Hardy Machines

Hardy Machines is a Gene Tonic in BioShock 2 which increases the effectiveness of the player's hacked machines by increasing the health of each one.

Hardy Machines

“	A hacked turret or bot can be your greatest friend. Make that friendship last longer with the new Hardy Machines Tonic from Ryan Industries!	”

Effect:

Hacking a Turret or Security Bot raises its max health.

Location:

Found near the safe in the back room of Imago Fine Arts at Dionysus Park. Can also be purchased at Gatherer's Gardens in levels from Fontaine Futuristics onwards.

Cost:

50 ADAM

Minerva's Den[]

Found in a little room on the left side of the main hall of the Programming wing, Operations. Unobtainable in Gatherer's Gardens.

Gallery[]

v·d·e Gene Tonics
Tonics in BioShock	Combat Tonics	Armored Shell 1 & 2 · Damage Research 1 & 2 · Electric Flesh 1 & 2 · Frozen Field 1 & 2 · Human Inferno 1 & 2 · Machine Buster 1 & 2 · Photographer's Eye 1 & 2 · Static Discharge 1 & 2 · Wrench Jockey 1 & 2 · Wrench Lurker 1 & 2
	Engineering Tonics	Alarm Expert 1 & 2 · Clever Inventor · Focused Hacker 1 & 2 · Hacking Expert 1 & 2 · Prolific Inventor · Safecracker 1 & 2 · Security Expert 1 & 2 · Shorten Alarms 1 & 2 · Speedy Hacker 1 & 2 · Vending Expert 1 & 2
	Physical Tonics	Bloodlust · Booze Hound · EVE Link 1 & 2 · EVE Saver · Extra Nutrition 1, 2 & 3 · Hacker's Delight 1, 2 & 3 · Medical Expert 1, 2 & 3 · Natural Camouflage · Scrounger · Security Evasion 1 & 2 · SportBoost 1 & 2
	DLC Exclusive	Instant Piano Prodigy
Tonics in BioShock 2	Main Game	Damage Research · Demanding Father · Drill Power 1 & 2 · Elemental Storm · Extended Reel · Fire Storm · Freezing Drill · Keen Observer 1 & 2 · Machine Buster · Short Circuit 1 & 2 · Shorten Alarms 2 · Thrifty Hacker · Vending Expert 2
	Main Game and DLC	Armored Shell 1 & 2 · Arms Race · Booze Hound · Careful Hacker 1 & 2 · Cure All · Deadly Machines · Drill Lurker · Drill Specialist · Drill Vampire · Electric Flesh · Electrical Storm · Elemental Sponge · Elemental Vampire · EVE Expert · EVE Link · EVE Saver 1 & 2 · Extra Nutrition · EZ-Hack · Fountain of Youth · Hacker's Delight 1 & 2 · Handyman · Hardy Machines · Headhunter · Hurried Hacker · Ice Storm · Medical Expert · Natural Camouflage · Proud Parent · Quik-Hack · Scrounger · Security Evasion · Shorten Alarms 1 · Sports Boost · Vending Expert 1 · Walking Inferno
	DLC Exclusive	Drill Dash · Master Protector
Gene Tonics in BioShock 2 Multiplayer		Back Stabber · Big Game Hunter · Deadly Machines · Death Trap · EVE Saver · Expert Researcher · Fast Feet · Headhunter · Leg Up · Metabolic EVE · Repairman · Resurrection · Sabotage · Security Evasion · Slugger · Speedy Hacker · Speedy Recovery
Removed Gene Tonics		Organic Pockets · Shutdown Expert