Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
90 Achievements
2,000
59-75h
Ferrum Absconsum
Collect all the Intel.
30
0.98%
How to unlock the Ferrum Absconsum achievement in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Definitive Guide
Every Mission has 3 Intel Laptops. 45 Total.
Induction
1 - 0:09
2 - 0:35
3 - 1:11
Atlas
4 - 1:37
5 - 2:12
6 - 2:50
Traffic
7 - 3:17
8 - 4:06
9 - 4:33
Fission
10 - 5:02
11 - 5:31
12 - 5:57
Aftermath
13 - 6:19
14 - 6:48
15 - 7:07
Manhunt
16 - 7:40
17 - 8:12
18 - 8:49
Utopia
19 - 9:18
20 - 9:51
21 - 10:24
Sentinel
22 - 10:51
23 - 11:26
24 - 12:11
Crash
25 - 12:38
26 - 13:13
27 - 13:44
Bio Lab
28 - 14:12
29 - 14:32
30 - 15:01
Collapse
31 - 15:32
32 - 16:07
33 - 16:43
Armada
34 - 17:07
35 - 17:29
36 - 17:57
Throttle
37 - 18:25
38 - 18:55
39 - 19:29
Captured
40 - 20:07
41 - 20:28
42 - 21:01
Terminus
43 - 21:25
44 - 22:02
45 - 22:42
[0:09] – 1 – Mission: Induction
[0:32] – 2 – Mission: Induction
[1:00] – 3 – Mission: Induction
[1:22] – 4 – Mission: Atlas
[1:42] – 5 – Mission: Atlas
[2:02] – 6 – Mission: Atlas
[2:18] – 7 – Mission: Traffic
[2:37] – 8 – Mission: Traffic
[2:54] – 9 – Mission: Traffic
[3:14] – 10 – Mission: Fission
[3:40] – 11 – Mission: Fission
[4:00] – 12 – Mission: Fission
[4:17] – 13 – Mission: Aftermath
[4:38] – 14 – Mission: Aftermath
[5:00] – 15 – Mission: Aftermath
[5:20] – 16 – Mission: Manhunt
[5:40] – 17 – Mission: Manhunt
[6:09] – 18 – Mission: Manhunt
[6:28] – 19 – Mission: Utopia
[6:42] – 20 – Mission: Utopia
[7:05] – 21 – Mission: Utopia
[7:30] – 22 – Mission: Sentinel
[7:53] – 23 – Mission: Sentinel
[8:16] – 24 – Mission: Sentinel
[8:33] – 25 – Mission: Crash
[8:49] – 26 – Mission: Crash
[9:13] – 27 – Mission: Crash
[9:34] – 28 – Mission: Bio-Lab
[9:52] – 29 – Mission: Bio-Lab
[10:15] – 30 – Mission: Bio-Lab
[10:45] – 31 – Mission: Collapse
[11:10] – 32 – Mission: Collapse
[11:44] – 33 – Mission: Collapse
[12:07] – 34 – Mission: Armada
[12:41] – 35 – Mission: Armada
[13:22] – 36 – Mission: Armada
[13:53] – 37 – Mission: Throttle
[14:19] – 38 – Mission: Throttle
[14:48] – 39 – Mission: Throttle
[15:23] – 40 – Mission: Captured
[15:42] – 41 – Mission: Captured
[16:05] – 42 – Mission: Captured
[16:22] – 43 – Mission: Terminus
[16:57] – 44 – Mission: Terminus
[17:41] – 45 – Mission: Terminus
You will also unlock this achievement along the way:
In order to obtain this achievement simply find and secure all 45 of the enemy intel in the campaign. Collected intel is saved immediately after it is picked up. You can see how much intel you have collected from each mission under Campaign > Mission Select.
There are 15 missions & 3 pieces of intel per mission therefore 45 pieces of intel in total.
Intel locations are as follows;
OVERALL INTEL - MISSION INTEL - LOCATION
01 - Induction 1/3 - Hotel upstairs on right landing after using turret
02 - Induction 2/3 - Sakura restaurant upstairs second floor in bar VIP area
03 - Indcution 3/3 - Behind waterfall after collecting explosives
04 - Atlas 1/3 - Ensuite bathroom after rescuing the President
05 - Atlas 2/3 - Demountable near checkpoint after exiting Irons' car
06 - Atlas 3/3 - Engineering room after grenade training
07 - Traffic 1/3 - In front of the conference room on the left
08 - Traffic 2/3 - Recreational Center on the left near a green vending machine
09 - Traffic 3/3 - Left corner behind crates in the market before climbing the wall
10 - Fission 1/3 - Glass room to your right after going down the elevator shaft
11 - Fission 2/3 - Turbine room (where it's super loud) right side on some crates
12 - Fission 3/3 - Right side catwalk during evacuation after going through blast door
13 - Aftermath 1/3 - On a metal cage to your left after killing the first enemy
14 - Aftermath 2/3 - In a demountable to your left before the Detroit Hawks Bar
15 - Aftermath 3/3 - In the hospital upstairs to the left of the reception in a room
16 - Manhunt 1/3 - On a bench on your right before using the drone
17 - Manhunt 2/3 - Upstairs in a bedroom with an ammo drop before farmers market
18 - Manhunt 3/3 - Jewellery store to your left after Torres is shot
19 - Utopia 1/3 - On a reception desk as soon as you spawn in turn around
20 - Utopia 2/3 - In an internet cafe on the left of the alleyway during the escape
21 - Utopia 3/3 - On a rooftop landing behind a glass pane after dodging containers
22 - Sentinel 1/3 - In the security room on a desk after planting an EMP
23 - Sentinel 2/3 - In Irons' study near the bookshelf and gun collection
24 - Sentinel 3/3 - After rolling out from under the car forward and left a little
25 - Crash 1/3 - As soon as you spawn on the ground forward between some crates
26 - Crash 2/3 - After you go through a tunnel on a snowy ledge on the right
27 - Crash 3/3 - Before you pick up the Stinger on the left behind the plane wreckage
28 - Bio-Lab 1/3 - As soon as you spawn in the shack in front of you
29 - Bio-Lab 2/3 - After Main Compound Synthesis hallway to the right in a blue room
30 - Bio-Lab 3/3 - After hacking open the door in the red room on your right
31 - Collapse 1/3 - As soon as you spawn on foot in a black mini van mid-road
32 - Collapse 2/3 - Behind a digital orange and black roadsign on the right
33 - Collapse 3/3 - Before the helicopter on the left on a luggage cart
34 - Armada 1/3 - After planting both jammers in the room overlooking the flight deck
35 - Armada 2/3 - After destroying the AST upstairs catwalk at the end of the hallway
36 - Armada 3/3 - On the digital map table in the middle of the ship's bridge
37 - Throttle 1/3 - On a canal-side bench to the right of the Iraqi Financial sign
38 - Throttle 2/3 - To the left of the MIR1 building on a skyway on top of a bench
39 - Throttle 3/3 - To the right of the turrets in a rooftop alfresco area
40 - Captured 1/3 - In the Network Access room to the right near two scientists
41 - Captured 2/3 - In the Operating Room after opening the glass doors
42 - Captured 3/3 - After crashing in the Warbird immediately behind you
43 - Terminus 1/3 - After surfacing at the end of a dark hallway on the right
44 - Terminus 2/3 - After descending the ramp on the left in the Server Control room
45 - Terminus 3/3 - After Gideon breaks a door in the Checkpoint room left of tunnel 5
*** COD: ADVANCED WARFARE GLITCHED ACHIEVEMENTS FIX ***
If you are sure you have reached the necessary goals for an achievement but it has not unlocked simply continue to play the game online (multiplayer is advised as this requires a constant online connection) and wait until the achievement pops. From personal experience achievements may pop 4 DAYS LATE however this 'keep playing online until they pop' solution may take less or more time for you.
Hope this helps!
Happy gaming
-coreymawf
Mission 6 - 10 Timeline (Manhunt - Utopia - Sentinel - Crash - Bio Lab)
Mission 11 - 15 Timeline (Collapse - Armada - Throttle - Captured - Terminus)
Timeline below.
Mission 1:
Collecting them all will unlock the achievements/trophies "History In the Making" and "Ferrum Absconsum"
If you check my channel also i have a playlist with Advanced Warfare.
In this playlist you can find also Intel Location videos for every mission seperate.
Mission 1:
There are a total of 45 Intel laptops found in the game. There are 3 in each of the missions, and there are 15 missions in total. All you need to do is go up the the laptop and hold down until the percentage bar reaches 100%. As soon as you pick up a piece of Intel, it permanently saves your Intel progress, so you can Save & Quit. If you die just after picking a piece of Intel, it will still count as being collected. This makes collecting any piece of Intel you missed much easier, and means that you do not have to complete the specific mission in order to save your Intel progress. None of the 45 pieces of Intel are missable, as you can replay missions from the Mission Select menu. Collecting Intel will also reward you with upgrade points which you need in order to fully upgrade your exo suit towards the Power Changes Everything trophy. Below is an image of what a piece of Intel looks like:
(An image showing a piece of Intel)
Refer to the video below for a complete visual walkthrough of all Intel locations in the game. Alternatively, we have made a text guide which can be found in the second page of this guide. It can also be found using the links below:
Intel Guide: Missions 1-8 (Intels 1-24)
Intel Guide: Missions 9-15 (Intels 25-45)
Chapter 1 Baptism of fire
Chapter 2 Atlas
Chapter 3 Traffic
Chapter 4 Chain Reaction
Chapter 5 Consequences
Chapter 6 Hunting
Chapter 7 Utopia
Chapter 8 Guardian
Chapter 9 Crash
Chapter 10 Biolab
Chapter 11 Collapse
Chapter 12 Armada
Chapter 13 Full Throttle
Chapter 14 Captivity
Chapter 15 Final