Collectibles: plan a better search
Use these early and easy-to-name stops to build a collectible run. Pair the location list with the chapter route rather than searching during an active chase.
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Know what you are collecting
Amber, tapes and notes have separate collection achievements. Stuffed-animal placement and Paleo Pal talk boxes have their own goals too. Keep these tasks separate in your notes: picking up a toy and finishing a placement objective are different actions.
For a useful personal record, write the chapter, nearby landmark and item type. “Near the office” is hard to retrace; “box-office desk before the theater” is a route you can recognize. Add a tick after the interaction, not when you merely spot the object.
A starter route by chapter
| Chapter | Landmark | Look for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starting car, passenger seat | Letter from Mom |
| 1 | First-room Brontosaurus skeleton | Amber reached from the tail |
| 1 | Box-office desk | Office-manager note |
| 1 | Tent above the box office | Toy; use the ladder |
| 1 | Basement corner | The chapter’s toy pedestal |
| 1 | Control room | Security-guard note |
| 2 | Boxes right of the opening spawn | Toy |
| 2 | Table by Stella’s communications | Outpost Report |
| 3 | Left fenced area near the start | Water Issues note on a table |
| 3 | Beyond the floating planks nearby | Toy |
| 4 | First tent to the left | Research report |
| 4 | Table by the tall lift shaft | Evacuation-plans note |
Search a room in a repeatable order
Separate route progress from collection progress. A chapter can move forward while an optional note remains behind. The personal checklist tracks route tasks; it deliberately does not turn a few ticks into a claimed game-completion percentage.
- Start with eye-level surfaces: desks, workbenches and shelves along the route you actually used.
- Look up for ladders, raised platforms and alternate ledges. Write down an inaccessible object before you leave so it becomes a return task.
- Finish the local objective, then take one last sweep of the safe area before beginning the next chase.
Amber has a second purpose
Amber also unlocks New Game+ modifiers at four-piece intervals. If a replay with different movement rules is your goal, keep an amber note alongside your story-collectible notes. See how New Game+ works.
Sources & further reading
100% Guides — collectible locations · Steam — global achievements · Developer Q&A · October 22