Gears of War 3: written collectible checklist

Gears of War 3: written collectible checklist Main campaign: 42 documents/items plus 15 COG tags. The two counters are separate. This checklist is arranged by chapter so you can go back for missing entries without replaying everything. Research-based directions, not a personally tested route. Documents/items: Act 1 — 14 Anchored: 1. $20 bill: bedside table when Marcus wakes. 2. Dom's report: first left cabin, table. 3. Requisition: next left cabin, right-hand surface. Abandon Ship: 4. Silverback manual: left crate in robot hangar. Homecoming: 5. Journal: left pavement, gated yard, far corner before meeting survivors. 6. Child's diary: playground slide-house floor. 7. Grocery list: supermarket's last ruined checkout near withered stalk. Helping Hand: 8. Newspaper clipping: camp armory; right to wall, then right again. MVP: 9. Season program: upper route, right office, behind desk. 10. Player handbook: after Gunker, south gate, right by vending machine. 11. Championship ring: after Cole's flashback, beyond bomb pickup beside body. Hanging by a Thread: 12. Toll tokens: side alley right of first turret emplacement. 13. Bayonet: post-Boomer bridge, right container; break wooden crate. 14. Sightseeing book: climb out after Leviathan tunnel; right-hand dead end. Act 1 directions (https://t.co/YNn4PlYmK4) Documents/items: Act 2 — 6 Shipwreck: 15. Tomato guide: open starting area's container. 16. Diploma: first battlefield's right cliff-side route leads to crashed helicopter; ground nearby. 17. Captain's log: after siege-beast Brumak kill, shoot wooden crate high on right cliff; collect fallen item. Trench Run: 18. Locust hammer: final bunker in gas-barge encounter, behind right-hand crates before exit. Hijack: 19. Queen's symbol: after first fight, pass broad gate toward turret; kick open right-hand small building. Airborne: 20. Manifest: leave weapons outpost, turn left along road to truck at dead end. Act 2 directions (https://t.co/HU57S9GWsn) Documents/items: Act 3 — 7 Unbreakable: 21. Plaque: turn around at start; inspect support behind you. 22. Painting: right stairs, room on right, wall. 23. Medals: continue same elevated route to roofless room at far end. Rescue: 24. Journal: behind central courtyard structure during Lambent Berserker fight. Ghost Town: 25. Panicked note: old man's building, left staircase/landing. 26. Message: after final Lambent-human battle, climb ladder; far-left end of balcony corridor. Brothers to the End: 27. Shelter sign: inside cleared church, break left boards; left wall beyond, before descending lift. Act 3 directions (https://t.co/em4MQfhCMt) Documents/items: Act 4 — 6 Crater: 28. Journal: building immediately right of starting route; break obstruction and search inside. Hang 'em High: 29. Fuel order: beyond wagon/barbed wire, finish fight; follow outside route to dead end/body instead of entering right building. 30. Magazine: room containing two couches and desk; beneath second couch. Batten Down the Hatches: 31. Tabloid: after footbridge and Serapede fight, behind blue container on right. Bon Voyage: 32. Bulletin: rotor-search maintenance bay, descend toward Mauler; left-hand room, floor. 33. Contractor report: while submarine moves through hangar, left stairs; upstairs room marked 1, left side. Act 4 directions (https://t.co/6w71L6O08I) Documents/items: Act 5 — 9 Home Away From Home: 34. Pamphlet: first station's upper platform, corridor left end. Collect before finishing enemies triggers departure. 35. Assault plans: take Silverback through jungle; mortar area, left cave. Break metal barrier with robot; back corner. Blackout: 36. Schematics: guarded office with paired desks; press desk button, retrieve from opened wall safe. Shattered Paradise: 37. Money: ruined hotel corridor, loose floor tile near final left doors; interact. 38. Diary: after destroying dam, angel-statue room; table among seating. Threshold: 39. Memorial: inspect bust/pedestal beyond initial corridor and statue. 40. Announcement: after elevator ascent, summon other elevator with nearby button; rear-wall notice inside. Ascension: 41. Brochure: circular balcony room after elevator sequence; lowest floor, behind pillar. 42. Research: Adam Fenix's study, near telescope after scene; collect before leaving. Act 5 directions (https://t.co/8M26DOipxk) COG tags — all 15 1. Prologue: leave cell, right; break neighboring cell door. 2. Anchored: after Prescott scene, container with red omen; shoot body on overhead walkway to drop tag. 3. Homecoming: supermarket side-office on right; desk near screen. 4. Helping Hand: leaving survivor camp, follow left wall to corpse. 5. Hanging by a Thread: covered bridge section beyond Boomers; descend to lower catwalk, behind low barrier. 6. Shipwreck: final defense/second Brumak area; behind yellow omen-marked container. 7. Forced Entry: silence guards before any horn sounds. Enter opened side gate; descend, search beside bone trough/baskets. 8. Airborne: across road from weapons outpost, climb enemy-position stairs; far-end shack, left inside. Tags 1–8 (https://t.co/5AB7HQyNhn) 9. Rescue: Berserker courtyard; beneath high red omen, among movable barrels beside perimeter. 10. Ghost Town: enter deli after old man's building; rear alley, left sandbags. Before sewers. 11. Ashes to Ashes: after dumped Polyp box, don't open large exit door; ruined building behind/left of box, overturned container/body. 12. Bon Voyage: fuel-search room with old boat; cross boat, right; behind yellow omen-marked container. 13. Blackout: obtain Silverback from hidden hangar button before elevator. Ride up with it; corridor 3, third left door without bars; break obstruction, collect inside. 14. Shattered Paradise: beyond angel-statue room after dam; far side of following station/corridor, behind final planter. 15. Ascension: after lift, right-hand omen alcove; smash crates. Tags 9–15 (https://t.co/5F3olSWfGe)