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This section is about Cog Tags, though for locations you should check the walkthrough. This is not a locations guide; the Cog Tag's whereabouts are mentioned as you read through the (very detailed, if I may) walkthrough.
Basics
Cog tags are the last remains of dead soldiers. You pick these up so you can carry them home to their families, or something like that. It's all about "remembering the fallen."
These aren't even required if you don't care about the sixty gamerpoints you get from them.
They are scattered all about the game on every Act. Find them (they look like two blueish-white crosses with a necklace attached to them) and stand over them and press X to pick them up. You do not have to reach a check-point to save any you pick up; the moment you pick it up, it's yours.
They supposedly always have a red Gears of War sign painted somewhere near them. I say supposedly because I have not seen a sign near all of them - but keep in mind that if they are out of the way, I have not looked for them. If you ever see a red Gears of War sign (the skull you see when you die) painted somewhere on a wall or something, there's a Cog tag nearby....
I also have to say thanks to nismojoe. Although he didn't directly help me, I used his FAQ to locate some of the tags. I just mentioned them as I went through the FAQ, so therefore if you missed a Cog tag somewhere, you can try to find it in my FAQ, or you can use his excellent one.
Cog Tag Checklist
ACT 1 - 14 Years After D-Day
[ ] - 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)
Act 1 - Into the Fire
[ ] - First courtyard-like thing with actual fighting (CT4)
[ ] - Underneath the window to the left of the exit of the last building (CT5)
Act 1 - Fish In A Barrel
[ ] - To the left of the exit of the Courtyard with the circular thing (CT6)
Act 1 - Knock Knock
[ ] - Next to van, before the first Troika in this chapter (CT7)
Act 1 - Hammer
[ ] - At the end of the hallway where you first encounter Wretches (CT8)
[ ] - To the right of Rojas's body (CT9)
Act 1 - China Shop
[ ] - Where guy was raped by Berserker, that hallway (CT10)
ACHIEVEMENT!
[ ] - Left of last door before the outside (CT11)
[ ] - Left of the exit to the outside, must get before killing Berserker (CT12)
Act 2 - Tick Tick Boom
[ ] - Couch in last room before Grist (CT13)
Act 2 - Grist
[ ] - Underneath stairway after all the Wretches (CT14)
[ ] - Right before the Stranded Gatekeeper, behind two trees (CT15)
Act 2 - Lethal Dusk
[ ] - In shed with propanetank right after introduction to propane tanks (CT16)
[ ] - Shine spotlight on area where Dom strted (CT17)
Act 2 - Dark Labryinth
[ ] - Right of the exit of the building before running with the car (CT18)
Act 3 - Downpour
[ ] - Long dock before using the elevator to get inside the building (CT19)
Act 3 - Evolution
[ ] - Corner of room with falling boards (CT20)
ACHIEVEMENT!
Act 3 - Coalition Cargo
[ ] - In the room with the carts and computer terminal and ammo (CT21)
Act 3 - Darkest Before Dawn
[ ] - End of long path when you descend into the Locust mines (CT22)
[ ] - Left of the area with first Drones since descending into mines (CT23)
[ ] - Big open area with Corpser BEFORE Corpser fight (CT24)
Act 4 - Campus Grinder
[ ] - To the right of where you start (CT25)
Act 4 - Bad To Worse
[ ] - Corner of building near where you start this chapter (CT26)
Act 4 - Imaginary Place
[ ] - Under the desk in the Wretch room (CT27)
Act 5 - Train Wreck
[ ] - First inside interior on train (CT28)
[ ] - Across from the door in the room before the ladder to chainguns (CT29)
[ ] - Inside area on the cart before the Ammo cart and RAAM (CT30)
ACHIEVEMENT!
Now that you have all thirty? What are you going to do?
Simple. Admire the Achievement. Let your friends "admire" it. Send a message to a friend without all 30 Cog Tags that reads, "Nana nana nyah-nyah!"
The following is a list of all Achievements in GoW. To see them, you can press
the Guide button on your remote (the big round center button) and click on the
box that has your Gamertag and Gamerscore, etc. in it. Click on View Games and
then find GoW (probably the first on the list) then click on it. There you
will find all of the Achievements. The ones you don't have are grayed out and
have no picture beside them. The ones you have are probably at the top. For
the record, here is a list of all of the Achievements, the points you get for
them, what you have to do, and any tips.
1. Complete Act 1 on Casual
TO GET: Complete Act 1 on Casual
POINTS: 10
TIPS: This probably has to be the easiest Achievement in the game, perhaps
besides "Always Remember Your First....". This is really nothing
special at all.
2. Complete Act 2 on Casual
TO GET: Complete Act 2 on Casual
POINTS: 10
TIPS: This is slightly more difficult because of the Kryll, but nothing
special either. As always with these types of Achievements, see the
Act chapters for whatever you need.
3. Complete Act 3 on Casual
TO GET: Complete Act 3 on Casual
POINTS: 10
TIPS: On the Hardcore difficulty, the Wretches will get on your nerves, but
checkpoints are pretty plentiful, so nothing much to it, just keep
your shotgun out for the most part if they decide to pop out on you.
4. Complete Act 4 on Casual
TO GET: Complete Act 4 on Casual
POINTS: 10
TIPS: There's parts of this chapter that annoyed me for some reason, but it
could just be me. Since this is Casual mode, its not really too
difficult.
5. Complete Act 5 on Casual
TO GET: Complete Act 5 on Casual
POINTS: 10
TIPS: This is definetily the hardest one, solely because of RAAM. Otherwise
it would be as easy as the others. You will likely get the Mercenary
Acheivement with this one.
6. Mercenary
TO GET: Complete all Acts on Casual. If you played the game from start to
finish, you likely got this one at the same time as #5.
POINTS: 10
TIPS: Nothing special, really. Casual is the easiest mode there is, so you
should have few problems. Your biggest problem will be RAAM, so see
Act 5's Pale Horse chapter in this guide for help.
7. Complete Act 1 on Hardcore
TO GET: Complete Act 1 on Hardcore
POINTS: 20
TIPS: This is where things will start to get harder, but because Act 1 is
the easiest act (no Boomers, Kryll, etc.) you shouldn't have much of a
problem, especially if you have already beaten the game on Casual.
8. Complete Act 2 on Hardcore
TO GET: Complete Act 2 on Hardcore
POINTS: 20
TIPS: If you can beat Act 1 on Hardcore, you can probably beat this one.
Just remember to stay out of the dark.
9. Complete Act 3 on Hardcore
TO GET: Complete Act 3 on Hardcore
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Those Wretches will make you curse them sometimes, but otherwise it
shouldn't be much of a problem, except perhaps for the last bit.
10. Complete Act 4 on Hardcore
TO GET: Complete Act 4 on Hardcore
POINTS: 20
TIPS: The turret scene before you reach Marcus's house really killed me a
lot, and climbing the stairs, and the part where the Locust come in
through the front door. Other than that, standard procedure.
11. Complete Act 5 on Hardcore
TO GET: Complete Act 5 on Hardcore
POINTS: 20
TIPS: You've made it this far, so the Train Station section and the Train
section shouldn't be too hard. RAAM is the problem here.
12. Soldier
TO GET: Complete all Acts on Hardcore. You likely got this one and"Complete Act 5 on Hardcore" at the same time.
POINTS: 20
TIPS: There is absolutely nothing to this Achievement. You probably look
at this like "What?!" but use some logic. This Achievement basically
asks you to unlock Achievements #7-11, nothing hard. The hard part
is doing the Achievements required. =P
13. Complete Act 1 on Insane
TO GET: Complete Act 1 on Insane
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Go to Act 1 in this FAQ and look for the Insane Notes for every Chapter. For the most part, this is exactly the same as the Hardcore/
Casual section of the game.
14. Complete Act 2 on Insane
TO GET: Complete Act 2 on Insane
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Go to Act 2 in this FAQ and look for the Insane Notes for every Chapter.
15. Complete Act 3 on Insane
TO GET: Complete Act 3 on Insane
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Go to Act 3 in this FAQ and look for the Insane Notes for every Chapter.
16. Complete Act 4 on Insane
TO GET: Complete Act 4 on Insane
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Go to Act 4 in this FAQ and look for the Insane Notes for every Chapter.
17. Complete Act 5 on Insane
TO GET: Complete Act 5 on Insane
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Go to Act 5 in this FAQ and look for the Insane Notes for every Chapter. I wish you really good luck with RAAM!
18. Commando
TO GET: Complete All Acts on Insane. You will likely get this with # 17.
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Nothing to say but, "Good luck!" If you're like me, you will be in a
position where this Achievement is in almost in your grasp... but
RAAM stands in your way, and you just can't get it! Good luck with
him, and give him a few blasts for me once you beat it.
19. Time to Remember
TO GET: Find and pick up ten of thirty Cog tags.
POINTS: 10
TIPS: I can't say much here. If you follow this guide step-by-step, you
should easily get this and the next two Achievements. If it is your
second playthrough and you've already picked up some Cog tags, there
is no way to tell which ones you have. Sorry, but you'll have to
check each and every location thoroughly for any you may have missed.
20. Honor Bound
TO GET: Find and pick up twenty of thirty Cog tags.
POINTS: 20
TIPS: See #19.
21. For the Fallen
TO GET: Find and pick up all Cog tags, thrity of thrity.
POINTS: 30
TIPS: See #19.
22. Zen and the Art of Reloading
TO GET: Perform 25 successful Active Reloads on any difficulty.
POINTS: 10
TIPS: See #23.
23. Zen and the Art Part Two
TO GET: Perform five Active Reloads in a row on any difficulty.
POINTS: 20
TIPS: I got twenty-two and twenty-three easily without trying to get them.
I got #22 in Act 1 and #23 in Act 2, right before the scene where you
push the car to provide light and block the turret. If you need to
get them without hoping it pops up randomly, find a spot with no
enemies. Shoot a bullet, and then press right bumper. Watch the
meter until it hits the white, and then hit the right bumper again.
Rinse and repeat twenty five times. In all, twenty-five bullets are
wasted, so not much. Try to perform the first five Active Reloads in
a row as to unlock #23.
24. My Love For You Is Like A Truck
TO GET: Defeat a Berserker on Hardcore difficulty.
POINTS: 30
TIPS: If following this FAQ, you should get this one at the end of Act 1.
Read the strategies for defeating Berserkers in their respective
chapters where they show up. You meet three through the course of
the game; the first one in Act 1, China Shop; the second one in Act
4, Bad to Worse, and the last one in Act 5, Train Wreck.
25. Broken Fingers
TO GET: Defeat a Corpser on Hardcore difficulty
POINTS: 30
TIPS: I believe the only location of a Corpser is in Act 3, Angry Titan.
The Wretches sometimes make this fight annoying, but otherwise, this
has to be the easiest boss fight in the game (other than the
Berserkers... so I guess, as a matter of fact, all boss fights except
RAAM are incredibly easy....)
26. A Dish Best Served Cold
TO GET: Defeat General RAAM on Hardcore difficulty
POINTS: 30
TIPS: If it weren't for the Torque Bow and Longshot, this Achievement
should be worth a thousand damn points in itself. Thankfully, these
weapons make the fight MUCH easier, but don't get overconfident. For
strategies, see Act 5: Pale Horse.
27. Clusterluck
TO GET: Kill at least three enemies simulatenously ten times (not in a row)
on any difficulty.
POINTS: 20
TIPS: I've heard this tip time and time again, but never thought to try it
until now. This is one of the easiest Achievements. Start up Act 3
Evolution. Get to the part where the Stranded guy falls through the
floor and gets killed. Now get some grenades and drop down into the
hole. Run around without getting killed until you have three or four
Wretches following you. Grenade tag it and roll away. If you didn't
get caught in the explosions, do it again until you run out of
grenades. On your last one, kill yourself purposely in the explosion
so you start over. Keep doing this until the Achievement is unlocked. It took me literally less than five minutes to do this.
NOTE: We are now starting to get into the XboxLive-required Achievements. Yes, this game has them too. I personally don't like them, because people without XboxLive (yes, some people amazingly don't have XboxLive - including me up to about a month ago) can't get them (though they really don't need a Gamerscore, anyway). Most of the following ones are in some way XboxLive-related.
28. A Series of Tubes
TO GET: Host and complete 50 Ranked games
POINTS: 20
TIPS: I haven't got this one and don't see myself getting it. No one ever
joins my games, and since the patch, you can't invite friends to
ranked matches. I don't know what determines what position your game
is on the list, but if you have a low whatever-it-is (lol) you might
as well just give up. Try playing a lot (a lot a lot) of games
online and see if anyone starts joing games when you host them....
29. Dom-Curious
TO GET: Complete one chapter playing as Dom
POINTS: 10
TIPS: If you plan on getting the three Dom's in a row, you'll get this one
fairly quickly and easily, considering you get this one after
completing the Tutorial. Do get them quicker, play the game on
Casual. You can not be the one hosting a co-op game; you must try to
join one.
30. Domination
TO GET: Complete ten chapters playing as Dom
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Again, playing on Casual with a friend makes this a quick and easy
Achievement....
31. I Can't Quit You, Dom
TO GET: Complete all Acts playing as Dom
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Same as the others. If for some reason you can't beat the game, ask
whoever's playing Marcus to start over with an easier difficulty.
Casual co-op is literally one of the easiest things ever.
32. Don't You Die On Me
TO GET: Revive 100 Teammates in Ranked Matches
POINTS: 10
TIPS: To revive your teammate, if he didn't get chainsawed or blown up,
stand next to his body and press X. Have you ever died, and noticed
the red screen with "A" at the bottom? Hit A as fast as you can to
keep alive longer. Someone might revive you. The people you revive
for this Achievement's screens look like this. Hurry before they
die! Not only will you eventually get the Achievement, you will also
have another teammate back in the action and ready to kick some more
ass!
33. Fall Down Go Boom
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the Boomshot
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Find a Boomshot, aim, and fire. Hope you kill someone. By the way,
in my opinon, the Boomshot is the worse weapon because most of the
time it doesn't kill when it's supposed to. Just to prove it to
someone who was praising the Boomshot because it's Gear's Rocket
Launcher, I had a friend of mine stand in place on Gridlock at his
spawn. I grabbed the Boomshot, went up to him, and SHOT AT HIS FEET.
It did NOT kill him, or even harm him. I know I'm hating on the
Boomshot, but I do hate the Boomshot. I will get this Achievement,
and you will, too, if you work at it, but good luck!
34. Pistolero
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with a pistol
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Find a Pistol, take aim, shoot. Hope you kill someone. I would
probably try it from medium range so they can't shotgun or chainsaw
you.
35. The Nuge
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the Torque Bow
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Probably one of the easiest, just try taking cover and somewhat
sneaking up on someone. Remember the Torque Bow needs to charge, so
if you are in cover, make sure you hold down R (as if you were going
to blind fire) to have it charge some before you even come up to
take aim! And also note that a downed person stuck with a Torque
will NOT be killed! Stupid, I know, but it's true, so don't waste
your ammo!
36. I Spy With My Little Eye
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the Longshot
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Find it, find a high vantage point, and take aim. I would recommend
keeping a shotgun or something with you incase someone ventures too
close and stumbles upon your hiding spot, because the Longshot is
just that... a long shot - it's not a close range weapon.
A few pointers:
If at a long distance, it may be best to try to go for a headshot.
It's a one hit kill. If at mid-range to close range, you can get an
Active Reload shot in on the enemy for an EASY down. Then just back
away while reloading to get a Longshot kill. To have an Active
Reload waiting for you whenever you'll need it, just pick up the gun
and if you don't need to use it immediately, fire off a shot and
start tapping any directional button to switch your weapon. When
you need it, switch over to the Longshot, reload quickly, and take
aim. Three downs kills a person automatically, so if you are at a
far distance on Execution with a low bleed-out time, active reload
once to down him, reload and wait for him to stand, shoot him when
he stands, and repeat three times.
37. Don't Hurt 'Em
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the Hammer of Dawn
POINTS: 20
TIPS: I would imagine it would hurt, but whatever. Probably pretty easy,
too, because it'll kill them even if they're behind cover.
UPDATE: I haven't got this one yet, but I've heard people complaining
about the bad locations of the HoD, and now that the game is
a Gnasher (shotgun) fest instead of a tactical game, everyone
is always dead by the time you can get it and shoot someone.
I haven't started working on this one, so I wouldn't know if
it's true or not, but if it is true, then I wish you luck.
If people are host-advantage abusing the Gnasher, maybe you
can talk to everyone about using other weapons?
And to add on to this update, I realized how much I suck with the HoD, so I may have to *cough* cheat a little. So good luck with it... I wish you the luck that I won't have (lol).
38. It's a Massacre
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the Chainsaw.
POINTS: 10
TIPS: God, I hate this one. Good luck!
UPDATE: After going for the other weapon Achievements, I realize how
much I love this one. It is SO easy compared to the others.
I ask that you don't be cheap and sneak up on people; that's
the p*ssy way of getting it, IMO.
39. Curb Appeal
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the Curb Stomp
POINTS: 20
TIPS: I think a shotgun round to the knees knocks them down for a Curb
Stomp (X over a crouched, still alive person), but I'm not sure, to
be honest. I just Curb Stomp when someone's on their knees and I
notice it. If you're anything like me, this and the Longshot one
will be the only ones you get just from playing normally.
40. Capital Punishment
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with an execution
POINTS: 20
TIPS: I did not know what this means until a kind soul e-mailed me. If
this information is wrong, please inform me, but I do not know otherwise. What follows is a direct quote, unaltered in any form.
"Execution refers to being up close and shooting someone in the head. This cannot be done with the Lancer as it takes more than one shot to kill, but it can be done up close with the shotgun or either pistol or even the sniper rifle. You will see, instead of the curb stomp or Lancer or grenade or headshot icon, a little picture of a hand holding a pistol to a head when you execute somebody."
Thanks to Zev Gurman for this.
Also, I do believe that any kill - except for chainsaw, and things of
that matter - within a certain distance of a downed person is an
Execution. That being the case, if you down someone with Longshot
melees and decide to shoot him with it to get it to count as a Longshot kill, it won't count. You will have to back up a certain
distance away (not sure what exactly that distance is, though) and
then shoot, which - if the bleed-out itme is low - may give him the
opportunity to get back up and **** you over, or someone else to come
up and kill him before you can, or you to get killed by an enemy, etc
so just be careful if you're not going for executions.
41. Is It A Spider
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with the grenade tag
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Equip grenades, sneak up on someone, hit B next to them, and get the
**** out of there. Repeat 100 times.
UPDATE: I've been working on this one lately. It's taking me awhile because of several reasons. One - if you run directly up on someone, they will usually unload enough ammo into you to kill or nearly kill you. If they nearly kill you and you tag them, they will probably run into you and blow you up. The alternative to this is sneaking up on people, which is really cheap and not recommended. That's if you can even get the grenades; pricks on my team always pick them up and they don't even use them. I'm ranting, I know, but it does get annoying. Just keep at it.
42. The Money Shot
TO GET: Kill 100 enemies with a headshot.
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Hey, if you're real lucky, you can get this one and #36 together. =P
Realistically, there's no easy way to go about this. Just pick up a
sniper, start playing games, and try to get headshots (though don't
lose games for it).
Also, other weapons can score you headshots... pistols, even the Gnasher.
Oh, and by the way, if you get the joke of the title, too, you've probably spent too much time surfing the internet late at night (if you catch my drift)....
43. Always Remember Your First
TO GET: Complete a Ranked Versus match
POINTS: 10
TIPS: Probably the easiest Achievement. It doesn't matter if you win or
lose; hell, just sit there until the time runs out (though the
teammates might not like this so much) and you'll get it.
44. Don't Hate The Player
TO GET: Finish with the highest points in a Ranked match
POINTS: 10
TIPS: Kill alot, and don't get killed alot. Having trouble? Fight n00bs.
...or make your grandma play or something. =P This is practically
impossible if you get matched up with really really skilled players.
UPDATE: I did this one easily. Play a one-rounder. Get the most
kills. Not so hard.
45. Mix It Up
TO GET: Win a ranked match in every versus type
POINTS: 20
TIPS: Simply browse through the list and find a game in each versus type.
Play it to the end, and play hard, and hope you win it. If you lose
it, retry that type. Nothing much to the prequisites, winning the
matches should be the only problem.
UPDATE: One of the easiest 20 points ever. There's only three game
types. Play one-rounders. Play an Execution, then Warzone,
then Assasination. Don't move on until you win one. Bam,
one Achievement down.
46. Around the World
TO GET: Win a ranked match on every map
POINTS: 30
TIPS: Same as above, but changing the maps up. Some maps are kind of
uncommonly played, so you may have to host one.
UPDATE: This one was hell for me. I was almost 100% sure I'd won a
match on every freakin' map around five times. Whatever.
Type up a list of all maps and then check one off when you
win on it. Do every one, even if you think you've already
won on it. Better yet, don't move on to another map until
you get a win on the one you're working on.
47. Can't Touch Me
TO GET: Win 10 ranked matches without losing a round
POINTS: 20
TIPS: This one always confused me as to how it was obtained. No, it is not
ten rounds in a row, just ten ranked matches where during the entire
match your team does not lose once. The easiest way to obtain this
one is by playing one rounders, because either you win or you lose,
and you don't have to risk getting 7/8 wins and then their team
making a comeback, screwing you up. If you want, you can probably
keep playing and it will likely pop up on you sometime, but if it's
your last one or you want 20 (fairly easy) points, just start playing
one rounders.
UPDATE: I got this one completely random one time. Funny thing is, I
lost the match I got it on. I don't know how I got it, but
whatever, I did! =D
Just to let you know not to be surprised if it pops up
randomly on ya. =P
48. Seriously...
TO GET: Kill 10,000 people in ranked versus matches.
POINTS: 50
TIPS: The name has it right. If you've got this, you've got too much time
on your hands. It is worth WAY more points, in my opinion, but
whatever. There's no easy way to earn it, really, unless you want to
cheat or something (though I wouldn't recommend that, but wouldn't be
surprised to find myself doing it =P).
49. Prison Breakout
TO GET: Complete the tutorial level on any skill level
POINTS: 10
TIPS: I belive to get this you follow the right route, Tutorial, in the
14 Years After E-Day Chapter of Act One, Ashes.