Chapter 17 - Plaza of Zeal

BioShock Infinite guide · Booker arrives at the industrial square seeking a skilled gunsmith ✓ Checked against sources

Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth arrive via freight elevator into the Plaza of Zeal in Finkton Proper, seeking the gunsmith Chen Lin to supply weapons for the Vox Populi. After exploring the square and entering the Gunsmith Shop to find Lin has been arrested, Booker steps outside and must survive an ambush culminating in a brutal Handyman assault before proceeding to The Good Time Club.

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Voxophone ("The Invisible Color"): Sitting against a woodcutter's table saw behind train cars stacked with logs in the far corner of the plazaVoxophone ("We've Need of a Shepherd"): Sitting on the front counter inside the lobby entrance of Chen Lin's Gunsmith ShopGear: Sitting on the roof framework above the sign of Chen Lin's Gunsmith Shop, reachable via freight hooksThe Voxophone "The Invisible Color" can be missed if you enter The Good Time Club before searching the far side of the plaza; it rests against a table saw behind stacked cargo carts loaded with logs.

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A locked watchmaker's store on the plaza's right perimeter requires 1 lockpick and contains a Vox cipher scrawled on a wall beside clocks; it starts an optional mission whose codebook is later obtained inside The Good Time Club.

Key fights

Plaza Ambush Handyman

Enemies: Handyman accompanied by local police and turrets

Threats: The Handyman leaps across the plaza, executes ground slams, and electrifies freight rails

Weaknesses and resistances: Aim directly for the exposed heart on its chest; susceptible to Murder of Crows to momentarily stall him

Tactics: Use freight hooks to maneuver around the square, maintain distance with carbine or sniper fire, and focus fire on his central mechanical heart

Rewards: A piece of Gear dropped on death

Enemies

Handyman

Weak to Exposed glowing mechanical heart on its chestSteal / drop Gear box

Relentlessly charges and electrifies sky-lines, leaping directly at Booker with high melee damage

Tips

Use the Possession Vigor on the perimeter Gun Turrets when first entering the plaza to turn defensive firepower against the local police patrols without wasting ammunition.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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