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Bioshock 2 Hints

Search the Pawn Shop Downtown for the Research Camera.

  • 1 of 7: Check around the currently accessible areas of the hotel for supplies before leaving.
  • 2 of 7: Back in the diner area, go south to the Gatherer's Garden machine. Turn right and go down the steps to find a bottle of moonshine next to a butterfly sign, then check the base of the nearby wall vent for a creme-filled cake.
  • 3 of 7: Look on the left past the next set of steps for a storage crate and an EVE hypo, but don't go any distance at all past them yet. When you do, a powerful brute splicer will appear in the area ahead and attack.
  • 4 of 7: After he's down, search him for items, then look around the downtown area for more supplies.
  • 5 of 7: The pawn shop's door is just south of the health station. Move up to it to get your next goal.
  • 6 of 7: Exactly which goal you get will depend on how much you've already done toward obtaining the clinic door's keycode. If you explored the interior of the diner, you may already have it.
  • 7 of 7: Do whichever of the goals listed below you need to, after which this will turn into the "Retrieve the Research Camera from the Pawn Shop" goal.