This is where you can find everything hidden in the new campaign.
Like every game in the series before it, Gears of War 4 they are prevalent throughout the game's campaign. Not only does this give you an excuse to test out every nook and cranny of each bloody phase, but each one provides anecdotal information that supports what happened over the next decades with the events of the Xbox 360 trilogy. (There are also a few Achievements in it, too.)
Below this are links to where to find all 50 hidden collections, explaining at what point you will find them in each chapter – as clear but as free spoilers – as well as photos that will reduce their location.
War 4 gear gears have been collected
Each action and chapter has a different number of clusters, so it's worth scanning each of the pages below to see where you can find them in chronological order before you start playing.
Battle Gears 4 – Act 1 joint locations
Gears of War 4 – Rule 2 joint locations
Battle Gears 4 – Rule 3 adjoining areas
Battle Gears 4 – Rule 4 adjoining areas
Gears of War 4 – Rule 5 adjoining areas
Other things to know about the War 4 gear sets
- Gathering everything together in the game will unlock a total of four achievements; Collector (5G, got five collections), Pack Rat (10G, got 10 collections), Completist (15G, got all collections) and remember Fallen (15G, got all the COG tags in the campaign).
- While COG marks are mentioned differently in Achievements, there is actually no difference in how you collect them from the other tokens you receive throughout the game.
- It's easy to miss other collections, especially in combat units that will load to the next level when you're done. As it is, it's easier to find them as soon as you start the scene than to hang on to the end, in case you missed it, you have to reuse that chapter to find it again.
- While it's best to catch them all as you go along (see the references above for each chapter to help you identify the right path) there's a good chance you'll remember one or two along the way. If you do, go to Your Records in the main menu, and each collection is listed chronologically. Similarly, loading a Chapter or pressing a stop in each chapter will tell you the total amount of collections and how many you have.