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Engineering Tonic List
In the "first found" column, the abbreviation UI means you can make the tonic at U-Invent machines, starting in the game section listed. The abbreviation GGM works similarly, and refers to Gatherer's Garden machines. If a tonic is lying around, free for the taking, the "first found" column will list the game section name followed by the name of the goal you're working on when you find the tonic.
Name First Found Effect --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alarm Expert Fort Frolic, Up to two fewer alarm tiles when hacking. "Find Cohen's Masterpiece" Alarm Expert 2 Point Prometheus, Up to four fewer alarm tiles when hacking. "Sound like a Big Daddy" Clever Inventor Olympus Heights, One fewer of each component needed when making items at "Search Suchong's Apartment" U-Invent machines. Focused Hacker Neptune's Bounty, Up to two fewer overload tiles when hacking. "Relinquish your weapons" Focused Hacker 2 Apollo Square, Up to four fewer overload tiles when hacking. "Get a Second Dose of Lot 192" Hacking Expert Arcadia, One fewer alarm tile and one fewer overload tile when "Meet Langford" hacking. Hacking Expert 2 GGM Fort Frolic Two fewer alarm tiles and two fewer overload tiles when hacking. Prolific Inventor Reward for rescuing 18 When using U-Invent machines, get twice as many items little sisters instead of each time. harvesting them Safecracker Reward for rescuing six When hacking safes and combination locks, get up to little sisters two fewer alarm and overload tiles, one less accelerate pipe tile, three more decelerate pipe tiles, and slightly slower fluid flow. Safecracker 2 Point Prometheus, When hacking safes and combination locks, get up to "Smell like a Big Daddy" four fewer alarm and overload tiles, two fewer accelerate pipe tiles, three more decelerate pipe tiles, and slower fluid flow. Security Expert Medical Pavilion, When hacking security devices, get up to two fewer "Get the key from Steinman" alarm and overload tiles, one less accelerate pipe tile, one more decelerate pipe tile, and slightly slower fluid flow. Security Expert 2 Second security bot When hacking security devices, get up to four fewer research bonus alarm and overload tiles, two fewer accelerate pipe tiles, three more decelerate pipe tiles, and slower fluid flow. Shorten Alarms Neptune's Bounty, Security alarms last 20 seconds less. "Return to Fontaine Fisheries" Shorten Alarms 2 Hephaestus, Security alarms last 40 seconds less. "Place the device on the Core" Speedy Hacker Medical Pavilion, Fluid flow speed is reduced by 1.5 seconds per tile "Find Telekinesis" when hacking. Speedy Hacker 2 GGM Olympus Heights Fluid flow speed is reduced by three seconds per tile when hacking.
