Find all 30 Cog Tag locations and learn how to unlock every achievement in Gears of War: Reloaded, including difficulty-based rewards.
Cog Tag Locations:
- Room where you split from Tutorial or Straight Into the Fight (CT1)
- Room where door is blown open from Locusts (CT2)
- Final outside area, before The Raven picks you up, on ledge to left (CT3)
- First courtyard-like thing with actual fighting in Act 1 - Into the Fire (CT4)
- Underneath the window to the left of the exit of the last building in Act 1 - Into the Fire (CT5)
- To the left of the exit of the Courtyard with the circular thing in Act 1 - Fish In A Barrel (CT6)
- Next to van, before the first Troika in Act 1 - Knock Knock (CT7)
- At the end of the hallway where you first encounter Wretches in Act 1 - Hammer (CT8)
- To the right of Rojas's body in Act 1 - Hammer (CT9)
- Where guy was raped by Berserker, that hallway in Act 1 - China Shop (CT10)
- Left of last door before the outside in Act 1 - China Shop (CT11)
- Left of the exit to the outside, must get before killing Berserker in Act 1 - China Shop (CT12)
- Couch in last room before Grist in Act 2 - Tick Tick Boom (CT13)
- Underneath stairway after all the Wretches in Act 2 - Grist (CT14)
- Right before the Stranded Gatekeeper, behind two trees in Act 2 - Grist (CT15)
- In shed with propane tank right after introduction to propane tanks in Act 2 - Lethal Dusk (CT16)
- Shine spotlight on area where Dom started in Act 2 - Lethal Dusk (CT17)
- Right of the exit of the building before running with the car in Act 2 - Dark Labyrinth (CT18)
- Long dock before using the elevator to get inside the building in Act 3 - Downpour (CT19)
- Corner of room with falling boards in Act 3 - Evolution (CT20)
- In the room with the carts and computer terminal and ammo in Act 3 - Coalition Cargo (CT21)
- End of long path when you descend into the Locust mines in Act 3 - Darkest Before Dawn (CT22)
- Left of the area with first Drones since descending into mines in Act 3 - Darkest Before Dawn (CT23)
- Big open area with Corpser BEFORE Corpser fight in Act 3 - Darkest Before Dawn (CT24)
- To the right of where you start in Act 4 - Campus Grinder (CT25)
- Corner of building near where you start this chapter in Act 4 - Bad To Worse (CT26)
- Under the desk in the Wretch room in Act 4 - Imaginary Place (CT27)
- First inside interior on train in Act 5 - Train Wreck (CT28)
- Across from the door in the room before the ladder to chainguns in Act 5 - Train Wreck (CT29)
- Inside area on the cart before the Ammo cart and RAAM in Act 5 - Train Wreck (CT30)
Achievements:
To view your achievements, press the Guide button on your controller, click on your Gamertag, select View Games, find Gears of War: Reloaded, and click on it. Achievements you have not earned will be grayed out.
- Complete Act 1 on Casual: 10 points. Complete Act 1 on Casual difficulty.
- Complete Act 2 on Casual: 10 points. Complete Act 2 on Casual difficulty.
- Complete Act 3 on Casual: 10 points. Complete Act 3 on Casual difficulty.
- Complete Act 4 on Casual: 10 points. Complete Act 4 on Casual difficulty.
- Complete Act 5 on Casual: 10 points. Complete Act 5 on Casual difficulty. This is the hardest Casual achievement due to RAAM.
- Mercenary: 10 points. Complete all Acts on Casual difficulty. You likely earned this while completing Act 5 on Casual.
- Complete Act 1 on Hardcore: 20 points. Complete Act 1 on Hardcore difficulty.
- Complete Act 2 on Hardcore: 20 points. Complete Act 2 on Hardcore difficulty. Remember to stay out of the dark.
- Complete Act 3 on Hardcore: 20 points. Complete Act 3 on Hardcore difficulty.
- Complete Act 4 on Hardcore: 20 points. Complete Act 4 on Hardcore difficulty.
Tips
- After collecting all 30 Cog Tags, you can send a message to a friend that reads, "Nana nana nyah-nyah!"
- Casual difficulty is the easiest mode in Gears of War: Reloaded.
- For the "Complete Act 5 on Casual" achievement, focus on defeating RAAM.
- For "Complete Act 3 on Hardcore," keep your shotgun ready for Wretches.
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