These will cost you ADAM and pretty much are a waste of time. Freebie tonics to find and use until you gain Elemental Storm. Shattering removes any chance of loot though. Keep them pinned longer under the drill and gain a chance to freeze and shatter them. Doesn't mitigate the doubled-vision though. Plenty of booze around, and now it'll restore some EVE as well as health. Useful at a pinch - Useful at the beginning of the game and still occasionally useful if you've nothing better Laying down charge Cyclone Traps ready for a collection? Use this tonic to keep the EVE cost down, then swap it back out when you're ready to start. Ready to let the Little Sister do some collecting? Get more ADAM and at a faster rate. Going to hack some bots or turrets? Make them tougher and deadlier. When you've got a chance to relax and hack some machines make it easier and get some EVE back too

Hurried Hacker, EZ-Hack, Hacker's Delight 1 & 2 Careful Hacker 1 & 2.

Gives you a 10% and 15% discount at Circus of Value machines. Make sure get the research rewards as quickly as possible then dump these tonics. Specialised - Load these up for specific events. Might not so good a deal, but it beats those 'empty' crates. Don't like what's on offer from looting change it. Don't hack for some more, repair them at a small EVE cost. Watched your two hacked bots getting into a fight and coming out the worse for wear. Sure the drill uses fuel when you spin it, but a quick smack uses no-fuel and delivers a hefty blow. You might like the ranged weapons but they cost ammo. Combines the Electrical, Fire, and Ice Storm tonics to give anyone who hits you a random blast. If they do reach you make sure they regret it. Awarded for fully researching the Alpha series. If they do manage to reach you make sure they do less damage with these tough tonics. Plasmids use less EVE meaning you can shock, fry, fling and freeze to your heart's content. As even a non-hacked station costs less to use than a first-aid kit or EVE syringe, it leaves you more money for the important things in life like ammunition. Health stations fully restore EVE as well as health.

First-aid kits also restore some EVE, not much but it can be as if you've 7 syringes instead of 5. A simple one, but occasionally a life-saver. Does not need to be equipped during said research to work. Increases the damage bonuses awarded for research.

Well you're researching splicers for the best tonics, so might as well get the most bang-for-your-buck.

Combine with Natural Camouflage and you can just stand and watch your enemies walk by as you rebuild your health. Stand in a pool of water and watch health and EVE levels replenish, stand in a pool under a waterfall and watch them shoot up. Awarded by fully researching Spider splicers. Stand still and disappear hack machines, fail and hack the security bots that come to investigate for a couple of instant bodyguards. Awarded by fully researching Houdini splicers so get the camera out as soon as you reach Persephone Dionysus Park. The non-movables - Once you get these you'll never remove them. This is based on having all 18 slots bought. Unlike its predecessor there are no set tracks that you have to fit tonics to, which means no more juggling over which type of tonic to load up. Starting back from an AutoSave thanks to the Natural Camouflage glitch gave me a chance to properly configure my Gene Tonic loadout.

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