There are 63 Tape Collectible Recording Locations in Dying Light 2. Finding all Collectible Recordings (called Tapes in-game) unlocks the Audiophile trophy or achievement.
It is highly recommended to frequently use Survival Sense 
to mark nearby collectibles with a golden dot. Especially when the story or side quests require you to enter buildings or tunnels, always scan for collectibles. Some story areas become inaccessible or hard to get back to later, then the only way to get back there is via Co-Op. There are also Side Quest exclusive Collectibles, see the Collectible Roadmap below for the semi-missable Side Quests (can still replay them in Co-Op if missed). There is no New Game+ which means you need all Collectibles on a single save file. If you missed anything from a story area you can still get it in Co-Op by joining someone else’s game.
You can keep track of your Collectible Progress under the “Collectables Menu”. Each item has a unique name so you can compare your findings against the list here to see what you’re missing.
Collectible Roadmap (All Missables)
Missable Collectibles:
The following Collectible is the only “true” missable, if you forget to pick it up you must start a new game and recollect everything again from scratch.
- PROLOGUE: Memento #1: Newspaper Article – October 11th, 2020 – only available during Prologue, can’t revisit this area and can’t replay it in co-op
Semi-Missable Collectibles:
If you miss these, they become inaccessible in your game, but can still grab them in someone else’s Co-Op session by using “Find Game” Co-Op Search. Everything else can still be found after the story or in free-roam.
- BEFORE MAIN QUEST 9: REVOLUTION / INTO THE DARK: Memento #9: GRE report – Quartermaster Pike #1 + Memento #10: GRE report – Quartermaster Pike #2 + Memento #11: GRE report – Quartermaster Pike #3 – Side Quest: The Ball is in Your Court, this quest becomes inaccessible after Main Quest 9: Revolution / Into the Dark
- BEFORE MAIN QUEST 9: REVOLUTION / INTO THE DARK: Make sure you talk to the first Carrier at Quarry’s End, this is a requirement to trigger the Carriers Questline that contains Tape #28 – The City Classifieds – The Cable Guy & Memento #12: The Carriers Guild Assault. The first carrier becomes inaccessible after Main Quest 9: Revolution / Into the Dark which would lock you out of the entire questline. See Starting Location: Carriers.
- AFTER MAIN QUEST 11: A PLACE TO CALL HOME: Memento #75: Avery’s Map – the side quest “To Kill or Not To Kill” is there right away for some players, but for others it only spawns after the story or never spawns at all (potentially a bug). Check for it after every main quest. If it never spawns in your game, use the ‘Find Game’ Co-Op Search to join someone who has it.
- DURING MAIN QUEST 16: BROADCAST: Memento #57: Chris’s Dog Tag – only accessible during Main Quest 16: Broadcast
- DURING MAIN QUEST 21: NOW OR NEVER: Tape #61: Waltz’s Chamber Recording #1, Tape #62: Waltz’s Chamber Recording #2, Tape #63: Waltz’s Chamber Recording #3 – only accessible during Main Quest 21: Now or Never
- BEFORE MAIN QUEST 22: X13: Tape #46 – Journal of a Nightrunner #6 becomes inaccessible after Main Quest 22: X13
District: Houndfield
Tape #1 – Journal of a Nightrunner #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Found next to the Nightrunner Hideout on top of the building with the Radio Tower.
Tape #2 – GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside GRE Quarantine Building: Center for Stage IV THV Study. You access this building from the rooftop where the quarantine icon is on the map (can climb the yellow structure to the side of building to get up). Inside you must find 4 Inhibitors, next to the first of those Inhibitor Chests is a Tape in a machine.
Tape #3 – For Alice #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on a desk into a building inside an apartment. This building will be visited during Side Quest: Out of Your League.
Tape #4 – For Alice #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on a cabinet inside an apartment. This apartment will be visited during Side Quest: Book Club VIII.
Tape #5 – Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the southeastern guard tower at GRE Anomaly C-A-22, in a military crate.
District: Trinity
Tape #6 – Turn on the Power
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside Alberto’s Hideout in the north of Trinity, sitting on a shelf. This room won’t be accessible until Main Quest 9: Revolution as Survivors, or after Main Quest 9: Into the Dark as Peacekeepers.
Tape #7 – Tourism Office of Villedor – Old Villedor
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the Trading Post settlement, sitting on an open shelf.
Tape #8 – Journal of a Nightrunner #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside Cillian’s safe zone. Accessed via rooftops.
Tape #9 – Tourism Office of Villedor – Church of the Holy Trinity
[OPEN WORLD]
Found in the Metro Station “Metro: The Holy Trinity”. Enter from the street level, head down the stairs and enter the storage room to the left. It’s there on a shelf.
Tape #10 – Carl’s Journal #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the settlement “Bazaar”, across from your bed go over the little wooden bridge, then straight ahead to find this on a box.
Tape #11 – Carl’s Journal #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the settlement “Bazaar”, in front of your bed where you can go to sleep.
Tape #12 – Carl’s Journal #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the settlement “Bazaar”, ground floor, in the corridor to the north exit of the bazaar.
Tape #13 – Carl’s Journal #4
[OPEN WORLD]
At the top of the church tower at the Bazaar, inside the safe (code: 510). Can be climbed via the scaffolding and platforms around the building. You will visit this location during Side Quest: Missing Persons.
Tape #14 – Villedor Newscast #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the Settlement “Rooftop School”, accessed via the rooftops.
Tape #15 – Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside a green guard tower, sitting on an open crate.
Tape #16 – The City Classifieds – Egg Hunting
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the Pumpkin Farm settlement, sitting on a table.
District: Horseshoe
Tape #17 – Cheatkins for Villedor
[OPEN WORLD]
In Bandit Camp: “Jack & Joe’s Camp”, high up and on a table.
Tape #18 – GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside GRE Quarantine Building: THV Genomics Center. You access this building from the rooftop where the quarantine icon is on the map. Inside you must find 4 Inhibitors, next to the first of those Inhibitor Chests is a Tape on a desk.
Tape #19 – Tourism Office of Villedor – Horseshoe
[OPEN WORLD]
On the top floor of the “Horseshoe Water Tower”, in the room where the bed/stash is located. Can be grabbed before or after assigning the facility.
District: Quarry End
Tape #20 – The City Classifieds – Baltazar
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside the attic of a building, accessed via the window. You will visit this location during Side Quest: Missing Persons.
Tape #21 – Journal of a Nightrunner #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Found next to the Nightrunner Hideout.
District: Area Between 1st & 2nd Map (Outlands)
Tape #22 – Prep for the next Fall
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on a shelf inside the Nightrunner Hideout on the way to the Observatory.
Tape #23 – Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #6
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside a military container west of GRE Anomaly C-A-67.
District: Downtown
Tape #24 – SHTF Chef
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on the rooftop of a building, which can be accessed by paragliding from the nearby Radio Tower.
Tape #25 – The City Classifieds – Sex Ed in the Time of THV
[OPEN WORLD]
On top of the ‘Walnut’ Windmill, there’s a white/red box you can open that contains the tape. At the very top of the windmill.
Tape #26 – Be Fruitful and Multiply
[OPEN WORLD]
Found high up in a building on a counter inside the art collector’s apartment. This is accessed during Main Quest 14: Welcome on Board.
Tape #27 – GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside GRE Quarantine Building: GRE Vaccine Lab. You access this building from the rooftop where the quarantine icon is on the map. Inside you must find 4 Inhibitors, next to the first of those Inhibitor Chests is a Tape on a desk.
Tape #28 – The City Classifieds – The Cable Guy
[SEMI-MISSABLE] / [SIDE QUEST] / [OPEN WORLD]
Found inside the entrance of the Carriers Guild, which is done during Side Quest: Carriers. You cannot access this area until the quest, however you can come back here after the quest is complete. The quest disappears after Main Quest 9: Revolution / Into the Dark, if you haven’t done it before then the collectible becomes inaccessible in your game. You can still get it by joining someone else’s co-op session, using the “Find Game” option to find someone playing this quest.
Tape #29 – Journal of a Nightrunner #5
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on a wicker bench on top of the building where Lawan gives you the paraglider.
Tape #30 – Journal of a Nightrunner #4
[OPEN WORLD]
Found next to the Nightrunner Hideout.
Tape #31 – Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on a military crate inside a guard tower.
Tape #32 – For Alice #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Sitting on a desk in an apartment high up in a tower.
District: Garrison
Tape #33 – Journal of a Nightrunner #7
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on the rooftop of a tall building, sitting in a box.
Tape #34 – Council of Mankind Session #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on a desk inside a room near the Nightrunner Hideout on top of VNC Tower. Becomes accessible via the VNC Tower elevator after completing Main Quest 16: Broadcast.
Tape #35 – Villedor Newscast #4
[SIDE QUEST] / [OPEN WORLD]
Automatically from Side Quest: Persons of Interest Quiz (currently cannot be finished for some players due to quest being bugged) if the district is assigned to the Survivors. If the district is assigned to Peacekeepers, it can instead be found sitting on a desk in the same settlement.
Tape #36 – Tourism Office of Villedor – VNC Tower
[OPEN WORLD]
Found on the reception desk inside VNC Tower. This location will be visited during Main Quest 16: Broadcast.
Tape #37 – Villedor Newscast #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the Garrison Electrical Station, sitting on a console in the room where you turn the power on.
Tape #38 – Villedor Newscast #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside Sowa Tower to the west of VNC Tower, on the top floor office. In order to access this you will need to take the elevator to the VNC Tower rooftop and paraglide over.
Tape #39 – Lawan’s Mix Tape
[MAIN QUEST 17: THE SHOE] / [OPEN WORLD]
Found on a coffee table inside Lawan’s apartment, which you will visit during Main Quest 17: The Shoe. You cannot access this area until the quest, however you can come back here after the quest is complete.
District: New Dawn Park
Tape #40 – Frank Marwey’s Journal #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the “Fish Eye Canteen”, in Frank’s room next to the bar. Requires story progress to be accessible.
Tape #41 – Frank Marwey’s Journal #2
[OPEN WORLD]
Outside the “Fish Eye Canteen”, atop the small windmill above your sleeping quarters.
Tape #42 – Frank Marwey’s Journal #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside the “Fish Eye Canteen”, upstairs above the bar.
Tape #43 – Frank Marwey’s Journal #4
[OPEN WORLD]
Outside the “Fish Eye Canteen” in your sleeping quarters, sitting in the open drawer of a desk. Before you able to access this however you must first complete Main Quest 19: Veronika or capture Metro: Newalls Crossing.
District: The Wharf
Tape #44 – For Alice #4
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside an apartment on a cabinet, on the border of The Wharf and New Dawn Park.
Tape #45 – GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #5
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside GRE Quarantine Building: GRE Experimental Research. You access this building from the rooftop where the quarantine icon is on the map. Inside you must find 4 Inhibitors, next to the first of those Inhibitor Chests is a Tape on a desk.
Tape #46 – Journal of a Nightrunner #6
[SEMI-MISSABLE] / [OPEN WORLD]
Found next to the Nightrunner Hideout on top of the building with the North Loop Radio Tower. This building gets destroyed during Main Quest 22: X13 making it inaccessible (point of no return is Main Quest 21: Now or Never), in which case it can only be accessed by joining a co-op game earlier in the story.
Tape #47 – For Alice #5
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside the “PK Floating Fortress”, downstairs in the Quarters. On a cabinet inside one of the quarters.
Tape #48: Unit 404: Trapped
[SIDE QUEST]
Automatically obtained from Side Quest: Wall of Valor: Bad Medicine.
Tape #49: Unit 404: Evacuation
[SIDE QUEST]
Automatically obtained from Side Quest: Wall of Valor: Lost Transmission.
Tape #50: Unit 404: The leg day is today
[SIDE QUEST]
Automatically obtained from Side Quest: Wall of Valor: Deadly Exchange.
Tape #51: Unit 404: Weakest link
[SIDE QUEST]
Automatically obtained from Side Quest: Wall of Valor: Missing In Action.
District: Muddy Grounds
Tape #52 – Tourism Office of Villedor – Villedor’s Castle
[OPEN WORLD]
On the top floor of the “Wharf Water Tower”, in the room where the bed/stash is located. Can be grabbed before or after assigning the facility.
District: Saint Paul Island
Tape #53 – Council of Mankind Session #3
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside a military container on an island.
Tape #54 – GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #6
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside GRE Quarantine Building: THV-GenMod Development Center. You access this building from the rooftop where the quarantine icon is on the map. Inside you must find 4 Inhibitors, next to the first of those Inhibitor Chests is a Tape on a desk.
Tape #55 – Tourism Office of Villedor – Saint Paul Cathedral
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside the northwestern tower of the Saint Paul Cathedral. You will visit this location during Main Quest 15: Cathedral. If you got The Lost Light quest instead, you can access this area by paragliding from the nearby windmill.
District: Lower Dam Ayre
Tape #56 – GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #4
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside GRE Quarantine Building: THV Advanced Care. You access this building from the rooftop where the quarantine icon is on the map. Inside you must find 4 Inhibitors, next to the first of those Inhibitor Chests is a Tape.
Tape #57 – Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #4
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside a container on the rooftop of a building, south of an airdrop.
Tape #58 – Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #5
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside a military chest between some military containers on an island.
District: Newfound Lost Lands
Tape #59 – Council of Mankind Session #1
[OPEN WORLD]
Inside a military container at GRE Anomaly C-A-56.
Tape #60 – Journal of a Nightrunner #8
[OPEN WORLD]
Found inside a red/white box on top of one of the towers you climb when doing the Radio Tower.
Epilogue
Tape #61: Waltz’s Chamber Recording #1
[SEMI-MISSABLE] [MAIN QUEST 21: NOW OR NEVER]
Inside Waltz’s office in the Renegade Stronghold, accessed during Main Quest 21: Now Or Never, after dealing with the Colonel. Inside the room to the right on a table. If you forget this, you can still get it by joining someone else’s co-op session, using the “Find Game” option to find someone playing this main quest.
Tape #62: Waltz’s Chamber Recording #2
[SEMI-MISSABLE] [MAIN QUEST 21: NOW OR NEVER]
Inside Waltz’s office in the Renegade Stronghold, accessed during Main Quest 21: Now Or Never, after dealing with the Colonel. Inside the room to the right next to a bed. If you forget this, you can still get it by joining someone else’s co-op session, using the “Find Game” option to find someone playing this main quest.
Tape #63: Waltz’s Chamber Recording #3
[SEMI-MISSABLE] [MAIN QUEST 21: NOW OR NEVER]
Inside Waltz’s office in the Renegade Stronghold, accessed during Main Quest 21: Now Or Never, after dealing with the Colonel. On the corner of a desk to the left. If you forget this, you can still get it by joining someone else’s co-op session, using the “Find Game” option to find someone playing this main quest.
After finding all Tapes you will earn the Audiophile trophy and achievement.
For all other Collectible Types, check out the Dying Light 2 – 100% Completion Wiki & Strategy Guide.
For Alice #3 is in Downtown in the tall building between Pumpkin Farm Settlement and Downtown Thugs Camp, 2 floors below top on a table next to a fire extinguisher.
Alternative spawn for Villedor Newscast #3 is the Electrical Station in Garrison.
Frank Marwey’s Journal #3 is on top of the small windmill in Fish Eye Canteen.
Found a tape that’s not on your list yet
Col Posner tape no.2
Location E tower of the GRE C.A.22 anomaly
In a lock picked chest
I have 3 tapes you havent published yet. Unfortunately, I do not remember their locations besides one possibly. If you are on top of the VNC tower by the hideout, you have to look west and fall off a couple floors and use momentum to fly into a window. There is a safe and inhibitor in there. On a desk will be a tape possibly called Carl’s Journal. Hope this helps.
You are missing a recording called “Lawan’s Mixtape”. If I had to guess, this is in her personal apartment where she lived with Hakon. I do not remember picking up unfortunately. It’s a tall building downtown I believe you fly to after vnc tower quest.
Q on Frank’s journal no.4 I’m there but the layout is totally different it currently looks like a barn does it get upgraded then it appears ??
Hey powerpix The Villedor Newscast # 4 audiocassette can be obtained even if the district is assigned to the survivors there is a guy who makes a questionnaire and answering correctly from the tape always in the place where you posted the screen of the peacemakers mission, you are always the best your help is precious …
found williams 5 tape at lower dam ayre in the little island in a locked box
Found Council of Mankind Session #3 in a GRE Container in the same place where you need to capture 4 zombies for The Baba II.
Hey the Cpt Posner Status reports to Col Williams #6 your missing is on youtube by MrReign its his latest video
new villador number 2 in front of the vnc tower in the sowa tower
I can’t collect Villedor Newscast #4
District is assigned to Peacekeepers but there is no building with the tape inside, just a group of peacekeepers and that’s all. Story is done as well.
Where is For Alice #4? Someone already got it?
also cant find it, its my last one
I can’t find Marwey’s Journal #4
It’s in the area with your sleeping bag/aiden’s storage. There’s a side room you can access that is very easy to overlook, I ran past it 3 times when trying to find it again.
Thank you!
Guys at the current state might as well just chill with the collectibles and get all others done for now.
Too insanely glitched to get all collectibles without new game+ or some sort of patch fixing all the bugs now.
really frustrating
New Dawn Park #3 – Frank Marwey’s Journal #4
MUST ACTIVATE the train station below,
Your quarters will get a upgrade which will yealed the journal
Mine has not upgraded even though the station has been activated. Any thoughts?
Any chance some find the Alice #4 tape I have seen couple of people got already the platinum.
I’m missing this tape
As soon as we find out the location, we’ll add it in.
For Alice #4? Can’t find it anywhere online…
Yeah me too cant find it anywhere, its the last i need
I found For Alice #4
Its in the lower left buildings of The Wharf in an apartment next to the railline, happy hunting!
And with that the collectible guides are all complete! Thanks for that one.
For Alice #4 has been found, it’s on a table in a small apartment building directly north of the Fish Eye Canteen as you cross the border into The Wharf. If you stand on one of the trains you can jump right in.
Are you serious that the requirements have changed for the carier collectible?? i carried onto that point to then find out that you had to talk to a random npc?? i just lost 30h of progress -_-
“”Tape #58″” should be changed to “”Cpt. Posner Status Reports to Col. Williams #5″”
Just a oversight I’m sure. Figure I’d let you know. Thanks for all the hard work on these guides for this game.
Yep, forgot to update the name when copy pasting the name, haha. Cheers for that.
Frank’s Journal #4: Your Room won’t upgrade, until you have finished “Veronika”.
The room upgrades when you do the station it did for me anyway
I think i finally figured how the “To Kill or Not to Kill” and “Rats in the House” missions works. At least i finally did both on my second game for the collectibles.
So, on this second run i arrived to the second city and ONLY FOCUSED on the main missions “A Place To Call Home”, “Orders” and “Observatory”. Nothing more.
When you get about half way on “Observatory” you will get a call for the Secondary mission “Renegades” AND THIS MISSION IN MISSABLE. Just go to some places, kill enemies and free some NPC.
After that i completed the main mission “Observatory” and “Welcome on Board” started.
Then i get inside the ship of main mission “Welcome on Board” quest to talk whit Carrier 2 for the Carriers quest AND THEN “Rats in the House” mission was available on the “fish bar”. Just talk to the bartender to start it, GET INTO THE METRO STATION AND ACTIVE IT, talk to the bartender and finish quest.
Then i did a fast travel to Baazar and the ! icon of “To Kill or Not to Kill” was in the bar.
I think the most important steps are:
1- DO NOT active Metro under “fish bar” when you first arrive.
2- Focus ONLY on main mission till you get to “Observatory”, and COMPLETE the Renegade mission when it appear when you are going to the Observatory.
3- Complete “Observatory” and when “Welcome on Board” check if you have the “Rats in the House quest” and COMPLETE IT.
4- Fast travel to Baazar, fast travel to “fish bar” and “To Kill or Not to Kill” will be available
Hope it helps to other players to get the collectible
I really hope it’s just a bug and they can make that mission re appear, because the mission won’t pop for me and I spent over 100 hours in the game no way am I restarting
If i miss, first carriers, and i joint to someone coop, to talk with him. I unlock others carriers on my Save? Or i must finished all quest line with this coop player?
quest progress in someone else’s lobby doesn’t transfer over to your game. Your best bet is to join someone who is either late in the Carriers questline already (preferably on Carriers X), or find someone who has already completed the Carriers questline and grab the collectibles that way (this can be a bit harder through matchmaking as you’ll just have to jump into random lobbies and check to see if they’ve done the quests)
If person A finished all quest line i can find all carrier collectible in lobby with him/her?
What about quiz i can go to do it this quest?
The carrier collectible you can as they are open world collectibles, so those areas can be accessed after those quests to grab them. The quiz ones you won’t be able to however as those are quest rewards so you have to be present at the time of quest completion.
As I understand, the tape “ Tape #43 – Frank Marwey’s Journal #4” is missable. If you completed the game the room upgrade is no longer available.
Tape 1 an tape 8 are the same
My mistake, all fixed.
Tape #1 – Journal of a Nightrunner #1 is listed twice as items 1 and 8.
Journal of a Nightrunner #6 should be highlighted as “Semi-Missable” at the beginning of the guide since it’s unobtainable in free-roam after the story unless you join a co-op game
I don’t know how and why but I found it at Nightrunner’s hideout on the skyscraper during the Birdwatching side quest in the northwest of Downtown location.
Me too
Hello, I can’t collect Villedor Newscast #4
I have joined 3 different players who have assigned Garrison to PKs, BUT! at the specified location where the tape should be, none of the players had this PK settlement/building with the tape inside?
What could be the reason for this?
I collect all the tapes and the trophy not showed up … i am so upset toke me 3 hours for nothing :/
Guys please if anyone knows if there is a way to solve this before i repeat the whole game inform me
The ‘Audiophile’ trophy is also glitched for me. I have a backup save of 62/63 tapes, but no matter how many times I try, it won’t unlock.
Wondering if anyone has heard anything more about this glitch (I know there’s many!). Here’s hoping they patch it soon.
Can’t get villedor news # 4 I completed all currier missions the guy that gives the quiz won’t let me answer the 4th question
Tape 46 can’t be collected after now or never, I missed out because I was following the steps at the top of this guide and figured I could get it before x13 after now or never but you can’t go off the set path after now or never leading to x13. Just be careful if anyone sees this.
Frank tape #1 is missable, cant get in the room after the game is completed
This guide should say that No.40 is missable. You cannot access the room before or after Breakthrough and you have to help Frank and pick it up when in the room.
The door to Frank’s room for Frank Marwey’s Journal #1 is locked. What do i do?
How do you find the 4 additional tapes (new total of 67) added after the 1.6 version update?
The 6th point in missable collectibles is really missleading… Since it became inacessible after the EPILOGUE which is included in 5th point. I would change it or make the 5th and 6th point combined in one.