Gears of War: Reloaded is an action-heavy game with an emphasis on gunning down hordes of Locust that really want you dead. But it’s also home to 33 collectibles that pay respect to the fallen soldiers who came before you. Additionally, collecting these unlocks in-game comic pages that flesh out the lore of the Gears of War universe, making them well worth your while if you’re eager to learn more about the world and characters.
Whether you need help finding one or two COG tags you missed along the way, or you simply want to follow along and grab them one by one, you can use our guide to find all 33 COG tags in Gears of War: Reloaded.
COG Tag 1 – Act I: 14 Years After E-Day
This COG tag is located along the back wall of the first large, open room you encounter during the opening section of the game.
COG Tag 2 – Act I: 14 Years After E-Day
COG Tag 3 – Act I: 14 Years After E-Day
Near the end of this chapter, Locusts will cut open a door that you’ll need to pass through to begin an extraction. Outside, head up the stairs on the left to find this COG tag in a corner.
COG Tag 4 – Act I: Trial By Fire
At the beginning of the chapter, you’ll go up some stairs and emerge into a combat area with a lot of cover. Check a piece of cover here for this tag.
COG Tag 5 – Act I: Trial By Fire
When you reach a room with pillars and two emergence holes, check along the wall to the left of the exit door to find this tag.
COG Tag 6 – Act I: Trial By Fire
You’ll eventually reach an area with a fountain in the center. Look along the left corner here for this tag.
COG Tag 7 – Act I: Knock Knock
As you head up some stairs in this chapter, you’ll spot a white van on the left. To the left of the van, also on the stairs, is this tag.
COG Tag 8 – Act I: Hammer
At some point, you’ll have to fend off an attack while Jack opens a door. When all is said and done, head down the hallway in the direction the first wave of enemies came from. You’ll find this tag on the ground here.
COG Tag 9 – Act I: Knock Knock
This tag is found in a corner in the same room where you find the body of Rojas.
COG Tag 10 – Act I: China Shop
At the very start of this chapter, turn 180-degrees and follow the path to find this tag.
COG Tag 11 – Act I: China Shop
During the section where you have to lead a hulking Berserker through breakable doors, you’ll find this tag in an alcove near the final door it has to destroy.
COG Tag 12 – Act I: China Shop
This tag is found on the left side of the outside area where you finally face off against the Berserker.
COG Tag 13 – Act II: Grist
After progressing a short way through this opening chapter of Act II, you’ll be tasked with finding a settlement. Shortly after, you’ll walk across a narrow walkway and down some stairs. Turn right here and look behind a cement barricade to find this tag.
COG Tag 14 – Act II: Grist
After you cross a catwalk section and exit back outside, walk down some stairs, then turn and find this tag behind a dumpster.
COG Tag 15 – Act II: Grist
When you reach the settlement gate, check to the left of the car out front to find this tag.
COG Tag 16 – Act II: Lethal Dust
You’ll eventually be tasked with reaching Checkpoint 2. During this period, keep an eye out for a lone propane tank sitting inside a shack on the left. Shoot it to light the area, then run over and grab this tag within.
COG Tag 17 – Act II: Lethal Dust
Once you’ve helped Dom reach the other side of an area with a massive spotlight, shine the spotlight on a car along the back wall here. Doing so will let you reach this tag without being swarmed.
COG Tag 18 – Act II: Dark Labyrinth
Once you exit the house in this chapter, check to the right along a wall for this tag.
COG Tag 19 – Act III: Downpour
This tag is at the very end of a long dock behind the building housing the elevator.
COG Tag 20 – Act III: Evolution
When you reach a section with wooden flooring that falls out from under you, take an immediate right. Watch your step here, and slowly make your way to this tag on the other side of this area.
COG 21 – Act III: Coalition Cargo
At the very beginning of the chapter, walk forward and down the stairs, then look immediately to your right to spot this tag.
COG Tag 22 – Act III: Darkest Before Dawn
Right after taking the huge drilling platform down, follow the linear path until you can take a slope down to continue the main path or take a right to reach a dead-end. Do the latter to find this tag.
COG Tag 23 – Act III: Darkest Before Dawn
You’ll reach a point where you slide down a long slope. Afterward, defeat the enemies here and find this tag on the right side of the area.
COG Tag 24 – Act III: Darkest Before Dawn
At some point, you’ll enter an area and be prompted to look at a Corpser on your left. Immediately after, look on the right side of the area to find this tag.
COG Tag 25 – Act IV: Campus Grinder
When you enter a large area at the beginning of this chapter, climb up the ledge on the right side and look for this tag in a corner near some steps.
COG Tag 26 – Act IV: Bad To Worse
This tag is found at the beginning of the chapter near a destroyed vehicle.
COG Tag 27 – Act IV: Imaginary Place
While you’re exploring the Fenix Estate, you’ll come to a room with four pillars and a desk on the other side. Unlike the other tags, which sit in the open, you’ll need to destroy the desk here to obtain this tag.
COG Tag 28 – Act V: Comedy of Errors
You’ll eventually have to pass underneath a road while a massive beast known as a Brumak stomps above you. As soon as you come out from beneath the overpass, look immediately left to spot a half-open gate. Behind the gate and to the left is this tag.
COG Tag 29 – Act V: Window Shopping
When you reach a stairwell with stairs going up or down, choose to go down first. At the bottom is this tag.
COG Tag 30 – Act V: Jurassic Proportions
This tag is found behind some cover along the back wall of the area where you fight the Brumak.
COG Tag 31 – Act V: Train Wreck
Right after you rid yourself of the Berserker on the train, Jack will finish opening a door. Pass through the door and look on the ground directly to the right to find this tag.
COG Tag 32 – Act V: Train Wreck
When you’re in the cabin that has two turrets atop it, you’ll find this tag on the right side of the room.
COG Tag 33 – Act V: Train Wreck
You’ll come to a spot that requires you to drop some cargo off the side of the train. There’s now a door ahead of you. Instead of going through it to continue down the main path, loop left instead. Walk down the hallway and open the door here to find this tag.
