’s a wealth of food and alcohol scattered about the kitchen, but take it easy on the latter. Though they do serve to replenish your health, alcoholic beverages drain your Salt and may leave you in the uncomfortable position of being unable to cast any Vigors when you need them most!

The Freight Hooks

It’s time to put the Sky-Hook to work in a less violent manner! Look toward the freight hook on the adjacent building and press the Jump button when it glows green, signaling that it’s in range. The Sky-Hook’s magnetic properties help propel Booker through the air from one freight hook to another. Make your way to the fourth freight hook, then target the enemy on the nearby rooftop. Line up the targeting reticle with your adversary and press the Jump button to perform a Sky-Line Strike. This type of attack is positively lethal against all but the strongest of foes and can successfully knock most opponents off buildings.

Pick up the Machine Gun near the crates and descend the stairs. A Founder with a Machine Gun patrols the area near the distant stairs and quickly spots Booker just as a police barge floats in from the left. Use Possession on the Founder just as the barge deploys its reinforcements. Head up the stairs on the right and slip into the small room where the generator is while the enthralled Founder deals with the Gun Automaton aboard the barge. Grab the Salt Phial near the door inside, and take Possession of the Gun Automaton on the barge. Open fire on it to destroy it before heading around the corner, else you could find yourself caught in crossfire between two Gun Automatons.

Round the corner and quickly head up the steps to the left as a fresh batch of Founders approaches from the right. Hit them with Devil’s Kiss and open fire with your Machine Gun before continuing around the corner to the right, toward the roof overlooking the building with the large skylights. Search the multitude of lockboxes and gather the few Salt Phials you find. Quickly use Possession on the Gun Automaton that is on the barge near the skylights below, and let it aid you in clearing the roof. Shoot out the glass skylights and jump down to the bedroom below to enter the Lansdowne Residence.

Search the Lansdowne Residence for supplies and Silver Eagles. Descend the stairs inside the house to the lower bedroom and locate the Voxophone on the bookshelf, which reveals the history behind the strange chest on the floor to the right. You can’t unlock this chest yet, but trying to yields an optional quest objective. The key to this chest is discussed later in this walkthrough.

Exit the house via the upstairs balcony and leap to the freight hook on the adjacent building. From there, target the patio outside the large building nearby and open the doors to enter the Montgomery Residence.

This building is home to the city’s underground abolitionist movement, the Columbia Friends of the Negro Society, a group of people who no doubt did not participate in today’s raffle. Make your way past the printing presses and down the hall on the right to the library. Exit through the doors on the left.

The replaying messages you’ve undoubtedly heard via the city’s public address system have put the police on alert, and Constitution Square is crawling with cops. You’ve got a fight brewing, but there’s a vending machine straight outside Montgomery Residence, to the right of the stage, that sells Health Kits and Salt if you need it. Don’t miss the Voxophone on the stage.

Take cover behind the planter and cast Possession on the Gun Automaton far in the distance. It is located on the walkway, just beyond the grassy area. This helps draw a lot of the attention away from you, making it easier to pick off the Founders one by one. Hang back until you see the Fireman, and then move into cover near the pile of crates to finish him off. Look for a chance to detonate a barrel of explosives near the Fireman, but refrain from spending Salt on Devil’s Kiss attacks aimed at the Fireman. Fire-based attacks aren’t effective against him; you’re better off opening fire with the Machine Gun. Another option is to cast Possession on him and shoot him while he’s under the effects of the Vigor. Detonate the fireworks barrel to the right of the Gun Automaton to safely destroy it once the effects of Possession wear off.

Fraternal Order of the Raven

The quiet halls of the Fraternal Order of the Raven provide a brief respite from the activity on the streets, but news of your arrival has spread here, as well. Enter the lounge to the left of the John Wilkes Booth statue, and open fire on the men inside as soon as they get to their feet. Watch out for one who may attack from the dining room on the other side of the hall. Take a moment to collect the Voxophone from atop the bar, then enter the dining hall on the opposite side of the foyer. There aren’t many enemies here, but the squawking of the crows and “Order of the Raven” banner suggest the Founders’ Lodge may attract a different clientele than expected.

Head up the stairs and through the double doors to the balcony overlooking the meeting hall. The leader of the Order of Black Raven has his audience in rapt attention, making them quite susceptible to a surprise Devil’s Kiss attack. Hurl a pair of fireballs at the crowd downstairs, then fall back and wait for the survivors to charge up the stairs. Keep the action in front of you, and cut each of the attackers down with your Machine Gun as they charge forward. Some of the Black Raven Members attack with a Machine Gun or Pistol, but most simply charge Booker’s position in hopes of landing a melee attack. On the left-hand side of the balcony, collect a small Salt Phial and Health Kit.

Danger on All Sides Exit the Montgomery Residence near the Wild West show and tend to the Founders and Gun Automatons in the area. Once done, head up the stairs near the Dollar Bill vending machine and around the corner to find this Kinetoscope.

Descend the stairs and raid the lockboxes left behind by your victims, and locate the Voxophone on the pew. The leader of the Order fled down the hall to the right, but there is an Infusion atop the altar that you shouldn’t hesitate to grab. Infusions allow you to gain a small increase to your Maximum Health, Shield capacity, or Salts capacity. The key atop the table might also be of interest to you, because it unlocks the chest found in Lansdowne Residence.

Exit the meeting hall through the doors at the end of the corridor on the right. This leads to the vacant library where several desks sit abandoned, their contents long since picked over. Enter the elevator in the library and push the button to ride it to the upper level, where a projector plays a a silent film to an invisible audience.

Locate the bookcase against the wall in the room with the projector and shove it aside (pushing only from the right) to uncover a hidden room. This secret storage room contains a new piece of Gear that grants Booker unique abilities when he wears it. The Gear that you find throughout Columbia is partially random. It is effectively divided up into various pools that become available as you progress through the story. The more powerful you are, the greater your odds of getting a more valuable piece of Gear. Booker can wear up to four pieces of Gear at any one time. However, only one piece from each of the following categories can be worn: Hats, Shirts, Boots, and Pants.

There’s a Voxophone in the room to the left, across from the hidden gear room.

Go up the stairs and continue through the doors to the sounds, and sights, of torture. The man behind the vicious act you witness is the Zealot of the Lady, a commander of crows and leader of the Order of the Black Raven. He and his followers have transformed the roof into an aviary, and it is here where you will face him.

Zealot of the Lady

Fraternal Order of the Raven: Zealot’s Vitals

Reload your Machine Gun and get ready for an attack, as the peaceful stroll through the aviary is about to be rudely interrupted. The crows you hear in the distance are drawing closer; they’re on the upper walkway to the right and about to descend. Collect the Salts Phial on the left if you need it and switch to Devil’s Kiss. Step out onto the grass in the center of the aviary while holding the Vigor button, and release it at the ground to set a trap. Walk away from it and set another where Booker stands.

The flock (a murder in zoological terms) bands together and creates the Zealot of the Lady, a dangerous entity capable of unleashing numerous flesh-eating crows on his target. With any luck, he materializes right near your trap. Open fire on the Zealot with the Machine Gun while he burns, and wait for the crows to appear and take off toward you. Back away from the second Devil’s Kiss trap you set, and bait him into it. The crows gather into the Zealot, just in time to fall victim to the second trap.

The Zealot of the Lady has far more health than a standard Founder, but not enough to withstand multiple Devil’s Kiss traps. There is an additional Salts Phial in the area, but if you are out of Salt and forced to confront the Zealot of the Lady without your Vigors, back away immediately and strafe behind cover. The key is to avoid his crows, so he can’t emerge right on top of you. The crows home in on your position and gather up, and the Zealot of the Lady then descends on you in an instant, unleashing a painful melee attack.

Quickly pick up the Murder of Crows Vigor after defeating him—you can hold the Vigor Select button down to bring up the Vigor Radial—and lay a pair of Murder of Crows traps down. Place one on either side of the statue in the center of the aviary to catch the Founders about to descend the stairs. Murder of Crows does an excellent job of debilitating enemies, making them more vulnerable to weapon fire. Finish them off with the Machine Gun or Devil’s Kiss, and head up the stairs to find another piece of Gear. This particular piece of Gear is one of five that isn’t random. You will always acquire the Burning Halo hat, which adds a 70% chance to add a blast of fire to your melee attacks!

Go to the Gondola Station

Once outside, use the freight hooks to leap across to the second house, where the open doors are, and head inside. Several cops are interviewing the man and woman of the household here, so watch your aim. The crosshairs turn green to denote an innocent target: only shoot an innocent if you wish to draw additional law enforcement to the scene. There aren’t any collectibles in this house, but you may find some Silver Eagles.

Continue across the rooftops via the freight hooks and leap to strike the enemy on the Gondola Station with a melee attack. Fight your way up the stairs, and head inside the Gondola Station entrance.

Telescope This easily overlooked Telescope is on the bow of the Founder barge to the left of the rooftops. Leap to it from the freight hook on the building before the one with the large patio.