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Tonic Collector

Tonic Collector

Collect or Invent 53 Tonics in the Physical, Engineering and Combat tracks.

15.3%

How to unlock the Tonic Collector achievement in BioShock Remastered - Definitive Guide

This achievement is missable particularly is going for the maxed all tracks achievement.

**I CAN CONFIRM DLC TONICS COUNT TOWARDS THE TOTAL. The achievement unlocked for me in at the end of Apollo Square and there were still 4 to collect from Point Prometheus. This also occurred in the original however I thought they may have fixed it on this game, but clearly they haven't, So you have a leeway of 4 **

Managing your resources of ADAM is essential. You will only get a certain amount of ADAM in one playthrough which can be spent on other things. Try not to buy any Plasmid upgrades, Health upgrades or Eve upgrades until you have this achievement and the maxed all tracks achievement.

There are 21 Little Sisters and you get 80 ADAM for each one you rescue. You get an additional 200 ADAM each time you rescue 3 Little Sisters. That is a maximum of 3080 ADAM and you need 1360 ADAM just to buy the 16 slots required for maxed all tracks achievement.


Tonics are acquired in various way:

-9 are earned as Research rewards (Using Camera on subject)
-8 can be bought from Gatherers Gardens
-3 can be Invented at U-Invent
-3 are earned as Gifts for rescuing Little Sisters (you need all 18 to be saved)
-the other 30 are scattered throughout the whole game (check if you got them all before leaving a level to minimize backtracking)

I will now list the tonics in order they appear in the game:

Welcome to Rapture:
none

Medical Pavilion:
-Hackers Delight
-Wrench Jockey
-Speedy Hacker
-Static Discharge
-Security Expert
Buy at Gatherers:
-EVE Link
-Armored Shell 1

Neptunes Bounty:
-Medical Expert
-Shorten Alarms
-Wrench Lurker
-Focused Hacker
Gatherers: -Extra Nutrition

Smugglers Hideout:
none

Arcadia:
-Security Evasion (missable)
-Hacking Expert
Gatherers: -Human Inferno

Farmers Market:
-EVE Link 2
-Photographers Eye

Fort Frolic:
-Alarm Expert
-Extra Nutrition 2 (missable)
-Medical Expert 2
-Electric Flesh
-Frozen Field
Gatherers: -Hacking Expert 2

Hephaestus:
-Frozen Field 2
-Security Evasion 2
-Damage Research
-Shorten Alarms 2 (missable)
Gatherers: -Wrench Lurker 2

Rapture Central Controll:
none

Olympus Heights:
-Clever Inventor
-Electric Flesh 2
Gatherers: -Speedy Hacker 2

Apollo Square:
-Medical Expert 3
-Focused Hacker 2

Point Prometheus:
-Safecracker 2
-Alarm Expert 2
-Hackers Delight 3
-Damage Research 2
Gatherers: -Human Inferno 2

Proving Grounds:
none

Fontaine:
none

Research Rewards:
-Scrounger (Leadhead Splicer Level 2)
-Static Discharge 2 (Leadhead Splicer Level 4)
-Sportboost (Thuggish Splicer Level 2)
-Sportboost 2 (Thuggish Splicer Level 4)
-Natural Carmouflage (Houdini Splicer Level 2)
-Extra Nutrition 3 (Spider Splicer Level 4)
-Photographers Eye 2 (Rosie level 2)
-Security Expert 2 (Security Bot Level 2)
-Wrench Jockey 2 (Bouncer Level 2)

Little Sisters Gifts:
-Safecracker (after 6 saved Sisters)
-Armored Shell 2 (after 12 saved Sisters)
-Profilic Inventor (after 18 saved Sisters)

U-Invent
-Bloodlust
-Boozehound
-Hackers Delight 2
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27 Oct 2016 15:35

10 Comments
I have 66 Tonics during my second play-through (New Game +) and stuck at 94%. My Audio Diary is also stuck at 97%. Broken achievements are THE WORST.

Edit: Using the DLC technique listed above, it is not the NUMBER of Tonics, but the type. I already had all these in the Campaign. But I had to purchase the right one separately again in DLC. Once it loaded, going through one at a time and reloading my save, it finally popped. Thanks for the comments here. Extremely helpful. Whew!
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By MisterWinkyFace on 14 Jan 2023 15:15
I haven't seen this mentioned on the 360's version of the game either, but I was able to get this achievement over two playthroughs, so it doesn't have to be done in one. After my first play, my achievement meter read 93%. So I started a new game to get this and used the checklist above. I was in Hephaestus when this unlocked, as I wasn't close to the 53 needed. I found or earned some that I hadn't in the first play, but it accumulated. Not a huge deal, but found it interesting.
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By Drachen77 on 01 May 2018 05:23
My achievement got stuck at 98%. I checked and double checked this list, the walkthrough, and list on other sites. I got everything, but isn't popping for me. WTF
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By Cheshir3xSmilez on 29 Aug 2019 05:42
UPDATE: It popped like 12 hours later? Lol

I guess if it happens to you, just give it time
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By Cheshir3xSmilez on 29 Aug 2019 20:49
Since you can get this through multiple playthroughs, can you save, buy plasmids, then load your previous save and have them still count?
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By Mr SpinelesS on 23 Feb 2020 16:41
I was stuck at 92% at the end of the story but got it in the DLC. Was still at 98% in World of Hurt so saved up some extra ADAM from each room then near the end (1 or 2 rooms left) I made a save and bought all the tonics I could. If nothing popped I reloaded my save and tried a different combination of tonics (I couldn't recall which ones I had from the story). It popped on the 3rd combination set (though admittedly it could have just been a delay from the first set).
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By CraziDutchman on 17 Jul 2020 03:48
Just want to point out that for Fort Frolic, Extra Nutrition 2 is NOT missable but Medical Expert 2 IS missable. You need to NOT kill Cohen on the level and you will be able to get Medical Expert two.
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By Dmbledore on 07 Jun 2022 22:47
Really can’t stand how broken this games achievements are, I’ve done 2 play throughs now getting all Tonics possible and my tracker is stuck at 96%. Don’t understand what more I need to do.
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By The 7th ODST on 23 Jun 2022 05:32
Have more than the required number and stuck on 98%…
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By Slam Shot Sam on 10 Jul 2022 23:02
I currently have 56 tonics and my tracker is at 96%, why? Also, you say the tonics in the DLC count but you have not listed which ones those specifically are, why?
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By MrWhite2U on 15 Jun 2021 22:33
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This is the list of all 53 tonics, along with where you can get them. Note that some sources will say you have to SAVE all Little Sisters in order to get this achievement - apparently this is not true for the Remastered version. I am harvesting Little Sisters in my current playthrough, and I acquired the last one I needed in Olympus Heights without the gifts from them. The original list from Xbox 360 is preserved, with those awarded from saving Little Sisters in strikethrough.

Physical Tonics (19)

1. BloodLust - U-Invent machine / Inventable after Arcadia
2. Booze Hound - U-Invent Machine / Inventable after Arcadia
3. Eve Link - Sold at Gatherer's Garden machines
4. Eve Link 2 - Farmer's Market / On the ground near U-Invent & vending machines.
5. Extra Nutrition - Sold at Gatherer's Garden machines.
6. Extra Nutrition 2 - Storage Basement of the mall area in Fort Frolic. Covered by metal grate if Cohen dies. Also purchasable.
7. Extra Nutrition 3 - Research Spider splicers
8. Hacker's Delight - Cremate the body in the Medical Pavilion.
9. Hacker's Delight 2 - U-Invent machine / Inventable after Arcadia
10. Hacker's Delight 3 - Proving Grounds / Same room as the Big Daddy Helmet.
11. Medical Expert - Neptune's Bounty / In the center of the muddy section of the Lower Wharf.
12. Medical Expert 2 - Fort Frolic / Awarded by an alive Cohen or bought in Haephestus
13. Medical Expert 3 - Near the toilets in Dr. Suchong's Clinic on the second floor of Artemis Suites.
14. Natural Camouflage - Research the Houdini Splicers
15. Scrounger - Research Leadhead splicers
16. Security Evasion - Arcadia / In the center of a group of splicers, near an Invent machine.
17. Security Evasion 2 - Hephaestus / Heat Monitoring / Across from electrocuted ghost scene, sitting on desk
18. Sportboost - Research Thuggish splicers
19. Sportboost 2 - Research Thuggish Splicers

Engineering Tonics (16)

1. Alarm Expert - Fort Frolic / Theater / Top Left balcony sitting on the ledge
2. Alarm Expert 2 - Point Prometheus / Optimized Eugenics / on filing cabinet
3. Clever Inventor - Suchong's Apartment / Beside the tape recorder
4. Focused Hacker - Neptune's Bounty / In the area right before fighting Peach Wilkins.
5. Focused Hacker 2 - Hestia Fourth Floor, on the desk in the corner of the room near the safe.
6. Hacking Expert - Arcadia / Sitting on the first desk in Langford Labs
7. Hacking Expert 2 - Available in Gatherer's Garden vending machine, starting in the Fort Frolic area.
8. Prolific Inventor - Awarded for saving Little Sisters / Last Tonic reward
9. Safecracker - Awarded for saving Little Sisters / First Tonic reward
10. Safecracker 2 - In the Autopsy room in the downstairs of the Little Wonders Educational Facility.
11. Security Expert - Medical Pavilion / On a small chest in the morgue.
12. Security Expert 2 - Research the flying Security Bot
13. Shorten Alarms - Neptune's bounty / Near "Saw Masha Today" recording or buy it at a Gatherer's Garden machine in Arcadia.
14. Shorten Alarms 2 - Hephaestus / On the floor right before setting off the EMP.
15. Speedy Hacker - Medical Pavilion / On the desk in the dentist's lab.
16. Speedy Hacker 2 - Available at Gatherer's Garden vending machines, starting in the Olympus Heights area.

Combat Tonics (18)

1. Armored Shell - Available at Gatherer's Garden vending machine, starting with the Medical Pavilion area.
2. Armored Shell 2 - Awarded for saving Little Sisters / Second Tonic Reward
3. Damage Research - Hephaestus / Across from the EMP bomb on a table
4. Damage Research 2 - In the Mendel Family Library, on a desk in the rear of the room.
5. Electric Flesh - Fort Frolic / The Projector Room in the Theater / On bookshelf
6. Electric Flesh 2 - Olympic Heights / Fontaine's apartment / In the office on the desk
7. Frozen Field - Fort Frolic / Awarded for killing the Cohen victim in the freezer
8. Frozen Field 2 - Hephaestus - Room off entrance to Ryan's office - on desk
9. Human Inferno - Arcadia Gatherer's Garden machine / 20 Adam
10. Human Inferno 2 - Available at Gatherer's Garden vending machine starting in the Point Prometheus area.
11. Photographer's Eye - In the bunk room of the wine cellar in Farmer's Market.
12. Photographer's Eye 2 - Research the Rosie Big Daddy.
13. Static Discharge - Medical Pavilion / In the hallway after fighting Steinman.
14. Static Discharge 2 - Research Leadhead splicers
15. Wrench Jockey - Medical Pavilion / Seen from a window. In a back room, reached by airshaft.
16. Wrench Jockey 2 - Research Bouncer Big Daddy
17. Wrench Lurker - Neptune's Bounty / Sitting on the ledge near the plasmid machine.
18. Wrench Lurker 2 - Available at Gatherer's Garden vending machine, starting at Olympus Heights.

List is courtesy of XboxAchievements.com (https://goo.gl/h7YKWe).
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28 Sep 2016 00:00

Here's a guide I put together for all of the collectibles in Bioshock Remastered including all of the physical, combat and engineering tonics. Hopefully it helps some of you out.
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11 Jan 2020 00:00

I went for platinum on my first playthrough. There was a trophy on the photo of all the enemies.
Before the last boss, I started buying all the tonics I didn’t have, and the trophy dropped. Don't forget to save.
There is no need to buy improved versions of plasmids.
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11 Feb 2020 11:26

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I created half of the tonics in the “Universal Converter”. For this, “enzymes” were needed, collected them from the corpses of splicers and saved them. As soon as the opportunity arose to create tonics, I riveted a bunch of them, all of which were available.
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By Alexidrick on 03 Sep 2021 07:27
The trophy is glitchy. I got it when I still didn’t have all the tonics. Somewhere in the middle of the game.
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19 Sep 2017 12:00

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I recommend not spending a lot of Adam on improving health and plasmids, since then you may not have enough to buy the missing tonics
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By Yaroslav0020 on 20 Jun 2021 16:47