- “Oh, uh, so I don't forget the code, it's…”
- ― Bert Unger[src]
Throughout Rapture, the player will come across doors (and one safe) with 4-digit access Codes required to gain entrance. The codes are usually found nearby or shortly after the lock via audio diaries, written notes, and scribbled messages. Many of the locks in BioShock can be hacked or bought out, but it is almost never required. In BioShock 2, hacking combination locks is not an option. Two locks can also be found in Columbia during Burial at Sea - Episode 2.
BioShock Door Access Codes
| Area | Code | Location | Hackable | Buyout Price | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Pavilion, Twilight Fields Funeral Homes | 0451 | Twilight Fields, next to a coffin. | No | Can't Buyout | EVE Hypo, Automatic Hack Tool, 00 Buck and Standard Auto Rounds. |
| Neptune's Bounty, Lower Wharf | 5380 | AD: Picked Up Timmy H. | Yes | $58 | First Aid Kit and ammunition. |
| Neptune's Bounty, The Fighting McDonagh's Tavern | 7533 | AD: Masha Come Home. | Yes | $58 | Money, access to the Shorten Alarms Gene Tonic after listening to the audio diary Saw Masha Today. |
| Arcadia, Langford Research Laboratories | 9457 | Death scribbling on the window by Julie Langford. | No | Can't Buyout | A quest item, access to Farmer's Market and money. |
| Farmer's Market, The Main Market | 0512 | AD: Market Maintenance Code. | Yes | $251 | Money, First Aid Kit, invention components and ammunition. |
| Fort Frolic, Robertson's Tobaccoria | 7774 | Le Marquis D'Epoque, a note on the floor. | Yes | $251 | Money and Electric Buck or antipersonnel Pistol Rounds. |
| Hephaestus, Workshops | 0126 | AD: Kyburz Door Code; various calendars and posters with Australia Day marked. | Yes | $251 | A quest item, access to a Power to the People station, invention components and ammunition. |
| Olympus Heights, Mercury Suites | 5744 | AD: Fontaine's Breakup. | No | Can't Buyout | Access to Fontaine's apartment. |
| Point Prometheus, Failsafe Armored Escorts | 1921 | AD: Extra Munitions. | Yes | Can't Buyout | 3 EVE Hypos, invention components, and rare ammunition (the player can enter the related room without using the code or hacking the lock). |
Challenge Rooms Door Access Codes
| Area | Code | Location | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapture's Grand Carnival, Stalls | 1951 | Advertisement for Zimmermann Chardonnay. | Turning the switch to activate the Ferris wheel. |
BioShock 2 Door Access Codes
| Area | Code | Location | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adonis Luxury Resort, Plasmid Therapy | 1540 | On the door of the sauna room. | Money, Drill Fuel, and the audio diary Fitness. |
| Pauper's Drop, Fontaine Clinics | 0047 | On a newspaper in the Fishbowl Diner. | The door must be opened in order to progress. |
| Siren Alley, Plaza Hedone | 1919 | AD: The Date is the Code. | The door must be opened in order to progress. |
| Dionysus Park, Basement Storage | 1080 | AD: A Gift from Billy. | Access to a Power to the People station. |
| Fontaine Futuristics, Plasmid Theater | 5254 | On the wall by a tied corpse in the Plasmid Showroom. | Careful Hacker 2, money, bandages and ammunition. |
| Inner Persephone, Holding Wing | 2673 | ADs: First Two Digits, Last Two Digits, wall scrawling near a toilet tank in the Holding Wing. | The door must be opened (using the code or not) in order to progress. |
| Inner Persephone, Therapy Wing | 4146 | AD: Legs, Mouths, Arms, and Eyes, Recreational therapy room wall. | First Aid Kit, EVE Hypo, money, and rare ammunition. |
Minerva's Den Door Access Codes
| Area | Code | Location | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operations, Programming | 2341 | AD: The Books are the Code, Bookshelf in Reed Wahl's office. | Safe (containing money, Shells, and Mini-Turrets), access to the Master Input Console (to hack the beacon). |
Burial at Sea Door Access Codes
| Area | Code | Location | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Street, The Watched Clock Plaza | 2076 | AD: The Goddamn People. | The audio diary Offer of Employment and money. |
| Fontaine's Department Store, Ladieswear | 0928 | AD: Message in a Bottle. | The Gear Quick-Handed, the audio diary Insufficient Postage, money, and a Lockpick. |
| Housewares, The Bistro at Fontaine's | 3958 | AD: Oven of the Future. | Radar Range, Radar Range Ammo and a Medical Kit. |
| Housewares, Silver Fin Restaurant | 1216 | Radio message by Yi Suchong. | Access to the Bathyspheres DeLuxe. |
| Housewares, Service Bay | 7951 | AD: Hooligans. | Access to the controls for the lift, Radar Range, Possess Turret Mod. |
| Factory, Fink MFG Research Laboratories | 8371 | VP: Necessary Precautions. | Ironsides Salts Mod. |
| Factory, Surgical Suite. | 2847 | VP: Childish Fears. | Ironsides Health Mod. |
Behind the Scenes
- It is possible to open keypad locks even if the player has not yet listened to the audio diaries containing the correlating codes.
- The first door access code in the Medical Pavilion is a reference to System Shock's first keypad access combination, which is 451. This is a motif that appears in other games such as System Shock 2 (45100), BioShock 2 (1540), BioShock Infinite, and the Deus Ex franchise. The first combination in BioShock 2 in the Adonis Luxury Resort is 451 backwards (1540). The number was originally believed to be a reference to Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451,[1] but was later revealed to be the entry code to LookingGlass Technologies (later: Looking Glass Studios) offices and just a coincidence.[2]
References
- ↑ 0451, July 18, 2008 on Hit Self-Destruct
- ↑ Let's Play Deus Ex with Warren Spector, Sheldon Pacotti and Chris Norden on YouTube