Vending Machines (Rapture)

Vending Machines are permanent fixtures in Rapture which sell various items dispense various service. Most vending machines require payment to use (either dollars or ADAM,) and many can be hacked to reduce prices.

List of Vending Machines

 * Bot Shutdown Panel
 * Circus of Values
 * El Ammo Bandito
 * Epstein the Swami
 * EVE Dispenser (BioShock 2 only)
 * Fuel Station (BioShock 2 only)
 * Gatherer's Garden
 * Gene Bank
 * Health Station
 * Power to the People
 * U-Invent (BioShock only)
 * Slot Machine
 * Tool Dispenser (BioShock 2 only)

Common Vending Machines in BioShock
There are fifty-three common vending machines in BioShock (forty-three Circus of Values and ten El Ammo Banditos), carrying a total of twenty-one different items.

Vending machines do not sell ammo for weapons that are not yet available for the player to find (i.e. Medical Pavilion has the Pistol, Machine Gun, and Shotgun; its vending machines have ammo for these weapons, but not the Grenade Launcher, Chemical Thrower, or Crossbow.) They never contain inventable ammunition types, which can only be made at U-Invent machines. All El Ammo Bandito machines sell base ammunition types, and will also have two additional types of advanced ammo available at the end of their list. However, only very limited amounts of the advanced ammo types can be bought.

Hacking
Hacking these vending machines will often cause other types of items that were not previously available to appear for purchase, as well as reduce prices to 75% of their normal value (except for the advanced ammunition types, which are reduced to 50%). A few vending machines in the Medical Pavilion sell hacked items for slightly more than 75% (not shown in references below). In addition to this, the tonics Thrifty Hacker and the Vending Expert line of tonics reduce costs in vending machines.

Exceptions
There is a broken vending machine in Arcadia's Waterfall Grotto, with several Frag Grenades and First Aid Kits around it. There is also one in Hephaestus Core that will dispense a slow-burning grenade if the player tries to use it. One can step away before it explodes, or use the Telekinesis Plasmid to grab the grenade and toss it at an enemy.

Vending Machines in BioShock 2
Most vending machines make a return except for U-Vent Machines which have been completely removed. Slot and fortune telling machines are only found in one instance in Siren Alley and Ryan's Amusements respectively. Hack Panels, Fuel Stations, and Tool Dispensers have been added but only the Panels appear with any regularity. Due to a bug, most of the jingles have been removed.

Trivia

 * In the grand tradition of System Shock, there is a food vending machine in the Fleet Hall theater of Fort Frolic. The food items are marked up forty times the usual price.