Collectibles & COG Tag Locations – Gears of War 3
Name Chapter Locations
| Cog Tag | Prologue | After leaving your cell, kick down the door on the cell to your right and theCog Tag will be on the floor. |
| Twenty-Dollar Bill | Chapter 1 | As soon as you regain control of your character, it will be on the table by your bed. |
| Psyche Report | Chapter 1 | After the lady talks to you about Dom, take a left through the doorway and it’s near the back of the room. |
| Requisition Form | Chapter 1 | After meeting with Dom, continue down the hall. Go through the next open door and it will be in there. |
| Silverback Manual | Chapter 1 | Before you get into the silverback, look on the table to find this. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 1 | After Prescott lands, clear out the courtyard and near the back left, you will see a large shipping container with the gears logo on it . Look up and shoot down the Cog Tag. |
| Journal | Chapter 3 | After Sam talks to Baird about romance (jokingly), follow the street until you come across a wall and wooden gate on your left. Kick down the gate and it will be on the ground in front of you. |
| Student’s Notebook | Chapter 3 | After clearing the playground, climb into the barred cart thing near the gear logo on the wall. It will be in there. |
| Grocery List | Chapter 3 | After entering the grocery store, move to the back and look for a checkout isle. Continue past that to find the Grocery List. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 3 | |
| Cougars Season Program | Chapter 5 | When given a choice, go to the upper level of the stadium. Continue on to to find a gift shop on the right, and it will be in there. |
| Cougar Players Handbook | Chapter 5 | After clearing the stadium entrance, continue on to the locker room. Before you go through the spin gate, take a right and look for a vending machine. Next to it will be the Handbook. |
| Clipping, Hanover Times | Chapter 5 | After having a flashback, look around the dead bodies near the tents to net yourself this collectible. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 4 | After leaving the refugee base, take a left and it will be next to the dead body on the dock. |
| Bayonet | Chapter 6 | After the turrets start shooting at you, clear them out and go backwards but to the other side of the bridge. You will fint it near the cars. |
| Toll Booth Tokens | Chapter 6 | This will be located inside one of the turret stations on the right side on the floor. |
| Sights of Sera | Chapter 6 | Near the end, after splitting and regrouping, continue outside to and take a right. Near the crumbled stairs will be the book. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 6 |
Act 2
| Tomatoes: Beginner’s Guide | Chapter 1 | Right when you start, walk around to the back of the shipping container and kick down the door. It will be inside of it. |
| Captain’s Log | Chapter 1 | |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 1 | Behind the tent near the body (can be seen on the floor in the cutscene) |
| Locust Hammer | Chapter 4 | After evading the mortars, continue until there is a low wall with a flaming barrel. It will be on the other side of that wall. |
| Queen Symbol | Chapter 5 | After meeting with the queen, kill the locust and continue. Once you continue through the archway, there will be a door on your right that you can kick down. It is in there. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 2-5 | |
| Manifest | Chapter 6 | After landing, go through the entrance and continue left to find the note. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 6 | After obtaining the manifest, turn around and walk up the steps. In one of the rooms will be the cog tag. |
Act 3
| Anvil Gate Plaque | Chapter 1 | Right behind you on the wall after you start. |
| Watercolor Painting | Chapter 1 | Take the right staircase and continue to the room with beds and it is on the wall. |
| Journal | Chapter 1 | |
| Sam’s Father’s Medals | Chapter 1 | Take the right staircase and follow it until it takes you to the left side. On your way, you will find it. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 1 | |
| Panicked Note | Chapter 4 | After talking with the crazy man, go down the stairs and walk right. It is on the floor. |
| Message | Chapter 4 | After climbing the ladder to meet the stranded, go straight to the left and it is at the end of the hallway. |
| Air Raid Sign | Chapter 4 | After getting off of elevator, on the wal to the left. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 4 | After the old man with explosives disappears, enter the store and follow the back rooms until you come across a downed vending machine. |
Act 4
| Old Magazine | Chapter 1 | |
| Journal | Chapter 2 | After talking to the chief and taking the elevator, continue on and look behind the dumpster. |
| Fuel Order | Chapter 3 | In the middle of the courtyard after attempting to start the cable car. |
| Cog Tag | Chapter 1 | After the stranded dops a polyp dumpster on you, continue up and go left. It is next to a dead body. |
| Bulletin | Chapter 5 | After entering actual maintenance bay, go down the stairs and take the left door. |
| Maintenance Manual | Chapter 5 | After the sub starts moving, go until you see stairs on the left. Go into the building and you will find it. |
| Clipping, Jacinto Sentinel | ||
| Cog Tag | Chapter 5 | After going on the right path, cross over the ship until you reach ground level. Than go right and it i behind a dumpster. |
Act 5
| Pamphlet | 1 | Clear out the locust and then go up the stairs. Take a left and go to the end of the hallway. |
| Assault Plans | ||
| Schematics | ||
| Cog Tag | ||
| Announcement | ||
| Diary | 4 | After stalks show up, get in the building and it is behind the counter. |
| Money Stack | ||
| Memory Announcement | ||
| Cog Tag | 4 | When you enter a building and your dad talks about a bomb and some of the ceiling falls, go to the end of the hallway and it is on the floor. |
| Brochure | 5 | Get off the elevator, get to the ground level and it is on the opposite side of the room as the large window. |
| Fenix Research | 5 | After cutscene, look on the left low-hanging wall to find the research. |
| Cog Tag | 5 | After getting off the lift, turn right and destroy the crates to get the Cog Tag |