Gears of War 4 - All Collectible Locations, COG Tags
Learn how to find all 50 of the collectibles hidden in Gears of War 4.
Like previous titles in the series, Gears of War 4 has plenty of hidden items throughout its five acts. If you want to find them all, and collect them, you’re going to have to look really hard to spot them hidden throughout the world. In this guide we’ll pinpoint the location of each collectible, tell you which collectible it is, and what part of the game you can find it in.
We’ve broken each collectible down depending on its chapter, and we’ll be adding images to each entry in the near future.
All Collectibles in Act 1 – Prologue (7 Collectibles)
UIR SECURITY REPORT
- This collectible can be found by heading through the bunker that you blow up with a grenade, and across the small courtyard. Enter the bunker directly ahead (the one that Colonel Hoffman and his group come out of), and grab this collectible off the table inside.
COG TAG
- This COG Tag can be found near the corpse of a COG soldier. Head out of the bunker that you blew up, and across to the one that Colonel Hoffman entered through. Continue out of the bunker, and back onto the battlefield. You should spot a barrier of concrete blocks to your left. Turn around it to spot the corpse of the soldier, and grab this COG Tag.
UIR ANTI-COG PAMPHLET
- To find this collectible you’ll need to continue through the game until you exit the facility gate right past the cache of weapons. Look to your right (just outside the entrance), and you should spot this collectible hanging on the wall like a poster.
JACINTO HERALD
- You’ll need to continue through the Prologue until it loads into the city, where you’ll be tasked with getting the Hammer of Dawn from a van. Don’t grab it just yet, instead, look for the security booth near the Locust spawn. If you head inside the booth you will find this stack of papers resting on the desk. Grab it to claim it.
COG TAG
- The next collectible on the list can be found after Hoffman and Kim head inside the building. You and another set of soldiers are left to defend the area. Head up the stairs, and around to the right side of the overlook to find this COG Tag beside a COG soldier’s corpse.
BERNIE’S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
- Finding the sixth collectible in the Prologue requires you to wait until you load into the third part of it. Taking place seventeen years after Emergence Day, you’ll need to make your way to the top of the wall. Once you spawn in, and revive the wounded chap in front of you. Now look to the right of the area to spot a desk with a couple of items on it. You can find this collectible on the desk.
COG TAG
- The final collectible in the Prologue can be found on the ground right before you climb the ladder next to the tank. Look on the opposite side of the tank to spot this collectible on the ground.
All Collectibles in Act 1 - Chapter 1 (5 Collectibles)
RUBBLE RECLAMATION MANIFEST
- The first collectible of this chapter can be found just before you take cover from the Windflare beneath the crane. After shooting the gate open, turn your back to the flare and look for this collectible on the ground in front of some boxes.
DEEBEE PROTECTION PAMPHLET
- This collectible can be found in the same room where you first see the large construction bot. Look in the left-hand corner of the room to spot a couple of crates covered in a tarp. The item is on top.
SETTLEMENT 5 RESIDENT ASSIGNMENT LIST
- The third collectible of the chapter can be found on a shelf inside of a building just inside the second ring of Settlement 5. When you come to an area that forces you to ascend a set of stairs, ignore them, and search the nearby buildings on the right to find this item.
COG BIRTHING PAMPHLET
- This collectible can be found on the table inside of the maternity ward. You’ll notice it just after the cutscene where you look out the window at the Construction Hub. Look beneath the poster of the woman holding a child to spot this collectible.
WINDFLARE LOCKDOWN PROCEDURE
- The final collectible in this chapter is found on the wall at the top of a set of stairs where you must outlast a final group of DeeBees. Look for the small courtyard with the arch, just outside the maternity ward, to know that you are close.
All Collectibles in Act 1 - Chapter 2 (1 Collectible)
DEEBEE SCHEMATICS
- There is only one collectible in this chapter. Make your way through the chapter until you and Kait arrive in the room with the Fabricator. Once here, look around to spot a dim green glow in the back left of the area. This will lead you to a computer monitor where you can snag this collectible.
All Collectibles in Act 1 - Chapter 3 (1 Collectible)
DEEBEE SAFETY NOTICE
- Another chapter with only a single collectible. You can find this collectible by waiting until right after your team is introduced to the new Tri-shot weapon. Once you eliminate the enemies, check the courtyard for a bench, just to the right of where you entered. Head over to it to nab this collectible for your collection.
All Collectibles in Act 1 - Chapter 4 (1 Collectibles)
Since this mission acts as a horde survival mission, be sure to grab these items before you lock up the meeting hall after moving the fabricator.
VILLAGE MARE BREEDING RECORD
- Head down the steps on the right side of the meeting hall patio (when looking towards the village entrance). Follow the edge of the village around, and pass between the farm plots. You should spot a platform that you can climb up to. Look to your right to spot this collectible resting on the ground in front of a stack of firewood.
VILLAGE WINDFLARE LOCKDOWN PROCEDURE
- This collectible can be nabbed from the column just to the left of the meeting hall entrance (with your back turned to the village entrance). Look for the hanging tools to spot it.
BOOK INSCRIBED TO KAIT
- The last collectible in this chapter, and act, can be found all the way across the village, near where you entered at. Retrace your steps back down the path until you spot a small porch area up a flight of steps. Head up the steps to spot this collectible item resting on the ground between a barrel and a chair.
All Collectibles in Act 2 - Chapter 1 (3 Collectibles)
ANYA’S FAVORITE FLOWER
- Right at the start of the second act, look to your right and head into the cemetery. Interact with Anya’s grave to pay respect to JD’s mother, and then look towards the gate to spot this collectible item in a pot to the right.
JD’S SIXTH-BIRTHDAY PRESENT FROM HIS UNCLE COLE
- After dropping out the window after Marcus, turn to your right (ignoring your friends for the moment), and make your way around the garage to find this collectible hidden in a burrow of weeds.
COG MILITARY ACCEPTANCE LETTER
- After entering the manor, search for a mirror and two bookshelves in the lower area of the house. You can find this collectible resting atop a dresser near the mirror. Make sure to grab it before continuing or you will miss it.
All Collectibles in Act 2 - Chapter 2 (3 Collectibles)
PHOTO OF JD AND ANYA
- This collectible item can be grabbed from the room next to the Armory. After getting your armor and weapons, and taking out Jinn’s chopper, look in the room next to the Armory. You should see a bunch of old furniture and a fireplace that was closed and boarded up long ago. Look on the ground in front of the fireplace to find this collectible.
HOUSE PLANS
- Marcus and Anya’s plans to renovate the manor have long been forgotten, but you can find them by heading down to the basement and looking for a workbench in the room where Marcus opens up the secret passage out of the manor.
OLD BOTTLE OF WINE
- Continue through the chapter until Jinn’s condor, which has been dropping loads of DeeBees on you and your friends, is grounded by the Windflare. The plane will crash into the barrel shed that Marcus was leading you to. Look to the left of the wreckage to find this collectible item on the ground.
All Collectibles in Act 2 - Chapter 3 (2 Collectibles)
THE NEW EPHYRAN
- When you come to the path junction in Chapter 3, where you’re force to go either right of left, head left and make your way through the path until you spot an old, broken down pickup truck near the fence. Head around the truck to find this collectible in the bed of the truck.
JD’S OLD TOY FIGURINE
- Much like the previous collectible, this item can only be grabbed by choosing a specific path at the path junction in Act 2 - Chapter 3. Choose to go right, and as soon as you drop into the riverbed, look around and spot an old red tractor. This collectible item is on the ground next to the tractor’s front left wheel.
All Collectibles in Act 2 - Chapter 4 (0 Collectibles)
- There are no collectibles available in Act 2 - Chapter 4 of the Gears of War 4 campaign.
We’ll be continually updating this guide as we find more items, so be sure to check back often for updated information, walkthroughs, and locations of all 50 of the collectibles hidden throughout Gears of War 4. If you follow this guide, you will have located and claimed all 50 of the collectibles hidden in Gears of War 4, as well as claimed the Pack Rat and Collector achievements. Head over to our Gears of War 4 walkthrough for more information, guides, and tips to help you survive the swarm.
