Act 1 collectibles

When

Right after the first fight where small enemies can only be meleed, and the short cutscene that follows.

Route

When control comes back, look to your right.

Pickup

On the ground beside the emergence hole, in front of a newsstand kiosk.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

Underground in the maintenance tunnels, after the street fighting.

Route

1. Follow the tunnel corridor until an opening appears on your left.
2. Step into the opening.

Pickup

On the floor beside a body, lit by a flashlight.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

Back on the street heading for the police station, after you free the civilian trapped under a stone pillar and beat the next group.

Route

1. Go down the steps and cross the street to the shop marked Cafe and Bakery.
2. Go in and head left toward the back; the kitchen door is beside the counter.
3. Walk through into the kitchen.

Pickup

On a kitchen countertop.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

At the start of the chapter, inside the police station.

Route

1. Take the opening on your left and stay on the left side.
2. Walk to the back wall.

Pickup

On a desk near the back wall, on the right side of the desk.

The three guides describe the same desk area in slightly different words (a left-hand desk, tables on the left, the east side of the bullpen).

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

Further through the station, once you pass the double doors.

Route

Go through the double doors into the Chief's office (the tactical operations room).

Pickup

On the floor just below the dead Chief, who is hung on the wall.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

At the recruitment center where civilians are sheltering, after the big gun battle in the courtyard out front.

Route

1. Go inside; a wall of large COG emblems is straight ahead.
2. Walk behind the reception desk that sits in front of that wall.

Pickup

On the desk against the wall.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

Straight after the pamphlet, in the same recruitment room.

Route

From the pamphlet, turn right to the row of pilot helmets.

Pickup

The third helmet from the left in the row.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

At the Try 'N Save supermarket, once you can hear gunfire inside, on your way to help the Gear with the machine gun.

Route

1. Circle round to the delivery area at the back; a group of small enemies attacks there.
2. After you clear them, walk through the warehouse to the back and into the second room.
3. Veer left of the storage shelves in the middle of the room.

Pickup

On the floor, spilled across the ground.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

After you finish defending the supermarket and the cutscene with Tai (the one where Marcus gets his scar) plays.

Route

When control returns, stay in the supermarket and look down and to the left.

Pickup

Sticking out of a dead soldier on the ground, in front of a hardware sign.

It is right beside where you regain control, so grab it before you walk out.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

At the start of the chapter, while you walk down the street with the squad.

Route

1. Keep to the right side of the street until you see a vertical 'Bar & Lounge' sign.
2. Look into the wide alley on the right.

Pickup

On a doorstep at the right side of the alley (two guides call it a low staircase).

The in-game name is one word, 'Frontpage'. Other guides write it 'Front Page'.

Also written: Front Page of the Tyran Chronicle.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

After you leave a building and come out in front of Landa Memorial.

Route

1. Go down the small set of steps and turn right.
2. Follow the path down the right-hand side.

Pickup

On a graffiti-covered wall on your right, near a red Major Burger van.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

After the fight outside the medical center, where the Elite Grenadiers with shotguns first show up.

Route

1. Go into the medical center when it is safe.
2. Follow the short corridor round into a small office area.

Pickup

On a desk on your right (the reception desk).

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash

When

After the courtyard fight where you learn to shut emergence holes with a grenade.

Route

1. Leave the courtyard heading forward, bearing slightly right toward the park entrance.
2. Turn left before the entrance.

Pickup

Beside a dead soldier at the back of a police car, just outside the park.

TechWiser spells the surname Russo. The in-game War Journal reads Rosso.

Also written: COG Tags of Private Brick Russo.

Confidence: high · Sources: Gamer Social Club, TechWiser, NerdStash