Gears of War 4 COG Tags Locations Guide

Welcome to the Gears of War 4 COG Tags locations guide that helps you find the total of 10 COG Tags locations for the Xbox One & PC third-person shooter game.

Finding all 10 COG Tag locations and picking them up will help unlock the following Achievement:
* “Remember the Fallen” (15 Gamerscore) — Recovered all COG Tags in Campaign.

The Timeline for all these in-game COG Tags locations is listed below.

Index of Gears of War 4 Guides:

Gears of War 4 COG Tags

How to find missing COG Tags?: In-game the COG Tags will appear simply as two silver colored machine-cog-shaped tags on a metal chain (with a pink glowing outline) that you can pick up to collect when you stand next to it. It can be confirmed as being COG Tags simply by walking up to it, as the on-screen text will then tell you can press the X button/action key to “Pick Up COG Tag”.

Afterwards, you’ll get the “Collectible Found” message in the bottom-right corner of your screen, with the option to view more details about the Collectible if you hold the Menu button on your Xbox One controller to access it.

Tip: To see how many collectibles you have found in the current Act and Chapter, go to the Main Menu’s War Journal tab and select Collectibles. – Since their pickup order per Chapter isn’t sorted chronologically, you’ll need to check the Timeline listed below to find out which one you’re missing.

Does the game save each COG Tags you collect?: Yes, the game will automatically save the COG Tags you just collected if you picked up the COG Tag, so you don’t have to play to the next checkpoint nor the end of the mission. After picking up each collectible you can safely quit the mission without losing collectibles progress. – Once collected, these COG Tags cannot be picked up again.

Where to find all COG Tags in Gears of War 4? The in-game collectibles locations for the COG Tags are described in this detailed video guide with Maka’s handy voice-over tips.

The COG Tags are listed in the video in the order that they appear by Chapter.

Timeline in minutes for the COG Tags Locations Guide:

Act I – Prologue: Remembrance has 3 COG Tags

• [0:27] – COG Tag Location #1: T. Thurbon / SPC / Montevado – 15184518
• [1:22] – COG Tag Location #2: G. Wagner / PVT / Jacinto – 49129751
• [1:33] – COG Tag Location #3: J. Beckman / CPT / Autrin – 43516211

Act III – Chapter 2: Night Terrors has 1 COG Tag

• [9:39] – COG Tag Location #4: D. Nunez / 1LT / Vonner Bay – 89202512

Act III – Chapter 3: At The Doorstep has 1 COG Tag

• [11:21] – COG Tag Location #5: W. Owen / SGT / Ephyra – 12151881

Act III – Chapter 4: Do Not Go Gentle has 1 COG Tag

• [11:46] – COG Tag Location #6: A Josefson / SPC / Andius – 51415181

Act IV – Chapter 2: No Detours has 1 COG Tag

• [13:38] – COG Tag Location #7: K. Rush / PVT / Bronn – 21525112

Act IV – Chapter 4: Powerless has 1 COG Tag

• [14:34] – COG Tag Location #8: P. Wood / CPL / Halvo Bay – 20256192

Act IV – Chapter 5: Storm Warning has 1 COG Tag

• [15:16] – COG Tag Location #9: E. Yates / CPL / Landown – 08821139

Act V – Chapter 1: Convergence has 1 COG Tag

• [15:59] – COG Tag Location #10: H. Pham / SGT / Kinnerlake – 1292025

There you go! All COG Tags in Gears of War 4 are yours! 🙂

Huge thanks to Maka for the guide videos and tips.

Please comment if you have any additional Gears of War 4 COG Tags location tips of your own, we’ll give you credit for it. – Thanks for visiting!