Act 3 Collectible Locations

Find Act 3’s 36 collectibles across six chapters, including the Erick Davis sewer pickup, the final Last Foothold side mission and the letter around the Fort Vigil act transition. Encounter and location spoilers follow.

Updated Oct 3, 2026

Act total: 36 collectibles[1]
Chapter counts: 5 · 6 · 14 · 3 · 5 · 3[2]
Largest chapter: Last Foothold · 14[1]
Boundary item: Fort Vigil letter · act transition[2]

Three checks that prevent a short count

Pause at these Act 3 transitions[2][3]

EARLY
Before the downhill drop
Find the COG Army Knife beyond the first mauled camper.
OPTIONAL
Last Foothold’s final side mission
Check the rooftop ammunition area for Blade-like Projectiles.
BOUNDARY
Fort Vigil truck
Commander’s Letter Home still counts toward Act 3.

These landmarks combine Gameswelt, The Nerd Stash and GamersBeacon. GSC places the letter by Fort Vigil’s red-light truck in Chapter 3.6; Nerd describes it at Act 4’s start. Check the landmark across this transition.[1][2][3][4]

Chapter 1 — Stranded · 5 collectibles

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Woods and airfield[3]
Done	Item	Landmark
	COG Army Knife	Trees beyond first mauled camper; before downhill drop.
	Fairlight Rifle Range Sign	Perimeter fence by the tank.
	Gut-Puncher Grenade Rounds	First Supply Cache vehicle.
	UIR Soldier Shooting Target	Helipad substation: fence/machinery.
	Prepper’s Scavenging Map	Substation entrance: between generators.

Chapter 2 — Enemy Lines · 6 collectibles

The Nerd Stash gameplay screenshot labeling Erick Davis’s COG Tags in the sewer area — Credit: The Nerd Stash. The labeled sewer pickup is the sixth Enemy Lines collectible, Erick Davis’s COG Tags.[2]

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Underground route[1][3]
Done	Item	Landmark
	Damaged Gnasher Shotgun	Side tunnel: blue military cases.
	Parchment and Powder Pouch	First Locust camp: supplies.
	Parchment with Indecipherable Writing	Old subway: below rear stairs.
	COG Tags — Private Beth Avila	Red-lit branch behind wrecked train.
	Maintenance Worker’s Bloodied Flashlight	Opposite-track tunnel.
	COG Tags — PFC Erick Davis	Large sewer basin: by Supply Cache.

Do not stop at five: the Erick Davis pickup is included by Gameswelt and GamersBeacon after the underground army encounter. The Nerd Stash shows its name and screenshot without written directions; the other routes supply the sewer-basin landmark.[1][2][3]

Chapter 3 — Last Foothold · 14 collectibles

The Nerd Stash gameplay screenshot labeling Blade-like Projectiles at an ammunition area — Credit: The Nerd Stash. The labeled Blade-like Projectiles pickup belongs to the final Last Foothold secondary-objective route.[2]

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City return, outpost and hospital[3]
Done	Item	Landmark
	COG Tags — SFC Robin Hamill	City return: large glowing E-Hole.
	COG Tags — Corporal Tracy Moore	Destroyed apartment: rear room.
	Colonel Trench’s VIP List	COG outpost: tent desk.
	COG Tags — Private Luis Garcia	Uphill military tent behind outpost.
	Captain Grey’s Field Journal	Field hospital: computer desk.
	Landa Memorial Hospital Evacuation Order	Cleared emergency reception: whiteboard.
	COG Tags — Specialist Rachel Carnahan	ER upper floor: vending-machine doorway.

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City sweep and optional objectives[1][2]
Done	Item	Landmark
	COG Tags — Private Terrance Sander	Police rescue: entrance/loading bay.
	COG Tags — Private Oded Bay	Bloodied fountain.
	Locust Pistol Ammunition	Riverside: dead Locust.
	COG Tags — Specialist Bernard Havelock	Damaged monorail: climb vehicle hood.
	COG Tags — PFC John Carnahan	Outside southeastern Shelter 05 walls.
	Damaged Heavy Locust Helmet	Lost in the Park: west-gate Boomer.
	Blade-like Projectiles	Rooftop Mayday: rooftop railing, beside ammunition box.

Search both secondary-objective routes for the final two entries. The side mission reward and the lore collectible are separate pickups.

Rooftop ammo box: 25:40.[5]

Chapter 4 — The Convoy · 3 collectibles

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Road and bridge[1][2]
Done	Item	Landmark
	COG Tags — Private Rudy Bartholomew	First fight: left lane’s burning vehicle.
	Locust Crest	Bridge: crashed police car.
	COG Tags — Corporal Kevin Garbor	Central bridge control-room floor.

Chapter 5 — Desperate Times · 5 collectibles

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Apartments to tower[2]
Done	Item	Landmark
	Bottle of Iron Coast Beer	First apartment: right room’s sofa.
	Portrait of Chairman Jacob Monroe	After hallway Wretches: left crawl opening.
	Sanctum of the Fallen Memorial Ceremony Program	Rooftop planter.
	Locust Spiked Shoulder Pad	Street-return route: Locust corpse.
	Explosive Bolt	Torque Bow tower’s top.

Chapter 6 — Desperate Measures · 3 collectibles

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Outpost, pursuit and act boundary[1][2][4]
Done	Item	Landmark
	Torn Flag of Tyrus	Outpost: far-right blocked tunnel.
	Morith Harbor Snow Globe	Pursuit route: gift-shop desk.
	Commander’s Letter Home	Fort Vigil: left of the red-light truck, around the act transition.

The chapter split is 5 / 6 / 14 / 3 / 5 / 3. If only the final entry is missing, check Fort Vigil’s truck around the transition to Act 4 before replaying the pursuit.

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