Updated: October 3, 2026 
Act 2 is where Gears of War: E-Day fully opens up, and with it also comes 32 new collectibles to obtain. The chapter Hold the Line throws you into a large open-world district with apartments, banks, warehouses, and side objectives all competing for your attention. Here is a list of all 32 collectible locations in Act 2 of Gears of War: E-Day.
Act 2 Collectible Locations in Gears of War: E-Day
Just like finding the collectibles locations in Act 1, the audio stinger and Tac-Com (LB) are your best tools here. The Tac-Com highlights nearby collectibles, and the short-range stinger cues you in when you're walking close to one.
What's different in Act 2 is that some collectibles are mostly connected to main objectives and unlock automatically. A couple are also tied to side objectives, so completing every side mission you come across isn't just good for XP.
Chapter 1: Bravo Squad - 5 Collectibles Location
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| COG Helmet With Bullet Hole | Walk to the end of the street after the chapter starts and turn left behind the burning bus. It's with the remains of a fallen soldier on the side of the bus. |
| Sniper Goggles | Enter the west control room and go left, all the way to the far end. It's next to a dead Locust. |
| Bridge Worker's Lunch Kit | After descending the ladder off the sky train, turn left immediately. The kit is in the corner near a pair of police line barriers. |
| Thrashball RUSH Magazine | Now enter the east control room. At the far end from where you entered, the Magazine is sitting on a small metal caddy. |
| Medic's First Aid Kit | After the Boomer encounter on the bridge, go to the lower deck, turn left, and check the ground just next to the burning COG truck. |
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Chapter 2: Hold the Line - 27 Collectibles Location
Hold the Line is set in multiple areas with 27 collectibles scattered across the map. I've split these into sections based on location to make it easier to sweep:
Iron Coast Motors Area
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Cinema Filmatica Magazine | This is inside the car dealership showroom. After you go through the main entrance, turn left into the back room, and look immediately right. It's on the countertop next to a radio. |
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Side Objective Areas
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| A Letter Home | It's inside the Last Dollar Store after you discover the Trapped Family side objective. Clear the enemies first, open the garage door, walk through, and turn right in the corridor. |
| Thrashies Cereal Box | Inside the gas station southeast of the residential area. After helping the Gears at Timgad Prime, head in and look left. It's on the cashier counter. |
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Around Bank of Tyrus & Financial District
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Kalona Postcard | Leave the station, turn right, go down the steps past the pawnbroker into the plaza. The postcard is on the far side of the stone bench in front of a Cafe & Bakery. |
| Birthday Card With Toy Lancer | Jump down to the walkway in front of Bank of Tyrus. Walk through the parking tunnel on the eastern side. Check on the ground near a bench. |
| COG Tags of Master Sergeant Mark Avamor | Loading bay just south of Bank of Tyrus, next to a body blown to pieces. |
| Major Burger Box | Kitchen area of the Major Burger restaurant, on the sink. |
| COG Tags of Specialist Brendan O'Connell | North of the Financial District, right next to a dead body on the street. |
| Kalona Metro Fare Notice | Metro station just south of Grind Coffee. Head down and grab it off the wall across from the turnstiles. |
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Underground & Main Road
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| COG Tags of Specialist Arnold Imhatip | Main road between Warehouse District and Bank of Tyrus. You need to go underground to access this one. |
| Caricature of Colonel Elias | Same main road, above ground this time. Just look around as you pass through the area. It's a poster stuck on the street lamp pole. |
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Apartment Building (Northeast)
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| COG Tags of Private Liz Waxman | Second floor of the apartment building. Jump through the window onto the scaffolding outside and look left. |
| Emgazi Blitz Display Case | Third floor of the apartment building. Clear the Locust Drone sniper in the apartment, then check the desk in the bedroom, next to a computer. |
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Warehouse District & East Side
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Re: Vibration Complaints | Building with the "live music" sign exterior, opposite Amberstone Storage. The note hangs on a door inside. |
| Timgad Refinery Recruitment Poster | Near the east bridge, try to find the building with the large hotel sign. The poster is on the right wall near the elevator and the lamp. |
| Vandalized Salvaging Poster | Inside the restroom of the Major Burger restaurant. |
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Apartment SOS Side Objective
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Tales From the Tyran Night Story Book | Climb the scaffolding to the fourth floor of the Apartment SOS building. It's on a table in the main room to your left once you get through the window. Just below the table lamp. |
| COG Tags of Specialist Jada Clemmons | Grind Coffee Shop, just south of the Apartment SOS building. Look behind the counter. |
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Story-Locked Collectibles
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Photograph and Harmonica From Mag's Apartment | Unlocks automatically after completing the "Get Mags' Meds" main objective. |
| War Savings Bond | Unlocks automatically after opening the vault during the "Find Dr. Dalia Fabbri" main objective. |
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Construction Site Area
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Foreman's Datapad | Construction site south of the station exit. Go to the back-left area inside and find the foreman's body. |
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Octus Tribunal Muster Point
| Collectible | Location |
|---|---|
| Pendulum Wars Victory Flag | Near the Monrue location inside the muster point - attached to a newsstand stall. In front of a crashed ambulance. |
| Child's Monster Drawings | Inside the LD grocery store north of the Residential District area. It's at the back of the storage room. |
| COG Tags of Sergeant Elijah Adams | Destroyed building inside the muster point, next to a dead body. |
| Muster Point Instructions | North of the Residential District section inside the muster point, pasted on a wall beside a telephone booth. |
| Holiday Photos | South of Monroe Library inside the muster point, next to another Newsstand stall, under the bench. |
| Portrait of Chairman Tomas Dalyell | West of the Residential District inside the Kalona Hotel, in between the elevators on the second-floor hall. |
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Finding all 32 Collectibles in Act 2 of Gears of War: E-Day doesn't unlock a separate reward. However, they count toward the Memories of E-Day achievement, which requires collecting every collectible across all five acts. Just remember to do every side objective you see, since two collectibles actually require a side objective to unlock. Good luck finding them!
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