Sea of Solitude All Collectible Locations (Seagulls, Bottled Messages)

Sea of Solitude has 71 Collectible Locations (32 Seagulls, 39 Bottled Messages). Finding all of these collectibles unlocks the trophies listed below and is a requirement for the Platinum.

Some of the collectibles are very well hidden. Seagulls are usually perched on window sills, roofs, railings etc. Bottled messages are usually found inside buildings, on secret roof areas, and some of them on the scripted path.

No collectible is missable! If you’ve missed something along the way, you can use the Chapter Select feature to go back to a specific area where you know there is a collectible to collect it. You don’t even have to replay the whole chapter. Just load the specific area of the chapter you need to revisit and head to the location. We have styled this guide in way that compensates for the lack of trackers in the game. You can jump to the chapter’s section you need as indicated in parentheses. The name of each chapter’s section has been taken from the game’s main menu. In Chapter Select mode, you can back out and load a different area as soon as you’ve picked up what you needed. As a matter of fact, collectibles save as soon as you pick them up, which means if you get killed you don’t need to pick them up again.

Below you can find the location of all collectibles, chapter by chapter in chronological order (Chapter 9 and 11 have none). Using the picture’s background is also a good way to more easily determine the locations to the collectibles since the game doesn’t come with a map accessible from the pause menu.

Trophies unlocked from finding collectibles:

1. Uncorked 
2. Bottled 
3. Shoo! 
4. Flock of Seagulls 

Chapter 1 – Back to Black (7 Bottled Messages, 7 Seagulls)

Bottled Message #1 (Load Section: Light In the Dark) – After unlocking the first gate and meeting up with the whale for the first time, head left.

Seagull #1 (Load Section: Light In the Dark) – Keep going down the linear path. Swim across, making sure that the whale is not lurking nearby. The seagull is perched atop a railing.

Seagull #2 (Load Section: Calming Down) – After clearing the corruption from the buoy, retrace your steps and use the pictures below to climb up a roof. The seagull is perched atop a roof itself.

Bottled Message #2 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Left of Seagull #2, next to a wooden plank.

Seagull #3 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Turn 180° and climb up another roof. Here is another seagull.

Bottled Message #3 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Next to Seagull #3.

Seagull #4 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Dive down into the water and swim across. Climb up the ladder. The seagull is perched above it.

Bottled Message #4 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Continue down the linear path after Seagull #4. Inside a room, atop of a couch.

Seagull #5 (Load Section: Calming Down) – On top of an air vent, next to the greenhouse.

Bottled Message #5 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Inside the greenhouse.

Seagull #6 (Load Section: Calming Down) – On a roof, next to some electricity wires.

Seagull #7 (Load Section: Calming Down) – On a chimney.

Bottled Message #6 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Immediately after Seagull #7, down a red ladder, on a balcony.

Bottled Message #7 (Load Section: Calming Down) – Under a roof.

Chapter 2 – Mixed Emotions (5 Bottled Messages, 3 Seagulls)

Bottled Message #8 (Load Section: Follow the Monster) – After meeting up with the big bird, head left. The bottled message is under a steeple.

Bottled Message #9 (Load Section: Follow the Monster) – Drop down, then climb up one of the chimneys, then jump on the floor. Walk across to collect the bottled message on the roof.

Seagull #8 (Load Section: Follow the Monster) – Turn around and climb up another roof. The seagull is perched atop a roof, opposite the broken bridge.

Seagull #9 (Load Section: Follow the Monster) – On top of a chimney above a greenhouse. Getting on top of the greenhouse can be a bit tricky. Just keep jumping until Kay automatically grabs onto the ledge.

Seagull #10 (Load Section: Follow the Monster) – Immediately after Seagull #8, head right and walk across the bridge. The seagull is perched on top of a structure to the opposite end.

Bottled Message #10 (Load Section: Dangerous Water) – When the water level rises, keep following the glowing light. Climb up the red ladder, then drop down onto the roof next to a lighthouse-looking structure.

Bottled Message #11 (Load Section: Dangerous Water) – After some swimming and platforming, you’ll have to climb up a red ladder. Keep following the linear path, then head left to pick up the bottled message.

Bottled Message #12 (Load Section: Dangerous Water) – Retrace your steps and go stand next to the big sign. Then, jump down into the water and immediately head right. The collectible is sitting on top of a roof. Make sure you’re fast to not get eaten by the monster whale.

Chapter 3 – The Sound of Silence (5 Bottled Messages, 3 Seagulls)

Bottled Message #13 (Load Section: Train Station) – As soon as Chapter 3 starts, head left.

Bottled Message #14 (Load Section: Train Station) – Early in Chapter 3 you will come across some wooden scaffolding. While you’re supposed to head left to continue your journey, go straight ahead to find a bottled message at the end of the alleyway.

Seagull #11 (Load Section: Dangerous Ocean) – After exiting the school, the water level will have risen and your job is to get across while avoiding the monster whale. Swim across to the Magazin building to find the seagull perched on one of the chimneys.

Seagull #12 (Load Section: Dangerous Ocean) – Turn 180° and climb up the red ladder to get on top of the Magazin building. The seagull is perched on the railings. This seagull can also be found in Chapter 10 if you haven’t picked it up here.

Seagull #13 (Load Section: Dangerous Ocean) – Continue to the nearby red building to find another seagull perched on yet another chimneys.

Bottled Message #15 (Load Section: Dangerous Ocean) – From the previous building, swim across the building on your right and then to the one with the cupola. The collectible is behind it.

Bottled Message #16 (Load Section: Dangerous Ocean) – From the rooftop with the cupola, climb up the structure behind you and head right. Swim across the water to find the collectible.

Bottled Message #17 (Load Section: Dangerous Ocean) – Keep on following the beam of light until you need to get across a large water area broken up by some rafts. From the first raft with the lamp on it, turn 180° until you can see a large building with three big windows (one of which is lit up). Make sure that the whale monster is not lurking nearby before swimming across. Hold down to swim faster and make it there alive. The continue down the path to find the bottled message hidden behind a chimney.

Chapter 4 – Don’t Give Up On Me (7 Bottled Messages, 9 Seagulls)

Bottled Message #18 (Load Section: Hiding) – On top of the railway station’s roof.

Seagull #14 (Load Section: Hiding) – Right of the previous collectible, on a higher roof, perched at the very end.

Seagull #15 (Load Section: Hiding) – North-east of the chapter’s spawning location, near some docks.

Seagull #16 (Load Section: Hiding) – Turn around from the previous collectible’s location and walk across the iron bridges. This seagull is perched on a chimney left of the second bridge you cross.

Bottled Message #19 (Load Section: Hiding) – Opposite the location of the previous collectible, on a roof.

Seagull #17 (Load Section: Hiding) – Enter and leave the building to find the seagull perched on a chimney on the right.

Seagull #18 (Load Section: Hiding) – From the previous collectible’s location, turn around 180° and head to the next set of buildings on the left. There’s a seagull near one of the bridges.

Bottled Message #20 (Load Section: Hiding) – From the previous collectible’s location, keep going left. A bottle message is sitting on top of a roof, in a corner.

Bottled Message #21 (Load Section: Hiding) – From the previous collectible’s location, keep going left until you come across a big, grey, empty roof. From here, turn around 180° and keep walking towards the chapter’s spawning location until you find another roof with the collectible on top.

Seagull #19 (Load Section: Bottom of the Ocean) – After completely lowering the water level, you’ll get to wander across the city. This seagull is sitting right in front of where Kay spawns, on top of a cylindrical structure.

Seagull #20 (Load Section: Bottom of the Ocean) – Left of the previous collectible’s location is a train car. On top of it is the seagull.

Seagull #21 (Load Section: Bottom of the Ocean) – Use the pictures below to get to another train car. On top of it is the seagull.

Bottled Message #22 (Load Section: Bottom of the Ocean) – After getting on top of the railways, you will see a big train car. On its left are some rooftops you can platform onto. Here is the bottled message.

Seagull #22 (Load Section: Bottom of the Ocean) – Right of the above-mentioned train car is a seagull perched on the railings.

Bottled Message #23 (Load Section: What Really Happened) – Inside the train station, climb down the stairs on the right. At the end of the stairway is the collectible.

Bottled Message #24 (Load Section: Humiliation) – Immediately after entering the Turnhalle (gym in German), head right. The collectible is sitting in the dark, the easy to spot.

Chapter 5 – Don’t Give Up On Me (2 Bottled Messages)

Bottled Message #25 (Load Section: The Monsters I Call Family) – Throughout this chapter your task is to follow the glowing light. At some point you’re supposed to go left to progress. Instead, go left for the collectible. Use the pictures below to know exactly where you need to make this detour.

Bottled Message #26 (Load Section: The Monsters I Call Family) – At some point during this chapter you’re going to climb a red ladder. You’re then supposed to dive back into the water and climb one of the monster’s tentacles to make it across to the skyscraper. For this collectible don’t dive in the direction of the tentacle. Instead, dive the way you came from and use the momentum from the waves to climb atop a sign and from here jump onto a ledge. At the end of the ledge is the collectible.

Chapter 6 – Hurt (6 Bottled Messages, 4 Seagulls)

Seagull #23 (Load Section: The Depths) – Right at the start of the chapter, head left to see the seagull looking into the horizon.

Bottled Message #27 (Load Section: The Depths) – Now use the wind to go up a level. Instead of climbing up, drop down as shown in the picture below. The collectible is sitting on the left.

Bottled Message #28 (Load Section: The Depths) – Now use the wind to go up another level. Instead of climbing up, climb down as shown in the picture below. Now platform your way to the collectible.

 

Seagull #24 (Load Section: The Depths) – From the previous collectible’s location, go back the way you came from, but this time, go up another level. Continue up the linear path. This seagull is hard to miss as it sits on one of the platforms you’re scripted to jump onto.

Bottled Message #29 (Load Section: The Depths) – Immediately after the previous seagull, you will find yourself at a crossroads. For this collectible, go left and you’ll find at the end of the path.

Bottled Message #30 (Load Section: The Depths) – Retrace your steps and this time use the wind to go up another level. Use the pictures below to drop down a platform and get the collectible.

Bottled Message #31 (Load Section: The Depths) – After climbing down the two red ladders, don’t go up the metal sheets just yet. Instead, turn right and walk as far as the end of this small section. The bottled message is found at the end of it.

Seagull #25 (Load Section: The Depths) – After climbing down the two red ladders, go up the metal sheets. The seagull is perched at the end of this small section.

Bottled Message #32 (Load Section: The Depths) – At some point you’ll get to a wide area where you’re supposed to use some metal sheets to proceed higher. Instead, turn 180°. Use the pictures below to know exactly where to go. Climb down the ladder and follow the only available path. The collectible is sitting at the end of it.

Seagull #26 (Load Section: Kids) – At the very end of Chapter 6, immediately before the beginning of Chapter 7 is a structure with the seagull on top.

Chapter 7 – Burning Down the House (7 Bottled Messages, 2 Seagulls)

Bottled Message #33 (Load Section: Kids) – Walk through the gate and head for the blue container. Enter it and make your way to the broken railway bridge on the right of the area. Here is the bottled message.

Seagull #27 (Load Section: Kids) – Coming down from the bridge, walk up the hill on the right of the blue container and continue as far as the building in the far distance. Perched on a ledge is the seagull. To get it you will have to spam in order to shoo it while mid-air. Just make sure you point your camera at it before you jump.

Bottled Message #34 (Load Section: Subway to the Past) – Inside the underground area with the fluorescent kids in one of the trains. To enter the train you need to progress far enough to trigger the black kids to come after you.

Bottled Messages #35, #36, #37 (Load Section: She Still Hates Me) – All of these are within close proximity to each other in the same square where the monster shell is. One is under a porch, the other two at two of the square’s corners.

Seagull #28 (Load Section: She Still Hates Me) – At one of the corners of the square, near the water, is a structure you can climb on. Climb on it and use the momentum of your jump to trigger and shoo the bird. You may have shooed this seagull already in Chapter 3 if you can’t find it now.

Bottled Message #38 (Load Section: She Still Hates Me) – One of the roofs you have to climb in the square area.

Bottled Message #39 (Load Section: She Still Hates Me) – After defeating the monster shell, exactly where it lay.

Chapter 8 – Fine and Mellow (2 Seagulls)

Seagull #29 (Load Section: Family Affairs) – Sitting on a bollard, halfway through the beginning and end of the area, on the right.

Seagull #30 (Load Section: Family Affairs) – Sitting on the quay, at the very end of the section, on the right, before accessing the island where the house is.

Chapter 10 – Paint It Black (1 Seagull)

Seagull #31 (Load Section: Holding Onto It) – On a balcony, near the railway station.

Chapter 12 – Epilogue (1 Seagull)

Seagull #32 (Load Section: The Beginning) – Walk past the end credits. The seagull is sitting on a wooden dock.

These are all the 71 collectibles in Sea of Solitude, enjoy your new-earned trophies.