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7. ACHIEVEMENT INFORMATION [c07]
BioShock

7. ACHIEVEMENT INFORMATION [c07]

Unlock all 50 achievements in BioShock and earn 1000 GP. This guide details how to get every achievement, including missable ones, research, and difficulty-based rewards.

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Unlock all 50 achievements in BioShock and earn 1000 GP. This guide details how to get every achievement, including missable ones, research, and difficulty-based rewards.

BioShock features a total of 50 achievements worth 1000 gamerpoints (GP). This section details each achievement, its GP value, and the requirements to unlock it. Unless specified, all achievements must be earned within a single playthrough. This guide contains major spoilers.

Achievement List:

  1. Ammo Inventor (25 GP) - Invent all possible ammunitions: armor-piercing auto, explosive buck, anti-personnel pistol, heat-seeking RPG, trap bolt, and electric gel.
  2. Avid Inventor (10 GP) - Invent 100 separate items.
  3. Became a Big Daddy (30 GP) - Assemble all parts of the big daddy suit in Prometheus Point.
  4. Broke Fontaine's Mind Control (30 GP) - Obtain the first Lot 192 batch from Fontaine's penthouse in Olympus Heights.
  5. Bought One Slot (5 GP) - Purchase a new plasmid or gene tonic slot from a Gatherer's Garden machine.
  6. Completed Cohen's Masterpiece (30 GP) - Place all required photographs into Cohen's artwork in Fort Frolic.
  7. Completed Welcome (10 GP) - Finish the "Welcome to Rapture" level.
  8. Dealt with every Little Sister (40 GP) - Rescue or harvest every little sister in Rapture.
  9. Defeated Andrew Ryan (30 GP) - Confront Andrew Ryan in the Rapture Control level.
  10. Defeated Atlas (100 GP) - Defeat Atlas to win the game.
  11. Defeated Dr. Steinman (15 GP) - Kill Dr. Steinman in the Medical Pavilion.
  12. Defeated Peach Wilkins (15 GP) - Defeat Peach Wilkins in Neptune's Bounty.
  13. Five Fully Upgraded Weapons (10 GP) - Get both upgrades for five different weapons.
  14. Find Cohen's Room (10 GP) - Enter Cohen's secret room in Olympus Heights. Cannot be obtained if Cohen is killed in Fort Frolic.
  15. Four Fully Upgraded Weapons (10 GP) - Get both upgrades for four different weapons.
  16. Fully Researched Bouncer (10 GP) - Fully research the Bouncer.
  17. Fully Researched Gun Splicer (10 GP) - Fully research the Gun Splicer.
  18. Fully Researched Houdini Splicer (10 GP) - Fully research the Houdini Splicer.
  19. Fully Researched Little Sister (10 GP) - Fully research the Little Sister.
  20. Fully Researched Nitro Splicer (10 GP) - Fully research the Nitro Splicer.
  21. Fully Researched Rosie (10 GP) - Fully research the Rosie.
  22. Fully Researched Spider Splicer (10 GP) - Fully research the Spider Splicer.
  23. Fully Researched Thug Splicer (10 GP) - Fully research the Thug Splicer.
  24. Hacked a Safe (10 GP) - Successfully hack a safe.
  25. Hacked a Security Bot (10 GP) - Successfully hack a security bot.
  26. Hacked a Turret (10 GP) - Successfully hack a turret.
  27. Hacked a Vending Machine (10 GP) - Successfully hack a vending machine.
  28. Historian (50 GP) - Collect all 122 audio-diaries in Rapture.
  29. Irony (10 GP) - Take a photograph of Sander Cohen's corpse.
  30. Little Sister Savior (100 GP) - Complete the game without harvesting any little sisters.
  31. Lucky Winner (10 GP) - Hit the jackpot at a slot machine.
  32. Maxed All Tracks (50 GP) - Purchase all slots for plasmids and gene tonics.
  33. Maxed One Track (10 GP) - Purchase all slots for plasmids, combat gene tonics, physical gene tonics, or engineering gene tonics.
  34. One Fully Upgraded Weapon (5 GP) - Get both upgrades for one weapon.
  35. Prolific Photographer (5 GP) - Take at least one photo in all 11 research groups.
  36. Quality Research Photo (20 GP) - Take a photo that earns an "A" grade.
  37. Research PhD (20 GP) - Max out research level in all 11 categories.
  38. Researched a Splicer (5 GP) - Take a photograph of a splicer.
  39. Restored the Forest (15 GP) - Release the Lazarus Vector into the Rolling Hills from Langford's office.
  40. Seriously Good at This (40 GP) - Complete the game on hard difficulty.
  41. Skilled Hacker (40 GP) - Complete 50 successful hacks.
  42. Toaster in the Tub (10 GP) - Shock an enemy standing in water with electrobolt.
  43. Tonic Collector (50 GP) - Find, buy, and invent all 53 gene tonics.
  44. Two Fully Upgraded Weapons (5 GP) - Get both upgrades for two different weapons.
  45. Upgraded a Weapon (5 GP) - Get a weapon upgrade from a Power to the People machine.
  46. Weapon Specialist (20 GP) - Fully upgrade all weapons.

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