Resident Evil 2 Remake: All File Locations

As you progress through the Story of Resident Evil 2 Remake, you will come across a number of Files in the form of newspapers, magazines, notes, and other types of documents that reveal what happened before and during the zombie outbreak.

To help you collect them all, here are the locations of the 58 Files in the game. Bear the following in mind:

• You can collect every File in 2nd Run: some Files are exclusive to 2nd Run, while all the Files from 1st Run also appear in 2nd Run, except for one that is obtained automatically during 1st Run and will therefore already count toward your total. If you are a completionist, you may want to leave this collectible hunt until your 2nd Run.
• Some Files are exclusive to each character: Leon and Ada, as well as Claire and Sherry, have Files that can only be obtained in their respective scenarios. You will therefore need to complete at least two playthroughs to collect every File.
• The game remembers which Files you have already collected: as soon as you pick up a File, it is registered and added to your overall total.
• You cannot see exactly which Files you have and have not collected, other than by checking the records from your current playthrough or relying on your own memory. However, you can check how many of the total you have collected under Records.
• Maps and Roll Films do not count as Files.

Files in the Police Station

• Orientation Letter (Leon only): available in your inventory from the beginning.
• Letter from Best Friend (Claire only): available in your inventory from the beginning.
• Scrap of Paper (2nd Run only): in the Watchman’s Room (1F, east wing).
• Officer’s Notebook: obtained automatically as part of the story after the sequence in the Watchman’s Room.
• Notebook with Missing Page (2nd Run only): in the Main Hall, in front of the Goddess Statue where Marvin was sitting (1F, entrance).
• Record of Events: in the Operations Room (1F, west wing).
• Rookie’s First Assignment: on the padlocked desk in the West Office (1F, west wing).
• Operation Report: in front of the office door near the safe in the West Office (1F, west wing).
• Uses of Gunpowder (Leon’s version): at the opposite end of the West Office from the padlocked desk (1F, west wing).
• Uses of Gunpowder (Claire’s version): in the same location as the previous File, but while playing as Claire.
• Storage Locker Terminal Memo: on a table in the Safety Deposit Room (1F, west wing).
• Medicinal Benefits of Herbs: beside the typewriter in the Darkroom (1F, west wing).
• Portable Safe Instructions: in the Shower Room, beside the lockers (2F, west wing).
• To Any Survivors: in the hallway immediately before entering the West Storage Room (3F, west wing).
• Some Guy’s Scribblings: in the West Storage Room, on the table in front of the area where the explosives are placed (3F, west wing).
• Guide Pamphlet: on the counter in the Waiting Room (2F, east wing).
• Art Article: "The Red Stone": on a table opposite the door in the Art Room (2F, east wing).
• Internal Memo: in the S.T.A.R.S. Office, inside the small office immediately to your left after entering (2F, west wing).
• Claire’s Memo/Leon’s Memo (2nd Run only): in the S.T.A.R.S. Office, beside the entrance to the Armory. Leon obtains Claire’s Memo, while Claire obtains Leon’s Memo (2F, west wing).
• Memo: "Jail Power Panel" (Leon only): in the Jail, beside the Square Crank (Parking Garage, southwestern corner).
• Autopsy Record No. 53477: in the Morgue, near the door (Parking Garage, southeastern corner).
• Equipment Disposal Notice: in the Firing Range, in the northern section of the hallway (Parking Garage, hallway).
• A Message from Mr. Raccoon: on the counter in the Firing Range (Parking Garage, hallway).
• Raccoon Monthly, June Issue (Claire only): in the hallway outside the Elevator Controls Room, on a table in the corner (Parking Garage, northern hallway).
• Copy of Emails to Chief Irons (Claire only): on the desk in the Chief’s Office (2F, east wing).
• Taxidermy Log (Claire only): on the table in the middle of the Chief’s Office (2F, east wing).
• Repair Shop Letter (Claire only): in the Private Collection Room, beside the frame containing the Heart Key (2F, east wing).
• Confiscation Report: in the Observation Room (1F, east wing). When playing as Claire, you can initially enter only the Interrogation Room. Go to the back of the room and pass through the separating window after the Licker breaks it while you are leaving.
• Letter to S.T.A.R.S. Members: in the Armory inside the S.T.A.R.S. Office, after opening it with the USB Dongle Key, beside the Lightning Hawk or MQ 11.
• Repair Plan: in the Clock Tower, beside the first gear mechanism (3F, west wing).
• Ben’s Memo (Leon only): inside Ben’s cell (Parking Garage, southwestern corner).
• Interview Transcript (Leon only): obtained automatically when you collect the Parking Garage Key Card.
• Sally’s Diary (Claire only): during Sherry’s section, as this File cannot be collected as Claire. Immediately after leaving the locked bedroom, look on the small table in the corner of the hallway (Orphanage, 2F, hallway).
• Tom’s Diary (Claire only): during Sherry’s section, although this diary can also be collected as Claire after reaching the Orphanage. It is on a table in the middle of the colored rug in the Front Hall (Orphanage, 1F).
• _____’s Diary (Claire only): during Sherry’s section, although this diary can also be collected as Claire after reaching the Orphanage. It is beside the typewriter in the Director’s Room (Orphanage, 1F).
• Letter from the Director (Claire only): in the Orphanage Bathroom. After reaching the building as Claire, go upstairs instead of heading into the western hallway and enter the room where Irons went while you were playing as Sherry and trying to avoid him. The File is on a bench (Orphanage, 2F).
• Report About "G" (Claire only): after the elevator accident that occurs when you find Sherry, enter the Office through the door to the south before continuing toward the Sewers.

Files in the Sewers

• Sept. Inspection (Week 1) (Leon only): during Ada’s section, in the room you reach immediately after leaving the first ventilation shaft.
• Sept. Inspection (Week 2) (Leon only): during Ada’s section, inside the Incinerator room. It is on the table beside the lever you must activate to enter the machine.
• Copy of Emails to Umbrella HQ: in the Control Room, beside the locker secured with a letter combination lock (Sewers, Upper level).
• Sewers Company Pamphlet: in the Monitor Room, beside the Item Box (Sewers, Middle level).
• Unlocking the U-Area Door: in the Monitor Room, beside the Chess Plug puzzle (Sewers, Middle level).
• Claire’s Note/Leon’s Note: on the Cable Car Platform, beside the T-Bar Valve Handle (Sewers, Middle level).
• Delivery Receipt: on the Cable Car Platform, down the stairs beside the cable car door (Sewers, Middle level).
• Jazz Festival Flyer: on the central table in the Workers’ Break Room (Sewers, Upper level).

Files in the NEST Laboratory

• Nap Room Log: in Reception, check the computer screen opposite the room containing the Item Box (Laboratory B1, North Area).
• ID Wristband: in Reception, on the whiteboard inside the room containing the Item Box (Laboratory B1, North Area).
• [IMPORTANT] NEST-Wide Alert (Claire only): in the Security Room, on the computer beside the bed where you leave Sherry (Laboratory B1, North Area).
• Special Forces Recording: in the Main Shaft, immediately after leaving Reception and before activating the bridge. It is on the body of a U.S.S. soldier lying against the railing (Laboratory B1, Central Area).
• Herbicide Synthesis: in the Drug Testing Lab, on the table near the synthesizer (Laboratory B1, East Area).
• Somebody’s Note: in the locked room south of the Lobby, on a blue chair beside the Signal Modulator (Laboratory B1, East Area).
• Wayne Li’s Inbox: in the Low-Temp Testing Lab, immediately before the room containing the yellow protective suits (Laboratory B2, East Area).
• Byron Cartwright’s Inbox: in the Presentation Room. It can only be accessed after obtaining the Electronic Chip from the Greenhouse and combining it with the wristband, which is required to progress through the story (Laboratory B1, East Area).
• Wayne Li’s Note: in the Nap Room. Before collecting this File, you must obtain the Signal Modulator and use it on the Circuit Breaker in this room. It is inside the pod from which the zombie emerges, beside the one containing the Hip Pouch (Laboratory B1, North Area).
• William Birkin’s Inbox: on the computer beside the Item Box in the Biotesting Lab, after restoring power with the Signal Modulator.
• Research Diary: on a computer opposite the specimen tanks in the P-4 Level Testing Lab (Laboratory B1, West Area).