by 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
