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BioShock: The Collection eGuide Bioshock Achievement & Trophy Guide

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Little Sister Savior 100 Silver Complete the game without harvesting any Little Sisters. You may want to save this Achievement/Trophy for a second play-through, since rescuing all of the Little Sisters makes the early part of the game much more difficult as you make do with less ADAM. That said, Tenenbaum makes sure to have the Little Sisters give you a reward consisting of 200 Adam and a new plasmid or tonic for every three Little Sisters you rescue. Rescue all 21 Little Sisters in Rapture without harvesting any of them to earn this Achievement/Trophy.
Tonic Collector 50 Bronze Collect or Invent 53 Tonics in the Physical, Engineering, and Combat tracks. Collecting all 53 Physical, Engineering, and Combat Tonics takes some planning. For starters, you have to rescue all of the Little Sisters, as several of the tonics can only be obtained by earning rewards from Tenenbaum. Additionally, you have to be a master photographer and thoroughly research each species of Splicer so as to earn the tonics gained through research bonuses. And speaking of being thorough, you also need to search far and wide throughout Rapture to find the tonics located off the beaten track. The maps in the “City Directory” portion of this book will help you find all of the ones scattered about the environment. Lastly, spend your Adam wisely. Limit the amount of Health and EVE Upgrades you purchase and don’t try to collect every plasmid—there is no Achievement / Trophy for collecting every plasmid. Focus your Adam spending on the plasmids that you use the most—Incinerate and Electro Bolt for example­—and instead purchase every tonic that becomes available. The “Evolve Today” chapter will help you differentiate by name so you don’t accidentally buy a plasmid thinking it’s a tonic. Follow these tips and you should unlock this Achievement / Trophy by the end of the game.
Historian 50 Silver Find every audio diary. There are 122 Audio Diaries scattered throughout Rapture and you must pick up each and every one of them to unlock this Achievement / Trophy. The following table lists all Audio Diaries with a brief description of their locations. Each of these Audio Diaries is also marked on the maps in the walkthrough.
Seriously Good at This 40 Bronze Complete the game on the hardest difficulty setting. This Achievement / Trophy is exactly what the description says. Complete the game on the hardest difficulty setting to prove to the masses that you are indeed a skilled member of the Cult of Rapture.
Dealt With Every Little Sister 40 Bronze Either harvest or rescue every Little Sister in the game. Most every chapter in the game has two or three Little Sisters located somewhere in the area. Use the Pause Menu to keep track of how many are in the area with you and to see how many you have dealt with thus far. The “City Directory” portion of this guidebook contains detailed tactics for isolating each Little Sister in the game. There are 21 Little Sisters in total. Whether you harvest or rescue them doesn’t matter for this Achievement / Trophy, you just have to do one or the other.
Lucky Winner 10 Bronze Hit the jackpot at a slot machine. There are two slot machines near the entrance to Fort Frolic. Collect 100 or more dollars and save your progress in front of the so-called one-armed bandits. Each pull of the slot machine costs $10, but there are three ways to win your money back. Three Apples are worth $25, two Dollar Signs and a Clown are worth $50, and three Dollar Signs are worth $250. In order to unlock this Achievement / Trophy you must get three Dollar Signs and win the full $250 jackpot. Continue trying the slot machine over and over until you either win the jackpot or run out of money. Should you run out of money, simply load your game save and try again. Your fortune relies on the whimsical nature of Lady Luck, so cross your fingers, think happy thoughts, and you just might earn this Achievement / Trophy in five to ten minutes.
Irony 10 Bronze The player has taken a picture of Sander Cohen’s corpse. Killing Sander Cohen is completely optional, as the player is free to leave Fort Frolic once Cohen’s Masterpiece has been completed. However, to earn this Achievement / Trophy, simply chase after Sander Cohen with the Electro Bolt 2 plasmid and either Antipersonnel Auto Rounds or Electric Buck. You can even use Enrage to have a Big Daddy help you take him out. Take a photo of his corpse once he’s dead and then put the Muse Key to use in the Atrium to get the rest of his precious items.
Found Cohen’s Room 10 Bronze The player has entered Sander Cohen’s Bedroom. In order to enter Sander Cohen’s Bedroom in Olympus Heights, you first must refrain from killing him in Fort Frolic. Instead, enter his apartment in Olympus Heights and take a moment to watch the dancers near the piano. Sander Cohen will tell you to not interrupt them, but you must do exactly that. Take your research photos, then unload on the two of them with a pair of Frag Grenades. This will anger Cohen and he’ll leave his locked bedroom to attack. Use Winter Blast 3 and Frag Grenades to kill him. Now you can take the Muse Key (which unlocks the other display case in Fort Frolic’s Atrium) and enter his bedroom, as the door is now unlocked. Head up the stairs in his bedroom to find numerous bottles of Absinthe, some items and ammo and a Power to the People machine.
Toaster in the Tub 10 Bronze Shock an enemy in the water. There are plenty of opportunities in the game to earn this Achievement / Trophy, but the first and most obvious place to do so is while in the lower level of the Kashmir Restaurant during the “Welcome to Rapture” level. Fire Electro Bolt at the water that the two Splicers are standing in after exiting the kitchen.
PS4 only
brass balls Gold Complete the game on Hard difficulty without using a Vita-Chamber. This Achievement / Trophy isn’t as hard to earn as you might think. Although Hard mode is certainly not that easy, the ability to save and load your progress as often as you want lessens the impact of not being able to use a Vita-Chamber.
a man chooses Gold Complete the game on Survivor difficulty. Survivor is a brand-new tough-as-nails difficulty setting introduced just for the PS4 version of the game. Do you have what it takes to conquer Rapture in its most brutal form? Save frequently, reload after every firefight, and collect as many First Aid Kits and EVE Hypos as possible.
i choose the impossible Gold Complete the game on Survivor without using a Vita-Chamber. If you thought the “Brass Balls” Achievement / Trophy was hard to earn, wait till you try your hand at this one! The best advice we can give those who attempt to earn this Achievement / Trophy is to save and save often. Create a wealth of game save slots and rotate through them after every successful firefight. Don’t wait till you die to reload a previous save file. Instead, you’re going to need to reload whenever you waste health or ammo. Every shot counts!
platinum trophy Platinum Collected all other Bioshock Trophies. Well, the description pretty much covers it. Have fun.

Audio Diary Locations

No.TitleAuthorLocation
1 New Year’s Eve Alone Diane McClintock Kashmir Bottom Floor, on table.
2 Hole in the Bathroom Wall Steve Barker Kashmir Restaurant, in “Dames” restroom.
3 Released Today Diane McClintock Medical Pavilion Foyer, on the reception desk.
4 Adam’s Changes Steinman Emergency Access, on the desk.
5 Higher Standards Steinman Medical Pavilion Foyer, on the wall near the entrance.
6 Parasite Expectations Andrew Ryan Medical Pavilion Foyer, on the reception desk near surgery.
7 Limits of Imagination Steinman Medical Pavilion Foyer, on wall near hall towards Eternal Flame.
8 Love for Science Tenenbaum Medical Pavilion Foyer, in lobby near Health Station.
9 Vandalism Andrew Ryan Medical Pavilion Foyer, near vending machines.
10 Freezing Pipes McDonagh Medical Pavilion Foyer, near base of stairs.
11 Surgery’s Picasso Steinman Eternal Flame, in the entrance room near the memorial.
12 Enrage Trial Suchong Kure All, on the floor in the corner of the main room.
13 Plasmids are the Paint Suchong Painless Dental, on the desk in the corner near the stuffed bear.
14 Useless Experiments Tenenbaum Dandy Dental, on the floor near the entrance to the offices.
15 Testing Telekinesis Suchong Dandy Dental, on the floor near the Gatherer’s Garden vending machine.
16 Symmetry Steinman Surgery Foyer, on the wall beyond the pile of debris.
17 Aphrodite Waking Steinman Surgery, on a desk in the operating room to the north.
18 Not What She Wanted Steinman Surgery, search the corpse that Dr. Steinman was operating on.
19 Gatherer’s Vulnerability Steinman Lounge, on ground near Gatherer’s Garden vending machine.
20 Bathysphere Keys Sullivan Lower Wharf, under the boardwalk on the south end of the wharf.
21 Timmy H. Interrogation Sullivan Lower Wharf, in the interrogation room in the water.
22 Fontaine Must Go Andrew Ryan Lower Wharf, crawl under the metal grating near the pipes.
23 Finding the Sea Slug Tenenbaum Upper Wharf, on the table across from stairwell entrance.
24 Masha Come Home Mariska Lutz Upper Wharf, on floor in corner where Little Sister was.
25 Picked Up Timmy H. Sullivan Upper Wharf, search the corpse in the corner near Little Sister.
26 Watch Fontaine Andrew Ryan Upper Wharf, next to Circus of Values machine.
27 Have My Badge Sullivan Wharf Master’s Office, on the desk in the office.
28 Adam Discovery Tenenbaum Upper Wharf, in a crate below the ledge in the Wharfmaster’s office.
29 Eden Leaking McDonagh Upper Wharf, in hallway on way to Jet Postal.
30 Fontaine’s Smugglers Tenenbaum Jet Postal, on the bench in the glass tube.
31 Death Penalty in Rapture Andrew Ryan Jet Postal, on the desk near the vending machine.
32 Smuggling Ring Sullivan Fighting McDonagh, on the bar table near the center of the room.
33 Working Late Again Andrew Ryan Fighting McDonagh, on a bar table near the windows.
34 Rapture Changing McDonagh Fighting McDonagh, on the desk in the large office in the basement.
35 Meeting Ryan McDonagh Fighting McDonagh, crawl through the water-filled ventilation back towards the Gene Bank and entrance.
36 Arresting Fontaine McDonagh Fighting McDonagh, in room #6 upstairs.
37 Saw Masha Today Mariska Lutz Fighting McDonagh, in room #7 upstairs.
38 Putting the Screws On Peach Wilkins Freezer Bottom Floor, in the freezer next to the safe.
39 Meeting With Fontaine Peach Wilkins Storage Cave, on the ground near the numerous crates.
40 Kraut Scientist Frank Fontaine Control Room, in the locked storage cave on the lower floor.
41 Offered a Deal Peach Wilkins Submarine Bay, on the dock leading towards Arcadia.
42 Seeing Ghosts McDonagh Tea Garden, on the ground off to the left.
43 Mass Producing Adam Tenenbaum Tea Garden, on the ground near chairs.
44 Big Night Out Dieter Sonnekalb Tea Garden, on the ground near the park bench and ghosts.
45 Arcadia Closed Langford Tea Garden, up the stairs on the desk near the Gene Bank.
46 The Market is Patient Andrew Ryan Waterfall Grottos, on the park bench near the U-Invent machine of the upper level.
47 Early Tests Promising Langford Waterfall Grottos, near the water wheel in the lower level.
48 Offer a Better Product Andrew Ryan Waterfall Grottos, on the lower level near the waterwheel.
49 Heroes and Criminals Diane McClintock Waterfall Grottos, in the locked machinery room atop the stairs.
50 Shouldn’t Have Come Mariska Lutz Lower Rolling Hills, on the bench near the stairs.
51 The Saturnine Langford Lower Rolling Hills, in the cave behind the waterfall.
52 Arcadia and Oxygen Langford Tree Farm, near the crate on the landing near entrance.
53 What Won’t They Steal Langford Research Laboratories, just inside the entrance.
54 Teaching an Old Hound Langford Research Laboratories, on the table inside the second room.
55 Lazarus Vector Langford Langford’s Office, search Julie Langford’s body.
56 Lazarus Vector Formula Langford Langford’s Office, inside the wall safe in Julie’s lab.
57 Maternal Instinct Tenenbaum Tree Farm, on the steps heading to Farmer’s Market.
58 Bee Enzyme Tasha Denu Farmer’s Market Entrance, on the ground near the pneumo tube.
59 First Encounter Andrew Ryan Farmer’s Market, near the Bouncer corpse in the lower storage room.
60 Hatred Tenenbaum Farmer’s Market, on a desk in the lower storage room.
61 Desperate Times Andrew Ryan Farmer’s Market, in the crawlspace that links to the freezer.
62 Pulling Together Andrew Ryan Farmer’s Market, on the counter of the meat market.
63 Water in Wine Pierre Gobbi Farmer’s Market, upstairs near large winery sign.
64 Adam Explained Tenenbaum Silverwing Apiary, on the counter near the entrance.
65 Functional Children Tenenbaum Winery, on a table in the rear of the room.
66 The Great Chain Andrew Ryan Arcadia Metro Station, on the bench to the right of the entrance.
67 Musical Insult Sander Cohen Fleet Hall Theatre, upstairs storage room near the guitar.
68 The Doubters Sander Cohen Cohen’s Collection, on the table downstairs.
69 Come to the Record Store Cobb Southern Mall, outside the restroom, on the table near the alcohol.
70 The Wild Bunny Sander Cohen Sophia Salon, in the closet around back of the counter.
71 Artist’s Feud Sullivan Cocktail Lounge, on the bar above the safe.
72 Fancy Cigarettes Albert Milonakis Le Marquis D’Epogue, in the downstairs humidor near the corpse.
73 The Iceman Cometh Martin Finnegan Frozen Tunnel, in the entrance corridor on the left-hand side.
74 Stood Up Again Diane McClintock Upper Atrium, at the top of the stairs near the entrance to Fleet Hall.
75 Guns Blazing McDonagh Robertson’s Tobaccoria, on the table just inside the main door.
76 Pregnancy Jasmine Jolene Eve’s Garden, under the bed in the room behind the stage.
77 It's All Grift Hector Rodriguez Eve's Garden, on the bar.
78 Fontaine’s Army McDonagh Sir-Prize, in a crate on the floor to the left of the stairs.
79 Bump Culpepper? Sullivan Pharaoh’s Fortune, on a pool table upstairs.
80 Ryan’s Stableboy Anna Culpepper Rapture Records, behind the counter inside the entrance.
81 Requiem for Andrew Ryan Sander Cohen Projection Booth, on the table in the office.
82 Ryan Takes F Futuristics McDonagh Hephaestus Bathysphere Station, in a crate near the Circus of Values machine.
83 Scoping the Gate Kyburz Outside Ryan’s office, near the Circus of Values machine.
84 Stoppng Ryan McDonagh Ryan’s Office, search the first corpse on the right-hand side.
85 Going to Heat Loss Anya Andersdotter Outside Ryan’s Office, search the fourth corpse on the right-hand side.
86 A Man or a Parasite Andrew Ryan Hephaestus Core, on the desk outside the room with the bunks.
87 Fontaine’s Legacy McDonagh Hephaestus Core, on the edge of the walkway, near the Vita-Chamber
88 Assassin Anya Andersdotter Hepheastus Core, near the Gatherer’s Garden.
89 Kyburz Door Code Pablo Navarro Heat Loss Monitoring, on the floor in the corner.
90 Genetic Arms Race McDonagh Lower Heat Loss Monitoring, on the desk in the flooded area.
91 Getting a Break Pablo Navarro Lower Heat Loss Monitoring, on the desk near the tonic.
92 Impossible Anywhere Else Andrew Ryan Hephaestus Core, at the very bottom walkway, on the desk.
93 Running Short on R-34s Pablo Navarro Hephaestus Core, on the desk outside the entrance to the Workshops.
94 Device Almost Finished Kyburz Lower Workshops, on the desk in the office at bottom of stairs.
95 Great Chain Moves Slowly Andrew Ryan Kyburz’s Office, on the desk in the back of the room.
96 The Dream Kyburz Lower Workshops, search the corpse lying in the center of the floor.
97 Assembling the Bomb Kyburz Lower Workshops, on the desk in the secret crawlspace office.
98 Market Maintenance Code Pablo Navarro Lower Workshops, in the crawlspace that leads under the stairs.
99 The Vita Chamber Suchong Control Room, on the desk to the left of the entrance.
100 Mind Control Test Suchong Control Room, on the table beneath the clippings and photos.
101 Baby Status Suchong Control Room, on the table beneath the clippings and photos.
102 Mozart of Genetics Suchong Olympus Heights, in the Bistro Square snack bar.
103 Artist Woman Sullivan Culpepper’s Apartment, on the corner table just inside the main room.
104 Fontaine’s Human Jukebox Suchong Suchong’s Apartment, on the floor in the southernmost room.
105 Mind Control Antidote Suchong Suchong’s Apartment, on his desk next to the tonic.
106 Fontaine’s Breakup Paparazzi Mercury Suites, on the upper walkway near the U-Invent machine.
107 Sad Saps Frank Fontaine Fontaine’s Apartment, on the coffee table near his collection of cigars.
108 What’s Happening Here? Diane McClintock Apollo Square, on the ground near the Circus of Values machine.
109 Atlas Lives Diane McClintock Apollo Square, near the Gatherer’s Garden machine.
110 Protection Bond Suchong Artemis Suites, on the floor of Suchong’s office in the clinic.
111 Meeting Atlas Diane McClintock Hestia Chambers, just inside the entrance on the right.
112 The Longest Con Frank Fontaine Atlas’ Headquarters, right on the desk next to the tonic.
113 Today’s Raid Diane McClintock Atlas’ Headquarters, search the corpse near the safe in the corner.
114 Changing Employers Suchong Main Hall, melt the ice to enter the closet upstairs and search the trash can.
115 Why Just Girls? Tenenbaum Atrium Balcony, on the desk in the second floor of the orphanage.
116 Extra Munitions Suchong Plasmid Prototyping, on the ground next to the RPG Turret.
117 Marketing Gold Andrew Ryan Test Subject Storage, on a machine on the right-hand side of the room near the cascading water.
118 Missing Boots Suchong Candidate Conversion area, on a desk in the rear of the room.
119 Protector Smell Suchong Suit Assembly, on the machinery in the second floor southwest room.
120 Protecting Little Ones Suchong Suit Assembly, on a desk in the southeast room upstairs.
121 Mistakes Andrew Ryan Suit Assembly, near the Gene Bank machine.
122 Cheap Son of a Bitch Suchong Storage, on a desk in the small storage area of Suit Assembly.