Combat Tonics
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Combat Tonics improve your ability to deal and resist damage. The player can change his equipped tonics at a Gene Bank.
Combat tonics allow a player to passively augment preferred aspects of the game, granting another layer of character customization. Using a combination of Wrench Jockey, Frozen Field, and Wrench Lurker will effectively make the wrench the most powerful weapon hit-for-hit in the game, with a random freezing proc to boot. Combining Human Inferno and Electric Flesh will drastically increase the power of the Chemical Thrower and the special ammunition for the Shotgun. Players who prefer to use the Research Camera before engaging any foe will find great value in Damage Research and the Photographer's Eye, which reduces the number of photos needed, and sharply increases the amount of bonus damage applied to researched foes.
[edit] Armored Shell
Effect
Prevents 15% of piercing and bludgeoning damage
Location
First available for purchase from Gatherer's Garden in the Medical Pavilion and all subsequent levels.
[edit] Armored Shell 2
Effect
Prevents 25% of piercing and bludgeoning damage
Location
Gift from Little Sisters in Olympus Heights.
[edit] Damage Research
Effect
Increases research damage bonuses by 30%
Location
Found on a table in the Lower Workshops in Hephaestus.
[edit] Damage Research 2
Effect
Increases research damage bonuses by 60%
Location
Found in the Mendel Family Library in Point Prometheus
[edit] Electric Flesh
Effect
Reduces electric damage received by 75% and increases outgoing electric damage by 30%
Location
First available in the projector room of Fort Frolic after completing Sander Cohen's masterpiece. Also for purchase from a Gatherer's Garden in Hephaestus
[edit] Electric Flesh 2
Effect
Reduces electric damage received by 100% and increases outgoing electric damage by 60%
Location
On a desk in Frank Fontaine's Mercury Suites apartment in Olympus Heights
[edit] Frozen Field
Effect
Reduces cold damage received by 15%. While the wrench is equipped, it deals an extra 10 points of cold damage and has a 10% chance of freezing anyone struck
Location
Looted from the corpse of Martin Finnegan in the frozen passageway to Poseidon Plaza in Fort Frolic
[edit] Frozen Field 2
Effect
Reduces cold damage received by 30%. While the wrench is equipped, it deals an extra 20 points of cold damage and has a 20% chance of freezing anyone struck
Location
Found on the desk in the side office of central control in Hephaestus.
Available for purchase at a Gatherer's Garden at Olympus Heights and subsequent level.
[edit] Human Inferno
Not available in boxed PC version of the game, but re-added in the 1.1 patch
Effect
Reduces heat damage received by 20%, increases heat damage inflicted by the user by 30% and causes burning monsters to take damage at 30% higher rate
Location
First available for purchase from Gatherer's Garden in Arcadia and all subsequent levels.
[edit] Human Inferno 2
Not available in boxed PC version of the game, but re-added in the 1.1 patch
Effect
Reduces heat damage received by 40%, increases heat damage inflicted by the user by 50% and causes burning monsters to take damage at 50% higher rate
Location
Available for purchase at Gatherer's Garden in Point Prometheus
[edit] Photographer's Eye
Effect
Increases all research photo scores by 10%
Location
Found in the cellar of Worley's Winery in the Farmer's Market
[edit] Photographer's Eye 2
Effect
Increases all research photo scores by 15%
Location
Complete the second level of research for Rosies.
[edit] Static Discharge
Effect
Causes the user to emit an electric burst when struck by a melee attack. The burst does 30 points of electric damage and has a 15% chance of shocking the attacker
Location
Found in the surgical ward of the Medical Pavilion
[edit] Static Discharge 2
Effect
Causes the user to emit an electric burst when struck by a melee attack. The burst does 50 points of electric damage and has a 25% chance of shocking the attacker
Location
Gatherer's Garden in Arcadia or can be obtained by researching Leadhead Splicer to level 4
[edit] Wrench Jockey
Effect
Increases wrench damage by 350%
Location
Found in the Kure-All office of the Medical Pavilion
[edit] Wrench Jockey 2
Effect
Increases wrench damage by 550%
Location
Complete the second level of research for Bouncers
[edit] Wrench Lurker
Effect
Increases wrench damage by 150% against unaware or shocked opponents and quiets the user's footsteps.
Location
On the ledge near the Gene Bank / Gatherer's Garden on your way back to Fontaine's Fisheries in Neptune's Bounty.
[edit] Wrench Lurker 2
Effect
Increases wrench damage by 200% against unaware or shocked opponents and it quiets the user's footsteps.
Location
First available for purchase from Gatherer's Garden in Olympus Heights and all subsequent levels.
