Dead Island 2 – It Begins Journals

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As you explore Hell-A in Dead Island 2, you’ll come across collectible journals. This guide covers where to find the It Begins journals. For the It Begins journal, there are a total of 13 journals for Day 1, 4 for Containment, 3 for Dear Moms, 9 for GTFO and 13 for Zombies are Real?!.

Day 1

#1 Emma’s Note

Location: Bel-Air – In Emma’s closet

#2 You Won’t Believe This Crazy Rumor!

Location: Bel-Air – At the Goat Pen in the Staked Out room next to the pool with the pizza float

#3 Speak Now

Location: Halperin Hotel – On a table at the wedding ceremony just after you discover what was happening at the pool

#4 Hot Feet

Location: Halperin Hotel – On the bathtub in the room that you drop into after climbing through the vents

#5 #SpaceFox2250 Live Feed

Location: Monarch Studios – On a table at the Meet the Star Autograph Event on the western side of the area

#6 Close Shave

Location: Venice Beach – On a table in front of fat burg on the northern side of the map near the checkpoint

#7 Deadlift

Location: Venice Beach – On some crates near a concession stand in the northern part of the area

#8 You Made a Mistake

Location: Santa Monica – In the bathroom at Luigi’s Pizzeria

#9 Just Venting

Location: Santa Monica – On the pier down the path to the left of the Ocean Park gate, which is just after the Pier Grill

#10 Scamper the Dolphin

Location: Santa Monica – Just north of the northern stairs leading up to the pier, head inside the gap then take a left when you’re able. Follow the path then break the boards leading to a small room

#11 Commuting

Location: Metro – Under a crashed metro hanging down from the ceiling just past the central workbench

#12 Portapotty Poltergeist

Location: Hollywood Boulevard – In the concession stand on the southeastern side of the Old Dynasty Theatre

#13 Colt’s Swansong

Location: Bel-Air – In Colt’s saferoom

Containment

#2 Major Malfunction

Location: Halperin Hotel – In Room 307

#3 Back Soon

Location: Ocean Avenue – In a small room of the Giallo building accessible via a side door on Venture Walk

#4 Shutter It Down

Location: Hollywood Boulevard – In the ticket office in the subway train station

Dear Moms

#1 Dear Moms

Location: Halperin Hotel – Down a small alley on the eastern side of the hotel itself just to the right of the Halperin Hotel logo

#2 The Dirtiest Job

Location: Halperin Hotel – On the western side of the hotel on the ground in the patio with all the body bags

#3 Shattered

Location: Beverly Hills – In the central biohazard filled house just southwest of Michael’s house, on the first level on the open door of a beaker storage container

GTFO

#1 Other Arrangements

Location: Bel-Air – On a table next to the tennis court at Emma’s

#2 Children’s Letters

Location: Halperin Hotel – Under a registration tent near the entrance to the hotel

#3 Martial Law Incident Report

Location: Beverly Hills – On some crates at a dead end in the road on the far northwestern corner of town

#4 Priority Evac

Location: Beverly Hills – On the ground next to a red ambulance in the north part of town near a White House

#5 Happy Trails

Location: Beverly Hills – On the window of a red car in the northern part of the map

#6 Chris Chat

Location: Beverly Hills – At a checkpoint on the southern side of the map

#7 Breakdown

Location: Venice Beach – At the dead end of the road on the beach at the very southern tip of the area

#8 Slippery When Wet

Location: Santa Monica – On the pier between the contamination station and Burger ’66

#9 The Final Sprint

Location: Metro – On the southern train tracks west of the central work bench reachable during The Art of War side quest

Zombies are Real?!

#1 Just a Prank

Location: Bel-Air – In the Goat Pen house on a cabinet in the “Woke Up Like This” room with a pink backdrop and a bunch of makeup

#2 Red Spider

Location: Halperin Hotel – On a park bench on the eastern side of Lacuna Av

#3 Updated Guidance for Security

Location: Halperin Hotel – In a security booth in front of the hotel. To open the door, destroy the box on the back of the building and throw a weapon into the building to destroy the second electrical box.

#4 Crimson Penthouse

Location: Beverly Hills – On a cabinet in the second floor hallway of the big game hunter’s house. You’ll come here during the Justifiable Zombicide story quest.

#5 Escaped by a Whisker

Location: Bel-Air – In the Goat Pen house on a desk with all the makeup in the “Woke Up Like this” room with a pink backdrop

#6 In These Challenging Times

Location: Brentwood Sewers: In the second level room just after the Main Septic Tank that you’ll run into to escape the horde of zombies

#7 Fresh Delivery

Location: Brentwood Sewers: In the area just east of the Venice Storm Tank where you first used Fury

#8 Alaska on my Mind

Location: Venice Beach – In an alley behind Marla’s Tapas & Tacos on the eastern side of the map

#9 Terrors of the Deep

Location: Venice Beach – On an overturned sailboat along the water of the beach in the southern part of the area

#10 Patton’s Kingdom

Location: Ocean Avenue – In a tunnel near the map transition to the Brentwood Sewer

#11 Note to All Employees

Location: Ocean Avenue – In the basement of the Lotusville on a shelf in a small room

#12 Romance is Dead

Location: Ocean Avenue – On the table located in an outdoor patio of a restaurant at the corner of Ocean Av and Venture Walk

#13 Gathering the Crew

Location: Metro – In the western side of the area on the southern side

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