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3. WALKTHROUGH [c03]
BioShock

3. WALKTHROUGH [c03]

Complete BioShock walkthrough covering the Plane Crash and Welcome to Rapture sections, including finding your first plasmid and weapons.

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Complete BioShock walkthrough covering the Plane Crash and Welcome to Rapture sections, including finding your first plasmid and weapons.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After a cutscene (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically) (an in-game cinematic) of a plane crash, you wake up in the ocean. Avoid flames and swim towards a lighthouse-like structure.
  2. 2
    Climb the stairs, enter the structure, and go down the stairs at the back.
  3. 3
    Enter the bathysphere (a primitive submarine-type device), pull the lever, and enjoy the ride into Rapture.
  4. 4
    Upon arrival, pick up the radio to the left of the door to receive a transmission from Atlas.
  5. 5
    Proceed forward from the bathysphere, turn left, and go up the stairs.
  6. 6
    Turn left, watch a splicer (an enemy) get hit by a security system.
  7. 7
    Jump over debris by pressing Y, then press A to pick up the highlighted wrench.
  8. 8
    Use the wrench to smash the debris blocking the door, then crouch under the door by clicking LS (left stick).
  9. 9
    A splicer will throw a flaming couch; move out of the way.
  10. 10
    Continue up the stairs. The splicer will charge; defeat it with the wrench.
  11. 11
    Turn left, head up the stairs on the back wall.
  12. 12
    At the top, find a Gatherer's Garden machine with a free Electrobolt plasmid. Pick it up; a cutscene will play.
  13. 13
    After waking up with the Electrobolt plasmid, search the room.
  14. 14
    Use the Electrobolt plasmid on the sparking lever next to the door to open it.
  15. 15
    Walk into the tunnel and go up into the plane wreckage through the emergency exit to continue.
  16. 16
    Go to the end of the tunnel and through the Securis door into a large room.
  17. 17
    Near a leaking window on the right, find a corpse with an EVE hypo (a health/resource item). Another hypo is in the left wing.
  18. 18
    Wait for a splicer to enter the room and kill it, ideally using Electrobolt followed by the wrench.
  19. 19
    Continue through the airlock door that opens after the fight.
  20. 20
    Head up the stairs into the lobby and kill the flaming splicer.
  21. 21
    Go through the sliding doors and take the open elevator up. A quest arrow (a waypoint (a marker on your map you've manually placed as a destination) on your minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen) or HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap)) will now direct you.
  22. 22
    Head right and kill the splicer near the stroller.
  23. 23
    Pick up the revolver in the stroller.
  24. 24
    Walk through the doors into the Kashmir restaurant.
  25. 25
    OPTIONAL: Go down the stairs to the right. Kill the splicer trying to get through a door, and the one who opens it to investigate.
  26. 26
    Search the room behind the opened door for money and other items.
  27. 27
    Return to the main area. Hit the pool of water by the window with Electrobolt to electrocute two splicers, earning the "Toaster in the Tub" achievement for 10 GP.
  28. 28
    Find the audio-diary (New Year's Eve Alone) on a table.
  29. 29
    Head back up the stairs.
  30. 30
    Turn right and enter the bathrooms. Kill any splicers.
  31. 31
    In the women's bathroom, a ghost scene occurs. Find the audio-diary (Hole in Bathroom Wall) on rubble at the end.
  32. 32
    Enter the men's room and go through the hole in the wall of the last stall.
  33. 33
    Cross over a lighting fixture to a balcony.
  34. 34
    A radio transmission from Atlas will play about a little sister.
Tips
  • Always check every container and corpse for useful items.
  • The game environment is dynamic; enemies may not appear in the exact same locations as described.
  • Use the Electrobolt plasmid combined with melee attacks (like the wrench) for effective combat against early enemies.
  • The quest arrow will guide you to your next objective.

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