Cheat codes: BioShock PC
April 23, 2008

Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the “DefUser.ini” file in the “release” folder in the game directory. Set a key binding to the following codes (for example, “F10=fly”). Then, press the corresponding key while playing the game to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Any active codes are disabled when a new area loads or intermission sequence plays.
| Result | Cheat Code |
| God mode | god |
| Full health | givehealth |
| Full Eve | givebioammo |
| $500 | igbigbucks |
| Disable clipping | ghost |
| Flight mode | fly |
| Disable “fly” and “ghost” codes | walk |
| Kill all enemies on level | killpawns |
| Slow motion | slomo |
| Teleport to pointer | teleport |
| Obtain indicated Plasmid or Tonic | exec Plasmid.txt |
| Commit suicide | suicide |
| Result | Value |
| Gain Armored Shell+ Tonic | GEP ArmoredBodyTwo |
| Gain Clever Inventor Tonic | GEP EfficientCrafter |
| Gain Damage Research+ Tonic | GEP DeepResearcherTwo |
| Gain Electric Flesh+ Tonic | GEP ElectricBodyTwo |
| Gain ElectroBolt++ Plasmid | GEP ElectricBoltThree |
| Gain Frozen Field+ Tonic | GEP FreezingNimbusTwo |
| Gain Human Inferno+ Tonic | GEP SuperHeatedTwo |
| Gain Hypnotize Big Daddy++ Plasmid | GEP SummonProtectorTwo |
| Gain Incinerate++ Plasmid | GEP IncinerateThree |
| Gain Insect Swarm++ Plasmid | GEP InsectSwarmPlasmidThree |
| Gain Natural Camouflage Tonic | GEP ChameleonBlood |
| Gain Photographers Eye+ Tonic | GEP EyeForDetailTwo |
| Gain Scrounger Tonic | GEP ThoroughScavenger |
| Gain Shutdown Expert+ Tonic | GEP ExtendedShutdownTwo |
| Gain Sport Boost+ Tonic | GEP FastTwitchTwo |
| Gain Static Discharge+ Tonic | GEP ChargedBurstsTwo |
| Gain Target Dummy Plasmid | GEP DecoyHuman |
| Gain Telekinesis Plasmid | GEP Telekinesis |
| Gain WinterBlast++ Plasmid | GEP IcicleAssaultThree |
| Gain Wrench Jockey+ Tonic | GEP MeleeMasterTwo |
| Gain Wrench Lurker+ Tonic | GEP SneakAttackTwo |
- 1. Security Expert: On a shelf in the Twilight Fields mortuary.
2. Speedy Hacker: In the corner of Painless Dental.
3. Wrench Jockey: In Kure All, through the crawl shaft on the floor.
4. Hacker’s Delight: Activate the furnace in the Eternal Flame Crematory.
5. Static Discharge: In the Surgery Foyer next to Steinman’s lab.
6. Eve Link: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
7. Armored Shell: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
Neptune’s Bounty
- 8. Wrench Lurker: Lower Wharf, near the edge of the walkway (after you get the camera.).
9. Focused Hacker: Inside Fontaine Fisheries, next to first pneumo tube.
10. Medical Expert: On the lower Wharf as you enter the level.
11. Extra Nutrition: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
Arcadia
- 12. Security Evasion: On the lower left area of Arcadia. It will be next to a dead Houdini Splicer that is surrounded by four Thuggish Splicers.
13. Hacking Expert: On the desk as you enter the Research Laboratories.
14. Shorten Alarms: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
15. Human Inferno: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
Farmer’s Market
16. Eve Link 2: To the left of the entrance, near the Circus Of Value and U-Invent machine
17. Photographers Eye: In the bunk of the bottom floor of the winery.
Fort Frolic
- 18. Alarm Expert: On the balcony of the fleet Hall. Jump to it from the balcony next to it.
19. Frozen Field: Search Matin Finnegan’s corpse.
20. Extra Nutrition 2: Down the stairs behind the main stairway of the main atrium near Eve’s Garden.
21. Electric Flesh: In Cohen’s dressing room. Must complete his masterpiece, then go to the room next to the upstairs projection booth.
22. Medical Expert 2: Unlocked by Sander after you complete his masterpiece.
23. Hacking Expert 2: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
24. Bloodlust: Must be invented in the U-Invent machine
25. Booze Hound: Must be invented in the U-Invent machine
26. Hacker’s Delight 2: Must be invented in the U-Invent machine
Hephaestus
- 27. Frozen Field 2: On a desk in the bottom corner of the central core.
28. Security Evasion 2: In Lower Heat Loss Monitoring on a desk.
29. Damage Research: Secret crawlspace in the back of the lower workshops.
30. Shorten Alarms 2: Geothermal core (after you deploy the bomb).
Olympus Heights
- 31. Clever Inventor: On a desk in Suchong’s Apartment.
32. Electric Flesh 2: On a desk in Fontaine’s Apartment.
33. Speedy Hacker 2: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
34. Wrench Lurker 2: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
Apollo Square
- 35. Medical Expert 3: Second floor of Suchong’s clinic.
36. Focused Hacker 2: Fourth floor of the Hestia building.
Point Prometheus
- 37. Safe Cracker 2: Autopsy room of the first floor of Little Wonders.
38. Alarm Expert 2: On a filing cabinet in Point Prometheus.
39. Damage Research 2: On a desk in the second floor library.
40. Hacker’s Delight 3: Next to Rosie helmets in Failsafe Armory.
41. Human Inferno 2: Purchased at Gatherer’s Garden
Tenenbaum Gifts
- 42. Safecracker: Rescue 6 Little sisters.
43. Armored Shell 2: Rescue 15 Little sisters.
44. Prolific Inventor: Rescue 18 Little sisters.
Research Bonuses
- 45. Natural Camoflage: Research level 2 Houdini Splicers.
46. Scrounger: Research level 2 Leadhead Splicers.
47. Sportboost: Research level 2 Thuggish Splicer.
48. Photographer’s Eye 2: Research level 2 Rosie.
49. Wrench Jockey 2: Research level 2 Bouncer.
50. Extra Nutrition 3: Research level 4 Spider Splicer.
51. Sportboost 2: Research level 4 Thuggish Splicer.
52. Static Discharge 2: Research level 4 Leadhead Splicer.
53. Security Expert 2 : Research level 2 Security Bot.
- 1: In Peach Wilkins’ hideout (Neptune’s Bounty), bottom floor. As soon as you come downstairs, it is directly in front of you.
2: On the way to Farmer’s Market in Arcadia, the station is located to the left after you go up the first stairs coming from Tree Farm.
3: Go to Winery’s basement in Farmer’s Market. There is a flooded area with one of them attached to the wall. It is in front of you when you come down the stairs; just keep going forward.
4: In Fort Frolic, from the Atrium bottom floor, go towards the bathrooms. Then, move right and follow the path until you see some small stairs to your right leading up to a door. Go inside, then go down into the basement. The basement is filled with cigars and other stuff. The upgrade station is on the wall.
5: Go to Poseidon Plaza in Fort Frolic. Go to the other end of the bottom floor (the opposite end of where you enter). Go into Sinclair Spirits (the room that has a corpse on a sort of “altar”). In the basement of this store is the station.
6: In Hephaestus Core Room, go down to the bottom floor, and run around (literary). Eventually you will see it attached to the wall.
7: In Hephaestus, Kyburz’s office. It is attached to the left wall (back turned to the entrance) in the rear of the room.
8: At the bottom floor of the Mercury Suites area, on the back of the center pillar.
9: In Sander Cohen’s secret room, in the Olympus Heights’ Mercury Suites area.
10: Go to Atlas’ Headquarters in Apollo Square (Fontaine’s Home For The Poor area). It is located on the fourth floor. Go down the stairs in the room and look to the right. The station will be in front of you.
11: When you enter Point Prometheus and chase Fontaine, eventually you will end up in a little square, and Fontaine will go behind a locked Museum door. At the opposite end of this square (from where you came) is a dead Big Daddy. Next to it is the upgrade.
12: In the Voice changing labs in Point Prometheus, one of the labs has it.
Once you get the Security Bullseye Plasmid, set off an alarm either by hacking or being spotted by a security camera. Then, throw the Security Bullseye at the Big Daddy. You may have to do this more than once depending on how much health the Big Daddy has when starting out. Try to avoid the battle because the crossfire and exploding bots will damage your health. The only problem with this technique is that once the Big Daddy is taken down, the bots will come after you. Be prepared to either run and hide, fight them off, or pay to shut them down.
# Pac-Man reference
In the Arcadia level, you will find a place that appears to be a bar. Search around a bit, and you will see a block of cheese, followed by holes. The cheese is cut like Pac-Man himself. There are holes next to it, none of which can be gun shots. If you shoot the floor with any weapon you have, the marks will not match.
# Audio Diary locations
The following is a list of all 122 Audio Diary locations:
#
Audio Diary name Speaker Location
1
New Year’s Eve Alone Diane McClintock Kashmir Bottom Floor on top of table
2
Hole in the Bathroom Wall Steve Barker Kashmir Restaurant in the “Dames” bathroom
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 near entrance on wall
6
Parasite Expectations Andrew Ryan Medical Pavilion Foyer near surgery on desk
7
Limits of Imagination Steinman Medical Pavilion Foyer by Eternal Flame’s wall
8
Love for Science Tenenbaum Medical Pavilion Foyer near health station
9
Vandalism Andrew Ryan Medical Pavilion Foyer near vending machines
10
Freezing Pipes McDonagh Medical Pavilion Foyer near bottom of stairs
11
Surgery’s Picasso Steinman Eternal Flame entrance near memorial
12
Enrage Trial Suchong Kure All corner of main room
13
Plasmids are the Paint Suchong Painless Dental desk in the corner
14
Useless Experiments Tenenbaum Dandy Dental floor near entrance
15
Testing Telekinesis Suchong Dandy Dental on the floor by Gatherer’s Garden
16
Symmetry Steinman Surgery Foyer wall by debris pile
17
Aphrodite Waking Steinman Surgery desk in northern OR
18
Not What She Wanted Steinman Surgery in the corpse on table the doctor worked on
19
Gatherer’s Vulnerability Steinman Lounge on the floor by Gatherer’s Garden
20
Bathysphere Keys Sullivan Lower Wharf under south end of the boardwalk
21
Timmy H. Interrogation Sullivan Lower Wharf in the water of the interrogation room
22
Fontaine Must Go Andrew Ryan Lower Wharf crawl under the metal grating by the pipes
23
Finding the Sea Slug Tenenbaum Upper Wharf table by the stairwell entrance
24
Masha Come Home Marista Lutz Upper Wharf floor by Little Sister
25
Picked Up Timmy H Sullivan Upper Wharf near Little Sister in the corpse
26
Watch Fontaine Andrew Ryan Upper Wharf next to the Circus of values machine
27
Have My Badge Sullivan Wharfmaster’s Office on desk
28
Adam Discovery Tenenbaum Upper Wharf in crate below the wharfmaster’s office
29
Eden Leaking McDonagh Upper Wharf hallway going towards Jet Postal
30
Fontaine’s Smugglers Tenenbaum Jet Postal bench in glass tube
31
Death Penalty in Rapture Andrew Ryan Jet Postal desk by vending machine
32
Smuggling Ring Sullivan Fighting McDonagh center bar table
33
Working Late Again Andrew Ryan Fighting McDonagh window bar table
34
Rapture Changing McDonagh Fighting McDonagh desk in basement office
35
Meeting Ryan McDonagh Fighting McDonagh crawl through the water filled ventilation shaft towards the Gene Bank
36
Arresting Fontaine McDonagh Fighting McDonagh room #6 upstairs
37
Saw Masha Today Marista Lutz Fighting McDonagh room #7 upstairs
38
Putting the Screws On Peach Wilkins Freezer Bottom Floor next to safe
39
Meeting With Fontaine Peach Wilkins Storage Cave ground by crates
40
Kraut Scientist Frank Fontaine Control Room Lower Floor in locked storage cave
41
Offered a Deal Peach Wilkins Submarine Bay on dock towards Arcadia
42
Seeing Ghosts McDonagh Tea Garden floor left of entrance
43
Mass Producting Adam Tenenbaum Tea Garden floor near chairs
44
Big Night Out Dieter Sonnekalb Tea Garden floor near ghost bench
45
Arcadia Closed Langford Tea Garden desk near Gene Bank
46
The Market is Patient Andrew Ryan Waterfall Grottos bench near U-Invent
47
Early Tests Promising Langford Waterfall Grottos near water wheel
48
Offering a Better Product Andrew Ryan Waterfall Grottos near water wheel
49
Heroes and Criminals Diane McClintock Waterfall Grottos in locked machinery room
50
Shouldn’t Have Come Mariska Lutz Lower Rolling Hills bench near stairs
51
The Saturnine Langford Lower Rolling Hills cave behind waterfall
52
Arcadia and Oxygen Langford Tree Farm near crate at entrance
53
What Won’t They Steal Langford Research Laboratories near entrance
54
Teaching an Old Hound Langford Research Laboratories table in second room
55
Lazarus Vector Langford Langford’s Office in Julie Langford’s body
56
Lazarus Vector Formula Langford Langford’s Office in Julie’s wall safe
57
Maternal Instinct Tenenbaum Tree Farm on the steps towards Farmer’s Market
58
Bee Enzyme Tasha Denu Farmers Market ground near pneumo tube
59
First Encounter Andrew Ryan Farmers Market near Bouncer corpse
60
Hatred Tenenbaum Farmers Market lower storage room desk
61
Desperate Times Andrew Ryan Farmers Market near freezer crawlspace
62
Pulling Together Andrew Ryan Farmers Market on meat market counter
63
Water in Wine Pierre Gobbi Farmers Market near winery sign
64
Adam Explained Tenenbaum Silverwing Apiary near entrance counter
65
Functional Children Tenenbaum Winery on the back table
66
The Great Chain Andrew Ryan Arcadia Metro Station bench right of entrance
67
Musical Insult Sander Cohen Fleet Hall Theatre storage room near guitar
68
The Doubters Sander Cohen Cohen’s Collection downstairs table
69
Come to the Record Store Cobb Southern Mall on table outside of the restroom
70
The Wild Bunny Sander Cohen Sophia Salon in closet behind counter
71
Artist’s Feud Sullivan Cocktail Lounge above the bar safe
72
Fancy Cigarettes Albert Milonakis Le Marquis D’Epogue downstairs near corpse
73
The Iceman Cometh Martin Finnegan Frozen Tunnel left of entrance hall
74
Stood Up Again Diane McClintock Upper Atrium top of stairs near Fleet Hall’s entrance
75
Guns Blazing McDonagh Robertson’s Tobaccoria table near entrance
76
Pregnancy Jasmine Jolene Eve’s Garden under bed behind stage
77
It’s All Grift Hector Rodriguez Eve’s Garden on the bar
78
Fontaine’s Army McDonagh Sir-Prize left of stairs in crate
79
Bumb Culpepper? Sullivan Pharoah’s Fortune on pool table upstairs
80
Ryan’s Stableboy Anna Culpepper Rapture Records behind entrance counter
81
Requiem for Andrew Ryan Sander Cohen Projection Booth on office table
82
Ryan Takes F Futuristics McDonagh Hephaestus Bathysphere St. crate near the Circus of Values machine
83
Scooping the Gate Kyburz Outside Ryan’s Office near the Circus of Values machine
84
Stopping Ryan McDonagh Ryan’s Office first corpse on right
85
Going to Heat Loss Anya Andersdotter Outside Ryan’s Office forth corpse on right
86
A Man or a Parasite Andrew Ryan Hephaestus Core desk outside of bunks
87
Fontaine’s Legacy McDonagh Hephaestus Core near Vita-Chamber on the walkway
88
Assassin Anya Andersdotter Hephaestus Core near Gatherer’s Garden
89
Kyburz Door Code Pablo Navarro Heat Loss Monitoring floor in the corner
90
Genetic Arms Race McDonagh Lower Heat Loss Monitoring on desk in flooded area
91
Getting a Break Pablo Navarro Lower Heat Loss Monitoring on desk near tonic
92
Impossible Anywhere Else Andrew Ryan Hephaestus Core desk at bottom walkway
93
Running Short on R-34s Pablo Navarro Hephaestus Core desk outside the Workshops entrance
94
Device Almost Finished Kyburz Lower Workshops office desk at bottom of the stairs
95
Great Chain Moves Slowly Andrew Ryan Kyburz’s Office desk in back of room
96
The Dream Kyburz Lower Workshops corpse in middle of room
97
Assembling the Bomb Kyburz Lower Workshops secret crawlspace desk
98
Market Maintenance Code Pablo Navarro Lower Workshops crawlspace under stairs
99
The Vita Chamber Suchong Control Room desk left of entrance
100
Mind Control Test Suchong Control Room on table beneath photos
101
Baby Status Suchong Control Room on table beneath photos
102
Mozart of Genetics Suchong Olympus Heights Bistro Square snack bar
103
Artist Woman Sullivan Culpepper’s Apartment main room’s corner table
104
Fontaine’s Homan Jukebox Suchong Suchong’s Apartment on floor in south room
105
Mind Control Antidote Suchong Suchong’s Apartment on desk next to tonic
106
Fontaine’s Breakup Paparazzi Mercury Suites near U-Invent machine on the walkway
107
Sad Saps Frank Fontaine Fontaine’s Apartment coffee table near cigars
108
What’s Happening Here? Diane McClintock Apollo Square on the ground near Circus of Values
109
Atlas Lives Diane McClintock Apollo Square near Gatherer’s Garden
110
Protection Bond Suchong Artemis Suites Suchong’s office floor
111
Meeting Atlas Diane McClintock Hestia Chambers right of entrance
112
The Longest Con Frank Fontaine Atlas’ Headquarters on desk next of tonic
113
Today’s Raid Diane McClintock Atlas’ Headquarters in corpse near the safe
114
Changing Employers Suchong Main Hall melt the ice, enter the closet upstairs, search the trash can
115
Why Just Girls? Tenenbaum Atrium Balcony on desk in second floor of orphanage
116
Extra Munitions Suchong Plasmid Prototyping ground near RPG turret
117
Marketing Gold Andrew Ryan Test Subject Storage on machine in right part of room near water
118
Missing Boots Suchong Candidate Conversion Area desk in back of room
119
Protector Smell Suchong Suit Assembly machinery 2nd floor SW
120
Protecting Little Ones Suchong Suit Assembly desk 2nd floor SE room
121
Mistakes Andrew Ryan Suit Assembly near the Gene Bank
122
Cheap Son of a Bitch Suchong Suchong’s small storage area desk
