An example of an "Unknown Item."
"Unknown Items" are specific objects found in both BioShock and BioShock 2 with the text "Unknown Item" if hovered over with the cursor. These objects do not have any use, plot relevance or hidden meaning, and are labeled such for unknown reasons. The objects are seemingly random with little to no connection with each other.
List of Unknown Items[]
BioShock[]
- Medical Pavilion
- The water puddle in the tunnel to Surgery, caused by broken pipes after the player defeats Dr. Steinman.
- Neptune's Bounty
- Picking up any film reel with Telekinesis in Fontaine Fisheries.
- Arcadia
- The pipes on top of the central misting control console in Langford Research Laboratories.
- Fort Frolic
- The rabbit masks on Cohen's Quadtych.
- A painting in Cohen's Collection.
- The debris in front of the Fleet Hall stage.
- A grate on the floor in the Frozen Tunnel (pictured above).
- The debris by the stairs in Rapture Records.
- Apollo Square
- The breakable board barricade to an apartment on the fifth floor of Fontaine's Home for the Poor.
BioShock 2[]
- Atlantic Express
- A broken tv-monitor in Train Workshop 6B.
- Fontaine Futuristics
- A square floor tile (tile used in locations such as BioShock's Fort Frolic level), randomly picked up with Telekinesis.