Find the statue of Columbia | Chapter 2 - Welcome Center BioShock Infinite guide, walkthrough
Last update: 12 February 2020
On this page of our guide to BioShock: Infinite you will find the second part of a detailed walkthrough of Chapter 2 - Welcome Center. Our guide advises how to cross the first (still safe) areas on your way to the Columbia statue. Remember to carefully explore the area, because you can find, among other things, new voxophones and first sightseeing points (telescopes and kinetoscopes are another category of secrets / collectibles).
You'll awaken in a garden being surrounded by a lot of praying people. Being almost drowned by the preacher has resulted in losing some of your health so you should be on a lookout for fruits and other snacks. Make sure to examine a pond found along the way in order to find a few coins in the water.
Keep following the navigational arrow until you get to the exit from the temple garden. Get to the other side and you'll enter the streets of Columbia. As always you should explore your surroundings, because many less important objects can be found on the benches and in side alleys, as well as inside barrels and trashcans.
Check the area to the right of the monumental statue of Father Comstock and you should be able to locate Hudson's tailor shop. There's a bench near the store and you can find several coins under it. Enter the store to unlock Vantage Point #1: Kinetoscope (this action is needed to unlock the Sightseer achievement). Don't leave just yet, because exploring the area behind the store's counter will also result in finding Voxophone #2.
In the Vantage points section of our guide we have listed all such objects. We recommend that you take a look at this chapter if you missed a telescope or kinetoscope. You can get to the missing secrets without repeating the whole game.
Get back to the streets and proceed towards a parade flying over the city. Wait for one of the guards to lift the barrier and move on.
You'll notice a large poster "The False Shepherd" along the way. Examine the area near the poster to unlock Vantage Point #2: Kinetoscope.
There are stairs to the left of the kinetoscope and they lead to a small garden. Locate some money and food under the umbrella, as well as Voxophone #3. You may now examine the rest of the garden and when you're done go back to the streets. Head towards a large statue seen in the distance.