Rampancy's games

1. Interoffice Memo - After entering the main room with all of the computer monitors, you will hear a recording begin to play. To the right, you will find a smaller office area with a Boltok pistol in it. The collectible is on the floor between a desk and a filing cabinet.
2. Memo (Dr. Doug Sato) – The first checkpoint you come to after picking up the previous collectible will give you the option of continuing up the stairs or heading into the room on your right. Head to the right and you will find yourself in a short hallway with a closed door at the end. Kick that sucker open and you should find your collectible on the floor.
3. New Hope Medical File – After entering the second building, you’ll eventually find yourself in a room full of turrets on the ceiling. To the right of the switch that deactivates the turrets, you should see a door. Head through the door and take a left — the collectible should be right there on the floor.

1. Doctor’s Journal – You won’t come across this collectible until after exiting the facility. Dom will suggest getting in the train cars, but do NOT listen to him. Instead, head to the right towards the small barn-looking building. The collectible is inside towards the back of the room.
2. Captivity Marks – Near the end of the chapter, you will have to open some garage doors to shield yourself from the razorhail. After making it through the garages, you will come to another train. Again, do NOT get on the train. Instead, head into the building behind you and take a left. Your collectible is the scratched tally marks on the wall.

1. Stranded’s Journal – Shortly after the chapter begins, you will be tasked with destroying a gunboat. Afterwards, in the area where the wretches start attacking you, you should notice a set of stairs on your right side. Follow these all the way to the top to find your collectible.

1. Locust Terminal – After an elevator ride, you will come to an area where the Locusts are attacking and shining a spotlight on you. This is how you know you’re in the right area. Your objective is to check the terminals, but do NOT activate the first terminal yet as this progresses the story. Head to the next terminal instead to find your collectible.

1. Locust Prisoner’s Journal – After you deal with the Locust patrol (either kill them or hide until they leave), you will see some more terminals. To the left of the second terminal, you should see a trailer and the collectible nearby.

1. Locust Jailer Document – Shortly after the chapter starts, head down the stairs and take a right. Go through the narrow corridor and take a left at the end. You should see your collectible on the ground next to a Locust symbol.
2. Human Finger Necklace – This collectible is incredibly easy to miss and one of the only collectibles that requires any kind of skill to grab. As soon as you kill the Grinders and Dom starts talking about the beacon, you’re going to need to start roadie running. You should see a door in front of you that is closing fast, and you need to get in there. Head up the stairs and through the door, and if you are fast enough, you should see your collectible on the floor to your right.

1. Locust Calendar – Shortly after you start the chapter, head up the spiral staircase to the very top. On the left wall, you should see a glowing orange thing that looks somewhat like a sundial — this is your collectible.
2. Locust Defensive Plans – After reuniting with the rest of your squad, you will need to pull a lever to extend a bridge to continue. Head across the bridge and once you get to the other side, look to your left. You should see an ammo crate on the ground — the collectible should be right there next to it.

1. Locust Invasion Map – This is another easily missed collectible. After the Locust ambush, you will be tasked with finding an alternate route. Head around to the right, and once you get to the point where you need to take the lift to the palace, do NOT get on the lift. Instead, turn around and you should see some gated-off stairs on the left and right. Head to the left down the path until you hit the first detectable piece of cover (the ones that pop out of the ground). Once there, look to your right in the gated stairway and you might not even actually see the collectible on the ground, but it’s there.
2. Trinity of Worms – After taking the lift, you will have to split up into two groups. When you meet up again on the other side of the door (or before that, depending on which path you took), you are supposed to go down the stairs to continue. Instead, turn around and head up to the balcony on the left, and take that the whole way until you hit a locked door. The collectible should be there at your feet.

1. Locust Tablets – In the area where Cole starts talking smack, turn left and walk to the end of the room. There should be pillars on both sides of you. The collectible is on the left behind the last set of pillars.

1. COG Recon Report - This collectible is on the first platform you have to defend. Once the Raven helicopter wipes out the Locusts, head down the stairs to the lower platform, and you should see the collectible sitting next to an ammo crate.
2. COG Tags: Sergeant Devon Jackson – After you defend the Communications Satellite, Colonel Hoffman should open a gate for you. Go through and take a left. This collectible is on the same type of balcony area as the previous collectible. Head down the stairs and you should see it next to a sniper rifle and an ammo box (and a dead COG soldier).

1. Jacinto Sentinel Newspaper – After the large battle in the courtyard, Marcus and Dom will need to turn a wheel to lift a gate. Head through and you will be faced with a few more Locusts with a Grinder in the middle. Head to the far right and you should see a red car near a barrier. On the ground will be a pile of leaves with your collectible.
2. COG Tags: Sergeant Jonathan Harper – According to your War Journal, the collectible is located in Chapter 4, but it is technically located at the end of Chapter 3. You’ll find it inside a blown-up building on the left side, just after you destroy the Reaver. If you’ve already made it to Chapter 4 and missed it, the easiest thing to do would be to just turn around and walk a little bit. If you’re just hunting collectibles and have already beaten the game, it would be faster to load Chapter 4 and turn around than it would be to go all the way through Chapter 3.

1. Stranded’s Journal -After falling through the floor, you will find yourself fighting some Locusts (again), and there will be some busted-out windows in front of you. Jump through the windows and the collectible should be there in front of you, in the back corner by a desk.

And that’s it! As soon as you pick up the Stranded’s Journal, you should get the final collectibles achievement, “Completionist”. The three achievements are worth a total of 50 points, and you are now that much closer to getting the full 1000/1000 out of Gears of War 2. I hope you found this guide helpful, and I welcome any feedback.