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Plasmid List
In the "First Found" column, the abbreviation GGM means you can buy the plasmid at Gatherer's Garden machines, starting in the game region listed. If a plasmid is lying around, free for the taking, the "First Found" column will list the game region name followed by the name of the goal you're working on when you find the plasmid.
Plasmid First Found Effect ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyclone Trap GGM Pauper's Drop Place traps that can shoot splicers up into the air and damage them. Cyclone Trap 2 GGM Siren Alley Charge cyclone traps with various plasmids. Cyclone Trap 3 GGM Dionysus Park Place cyclone traps on walls and ceilings. Decoy GGM Pauper's Drop Place a decoy to draw attacks away from you. Decoy 2 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Decoys reflect damage back at enemies. Decoy 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Decoys give you health as they reflect damage back at enemies. Electro Bolt Adonis Luxury Resort, Zap enemies and security devices to briefly paralyze "Find a Way Out of Here" them. Zap enemies who are in water for a longer- lasting effect plus increased damage. Electro Bolt 2 GGM Pauper's Drop Use charge-up mode to get a chain lightning effect that can hit multiple enemies. Electro Bolt 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Regular attacks do chain lightning, and charge-up mode creates a continuous electrical storm. Hypnotize Pauper's Drop, Makes splicers attack each other. "Clear the Rubble at the Sinclair Deluxe" Hypnotize 2 GGM Siren Alley Use charge-up mode to befriend enemies. (Won't work on big daddies or brute splicers.) Hypnotize 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Charge-up mode now works on big daddies and brute splicers. (Though note that big daddies always turn hostile when the effect wears off.) Incinerate! GGM Ryan Amusements Hit enemies to set them on fire, starting a slow damage-over-time effect. Also, hit oil spills to ignite them, explosive barrels and gas cylinders to blow them up, and chunks of ice to melt them. Incinerate! 2 GGM Siren Alley Use charge-up mode to get a fire bomb that can set multiple enemies on fire at once. Incinerate! 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Regular attacks do fire bombs, and charge-up mode causes an eruption of continuous flame. Insect Swarm GGM Siren Alley Release a swarm of insects that seek enemies. Insect Swarm 2 GGM Dionysus Park Swarms split in two and seek separate targets. Insect Swarm 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Proximity-triggered swarm "bombs" can be set on dead enemies. Scout GGM Siren Alley Scout ahead using an invisible "double." Scout 2 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Scouts can use plasmids and hack machines. Security Command Siren Alley, Use this on an enemy to get all nearby security "Find Pumping Station #5" devices (both hacked and unhacked) to target him. Security Command 2 GGM Dionysus Park Use charge-up mode to summon a pre-hacked security bot. Security Command 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Summoned security bots will all be elite bots. Summon Eleanor Persephone Outer, Summon Eleanor to do most or all of your fighting "Pick up the Summon Eleanor for you. She can easily thrash even the most Plasmid" powerful of foes. Telekinesis The Atlantic Express, Use to pull items to you, then drop them gently or "Get to Brigid Tenenbaum" throw them with great force. You can throw items (incl. explosive items) at enemies or trap spears, plus you can catch and return things that enemies throw at you. You can also pull supplies that you can see, but not reach, to you. Telekinesis 2 GGM Pauper's Drop Throw objects with more force, thereby causing more damage. Telekinesis 3 GGM Inner Persephone Pick up smaller foes and throw them while they're still alive. Winter Blast GGM Pauper's Drop Use to freeze foes and then shatter them. Use on unhacked machines to make the hacking needle move a little slower. Winter Blast 2 GGM Siren Alley Use charge-up mode to freeze enemies longer in an ice block. Winter Blast 3 GGM Fontaine Futuristics Regular attacks create ice blocks, and charge-up mode lets you freeze and shatter multiple enemies with an icicle attack.
