Audio Diaries

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Audio Diaries are the main narrative device of the BioShock series. They were recorded by the citizens of Rapture, either as notes for themselves or as messages for other residents.

[edit] BioShock

In total, there are one hundred and twenty-two obtainable audio diaries. Finding all of them (with the exception of the ones that were removed from the game) will unlock the Historian achievement in the Xbox 360 version, and the Historian trophy in the PlayStation 3 version. Most audio diaries are optional for the player to find or to listen to, as they merely explain the history of Rapture, but don't have a huge impact on the gameplay. A few diaries, however, contain required information, and the audio is automatically played back when the diary is found.

[edit] Welcome to Rapture

This area is not accessible after completed. The audio diaries must be obtained as soon as they are available to attain the Historian achievement/trophy.

Diane McClintock - New Year's Eve Alone - On the table in the flooded area of the Kashmir Restaurant
Steve Bar ker - Hole in the Bathroom Wall - On the far wall in bathroom of the Kashmir Restaurant

[edit] Medical Pavilion

Diane McClintock - Released Today - Medical Pavilion foyer on the reception desk
Dr. Steinman - Adam's Changes - Emergency Access on the desk
Dr. Steinman - Higher Standards - Medical Pavilion foyer near entrance on wall
Andrew Ryan - Parasite Expectations - Medical Pavilion foyer near Surgery on desk
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Love for Science - Medical Pavilion foyer near health station
Dr. Steinman - Limits of Imagination - Medical Pavilion foyer left of the frozen door near Eternal Flame entrance
Andrew Ryan - Vandalism - Flooded alcove with vending machines
Dr. Steinman - Surgery's Picasso - Eternal Flame entrance near memorial
Bill McDonagh - Freezing Pipes - Medical Pavilion foyer near bottom of stairs
Dr. Suchong - Enrage Trial - Kure-All corner of main room
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Useless Experiments - Dandy Dental floor near entrance
Dr. Suchong - Plasmids are the Paint - Painless Dental desk in the corner
Dr. Suchong - Testing Telekinesis - Dandy Dental on the floor by Gatherer's Garden
Dr. Steinman - Symmetry - Surgery foyer wall by debris pile
Dr. Steinman - Aphrodite Walking - Surgery desk in northern operating room
Dr. Steinman - Not What She Wanted - Surgery in the corpse on table the doctor worked on
Dr. Steinman - Gatherer Vunerability - Lounge on the floor by the Gatherer's Garden

[edit] Neptune's Bounty

Sullivan - Timmy H. Interrogation - Lower Wharf in the water of the interrogation room
Andrew Ryan - Fontaine Must Go - Lower Wharf crawl under the metal grating by the pipes after fighting the Spider Splicer
Sullivan - Bathysphere Keys - Lower Wharf under south end of the boardwalk
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Finding the Sea Slug - Upper Wharf table by the stairwell entrance
Mariska Lutz - Masha Come Home - The way from the Lower Wharf to the Upper Wharf, make a left and it's in the corner near a corpse
Sullivan - Picked Up Timmy H. - The way from the Lower Wharf to the Upper Wharf, and it's on a corpse on the left near the Little Sister Vent
Andrew Ryan - Watch Fontaine - Upper Wharf next to the Circus of Values machine
Sullivan - Have My Badge - Wharfmaster's office on desk
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Adam Discovery - Upper Wharf in crate below the wharfmaster's office
Bill McDonagh - Eden Leaking - Upper Wharf hallway going towards Jet Postal
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Fontaine's Smugglers - Walkway near Jet Postal on bench next to ashtray
Andrew Ryan - Death Penalty in Rapture - Jet Postal desk by vending machine
Sullivan - Smuggling Ring - Fighting McDonagh's center bar table
Andrew Ryan - Working Late Again - Fighting McDonagh's window bar table
Bill McDonagh - Arresting Fontaine - Fighting McDonagh's room #6 upstairs
Mariska Lutz - Saw Masha Today - Fighting McDonagh's room #7 upstairs
Bill McDonagh - Meeting Ryan - Fighting McDonagh's crawl through the water-filled ventilation shaft towards Gene Bank
Bill McDonagh - Rapture Changing - Fighting McDonagh's desk in basement office
Peach Wilkins - Putting the Screws On - Freezer bottom floor next to safe

[edit] Smuggler's Hideout

Peach Wilkins - Meeting With Fontaine - Storage cave ground by crates
Frank Fontaine - Kraut Scientist - Control room lower floor in locked storage cave
Peach Wilkins - Offered a Deal - Submarine bay on dock towards Arcadia

[edit] Arcadia

Bill McDonagh - Seeing Ghosts - Tea Garden floor left of entrance
Dieter Sonnekalb - Big Night Out - Tea Garden floor near ghost bench (Enter either Arcadia Glens door around the waterfall)
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Mass Producing Adam - Tea Garden across the room from ghost bench (near doors)
Professor Julie Langford - Arcadia Closed - Tea Garden on table near Gene Bank
Professor Julie Langford - The Saturnine - Lower Rolling Hills cave behind waterfall
Mariska Lutz - Shouldn't Have Come - Lower Rolling Hills bench near stairs
Andrew Ryan - The Market is Patient - Waterfall Grotto's bench near U-Invent
Professor Julie Langford - Early Tests Promising - Waterfall Grotto near water wheel
Andrew Ryan - Offer a Better Product - Waterfall Grotto near water wheel
Diane McClintock - Heroes and Criminals - Waterfall Grotto in locked machinery room
Professor Julie Langford - What Won't They Steal - Research laboratories near entrance
Professor Julie Langford - Teaching an Old Hound - Research laboratories table in second room
Professor Julie Langford - Lazarus Vector Formula - Langford's office in her wall safe
Professor Julie Langford - The Lazarus Vector - Langford's office in her corpse
Professor Julie Langford - Arcadia and Oxygen - Tree Farm near crate at entrance
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Maternal Instinct - Tree Farm on the steps towards Farmer's Market
Andrew Ryan - The Great Chain - Arcadia Metro Station, on bench to the right of entrance (Can only be found after returning from the Farmer's Market)

[edit] Farmer's Market

Tasha Denu - Bee Enzyme - Farmer's Market ground near Pneumo Tube
Andrew Ryan - Pulling Together - Farmer's Market on meat market counter
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Hatred - Farmer's Market lower storage room desk
Andrew Ryan - Desperate Times - Farmer's Market in freezer crawlspace
Pierre Gobbi - Water in Wine - Farmer's Market near winery sign
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Functional Children - Winery on the back table
Bridgette Tenenbaum - Adam Explained - Silverwing Apiary on entrance counter
Andrew Ryan - First Encounter - Lower Farmer's Market storage room near Big Daddy corpse (listed under "Neptune's Bounty -- Smuggler's Hideout" in the game list)

[edit] Fort Frolic

Diane McClintock - Stood Up Again - Upper Atrium stairs near Fleet Hall's entrance
Sander Cohen - Musical Insult - Projection Room (take stairs in Fleet Hall theater on northeast side)
Sander Cohen - The Wild Bunny - Sophia Salon (Cocktail Lounge) in closet behind counter
Sullivan - Artist's Feud - Cocktail Lounge on the bar
Martin Finnegan - The Iceman Cometh - Frozen Tunnel left of entrance hall
Bill McDonagh - Fontaine's Army - Sir Prize (north of Eve's Garden) left of stairs in crate
Sander Cohen - The Doubters - Cohen's Collection (Upper Atrium south room) downstairs table
Cobb - Come to the Record Store - Southern Mall (Cocktail Lounge) on table outside of the restrooms next to the burning chairs
Albert Milonakis - Fancy Cigarettes - Le Marquis D'Epogue (Cocktail Lounge) downstairs near corpse
Jasmine Jolene - Pregnancy - Behind Eve's Garden stage under the bed
Sullivan - Bump Culpepper? - Pharoah's Fortune (near Sir Prize) on pool table upstairs
Anna Culpepper - Ryan's Stableboy - Rapture Records behind entrance counter
Bill McDonagh - Guns Blazing - Robertson's Tobaccoria table near entrance
Hector Rodriguez - It's All Grift - Eve's Garden on the bar
Sander Cohen - Requiem for Andrew Ryan - Projection Booth (take stairs in Fleet Hall theater on northeast side) on office table (after completing quadtych)

[edit] Hephaestus

Bill McDonagh - Ryan Takes F Futuristics - Outside Hephaestus Bathysphere station, search the crate near a Circus of Values
Kyburz - Scoping the Gate - In the room containing a Circus of Values and Vita-Chamber
Bill McDonagh - Stopping Ryan - In the room with the entrance to Ryan's office, in the corpse on the first right column
Anya Andersdotter - Going to Heat Loss - In the room with the entrance to Ryan's office, in the corpse on the third right column
Andrew Ryan - A Man or a Parasite - In the room with the entrance to Ryan's office, on a desk in the room on the right
Bill McDonagh - Fontaine's Legacy - Hephaestus Core near the Vita-Chamber
Anya Andersdotter - Assassin - Hephaestus Core near the Gatherer's Garden
Pablo Navarro - Kyburz Door Code - Heat Loss Monitoring on the floor in the corner
Bill McDonagh - Genetic Arms Race - Lower Heat Loss Monitoring in the flooded area on the desk
Pablo Navarro - Getting a Break - Lower Heat Loss Monitoring on the desk near the gene tonic
Andrew Ryan - Impossible Anywhere Else - Hephaestus Core on the desk in the bottom walkway
Pablo Navarro - Running Short on R-34s - On a desk outside the entrance to the Workshops
Kyburz - Device Almost Finished - Lower Workshops on the desk opposite the base of the stairs
Andrew Ryan - Great Chain Moves Slowly - Kyburz'z office on the desk in the back of the room
Kyburz - The Dream - Lower Workshops on a corpse in the room after the crawlspace
Kyburz - Assembling the Bomb - In the crawlspace room on the desk
Pablo Navarro - Market Maintenance Code - Take the crawlspace on the left to the entrance of Kyburz's office, which leads under the stairs

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