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It's All In the Writing

It's All In the Writing

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How to unlock the It's All In the Writing achievement in Dying Light - Definitive Guide

For this Achievement you have to collect all 17 Battle Journals, all 16 Voice Mail Recordings and all 34 Notes. The 100 Zombie Statues and 30 Flags are not required for the Achievement. You can check in the Inventory Tab (push X here) which Collectible you have collected and which not. Battle Journals and Notes are located on Slums and Old Town, Voice Mail Recordings only in Old Town.

The best Time to collect the 67 Collectibles is after the Story. Choose Continue in the Mainmenu and you go back to Harran in Free Roam Mode and can all do what you want. Another good Hint is, reach Rank 12 in Survivor Tree for the Grappling Hook. This Tool makes the climbing so much easier in the Game.

A Word to the Sidequest, Sidequests unlocks Locations and on this Locations are many Collectibes. For the Battle Journals you have to play 0 Sidequests, for the Voice Mail Recordings you have to play 2 Sidequests and for the Notes are tons of Sidequest to play, so the best Way is, beat the Game, play all Sidequest and then begin to collect the (missing) Collectibles.

Note from Prattalmighty in the Comments:
You may want to also add in a part for the people who were stuck like me with 67/67 collectibles found, but less than 100% showing in the tracker. They can start a "New Game" save file and start picking up notes and battle journals, they'll see their completion percentage rise and the achievement will unlock after a few, work for me today.

Battle Journals
Timeline:

Voice Mail Recordings
Timeline:

Notes
Timeline:

Required Sidequests and Quest Giver: (Video sorted)
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01 Feb 2015 23:04

22 Comments
I followed your videos so thanks they really helped but my tracker said 98% at 66/67 and when i found last note the tracker said "done unlocking!" but i didnt get the achievement
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By Bleach XBA on 03 Feb 2015 03:22
Great guide and got all 67/67 collectables but when i got the last one no achievement. 2nd achievement on this game broken.
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By KellzzKillzz on 03 Feb 2015 03:34
I've had all 67/67 since the second day of launch yet my tracker is still stuck at 94%. What a broken piece of shit.
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By CIutch Corey on 03 Feb 2015 03:55
The "Restarting the Game and Re-collecting" strategy only seems to work when you pick up the ones that decided not to count the first time around. Meaning you have no way of knowing which ones counted and which did not You could play the game all the way through to the end before finally picking up the remaining stragglers. The first two you get in the starting hub seem to be common culprits, but I have no idea of the others.
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By Level 75 Noob on 08 Mar 2015 09:25
UPDATE: The one that had me running around in circles at 98% was Note #11, located at the central substation you visit during the side mission "Voltage."
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By Level 75 Noob on 09 Mar 2015 04:44
Excellent guide. Got them all with no issues!
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By KingJamerscore on 15 Mar 2015 17:03
Great guide with great videos - no bull, straight to the point!

Thanks! +1
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By II HANN II on 25 Mar 2015 13:49
Great guide. Quick question,"It's all in the Writing" achievement, I have all of the collectables except Notes #24 and 25. I know that the achieve is related to a series of quests regarding Jaffar. I have completed "Steal from a Thief" and "The big bang Thesis". The third mission in the series is Tough Security, but I cannot get a prompt from Jaffar. Does anyone know why? Every time I visit him, there is an (X); however, I can press/hold it and nothing happens.

By the way, this is my new game+ playthru, the same thing happened on my original walkthrough.
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By BillJones0302 on 14 Apr 2015 01:29
Edit to my last post, just unlocked the achievement. Anyone having similar problems, missing a note because a side mission will not spawn or interact with you (Jaffar glitch), this might work for you.

Collectables spawn independently for each player in a co-op session. Simply find someone that has completed the necessary mission(s) to open side quests for a particular note, Simply, have them invite you to their online session. Once in, go to the location where your missing note will spawn. It should be there waiting for you to pick it up. Worked for me following the Jaffar glitch when I could not get the "Tough Security" side mission to spawn. Good luck to everyone!
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By BillJones0302 on 16 Apr 2015 01:32
Great solution! Made the process quick and painless!
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By xCRiMZoNx on 18 Nov 2015 14:50
I cannot grab note #2 after downloading the DLC it is a quarantine zone now and the note is not in the door. Anybody know how to get it?
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By TeamSoCo21 on 31 Mar 2016 07:46
I had the 67/67 stuck @ 98% glitch happen on me. I waited a day and it fixed itself and showed as unlocked when I logged back in. So you might not have to start a New Game to get it to pop.
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By Rhyolitic on 19 Sep 2016 23:21
Why is this achievement flagged as missable? Is it? It doesn't sound like it from this solution and all the comments?
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By Bully of Smeg on 15 Oct 2020 10:45
Bully Of Smeg im pretty sure its classed as missable because you can complete the whole game without collecting these pieces, i've completed it in 2015 and only just going over all the missed collectables now (6 years later), i think ive only ever collected 5 whilst doing the story, they're easily missed if you're not looking for them :)
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By CZWxVI on 06 May 2021 09:22
Nice to know I’m not the only one going back lmao
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By GrandKushMasta on 02 Jun 2021 00:15
Couldn't resist coming back after that sale they had on the Platinum Release!
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By ManWitCeliac on 17 Jun 2021 14:47
Very useful guide, thanks a lot, I just get the achievement ;)
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By mummy68 on 11 Feb 2022 08:37
This popped at 67/68, hadn't collected the Battle Journal #12
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By Ahziiadal on 17 Oct 2022 06:49
Had my achievement tracker stuck at 67% for some reason. I found closing and opening the game would give 1% here and 2% there but not every time. After about 1 hour and a half it finally hit 100% and unlocked. Phew! Thanks for the video guides!
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By mkdfan on 12 Jul 2023 01:39
Excellent Guides. Thanks for taking the time to make them
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By FoolsAndKings on 09 Sep 2023 18:35
Great videos as with everything you do. I followed your walk through for Sniper Elite 3 on Authentic and it was awesome. To the guys above i suggest you try the other solution on here to try and force the tracker up by over collecting if you can.
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By Samphaa on 03 Feb 2015 21:07
Great guide and as always, you're videos are very helpful. You may want to also add in a part for the people who were stuck like me with 67/67 collectibles found, but less than 100% showing in the tracker. They can start a "New Game" save file and start picking up notes and battle journals, they'll see their completion percentage rise and the achievement will unlock after a few, work for me today.
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By Prattalmighty on 25 Feb 2015 05:15
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You can check your progress in the inventory by pressing cn_X.

Some items require you to do sidequests, this is marked in the video. The order of the video shows a fast route across the map without having to run long distances between items.
ORDER AS IN THE VIDEO
There's also the regular Order at the bottom
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SLUMS (26 Notes, 13 Battle Journals)

0:13 Note #4
0:38 Battle Journal #0
1:10 Note #5
1:32 Note #7 + Note #6 (Side Quest - Gunslinger) from Dawud
3:05 Note #11 (Side Quest - Voltage) from Alfie
4:00 Battle Journal #12
4:50 Note #1 (Side Quest - Good Night Mr. Bahir) from Brijesh
6:13 Battle Journal #1
6:45 Note #10
7:13 Battle Journal #3
7:38 Note #8 (Side Quest - Where's my Mother) from Meliha
8:25 Note #9 (Side Quest - Gas Mask Man) from Musa
9:02 Note #12
10:12 Battle Journal #5
12:18 Note #22 (Side Quest - A Survivor's Guide To Zombieland) from Neil
13:03 Battle Journal #7
13:30 Battle Journal #2
14:03 Note #23
14:51 Battle Journal #4
15:18 Note #2 (Side Quest - O Brother Where Art Thou) from Osman
16:16 Battle Journal #9
16:40 Battle Journal #6
17:04 Battle Journal #8
17:28 Battle Journal #10
17:55 Note #16 + Note #17 + Note #26
18:57 Note #20
19:26 Note #13 + Note #14 (Side Quest - Tunnel Vision) from Ryan
20:42 Note #21 (Side Quest - Mother’s Day) from Gazi
21:23 Battle Journal #11
22:41 Note #19
23:10 Note #3
23:34 Note #15
24:03 Note #18
24:37 Note #24 + Note #25 (Side Quests | The Big Bang Thesis - Steal From a Thief - Total Security) From Jaffar

OLD TOWN (8 Notes, 4 Battle Journals, 16 Voice Mails)

26:04 Voice Mail #11
26:33 Voice Mail #7
27:05 Voice Mail #2
27:32 Note #30 + Note #31 + Note #32
28:25 Voice Mail #8
28:51 Battle Journal #15
29:19 Voice Mail #6
29:53 Voice Mail #12
30:17 Battle Journal #14
30:45 Note #34 (Side Quest - Fan Zone) from Noah
32:30 Voice Mail #3
32:57 Voice Mail #1
33:24 Note #27 + Note #28 (Side Quests | Do You Believe - The Shadow of The King) from Mufid and Ishaq
35:51 Note #33 + Voice Mail #13 (Side Quests | Rupert The Gunsmith - Health Potion) from Fidan
37:17 Voice Mail #14
37:46 Battle Journal #16 Epilogue
38:13 Voice Mail #4
38:48 Voice Mail #16
39:18 Voice Mail #5
39:46 Voice Mail #15
40:16 Note #29
41:21 Voice Mail #10
41:59 Voice Mail #9
42:26 Battle Journal #13

NORMAL ORDER
If you want to find specific items easier
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11 Feb 2015 12:08

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I was dreading using the other guide as it wasn't all items in a logical order! This however, is fantastic! Thanks a lot!
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By TOBY 1K NO BE on 13 Mar 2015 21:00
Great guide, it helped me a lot. Thanks for that!

The only thing you should add in your description is the location on the map of Note #1. If you've already completed the Good Night Mr. Bahir side quest, it's not obvious where the exact location of the drug store is where you will actually find the note. I think it was the safe house north west of the Tower.
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By SanJol on 21 Mar 2015 17:38
"It's all in the Writing" achievement, I have all of the collectables except Notes #24 and 25. I know that the achieve is related to a series of quests regarding Jaffar. I have completed "Steal from a Thief" and "The big bang Thesis". The third mission in the series is Tough Security, but I cannot get a prompt from Jaffar. Every time I visit him, there is an (X); however, I can press/hold it and nothing happens.

By the way, this is my new game+ playthru, the same thing happened on my original walkthrough.
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By BillJones0302 on 14 Apr 2015 00:40
Thumbs up from me!
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By Dan vasNormandy on 15 Mar 2018 23:17
Edit o my last post, just unlocked the achievement. Anyone having similar problems, missing a note because a side mission will not spawn or interact with you (Jaffar glitch), this might work for you.

Collectables spawn independently for each player in a co-op session. Simply find someone that has completed the necessary mission(s) to open side quests for a particular note, Simply, have them invite you to their online session. Once in, go to the location where your missing note will spawn. It should be there waiting for you to pick it up. Worked for me following the Jaffar glitch when I could not get the "Tough Security" side mission to spawn. Good luck to everyone! clap
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By BillJones0302 on 16 Apr 2015 01:20
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I hate watching videos, so I found some VERY good links with a map and detailed location instructions.....

Note: I used this myself to find the rest I was missing post game, and I thought this was a great piece of info to share!!

The great thing about this game is that it shows you EXACTLY what you have and what you are missing!! Press cn_back, go to INVENTORY, then press cn_X for all your collectable files....

Marvin Zucker's Battle Journals: The Slums
http://guides.gamepressure.com/dyinglight/guide.asp?ID=29298

Marvin Zucker's Battle Journals: Old Town
http://guides.gamepressure.com/dyinglight/guide.asp?ID=29449

Audio logs: All in Old Town
http://guides.gamepressure.com/dyinglight/guide.asp?ID=29447

Lost Notes: The Slums
http://guides.gamepressure.com/dyinglight/guide.asp?ID=29296

Lost Notes: Old Town
http://guides.gamepressure.com/dyinglight/guide.asp?ID=29448

Update/Edit: Old town's note map is kinda confusing because it using letters next to some numbered notes. That is because those places are the places you would visit while finishing that particular note's side quest. Assuming you finished all side quests, you would only need to find on the map, numbers 27c, 29b, 33c, and 34b.........


Notes 27(C) and 28 MAY require you to have started Shadow of the King...(Assuming you are on this quest currently and got all the key cards.)....You only really need a key card for room 101.

Update: I already beat the game and finished all side quests, and I still had to get the staff key card. As soon as you enter the building, you will want to head to your right where the stairs are and get the Staff Room key again. As soon as you enter the Staff Room, room 101's key is the first card on the floor in front of you. You won't need the key for room 107, the room door is wide open.

27(C): Go up the starts, turn right and enter the last room on your left, room 107. It on the right hand side on a desk next to a phone.

28: From 27(C), go back into the hallway, go right and head all the way to the other side, and use the key card to enter room 101. Enter the bedroom on the right and note #28 is on the dresser.

29(B): I got this while I was in the Chasing Past quest. Its on the right hand side of the door itself before you even walk into apartment 3.

30, 31, 32: On the roof of a kinda "L" shaped building, directly NE of the southernmost safehouse. In a fenced in area with lawn chairs, you will find Note #30 next to a metal hatch. Turn around, and you will see a set of lights on a yellow tripod. Note #31 in on the ground next to it, in front of a planter with 3 plants. Go back to where you found note #30, and look right. Note 32 is on that lower level of the roof to the right of another metal hatch.

33(C): (You MAY have to have finished (or even start) Health Potion to get this note) In the pharmacy on the counter in a back room to the right of a computer...I believe its the same pharmacy from "Health Potion"


34(B): (You MAY have to have finished (or even start) Fan Boy to get this note) Its not where it says it is in the guide (There is a Zombie Statue there though).....Take the elevator up, move to the right ride of the room, go straight ahead (you can break the glass wall) and enter the door with a blue number 2 next to it............Right when you walk in the door, you will see a red chair ahead of you, note #34 is right behind it on a speaker.........


I hope this helps you as much as it's helped me..........Happy Hunting!!!!
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Thanks for the text/picture guides! I much prefer picture to video.
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By SallyNasty on 03 Dec 2017 13:59
So do I, thanks for the feedback!!
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By Warboy925 on 04 Dec 2017 12:44
upvote for "i hate watching videos".
Some videos are good, like showing how to complete certain sections of games, but for picking up a collectible all you need is the map location and maybe a couple screenshots of the area near the doodad
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By AngryKamehameha on 03 Feb 2021 23:54
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It's a bit of a grind this one but depending on how many you find during your play through you can get this done in an hour or less.

Leave it until you have finished all side quests as some of these will only become available in certain areas of the game. Follow these three videos to collect the ones you missed whilst playing: http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/dying-light-ps4/trop...

Go into your inventory, hit cn_S and it will take you to your collectibles page. Go through all the ones your missing and then the videos conveniently list the times in the video so you can find them easier.

Fastest way is probably to do what I did and get all the collectibles in one area then travel to the next to get all the ones there rather than going back and forth. All credit to www.playstationtrophies.org for the video.
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There are many types of collectibles scattered throughout the world that you can find, including the items necessary for this achievement, as well as some statues and flags only in place for completionist’s sake. The text items you need are found primarily in areas you visit for the story, or side story missions, with some outliers.

This description is a little misleading, because you need to collect 34 Notes, 17 Battle Journals and 16 Voicemails. The latter may be assumed to not be required, but don't overlook them. Consult the video guide listed by Predni HERE, or scroll down for PowerPyx's videos.

Click through the video link to see the Youtube descriptions, which have a timestamp breakdown of all of the collectibles you need.

Battle Journals

Voice Mails

Notes

 

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GLITCHED

This trophy is currently glitched. For whatever reason it will not unlock when collecting all 67 and this has happened to a number of people. However, there is a way around the glitch. What you want to do is start a new save in slot 2. If you press on the new save to open the "Advanced" menu up then you can select what quest you want to start from. Pick any of the ones in old town so you have access to more collectibles. Now you just want to go around and pick up collectibles, and hope the trophy unlocks after a couple. It could unlock after 1 but for some it took at least 60 in order for it to unlock. You can stack the collectibles over all 4 save slots.

There are a total of 67 collectibles that you need to find for this trophy. They consist of 34 Notes, 17 Battle Journals and 16 Voice recordings. None of the collectibles are missable and they can all be picked up at any point in the story, and in free roam. A lot of collectibles need side quests in order to open up the building they are in, so you are best doing them before you attempt to get this trophy. The only exception to this are the battle journals, because they can be collected at any point during the game and don't require certain side quests to be completed. We have listed all the ones that require a side mission in the descriptions of each video if you want to collect them as you do side missions. We do, however, advise that you just do all side quests first then come back and do the collectibles. The videos below will show you the locations of all 67.

In order to check how many you have, press while in the inventory. You can see how many you are missing here and what ones you already have. The collectibles are all in order so it makes tracking them easy. You can also hold down to use your night sense while in the game world. Doing so highlights collectibles and such within a short range. This makes finding some of them a little easier.

Notes (34):

[0:05] Slums - Note #23
[0:35] Slums - Note #24 | Requires completion of "Total Security"
[1:07] Slums - Note #25 | Requires completion of "Total security"
[1:28] Slums - Note #02 | Requires completion of "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
[1:49] Slums - Note #26
[2:15] Slums - Note #17
[2:47] Slums - Note #16
[3:07] Slums - Note #20
[3:42] Slums - Note #13 | Requires completion of "Tunnel Vision"
[4:04] Slums - Note #14 | Requires completion of "Tunnel Vision"
[4:28] Slums - Note #21 | Requires completion of "Mother's Day"
[5:04] Slums - Note #19 | Requires completion of "Gassed up"
[5:37] Slums - Note #18
[6:03] Slums - Note #15
[6:27] Slums - Note #03
[6:55] Slums - Note #01 | Requires completion of "Goodnight Mr. Bahir"
[7:19] Slums - Note #04
[7:38] Slums - Note #05
[8:07] Slums - Note #11
[8:29] Slums - Note #22 | Requires completion of "A Survivor's Guide to Zombieland"
[9:03] Slums - Note #07 | Requires completion of "Gunslinger"
[9:24] Slums - Note #06 | Requires completion of "Gunslinger"
[9:42] Slums - Note #08 | Requires completion of " Where's My Mother?"
[10:07] Slums - Note #09 | Requires completion of "Gas Mask Man"
[10:35] Slums - Note #10
[10:55] Slums - Note #12
[11:24] Old Town - Note #33 | Requires completion of "Health Potion"
[11:45] Old Town - Note #34 | Requires completion of "Fan Zone"
[12:33] Old Town - Note #27 | Requires completion of "The Shadow of the King"
[13:18] Old Town - Note #28
[13:59] Old Town - Note #29 | Requires completion of "Chasing Past"
[14:39] Old Town - Note #30 #31 #32

Voice Recordings (16):

Voice recordings are answer phone messages, left on various phones around Old Town. To collect them, go up to the phone and press to get the recording. You can check your collectibles progress at any time from the Inventory Menu, and pressing to check your collectibles progress.

[0:05] Old Town - Voicemail #09
[0:26] Old Town - Voicemail #10
[0:49] Old Town - Voicemail #15
[1:16] Old Town - Voicemail #05
[1:42] Old Town - Voicemail #16
[2:04] Old Town - Voicemail #04
[2:30] Old Town - Voicemail #03
[2:58] Old Town - Voicemail #13 | Requires Completion of "Health Potion"
[3:35] Old Town - Voicemail #14
[3:56] Old Town - Voicemail #01
[4:19] Old Town - Voicemail #12
[4:41] Old Town - Voicemail #06
[5:07] Old Town - Voicemail #08
[5:29] Old Town - Voicemail #02
[5:58] Old Town - Voicemail #07
[6:30] Old Town - Voicemail #11

Battle Journals (17):

Each Battle Journal looks like big dark red book with a big skull in the front cover. To collect these Journals, get near one and press . You can check your collectibles progress at any time from the Inventory Menu and pressing to check your Collectibles progress. Below is a list of every Battle Journal location, along with a time link for each respective location:

[0:05] Slums - Battle Journal #06
[0:28] Slums - Battle Journal #09
[0:49] Slums - Battle Journal #10
[1:11] Slums - Battle Journal #08
[1:31] Slums - Battle Journal #04
[1:54] Slums - Battle Journal #02
[2:23] Slums - Battle Journal #01
[2:45] Slums - Battle Journal #07
[3:07] Slums - Battle Journal #00
[3:33] Slums - Battle Journal #12
[4:13] Slums - Battle Journal #03
[4:40] Slums - Battle Journal #05
[5:24] Sewers - Battle Journal #11
[6:30] Old Town - Battle Journal #15
[6:57] Old Town - Battle Journal #14
[7:22] Old Town - Battle Journal Epilogue
[7:40] Old Town - Battle Journal #13

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