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. The Tower: 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.

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.

Reverie

 * 1: On the western approach road to the Excavation Site, this audio log is located next to a crashed truck and a pair of fallen tree trunks.
 * 2: In the central area of Pelican Down, this audio log is located within the open hull of the crashed ship next to a Banished observation tower.
 * 3: This audio log is found within the encampment at Foxtrot Squad's distress signal.
 * 4: On the cliffs north of Outpost Tremonius, this audio log is inside the hull of a crashed UNSC ship.
 * 5: East of Outpost Tremonius, this audio log is found inside a Bumblebee lifepod.
 * 6: This log is located on top of the mountain north west of FOB Bravo, next to a Sniper Rifle.

Ringfall

 * 1: Located near FOB Echo, behind a rock above the T-junction north of it.
 * 2: This audio log is located on the northern side of a ravine situated on the axis between the Bluebell Squad and Indiana Squad distress calls,
 * 3: 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.
 * 4: Southwest of the Forge of Teash, this log is located on a set of hexagonal structures overlooking a small lake.
 * 5: Slightly east of the Balkarus high value target, this audio log is positioned on top of a hexagonal Forerunner structure.
 * 6: East of FOB Charlie on the road leading towards it, this audio log is above a small cliff opposite a Banished propaganda tower.
 * 7: Located West of the Thunder Squad distress call, inside a crashed Pelican.
 * 8: West of the southernmost Spire, this log is located on the cliff facing the southern edge of the map.

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