Like other products from Fink Manufacturing, a few of them were actually credited to one or another inventor. Vigors were advertised as either domestic aids (lighting a fire, lifting heavy loads or subduing automata), an alternative energy source to power Automated Stallions and Gondolas but also self-defense tools (Murder of Crows, "proven deterrent against hooligans"). Ġ9 October 2013 Marketing and Uses “ A Life with Vigor is a life that's Bigger!” ― Fink Manufacturing advertisement He also went to copy the design of syringes used in Rapture to cut the cost of making individual bottles for each tonic. In early June 1912, he went to think about changing the structure of his Vigors to their original form and less expensive on ADAM: injectable Plasmids. Yet, a few people were still cautious about the next Vigors to be released and preferred to wait for Fink to improve their stability.Įven with active marketing to sell Vigors, Fink was losing money due to the cost of the underwater expeditions.
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He also took the opportunity of hosting the 1912 Raffle and Fair the same month to promote and sell his products, including Bucking Bronco trials and free Possession giveaways. These incidents eventually raised public concern as far as in early July 1912, and Fink reassured Columbia's fair inhabitants that it was a necessary evil for their own safety. The incident that killed 359 people was covered up by Fink Manufacturing who assured the population of the tonic's safety once released, although it only resumed production eight years later by Police demand. The research wasn't without risk and led to accidents, such as Devil's Kiss Vigors setting fire to a factory building in October 1900, which was then separated from the city to avoid its spread but condemned all workers trapped inside.
Fink also organized several underwater expeditions all around the Atlantic ocean in order to acquire and study Sea Slugs, whose ADAM is the base for Plasmids and Vigors. From this point, he assembled a laboratory to research and release them as Fink Manufacturing products. Yi Suchong in Rapture and his creation procedures for Plasmids. Using the Lutece Device to look into another reality, Jeremiah Fink witnessed in November of 1894 the work of the geneticist Dr. Their effects can also be combined, giving the best of both Vigors with rather destructive results.Īlthough Vigors differ from Plasmids in their application (drunk rather than injected directly into the bloodstream), they share the same origin. Each tonic has two upgrades obtainable from the same machines, but for greater prices. There are eight Vigors in BioShock Infinite, which can be either found by exploring Columbia or bought from Veni! Vidi! Vigor! vending machines. However, Vigors (with the exception of one) have an alternate use activated by charging it, ranging from enhanced attacks to stationary traps dealing four times as much damage. They also affect the user's mental stability by provoking short hallucinations when consuming a new type of Vigor. Like the Plasmids used in Rapture, Vigors do cause notable side effects, visible on the user's arm. They are powered by Salts that can be found in phials in their raw form or by consuming special foods (usually stimulants, i.e. Vigors are the wondrous tonics of Columbia, granting extraordinary abilities to its user after consumption. “ If I told you a man could shoot lightning from his fingers now, would you believe me? If I told you a man could hoist a one-ton stallion straight into the air, would you believe me?” ― Vigor Barker at the fair The game's Vigor wheel with all eight Vigors unlocked. There are two charts- scroll further down to view the second.An advertisement showing one of the uses for Shock Jockey. If some kind of weakness is listed, this means that the enemy is especially vulnerable and may be crippled by the respective Vigor. A percentage listed like "200%" means that the Vigor will have double (or half, or 3/4, etc.) its effect, be it damage or duration. These listings are based on the Founder's Police Constant, because these particular foes have no strengths and no weaknesses.Īs such, "Normal" means that the Vigor will have its expected effect on a target. However, Return to Sender is not included in this list because this Vigor is more of a self- and environmental-target effect. Below is a list of all enemies and their strengths, weaknesses, and resistances to all of the Vigors in BioShock Infinite.
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