BioShock Hints & Cheats

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BioShock Cheat Codes

INI file cheats (Pre-Patch)

Find and open "defuser.ini" in your BioShock installation folder. Find the key you want to bind the code to and set the bind (for example, "F10=god").

Save the file and start the game, while in game press the bound key to toggle.

Note: The cheat can be deactivated if a video cutscene appears or if you move to a new area.

Cheat Effect
fly Fly
ghost Disable Clipping
god Become Invulnerable/Invincible
teleport Teleport to Crosshair
walk Disable Fly and Ghost cheats
givehealth Immediately refills your health bar to max
igbigbucks Gives $500
givebioammo Gives EVE
suicide Kill Self
slomo Slomo Mode
killpawns Kill All Enemies on Level

Obtain Plasmids/Tonics

Follow these instructions to be able to obtain any or all of the following tonics / plasmids.

1.) Make a text file, call it Plasmid.txt

2.) In the file DefUser.ini, which is located inside the Release folder, set up a key with the following command:

exec Plasmid.txt

3.) Edit the text file you have just made with any of the following commands and place it into your BioShock "Release" folder.

4.) Once you are in the game, hit the button you had bound to "exec Plasmid.txt"

5.) Head to a gene bank.

6.) Enjoy your newfound powers!

Cheat Effect
GEP EfficientCrafter Gives you the Clever Inventor Tonic
GEP ExtendedShutdownTwo Gives you the Shutdown Expert+ Tonic
GEP ElectricBodyTwo Gives you the Electric Flesh+ Tonic
GEP IncinerateThree Gives you the Incinerate++ Plasmid
GEP ElectricBoltThree Gives you the ElectroBolt++ Plasmid
GEP IcicleAssaultThree Gives you the WinterBlast++ Plasmid
GEP InsectSwarmPlasmidThree Gives you the Insect Swarm++ Plasmid
GEP SummonProtectorTwo Gives you the Hypnotize Big Daddy++ Plasmid
GEP Telekinesis Gives you the Telekinesis Plasmid
GEP DecoyHuman Gives you the Target Dummy Plasmid
GEP ChameleonBlood Gives you the Natural Camouflage Tonic
GEP FastTwitchTwo Gives you the Sport Boost+ Tonic
GEP ThoroughScavenger Gives you the Scrounger Tonic
GEP ArmoredBodyTwo Gives you the Armored Shell+ Tonic
GEP SuperHeatedTwo Gives you the Human Inferno+ Tonic
GEP ChargedBurstsTwo Gives you the Static Discharge+ Tonic
GEP EyeForDetailTwo Gives you the Photographers Eye+ Tonic
GEP DeepResearcherTwo Gives you the Damage Research+ Tonic
GEP MeleeMasterTwo Gives you the Wrench Jockey+ Tonic
GEP SneakAttackTwo Gives you the Wrench Lurker+ Tonic
GEP FreezingNimbusTwo Gives you the Frozen Field+ Tonic
GEP BerserkRage Enrage!
GEP ElectricBolt Electric Bolt 1
GEP ElectricBoltTwo Electric Bolt 2
GEP IcicleAssault Winter Blast 1
GEP IcicleAssaultTwo Winter Blast 2
GEP Incineration Incinerate! 1
GEP IncinerationTwo Incinerate! 2
GEP IncinerationThree Incinerate! 3
GEP InsectSwarmPlasmid Insect Swarm
GEP InsectSwarmPlasmidTwo Insect Swarm 2
GEP SecurityBeacon Security Bullseye
GEP SpringboardTrap Cyclone Trap
GEP SpringboardTrapTwo Cyclone Trap 2
GEP SummonProtector Hypnotize Big Daddy
GEP BioAmmoEfficiency more EVE
GEP Bloodlust Bloodlust
GEP BoozeHound Booze Hound
GEP FastTwitch SportBoost
GEP GeneticHacker Hacker's Delight
GEP GeneticHackerTwo Hacker's Delight 2
GEP GeneticHackerThree Hacker's Delight 3
GEP HealthyConsumer Extra Nutrition
GEP HealthyConsumerTwo Extra Nutrition 2
GEP HealthyConsumerThree Extra Nutrition 3
GEP MedHypoOmnisynthesis EVE Link
GEP MedHypoOmnisynthesisTwo EVE Link 2
GEP MedicineFriendly Medical Expert
GEP MedicineFriendlyTwo Medical Expert 2
GEP MedicineFriendlyThree Medical Expert 3
GEP NearSightedCameras Security Evasion
GEP NearSightedCamerasTwo Security Evasion 2
GEP OrganicPockets Organic Pockets (large capacity)
GEP ThoroughScavenger Scrounger
GEP AlarmExpert Alarm Expert
GEP AlarmExpertTwo Alarm Expert 2
GEP EfficientCrafter Clever Inventor
GEP ElectronicsExpert Focused Hacker
GEP ElectronicsExpertTwo Focused Hacker 2
GEP ExtendedShutdown Shutdown Expert
GEP ExtendedShutdownTwo Shutdown Expert 2
GEP HackingExpert Hacking Expert
GEP HackingExpertTwo Hacking Expert 2
GEP ProlificCrafter Prolific Inventor
GEP SecuritySystemsExpert Security Expert
GEP SecuritySystemsExpertTwo Security Expert 2
GEP ShorterAlarm Shorten Alarms
GEP ShorterAlarmTwo Shorten Alarms 2
GEP SlowFlow Speedy Hacker
GEP SlowFlowTwo Speedy Hacker 2
GEP StationExpert Safecracker
GEP StationExpertTwo Safecracker 2
GEP VendingExpert Vending Expert cheaper items
GEP VendingExpertTwo Vending Expert 2
GEP ArmoredBody Armored Shell
GEP ChargedBursts Static Discharge
GEP DeepResearcher Damage Research
GEP ElectricBody Electric Flesh
GEP EyeForDetail Photographer's Eye
GEP FreezingNimbus Frozen Field
GEP MachineBully Machine Buster (kill cam, bots, turrets efficiently)
GEP MachineBullyTwo Machine Buster 2
GEP MeleeMaster Wrench Jockey
GEP SneakAttack Wrench Lurker
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher_RPG Gives you 999 Heat Sinker Missiles for grenade launcher
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher_StickyGrenade Gives you 999 Sticky Grenades for grenade launcher
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Pistol_ArmorPiercing Gives you 999 armor piercing pistol ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Shotgun_00Buck Gives you 999 regular shotgun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Shotgun_IonicBuck Gives you 999 electric shotgun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Shotgun_HighExplosiveBuck Gives you 999 explosive shotgun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.MachineGun_Bullet Gives you 999 regular machinegun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.MachineGun_ArmorPiercingBullet Gives you 999 armor piercing machinegun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.MachineGun_FrozenBullet Gives you 999 freezing machinegun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.MachineGun_RubberBullet Gives you 999 rubber bullet machinegun ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher_FragGrenade Gives you 999 Frag Grenades for grenade launcher
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Pistol_AntiPersonnel Gives you 999 anti-personnel pistol ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Pistol_Bullet Gives you 999 regular pistol ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_Kerosene Gives you 999 kerosene for chemical thrower
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_LiquidNitrogen Gives you 999 liquid nitrogen for chemical thrower
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_IonicGel Gives you 999 Ionic Gel for chemical thrower
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_Accelerant Gives you 999 Accelerant for chemical thrower
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Crossbow_Bolt Gives you 999 regular crossbow ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Crossbow_TrapBolt Gives you 999 trap crossbow ammo
GiveItem 999 ShockGame.Crossbow_SuperHeatedBolt Gives you 999 super heated crossbow ammo

Summoning weapons, ammunition, and items

Create a text file named Weapons.txt with a text editor and place it in the "System" folder in the game directory, which is typically "C:\Program Files\2K Games\BioShock\Content\System". In the "User.ini" file used in the "Cheat mode" section, bind the following command to any key exec Weapons.txt Edit the Weapons.txt file you have just made with any of the following commands listed below. Once you are in the game, use the key you have bound to the "exec Weapons.txt" line. Alternately, you can use Plasmid.txt file if already created and use the same key for both types of cheats. Spawned weapons and ammunition will appear directly in your inventory. Note: The game has default maximum ammunition carrying capacities for each weapon (for example, you can normally carry a maximum of 48 standard pistol rounds) Thus if you try to summon 999 pistol rounds with the pistol in your inventory, the game will automatically limit you to 48 rounds. However if you summon 999 rounds before you first acquire the pistol, then you will have 999 rounds available in your inventory.

Cheat Effect
GiveWeapon ShockGame.Wrench Wrench
GiveWeapon ShockGame.Pistol Pistol
GiveWeapon ShockGame.Shotgun Shotgun
GiveWeapon ShockGame.MachineGun Machine Gun
GiveWeapon ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher Grenade Launcher
GiveWeapon ShockGame.Crossbow Crossbow
GiveWeapon ShockGame.ChemicalThrower Chemical Thrower
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher_FragGrenade Frag grenades for grenade launcher
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher_RPG Heat seeking missiles for grenade launcher
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.GrenadeLauncher_StickyGrenade Sticky grenades for grenade launcher
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Pistol_ArmorPiercing Armor piercing pistol rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Shotgun_00Buck Standard shotgun shells
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Shotgun_IonicBuck Electric shotgun shells
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Shotgun_HighExplosiveBuck Explosive shotgun shells
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.MachineGun_Bullet Standard machinegun rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.MachineGun_ArmorPiercingBullet Armor piercing machinegun rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.MachineGun_FrozenBullet Freezing machinegun rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.MachineGun_RubberBullet Rubber bullet machinegun rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Pistol_AntiPersonnel Anti-personnel pistol rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Pistol_Bullet Standard pistol rounds
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_Kerosene Kerosene "charges" for chemical thrower
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_LiquidNitrogen Liquid nitrogen "charges" for chemical thrower
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_IonicGel Ionic Gel "charges" for chemical thrower
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.ChemicalThrower_Accelerant "Charges" of Accelerant for chemical thrower
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Crossbow_Bolt Standard crossbow bolts
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Crossbow_TrapBolt Trap crossbow bolts
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Crossbow_SuperHeatedBolt Super heated crossbow bolts
GiveItem <0-9999>ShockGame.Adam Adam See note 1
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.AutoHack Auto hacking tool; max inventory capacity of 5
GiveItem <1-999> ShockDesignerClasses.MedHypo First aid kit; max inventory of 9
GiveItem <1-999> ShockDesignerClasses.BioAmmoHypo EVE hypo; max inventory of 9
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.CeilingCrawlerOrgan Spider splicer organ; restores health like first aid kit
GiveItem <1-999> ShockGame.Film Film for the research camera; max inventory capacity of 100
GiveItem 1 ShockGame.BioAmmoUpgrade Increase maximum EVE (blue bar) See note 2
GiveItem 1 ShockGame.HealthUpgrade Increase maximum health (red bar) See note 2
GiveItem 1 ShockGame.ActiveGeneticSlotUpgrade Add slot for plasmids; maximum of six slots
GiveItem 1 ShockGame.EngineeringGeneticSlotUpgrade Add slot for engineering tonics; maximum of six slots
GiveItem 1 ShockGame.PhysicalGeneticSlotUpgrade Add slot for physical tonics; maximum of six slots
GiveItem 1 ShockGame.WeaponsGeneticSlotUpgrade Add slot for combat tonics; maximum of six slots

Post Patch Ver 1.1 cheats

Note: v1.1 of the game is required to enable all codes. Some, but not all, codes can be used with earlier versions. This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the files before proceeding. You will need to allow hidden files and folders to be shown in order to edit this particular .ini file. Use a text editor to edit the "User.ini" file found in the following locations: Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Bioshock\ Windows Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bioshock\ Set a key binding in the User.ini file to any of the following codes (for example, "F10=fly"). Then, press the corresponding key during game play to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Any active codes are disabled when a new area loads or intermission sequence plays. General codes are as follows:

Cheat Effect
setjumpz <number> Set jump height; "600.0" is default, more than "1200.0" will result in taking damage upon landing
setgravity <number> Set gravity; "-1400,0" is default; "0.0" is no gravity

Weapon Upgrade Commands

1. Create "upgrades.txt" in \Content\System within your BioShock installation folder (i.e. C:\Program Files\2K Games\BioShock\Content\System). Add any of the codes listed below to upgrades.txt and save it. Be sure to preserve the spacing. Each code must be on its own line in the file. 2. Open “User.ini” in “X:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Bioshock” for XP or “X:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\BioShock” for Vista. You may need to enable viewing of hidden files and folders to find it. 3. Find the section entitled [Default]. 4. Within this section, find an unbound key that you want to use and bind it to the command "Exec upgrades.txt" (i.e. F7=Exec upgrades.txt). NOTE: If you give upgrades for a weapon you don't have yet, the upgrades will be applied when you pick up that weapon, so you don't have to wait to get a weapon before you upgrade it.

Cheat Effect
AddWeaponStatUpgrade MachineGun Damage Gives the "Machine Gun Damage Increase" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade MachineGun Kickback Gives the "Machine Gun Kickback Reduction" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade Shotgun RateOfFire Gives the "Shotgun Rate of Fire" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade Shotgun Damage Gives the "Shotgun Damage Increase" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade Pistol Damage Gives the "Pistol Damage Increase" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade Pistol MagazineSize Gives the "Pistol Clip Size" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade GrenadeLauncher Damage Gives the "Grenade Launcher Damage Increase" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade GrenadeLauncher Immunity Gives the "Grenade Launcher Damage Immunity" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade ChemicalThrower ConsumptionRate Gives the "Chemical Thrower Consupmtion Rate" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade ChemicalThrower Range Gives the "Chemical Thrower Range" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade Crossbow BreakageChance Gives the "Crossbow Breakage Chance" upgrade.
AddWeaponStatUpgrade Crossbow Damage Gives the "Crossbow Damage Increase" upgrade.

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