Audio log (Halo Infinite)

Audio logs in the Halo Infinite campaign are a type of collectible. Each audio log contains an audio recording of characters, telling overarching narratives or adding insights to the characters' backstory.

UNSC Audio Logs
All UNSC audio logs take the form of a blue Data Pad with an audible beeping noise and a bright flashing green light to help you find their precise locations.

Recovered Files
Unlike other categories of audio logs, each of the four logs in the Recovered Files set is unlocked automatically at specific points in the story.
 * 3. The Mission: This audio log is unlocked during Nexus.

The Prisoner

 * 1. Not My Fault: Near the end of Foundation, this audio log is located next to the Power Seed that is needed to power up the elevator.
 * 2. What Was Inside: On the second level of The Tower, this audio log is leaning on a pillar next to a Kinetic ammo crate.
 * 3. She Was Smiling: At the Excavation Site, this audio log is located on board the mining laser. After boarding it via the western gravity lift, it is located in the corner of this first room next to a Kinetic ammo crate, a Rocket Launcher and a pair of Battle Rifles.
 * 4. Easy To Break: On the eastern side of The Spire, this audio log is located next to the wreck of a destroyed Warthog.
 * 5. Barely Anything Left: During the mission Nexus, after getting the objective to find three Power Seeds to activate the structure's gravity lift, this audio log is located in the first room that leads towards the central Power Seed.
 * 6. Price Paid: In Repository, this audio log is located next to the Power Seed that is needed to power up the elevator.
 * 7. 42410-02214-LB: In the House of Reckoning, within the second battlefield reconstruction this audio log is located to the side of the raised central platform on a stack of crates.

Outpost Intel
All Outpost Intel logs are located in or near Banished outposts.

Infinity's Approach
All Infinity's Approach logs are located within or near UNSC FOB's. These audio logs are unlocked in a sequential order, instead of each collectable equating to a specific log.

Banished Audio Logs
Banished audio logs have the appearance of a red Data Pad, with a deeper beeping noise compared to their UNSC counterparts.

Archaeological Findings
There are nine audio logs under the Archaeological Findings category.


 * Each of these audio logs are found inside each of the Spires in the mission Spire.

Escharum's Testimony
There are nine audio logs under the Escharum's Testimony category.
 * 1. On the top level of the bridge in Warship Gbraakon, located next to the door you use to escape the room.
 * 2. During Foundation, at the end of the large room with the two light bridges, this audio log is located next to the exit door.
 * 3. On the ground below The Tower, this audio log is inside a Banished container to the right after entering the compound via the main entrance.
 * 4. Inside the mining laser at the Excavation Site, this log is on a small raised viewpoint next to a Skewer, behind the device's main control panel.
 * 5. At the western AA Gun during Pelican Down, this audio log is on a table inside a Banished pre-fab building, to the left after riding the elevator.
 * 6. Approaching the base of the elevator leading to the northern AA Gun during Pelican Down, hidden in the corner of a Banished pre-fab building to the left.
 * 7. During Pelican Down, located inside a Banished pre-fab building near the base of the eastern AA Gun.
 * 8. In the House of Reckoning, outside the room where Jega 'Rdomnai is fought, resting on a table displaying a large MA40 assault rifle hologram.
 * 9. Inside the House of Reckoning, within the room Escharum is fought, this audio log is found in the back left corner of the room.

Spartan Audio Logs
Spartan audio logs have an identical appearance to the UNSC ones. All Spartan logs unlock in a sequential order regardless of which audio logs you personally pick up first.

Evacuation
There are seven audio logs under the Evacuation category:
 * On Warship Gbraakon, this log is in the room after riding the first elevator.
 * Overlooking FOB Golf, this audio log is located slightly to its southeast, leaning against a cliff face.
 * Located at a small cliffside campsite east of Boxer Squad's distress call.
 * Located within a ravine northwest of FOB Foxtrot.
 * Southwest of The Tower, located on the westernmost point of its landmass.
 * In the encampment at Starlight Squad's distress call, on a mattress underneath a ramp.
 * Near the summit of the mountain above Starlight Squad's distress call, near a dead Elite General.

Ringfall
There are eight audio logs under the Ringfall category:
 * Located near FOB Echo, behind a rock above the T-junction north of it.
 * Located on the northern side of a ravine situated on the axis between the Bluebell Squad and Indiana Squad distress calls,
 * Located in the encampment at the Pyramid Squad distress call, on a small piece of elevated land on the Banished's side of the battle.
 * Located on a set of hexagonal structures overlooking a small lake southwest of the Forge of Teash.
 * Slightly east of the Balkarus high value target positioned on top of a hexagonal Forerunner structure.
 * East of FOB Charlie on the road leading towards it, above a small cliff opposite a Banished propaganda tower.
 * Located west of the Thunder Squad distress call, inside a crashed Pelican.
 * West of the southernmost Spire on the cliff facing the southern edge of the map.

Reverie
There are six audio logs under the Reverie category:
 * On the western approach road to the Excavation Site next to a crashed truck and a pair of fallen tree trunks.
 * In the central area of Pelican Down within the open hull of the crashed ship next to a Banished observation tower.
 * Found within the encampment at Foxtrot Squad's distress signal.
 * On the cliffs north of Outpost Tremonius inside the hull of a crashed UNSC ship.
 * East of Outpost Tremonius inside a Bumblebee lifepod.
 * Located on top of the mountain north west of FOB Bravo, next to a Sniper Rifle.

Retaliation
There are eight audio logs under the Retaliation category:
 * In the central area of Pelican Down, located inside the larger of the two crashed UNSC ship hulls, tucked away in the corner of a large room.
 * In the central area of Pelican Down, on the southeasternmost part of the wreckage this audio log is hidden within one of the crashed ship's 'wings'.
 * In Pelican Down, this log is slightly north of the eastern AA Gun inside a crashed Pelican.
 * In Pelican Down, on the tallest part of the landmass' northern ridge next to a Flexfire Sniper Rifle.
 * On the southern edge of FOB Lima's perimeter, leaning against a tree.
 * Near the southeastern edge of the large lake close to the easternmost Spire.
 * At the northern end of the large ravine east of the Riven Gate, this log is on a hidden on a ledge you must drop down to.
 * In the middle landmass during Spire, this audio log is located at the intersecting point north of the southern spire and east of the Myriad high value target. It is in a campsite next to a foggy lake atop a waterfall.

Scattered
There are ten audio logs under the Scattered category:

Forerunner Archives
There are seven audio logs under the Forerunner Archives category:

Production notes
The first "Recovered Files" audio log was hidden in the February 2021 issue of Inside Infinite on Halo Waypoint.