A typical Lockbox.
Lockboxes are small containers found around Rapture that contain various loot. When too many Splicer corpses are in one area, each corpse will eventually disappear, leaving a lockbox in its place. Even if the corpse was looted prior to disappearing, the lockbox left behind will have new loot.
BioShock 2[]
- Main article: BioShock 2
In BioShock 2, looting a Splicer completely will cause it to disappear completely. This means that lockboxes cannot be collected in piles, as they will also disappear. This presents a slight difficulty for more interested players, as corpses such as Mark Meltzer's can disappear before the player has time to notice. Also, enemies frozen inside an ice block (from using a charged Winter Blast 2 or a normal Winter Blast 3 shot) leave lockboxes behind when they are shattered.
BioShock Infinite[]
Typical example found in Columbia.
- Main article: BioShock Infinite
Lockboxes make an appearance in BioShock Infinite as well. Besides appearing after too many corpses pile up in an area, they also appear after bodies disintegrate upon being killed by the effects of Shock Jockey or Devil's Kiss.
| Items in BioShock | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single Use items | ADAM · Automatic Hack Tool · Dollar · EVE Hypo · First Aid Kit · Lockbox · Spider Splicer Organ | |
| Ammunition | Pistol Round · Auto Round · Buck · Grenade · Film · Chemical · Bolt | |
| U-Invent components | Alcohol · Battery · Brass Tube · Chlorophyll Solution · Distilled Water · Empty Hypo · Enzyme Sample · Glue · Kerosene · Rubber Hose · Screw · Shell Casing | |
| Consumables | Arcadia Merlot · Bandages · Chechnya Vodka · Cigarettes · Coffee · Creme-Filled Cake · Fine Gin · Hop-Up Soda · Lacas Scotch · Moonbeam Absinthe · Old Harbinger Beer · Old Tom Whiskey · Pep Bar · Pipe · Potato Chips · Red Ribbon Brandy | |
| Plot items | Audio Diary · Cohen's Muse Box · Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb · Genetic Key · Quarter-Can of Ionic Gel · Lazarus Vector · Little Sister Gift · Lot 192 · Nitroglycerin · Pheromone · R-34 Wire Cluster · Radio · Rosa Gallica | |
| BioShock: The Collection only | Golden Film Reels | |