Adonis Luxury Resort

"Rapture's finest spa and getaway."

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The Adonis Luxury Resort is the first level of BioShock 2. It's a Greek-themed, high-class resort area of Rapture where the upper-class citizens went to relax, receive Plasmid treatments, and ADAM-based rejuvenation therapy. This is where Subject Delta begins his journey through Rapture to find Eleanor Lamb, his former Little Sister, and has his first encounter with a Big Sister. Like the rest of Rapture, it has fallen into an extreme state of disrepair and there is an abundance of underwater vegetation growing in the area.

History
A popular spa for the wealthy citizens of Rapture, Adonis Luxury Resort was a place where clients could take a break from work and unwind. However, like the rest of the city the place started to deteriorate, and was finally sealed off once Andrew Ryan put the bathysphere transportation system under lockdown.

The Vita-Chamber
This room contains a Vita-Chamber, used to revive Subject Delta. The Little Sister that revived him can be seen staring at him from a vent after a flight of stairs.

The Adonis Baths
This area contains a very large and deep swimming pool with pool chairs, locker rooms, and the generator for the Resort. The area also offered mud baths and a tanning salon, but the path towards these areas is blocked. The place was once under the supervision of "Big Kate" O'Malley, who was in charge of the management and safety guidelines for the workers of the Resort.

Plasmids Therapy
In this area, clients were subjected to Plasmid-based rejuvenation therapies. An EVE dispenser in the room allowed the staff to recharge their powers during work.

Docking Platform
This Docking Platform is used for guests to enter and exit the resort. This is also Mark Meltzer's arrival point in Rapture, and marks the beginning of his journey through the city. Unfortunately, the bathysphere was destroyed, trapping all the visitors inside the resort.

Grand Foyer
The Grand Foyer is the main lobby of the Adonis Luxury Resort. Connected to the Rapture Metro Station, the foyer was where guests checked in to the resort. It held a lounge area and bar for the guests, and a grand staircase and elevators took visitors up to the guest rooms. The foyer is connected to Demeter's Banquet Hall for an elegant dinner in the Resort, and to an indoor courtyard for a peaceful experience with ponds, a bridge, and benches.

The Grand Foyer is also the first place that Delta witnesses a lone Little Sister harvesting a corpse, shortly before fighting a Big Sister.

Demeter's Banquet Hall
Named after Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, this area was once a lavish two-story dining area with a view of the ocean through a large glass window. However, the area mostly lies in ruins, with all entrances and stairways down to the main floor blocked by rubble. This area becomes submerged after a Big Sister slices the window open during an encounter with Subject Delta.

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New Weaponry

 * Drill
 * Rivet Gun

New Plasmids and Tonics

 * Electro Bolt

New Enemies

 * Thuggish Splicer
 * Leadhead Splicer
 * Big Sister
 * Rumbler (seen only)
 * Bouncer (seen only)
 * Rosie (seen only)
 * Miniature Turret (seen only)

Audio Diaries

 * 1) "Big Kate" O'Malley - Attention: Workers! - To the left of the pool room generator in Adonis Baths.
 * 2) Rachelle Jacques - Fitness - In the locked sauna room of Adonis Baths.
 * 3) Sofia Lamb - To My Daughter - In the women's restroom.
 * 4) Brigid Tenenbaum - Return - In the area with two Splicers in the water, on a bench to the right.
 * 5) Mark Meltzer - They Called It Rapture - Next to an open suitcase in the blocked entryway to the Rapture Metro Station.
 * 6) Andrew Ryan - Generation - On the counter of the cocktail lounge in the lobby where a Big Sister attacks.
 * 7) Sammy Fletcher - Escape From Rapture - On a corpse in a crashed bathysphere during the first ocean walk.

Trivia

 * The graffiti on the plaque directly across from the Vita-Chamber where Delta first awakens reads "Fallen, fallen is Babylon." This is a reference to the Bible passage Revelation 18:2, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird."


 * This level repeats a minor Easter Egg also seen in the first level of BioShock. When the player is climbing the stairs right at the beginning of the level, if the player quickly looks into the Little Sister Vent at one of the landings, they will clearly see glowing Little Sister eyes peering out, and drop down the vent.


 * During the scene in which the player witnesses a Rumbler attacking Splicers, it is possible with noclip and god mode (console commands on the PC) to pass through the glass and deal with an otherwise "unreachable" Little Sister. She is guarded by a Rumbler (be warned, this enemy is very strong, especially on Hard). Enable god mode and noclip through the display, and deal with the Rumbler. Once he falls, adopt/harvest this "extra" Little Sister. As such, the player can use the Little Sister detector and she will point to a body in that same hallway, but if the player attempts to harvest from it, she will disappear. There is a vent right in the area where she can be rescued or harvested.


 * During the opening cinematic of the game, the hall where Eleanor is kidnapped shares many similarities with the Transit Hub from BioShock's first level. Also, just before that scene, a part of the Kashmir Restaurant's first floor can be seen during the cinematic.


 * Before going through the coral tunnel and seeing the panorama of the city, look up to see the tail of the airplane from the beginning of BioShock lodged against some rocks.


 * The only partially-accessible Rapture Metro Station is found on this level. The player can't reach the actual broken Bathysphere, but it is viewable through gates and features many useful items scattered around it.


 * After activating the door in the pool room, the player can see a Rosie outside the window in the hallway. The Rosie can be seen using its Rivet Gun to seal a leak in the window. This is one of the few rare occasions in which a Big Daddy can be seen using its equipment to complete a task that it is intended to be used for (ie using Rivets to secure damaged components).


 * An article from Game Informer #204 mentions that the flooding sequence was originally built as throwaway work for an early proof of the "Capture the Big Sister" concept demo. It proved too popular and iconic to be removed from the game.


 * In Game Informer #204, 2K Games mentions that Adonis Luxury Resort was the last level created. The first level created was Dionysus Park.
 * During the first underwater walk outside to the Atlantic Express, the player will notice that part of Garry Schyman's musical track, Ten Years Later, was slightly altered and extended from the original. Part of the track will continually play, until reaching the wide view of Rapture, which will automatically cue the climax of the track.
 * If the player used console commands to see their surroundings during the panorama view of Rapture, they could see a large head of Andrew Ryan's statue lurching above their right, and the large letters below are those from the Hotel Monseñor facing sideways, even though the Hotel Monseñor is also seen on the panorama view of Rapture. It's possible that the sideways letters are an ad for the Hotel.
 * This level is the only one where every type of Big Daddy can be seen, except for the Elite Bouncer.
 * In The Deco Devolution Artbook This level is known as prelude.

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