Gears of War 3 Collectibles Guide

We released our Gears of War 3 Achievements Guide and thought we better get a guide put together for all of the Gears of War 3 collectibles. Not only do they give you some background and details for the game, they also allow you to earn specific achievements, based on how many collectible items you collect.

Act 1

• At the very beginning of the prologue (as soon as you control Marcus), look in the room to your right (you'll have to kick the door in).

• Once you regain control of Marcus on-board the ship, turn around and look on the corner of the table (by the can and printer).
• Look in the sick bay.
• Look in Baird's room.
• Once you make it outside onto the ship's deck, head over to the large containers (next to the broken walkway). You'll see the COG/Red Omen logo. Head behind the container and look up at the walkway. Shooting the dead body will drop a COG tag.

• You'll be prompted to grab a silverback to help with the fighting. BEFORE taking the silverback, look for the service manual to the right.

• Look at the double doors by the "Best Breakfast" poster as you work your way through the streets (to your left before meeting the stranded). Enter the double doors to find a journal.
• Look at the play fort by the swings when you enter the playground to find a child's diary.
• Go to checkout counter 1 before you leave the supermarket to find a grocery list.
• Once you get in the loader mech, kick in the door and find the room at the back with the COG tag on the desk (COG/blood omen logo gives it away) BEFORE you transport the food.

• Once inside the stranded base, look for the football dummy. You'll find a newspaper clipping behind the rusted out shipping container.
• Once you hit the dock outside, head to your left and find a COG tag where the wooden pier begins falling apart (again, the COG/blood omen logo points you in the right direction).

• When given the option to choose the route, select to go up and look in the souvenir shop to the right to find a season program for the cougars featuring Cole.
• When you enter the south gate, take a look at the vending machines to your right (by the fence) for the Cougars player handbook.
• Once inside the stadium, find the woman near the UXO sign (full of crates) to find Cole's championship ring.

• Look at the toll booth with the turret inside to find toll booth tokens.
• After passing the toll boothes, and nearing the bridge, take a look in the rusted out shipping container to your right. Smash the crate to find a bayonet.
• Once inside the outpost near the bridge, drop down the ladder by the van (COG/blood omen logo). You'll find a COG tag at the end of the path.
• While fighting the Lambent, head to your right and look to the right of the stairs, BEFORE going up, to find a sightseeing book.

Act 2

• Look inside the shipping container at the beginning of the act (you'll have to kick the doors open) for a beginner's guide to growing tomatoes.
• While making your way through the crash site, find the gunship next to the three shipping containers (it's on fire). you'll find a Octus Medal Diploma just to the left of it.
• After dropping down off the siege beast, follow the path and keep the rocks on your right side. You'll see a longshot in a rocky alcove on the ground. Look up, shoot the wooden crate on the rocks, and a captain's log will fall out of it.
• As you approach the area to rescue your team mates, look behind the shipping container with the COG/blood omen logo on it for another COG tag.

• Take out all five guards WITHOUT raising the alarm. If you fail, reload the chapter. Once you get all five, a side door will open to allow you covert access. Once inside, follow the lower path to find a COG tag.

• As you make your way through the camp, you'll find a slope leading up to a raised gate (you can't miss it). Turn around and look at the crates to find a locust hammer in the corner.

• Look inside the tower structure (hard to miss) near the gateway. Go into the tower to find the Queen's Symbol.

• Once you've landed at the creek, you'll be ambushed on your way back to the barge. Go through the entrance that the enemies came from and check the road in front of the crashed lorry to find a manifest.
• Head up the stairs next to the yellow shipping container (tanks are on fire next to it). Follow the route to find a COG tag.

Act 3

• At the beginning of the chapter (when in the warehouse) look at the poster on the wall behind you.
• Inside the starting area, go up the stairs to the right and follow the path/walway. You'll find a room on yoru right with a large painting in it (these watercolor paintings are mentioned in the novels and were done by Captain Sander, Hoffmen's commander).
• While defending the front gate, head down the walkway and you'll find a small room to your right next to some stairs. Look inside to find Sam's father's medals (by the grenades)

• Look around the circular structure where you fight the berserker to find a journal.
• While fighting the berserker, head over to the left side of the perimeter (try not to get killed) to find a COG tag (in the corner by some stacked wooden crates).

• Once inside the building (after the cutscene) head down the stairs and look in the corner to the right to find a panicked note (by the scorcher).
• Look inside the deli to find another COG tag.
• Once you head up the double ladders, look to the room on your left to find a message.

• Find the Air Raid Shelter poster at the dead end BEFORE heading off towards the objective.

Act 4

• Look to the brokendown building to your left after the spider ambush. Look behind the wooden shelter in front of it and you'll find a COG tag in the ruined building.

• As you head towards the refinery, you'll see a wooden door to your right at the beginning of the chapter. Kick it in and you'll find a journal inside.

• While heading to the cable car, you'll see an empty swimming pool. Head to the left and work your way around to the metal shed. Look inside the shed, next to the dead body, to find a note.
• After the cable car ride (as you escape the ambush), you'll pass through a room on fire at the top of the building. Look at the rubble on the floor next to the exit door (to the right of the desk) to find an old magazine.

• After the hanger, you'll see a "02" on the wall. Look to the right of the ramp leading up to this area and go behind the blue container (wht the white COG on it) to find a tabloid.

• When given the option, choose to search for fuel. As you move through the first ship, you'll see a shipping container with the white COG on it, as well as the red blood omen. Hed below and look next to the blue container with the white COG on it to find a COG tag.
• When looking for the propeller for the sug, and after being ambushed, you'll find yourself in the maintenance bay. Go down stairs and enter the main room. Go through the door to the left of the stairs to find a bulletin.
• As you escort the sub, look in the room marked "1" on the left to find a contractor report.

Act 5

• As you make your way to the station platform, look in the left corner by the arches to find a pamphlet.
• You'll be advised to take a silverback to help you clear out the enemies before heading along the beach area. This is entirely optional, but you will need the silverback alive and kicking to bash down an iron barrier so you can enter to grab the assault plans. This entrance is on the left side as you enter the cavern area just after the beach. Note, if you don't grab the silverback at the start you won't be able to go back because the door closes.

• Get the silverback before entering the lift. Head towards the "3" storage area. Kick down the door to grab a COG tag.
• On your way to the generator room you'll find an office filled with paintings. Check the large middle desk for a button that will open a safe behind the picture to your right. Inside you'll find schematics.

• After destroying the barges, you'll enter the main building. Turn the first corner and at the end of the corridor you'll see some suitcases on the floor. Check the floor here to reveal a secret compartment containing a stack of money.
• In the room with the large white angel statue (after blowing the dam and entering the building) look on one of the sofas (by the COG box) to find a diary.
• Before going outside to the main plaza (just after the angel room), look in the right corner for the COG (by the water fountain). There's a COG tag by the dead body.

• You'll find yourself in the lower lobby at the start, look to your right and grab the statue from the pedestal.
• After reaching the upper floor via the elevator, call the elevator again after exiting it to find a hidden "Remain Indoors" announcement poster inside.

• As you exit the elevators and seperate, you'll find yourself in a circular room with locked doors and staircases. Go down one level and look behind the sofar (surrounded by four pillars) to find a brochure.
• As you enter the dark area, use your objective hilight to find the boxes next to the storage shelves. Smash them to find a COG tag.
• Inside the office by the telescope you'll find Adam Fenix's research (as you meet your objective).