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Bioshock 2 Hints

Diner Area Tips

  • 1 of 16: As you enter the diner area, a brute splicer will throw an explosive barrel at a couple of other splicers. Don't try to shoot any of them -- just hang back and watch until the brute splicer leaves.
  • 2 of 16: Loot the two dead splicers, then go over to the right (west) side of the diner.
  • 3 of 16: Look for a splicer on the roof of the flower shop ahead as you move along the diner's side. Shoot him down, then go around to where you can hack the security camera from beneath it.
  • 4 of 16: Go past the camera and on along the side of the diner until you find a splicer with a hacked security bot. Quickly shoot the splicer down, then hack his bot if you don't currently have two with you.
  • 5 of 16: Go back the way you came to find an ammo vending machine to hack. Near it is a Gatherer's Garden machine, but you'll probably have to wait until later to buy anything from it.
  • 6 of 16: East of the ammo machine, look for a trash can near the bot shutdown panel.
  • 7 of 16: Look under the big ramp that leads onto the diner's roof to find a remote hack dart, then deactivate your security bots before going up the ramp.
  • 8 of 16: Turn left past the top of the ramp and get out Electro Bolt. There's an SMG turret just around the corner past the oil spill, and you'll want to quickly zap and hack it.
  • 9 of 16: Look near it for a storage crate and a box of buck, then run across the nearby bridge to reach the roof of the flower shop. There, you can loot the splicer you shot earlier, get the Hacker's Delight tonic, search a storage crate, and get an audio diary.
  • 10 of 16: Get back on the bridge and look to the right of the big advertising sign that's on top of the flower shop to find an EVE hypo that you can pull in with Telekinesis.
  • 11 of 16: Return to the diner's roof, then go down the ramp and reactive your bots. Go north from the ramp to find some trap rivets near a dead rosie.
  • 12 of 16: There's a money clip next to a barrel that's just to the right of the rosie, and a trash can a ways to the right of that.
  • 13 of 16: Hack the vending machine that's near the area's NW corner, then look a bit to the right of it for a corpse.
  • 14 of 16: Look up at the big "TO ALL TRAINS" sign that's above the doorway you entered the area through to see a pack of heavy rivets you can pull in with Telekinesis.
  • 15 of 16: Go south and enter the flower shop, then look around for two drawers to search, an audio diary, a remote hack dart, a storage crate, and some bandages.
  • 16 of 16: That's all for now. It's best to save the diner interior for later, and it's definitely a good idea to wait before dealing with the big daddy and little sister who are wandering around the area.