🗺️ Exploration & Collectibles
Side quests, all safe zones & substations, and all 100 collectibles.
Good Samaritan
GoldFull guideCollapseComplete all side quests.
Good Samaritan
GoldFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete all 20 side quests. None are missable — they stay available in free-roam.
Tip
Track them from the map. Several tie into safe zones and collectibles, so clear them region-by-region while you mop up.
We're Safe Here!
SilverFull guideCollapseActivate all safe zones.
We're Safe Here!
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Activate all 23 safe zones across Castor Woods. Clearing the infected and restoring power to a safe zone activates it (and gives you a rest/fast-travel point).
Tip
Do these as you explore each region — they double as fast-travel hubs and make everything else faster.
And Then There Was Light
SilverFull guideCollapseActivate all transformer stations.
And Then There Was Light
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Activate all 11 transformer substations. Each is a small power-restoration objective, map-marked once discovered.
Cabinet of Curiosities
GoldFull guideCollapseFind all collectibles.
Cabinet of Curiosities
GoldFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Find all 100 collectibles across the 12 categories (newspapers, beavers, sigils, diaries, documents, asylum records, recipes, recordings, murals and more).
Tip
Keep Survivor Sense (R3) on constantly — collectibles ping as orange markers nearby. Our full collectible-locations page lists every single one by category with a written location.
Know What 'Castor' Means?
SilverFull guideCollapseFind all Castor Woods Beavers.
Know What 'Castor' Means?
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Find all 11 Castor Woods Beaver statues — costumed bronze beavers placed at landmarks; interacting with each gives a little story.
Tip
All 11 are mapped on our collectible-locations page.
And Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands
SilverFull guideCollapseFind all of the "Hidden Truths with Spark" podcast recordings.
And Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Find all 8 'Hidden Truths with Spark' podcast recordings, tucked inside buildings across the regions.
Tip
Locations for all eight are on our collectible-locations page.
What Happened at the Asylum
SilverFull guideCollapseFind all secrets about the St. Valentine Asylum.
What Happened at the Asylum
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Uncover all the St. Valentine Asylum secrets — the 6 Patient Records plus the asylum's related diaries and recordings.
Tip
Almost everything is inside the Mental Asylum building itself — sweep it room by room with Survivor Sense on. Exact spots are on our collectible-locations page.
Family Picture
SilverFull guideCollapseFind all Fischer family newspaper clippings.
Family Picture
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Find all 8 Castor Woods newspapers — they chronicle the Fischer family's dark history from 1693 to the Harran outbreak.
Tip
They're spread across Old Town, the Farmlands and Palm Lands — see our collectible-locations page.
Crane on a Monument
SilverFull guideCollapseThe world looks different from up here, ain't it?
Crane on a Monument
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Parkour to the very top of the towers at the Memorial Hill of Heroes monument.
Tip
A quick climb once you're in the Villa / Memorial area — work up the structure to the highest point and the trophy pops.