BioShock Infinite
80 Achievements
1,695
42-52h
Grand Largesse
In the Main Campaign, spent $10,000 at the vending machines of Columbia.
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How to unlock the Grand Largesse achievement in BioShock Infinite - Definitive Guide
Everything you buy in the game counts, Vigor upgrades, weapon upgrades, ammo, salt, health, ect. You don't have to grind this one out if you go around collecting money, and cracking every safe.
My advice is, hack every vendor machine you can and try to get all the safes in the game. There is usually the most amount of money in the safes. Also make sure to buy any keys you see, its usually an investment, since you don't need to accumulate 10000, buying the keys just goes towards the achievement.
If you do want to do some farming, the video is by IGN and is a way to farm money and lock-picks. This will take a while if you choose to do this method, but you eventually would get there. I recommend not doing the lock-picks and just grab the money, go back in hall, get salts, repeat.
Note: This is AFTER going through the Hall of Heroes, not before.
Also Note: There is easily over 10k money in the game, farming is not necessary if you want to explore and collect money.
According to NoHairCutIsland you can get this achievement as soon as you hit 1000$, just reload checkpoint and spend the 1000$ 10 times.
There are three types of vending machines in Columbia: the “Dollar Bill” general store, the “Minuteman’s Armoury” weapons upgrade vendor and the “Veni Vidi Vigor” Vigor upgrade store. Money spent at all three of these count towards this trophy. It is also cumulative across all playthroughs, so you should easily get this on your second run if you hadn’t already in your first.
The best way to earn $10,000 is by looting everything. Take your time to search every available container and dead enemy, and you will find your money increasing very quickly. It sounds obvious, but try not to die too often, as this results in you losing money every time. If you upgrade your weapons and Vigors frequently, as well as buying Health, Salts and Ammo supplies, this trophy will unlock before you know it.
There is no notification in-game that tells you how much you’ve spent at vending machines, but there is an exploit. Simply spend all your cash at a vending machine and reload the checkpoint. You will have all your cash again, but the amount you previously spent will still have counted. If you want to get this trophy out of the way early, keep repeating this until you’ve “spent” $10,000.