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Arms Race

Arms Race is a Gene Tonic in BioShock 2 which increases the amount of ammunition found when looting containers and bodies.

Arms Race
“ Tired of constantly scrounging for ammo? Arms Race helps you find those extra rounds you’d otherwise miss. ”
Effect:
Increases amount of ammunition found when looting containers and bodies.
Location:
Received after fully researching Big Daddies (not including Alpha Series).

Minerva's Den

Can be purchased for 60 ADAM in Gatherer's Gardens in levels from Operations onward.

Strategy

  • Arms Race is particularly useful for Little Sister's ADAM corpse gathering, as a great number of Splicers (amount increasing progressively throughout levels) will be constantly attacking you. This minimizes the need of visiting vending machines to stock up after a fight, and will give the player an advantage if an impending Big Sister fight arises.

Behind the Scenes

  • The Arms Race tonic exists in The Protector Trials, but it is completely useless, as there are no lootable containers and bodies are un-lootable.
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Gene Tonics
Tonics in BioShockCombat TonicsArmored Shell 1 & 2 · Damage Research 1 & 2 · Electric Flesh 1 & 2 · Frozen Field 1 & 2 · Human Inferno 1 & 2 · Machine Buster 1 & 2 · Photographer's Eye 1 & 2 · Static Discharge 1 & 2 · Wrench Jockey 1 & 2 · Wrench Lurker 1 & 2
Engineering TonicsAlarm Expert 1 & 2 · Clever Inventor · Focused Hacker 1 & 2 · Hacking Expert 1 & 2 · Prolific Inventor · Safecracker 1 & 2 · Security Expert 1 & 2 · Shorten Alarms 1 & 2 · Speedy Hacker 1 & 2 · Vending Expert 1 & 2
Physical TonicsBloodlust · Booze Hound · EVE Link 1 & 2 · EVE Saver · Extra Nutrition 1, 2 & 3 · Hacker's Delight 1, 2 & 3 · Medical Expert 1, 2 & 3 · Natural Camouflage · Scrounger · Security Evasion 1 & 2 · SportBoost 1 & 2
DLC
Exclusive		Instant Piano Prodigy
Tonics in
BioShock 2		Main GameDamage Research · Demanding Father · Drill Power 1 & 2 · Elemental Storm · Extended Reel · Fire Storm · Freezing Drill · Keen Observer 1 & 2 · Machine Buster · Short Circuit 1 & 2 · Shorten Alarms 2 · Thrifty Hacker · Vending Expert 2
Main Game and DLCArmored Shell 1 & 2 · Arms Race · Booze Hound · Careful Hacker 1 & 2 · Cure All · Deadly Machines · Drill Lurker · Drill Specialist · Drill Vampire · Electric Flesh · Electrical Storm · Elemental Sponge · Elemental Vampire · EVE Expert · EVE Link · EVE Saver 1 & 2 · Extra Nutrition · EZ-Hack · Fountain of Youth · Hacker's Delight 1 & 2 · Handyman · Hardy Machines · Headhunter · Hurried Hacker · Ice Storm · Medical Expert · Natural Camouflage · Proud Parent · Quik-Hack · Scrounger · Security Evasion · Shorten Alarms 1 · Sports Boost · Vending Expert 1 · Walking Inferno
DLC
Exclusive		Drill Dash · Master Protector
Gene Tonics in
BioShock 2 Multiplayer		Back Stabber · Big Game Hunter · Deadly Machines · Death Trap · EVE Saver · Expert Researcher · Fast Feet · Headhunter · Leg Up · Metabolic EVE · Repairman · Resurrection · Sabotage · Security Evasion · Slugger · Speedy Hacker · Speedy Recovery
Removed Gene TonicsOrganic Pockets · Shutdown Expert