Horizon’s lore is much deeper than even the story can fill out, and so the developers have included various Datapoints throughout the world that expand on the lore and give you a fuller picture of the world before it fell.
Audio Datapoints
LOG: CONNOR CHASSON – Found inside the Ruins you enter as a child, in the northeast corner
LOG: SKYLAR RIVERA – Inside the Ruins you enter as a child, in the same area as Connor
LOG: ELLA PONTES – Again in the Ruins you enter as a child, with Connor and Skylar
LOG: JACKSON FRYE – In the Ruins you enter as a child, located near the first 3 logs
LOG: MIA SAYIED – Amongst the other bodies in the Ruins you enter as a child
LOG: CONNOR CHASSON – This is located on level 2 of the Ruins you enter as a child, on a tablet on a table
FULL STOP – On the second level of the Ruins you enter as a child on a body that’s sitting leaning on the wall
FOR DIRECTOR EVANS – Just after you first get your Focus as a child, just to the left of the door out of the room
R&D/Lab Retooling – This can be found on the first level of Maker’s End, after entering the bunker properly
ENTANGLED WAVEFORMS – Again on the first level of Maker’s End, in a room full of computer consoles, not far from the previous Datapoint
REGARDING THE RUMORS – This will be directly in your path as you ascend the tower in Maker’s End
COMMS LOG: LT. MURELL – Inside the entrance to the Grave-Hoard
COMMS LOG: SGT. GULIYEV – Inside the entrance to the Grave-Hoard
COMMS LOG: CPL. MILLS – Also inside the entrance to the Grave-Hoard
COMMS LOG: SGT. WANDARI – The last of the datapoints in the entrance to the Grave-Hoard
REMINDER. AGAIN. – On the second floor of the Grave-Hoard after you take the zipline down from the entrance
LOG: CPL. ACOSTA (A) – Where the zipline into the Grave-Hoard ends there will be some beds, this datapoint is amongst them
LOG: CPL. ACOSTA (B) – Sitting very close to the other CPL.ACOSTA datapoint
JUST A LITTLE LONGER – On the second floor of the Grave-Hoard in a small room off the main hallway
SO SORRY! – The second floor of the Grave-Hoard, near the previous datapoint
EDITED AND APPROVED 1 – On the third floor in the Grave-Hoard there’s a room up some rubble to the right of the main route that contains a series of computers with datapoints on them, this is one of them.
EDITED AND APPROVED 2 – In the same place as #21
PLEASE REPLY! – In the same place as #21, 22
PLEASE REPLY! – In the same place as #21, 22, 23
UNIT STATUS REPORT – In the same place as #21, 22, 23, 24
CODE NEXUS REMINDER – In the circular room where you have to solve to door puzzle in the Grave Hoard
SECURECOM EVZD-XX1X011X – In a room just past the Deathbringer boss room
WIFE – In Helis’ tent located in the Eclipse camp you enter as part of the To Curse the Dark quest
MERIDIAN'S FALL – In Helis’ tent located in the Eclipse camp you enter as part of the To Curse the Dark quest
PROPHECY – In Helis’ tent located in the Eclipse camp you enter as part of the To Curse the Dark quest
ITAMEN CODDLED – In Helis’ tent located in the Eclipse camp you enter as part of the To Curse the Dark quest
WITHOUT PITY – In Helis’ tent located in the Eclipse camp you enter as part of the To Curse the Dark quest
CHOSEN OF THE SUN – In Helis’ tent located in the Eclipse camp you enter as part of the To Curse the Dark quest
INTERVIEW: TOM PAECH – In room 3 of the Zero Dawn Project Facility under Sunfall, after the hologram room with the General. No’s 35 and 36 are beside it.
INTERVIEW: TRAVIS TATE
INTERVIEW: BRAD ANDAC
INTERVIEW: SUSANNE ALPERT – In the same room as #34 but on the opposite side. No’s 38 and 39 are also located beside it.
INTERVIEW: CPT. OKILO
INTERVIEW: RON FELDER
INTERVIEW: DR. HSU-VHEY – On a platform that sits above No’s 34-36
INTERVIEW 2: BRAD ANDAC – Also located in the Zero Dawn Facility under Sunfall, this time in the 4th room. No’s 42 and 43 are also here.
INTERVIEW 2: SUSANNE ALPERT
INTERVIEW 2: RON FELDER
LOG: TOM PAECH – After you fight the 3 heavy Kestrels, in a small room off to the side
LOG: CHRISTINA HSU-VHEY – On the opposite side from #44, in another room
LOG: TRAVIS TATE – Just north of where you found #45
HERRES TESTIMONIAL – In the databank room with Eclipse in it, on the raised platform in the centre
CODE NEXUS PROBLEMS – Found in the room where you complete the power cell puzzle in the Zero Dawn Facility
LESSON 57-6-A – Inside All Mother Mountain. After you enter, walk around the circular path until you come to the third room on the left, the datapoint is inside
GAIA PRIME ARRIVAL LOG – In Gaia Prime, just after you enter the bunker
CHARLES RONSON – In Gaia Prime, sitting on a table on the third floor
CHARLES RONSON – In Gaia Prime, sitting on the Sobeck memorial
LOG: MARGO SHEN – In Gaia Prime on the third floor, in a small living quarters
REST IN PEACE – In Gaia Prime, on the Soback memorial
THE FUTURE – In Gaia Prime, after the Sobeck memorial on the ground in the elevator shaft you have to climb
THE SOLUTION – On a platform you have to climb past as part of the quest in Gaia Prime
LOG: TRAVIS TATE – On the Sobeck memorial in Gaia Prime
CORE CONTROL LOG – On the first floor of Gaia Prime, in the room behind the Sobeck Memorial
ELEUTHIA RUNTIME CHECK – In the room behind the Sobeck Memorial, you have to crawl through a vent then pry open a door to get to it
FIRST MEETING – In Sylens’s Workshop in Gaia Prime, won’t appear until you get his lance. #61 and 62 are found in the same place, under the same circumstances
BURIED SHADOW
INTERCEPTED TRANSMISSION
RECORDING DEVICE – Found during the Into the Borderlands quest. After getting into the basement in the camp and finding Ersa, the device will be one of the scannable objects you can investigate.
Hologram Datapoints
Happy Birthday Isaac! – You get this as part of the main quest when Aloy falls into the Ruins as a child
A Message for Olin – Obtained as part of the City of the Sun quest
Welcome to FAS – Obtained as part of the Maker’s End quest
FAS-ACA3 Scarab – On the third floor of maker’s end, there will be a large open room with three datapoints in it, this is one of them. No’s 5 and 6 are also located in the same room.
FAS-FSP5 Khopesh
FAS-BOR7 Horus
RECORD: 31 OCT 2064 – Obtained as part of the Maker’s End quest, as are No’s 8 and 9
RECORD: 1 NOV 2064
RECORD: 3 NOV 2064
The Bad News – Obtained as part of the Deep Secrets of the Earth quest, as is No. 11
The Good News
GAIA LOG: 27 MARCH 2065 – Found in the larger area outside Sobek’s office in the Zero Dawn Project Facility under Sunfall, as are No’s 13 and 14
GAIA LOG: 5 JUNE 2065
GAIA LOG: 13 JANUARY 2066
E9B1 INCIDENT LOG A – On the body of a servitor inside the All-Mother Bunker, directly in your path as you enter
E9B1 INCIDENT LOG B – Follow the main path through All-Mother until you get to the third room on the left, the datapoint is on the body of a Servitor
E9B1 INCIDENT LOG D – This is located further down the same main hallway as No. 15 on the body of a Servitor
E9B1 INCIDENT LOG C – Also located in the third room on the left in All-Mother Bunker
Welcome To The Lyceum – After you pass through the door that scans you in All-Mother, this will be at the bottom of the stairs.
Gaia's Dying Plea – This will be obtained as part of the main quest Heart of the Nora
Elisabet Sobeck Memorial – Obtained as part of the Mountain That Fell quest
Emergency Recording – Obtained as part of the Mountain That Fell quest
Text Datapoints Quest
All Good Things… – Located in the Ruins Aloy visits as a child. Return as an adult and smash through the stalagmites just after the room where you get your Focus to find a body with this on it
Bio: Elisabet Sobeck – Given automatically during the Maker’s End quest, as are No’s 3, 4 and 5
Bio: Ted Faro
History: FAS
Definition: Corporation
Reception Log – In the entrance to Maker’s End, floor 1
Re: Complaint – In Maker’s End, up one floor in one of the rooms off the main route
Banda Sea Incident – In Maker’s End, halfway up your climb up the building, it will be in your path
All Hands On Deck – This again will be easily found in Maker’s End as you climb up the tower
Spiritual Summit – In one of the rooms off the corridor on Floor 3 in Maker’s End
FAS Campus Log – In one of the rooms off the corridor on Floor 3 in Maker’s End, close to No. 11
Log: CPL. Sarai (A) – Sitting on a desk on the second floor of the Grave-Hoard
Log: CPL. Sarai (B) – Sitting on a desk on the second floor of the Grave-Hoard, off the main path
USRC Deployment Records – In the Grave-Hoard, in the room with the holographic projection of Earth
Biosphere Degradation – On the right of the door you pass through in the Grave-Hoard after you fight the Deathbringer
We Need Support Too! – In the Zero Dawn Facility under Sunfall, in the entranceway on the right
Another Incident – Right in front of you as you exit the holo cutscene
Sound Proofing? – Zero Dawn Facility, in the central hallway on floor 2
Restock Or Else… – In the second room after the first holo cutscene
Counselor Guidelines (1) – In the third Zero Dawn room
Counselor Guidelines (2) – In the cubicle just beside you as you walk into room 4 in the Zero Dawn Facility, No. 22 is in the same place.
Make Your Selection
Encapsulated DNA – Just after the second hologram cutscene
Apollo Update – Just downstairs from No. 23
Simulation Results – In the Zero Dawn Facility after the fight with the Eclipse in the same room as the hologram
Full Steam Ahead – Also in the hologram room with No.25
"Noise Complaints" – In the Zero Dawn Facility after the third hologram, No’s 28 and 29 are also here
Hades Protocol
Archive Abuse
Cradle Sealed – In the Zero Dawn Facility at the fourth hologram, No’s 31 and 32 are in the same place
Cradle Servitor Personae
FZ Chambers
Odyssey Has Failed – Inside Sobeck’s Office in the Zero Dawn Facility, as is No 34
Artemis Status
Chamber B1-001 – Scan the pods in the first room to the left as you enter All-Mother to get this and No. 36
[Gestation-39B1]
Operations Log – In the room after leaving the learning centre in All-Mother
[Nursery-E9B1] – In the nursery room on the left shortly after you enter All-Mother
[Kindergarten-E981] – Downstairs in the third room on your left after entering All-Mother
Sobeck Journal, 11-19-64 – Obtained as part of the Deep Secrets of the Earth quest along with No’s 41, 42, 43 and 44
Sobeck Journal, 7-16-65
Sobeck Journal, 10-31-65
Sobeck Journal, 1-15-65
Gaia Log: 3 FEB 2065
Sobeck Journal, 11-19-64 R – Obtained during the final quest as you visit battle sites as are No’s 46-48
Sobeck Journal, 7-16-65 R
Sobeck Journal, 10-31-65 R
Sobeck Journal, 1-15-66 R
Dervahl's Journal – In the workshop at "Into the Borderlands" quest
Tattered Letter – Obtained during quest "Death From the Skies"
Ultraweave Progress – In the Bunker with the Shieldweaver armor as is No. 52
Ultraweave Trials
Text Datapoints World
"Refugee Museum Opens" – Under the ruined water tower in the southeast of Devil’s Thirst
"Haere Mai" – Inside a ruin just southeast of the campfire in Devil’s Thirst
"Schott V. Frost” – In a ruin directly south of the campfire in Devil’s Thirst
"Jeff Andreatis Show" – Inside a ruin right under the Devil’s Thirst map icon, on top of a small hill
"UK Vets Struggle" – Directly west of the campfire that sits northeast of Devil’s Thirst between a Strider and Bellowback site
"Leaks Spark Fears" – West and a little south of the Bellowback site in Devil’s Thirst
"Hartz Wins Bahamas" – In the ruined gas station next to a car in the northwest of Devil’s Thirst
"1st Amendment Virtual?" – Northwest of the Devil’s Thirst map icon
"Harriet Choi Dies" – Next to the road, between two pieces of ruin west of the Devil’s Thirst map icon
"Mourn Mosquitoes?" – At the top of the Valley of Omens south of Sunfall
"Turing Act Criticized" A little southwest of Unflinching Watch, just north of the road, on a rock with a tree
"Who Did This? #86" – Follow the pathwest out of Cut-cliffs, the datapoint is just south of the campfire in the ravine with some Bandits, out in the open
"Lure of the Real" – In the wind turbine filled valley north of Hunter’s Gathering, just south of the road, inside a rusted out pipe on the ground
"Destin Folds" – On the ruined tank west of the Snapmaw site due east of Dawn’s Sentinel
"Reiker Building?" – The island south of the corrupted zone southeast of Daytower on the In the ruined building near the Snapmaws
"Get Ti-D-O Started!" – After clearing the corrupted machines in the same area as No 15 in the small house on a pile of rubble
"Robar is Coming!"- In the lowest section of the bandit camp, east of Daytower near a ruined tower
"Ezvenue Staffing" – On the stone right next to the creek just down from the bandit camp east of Daytower
"Inebrib Available!" – In the river beside the ruins east of Mother’s Crown
"RPGreet!"- In the ruined building east of Mother’s Crown, between two sections of destroyed wall
"Get Tactile!" – Just outside the ruined building east of Mother’s Crown
"Summer Sale! Yumnow!" – Southwest of Brightmarket, on the small building with a zipline, north of the road
"It's Pizzaveet!" – In the jungle west of Meridian Village, under a ruined deathbringer
"Do Not Ignore!" – Northeast of No. 22 between the ruined wall and creek, at the curve in the road
"Veeteats!"- On a tank, just east of No.23
"VertiVIP Program" – On the east side of the lake east of The Estate, in the shallow water, top of the waterfall, between two boulders
"Hey Subscriber!" – Northeast of the Spire, on a large rock on the west side of the river
"Greece is Calling" – At the fork in the road south of Meridian Village, in front of the sign to Sunstone Rock
"Avoid The Tour!" – Hidden amongst some boulders in the water. Directly south of the Bellowback site, and almost directly west of Cauldron XI
"We Were Indonesia" – Next to the rusted out tank south of Lone Light
"Grey Swarms Diary" – East of the Snapmaw site due east of Dawn’s Sentinel, on a rusted out tank next to a tree
"Metal Vs. Meat!" – Southwest of Daytower partially hidden inside the ruined plane, on the ground
"Vani In Concert" – South of the area the Tallneck west of Daytower patrols, along the side of the river
"Holo Listings" – North of Morning’s Watch, very top of the plateau, climb up from the south side
"Tormented Giveaway!" – In the ruins amidst some rubble near the Thunderjaw site east of Cut-Cliffs
"Naysay Doom" Directly west of Meridian, on a flag rock with a tree, overlooking the pond, almost directly west of the nearby campfire that’s due north of a Snapmaw site
"Course Listing, 2063" – Inside the north pool of water in the Thunderjaw site west of Free Heap
"$$$ With Mechbooker!" – In the ravine northeast of Lone Light on a rock
"Holoskins Daily 6/6/61" – On top of a rock where a stream flows into a larger river, directly east from the Strider site east of the Spire
"All The Same" – Inside a gas pump next to the southwest campfire in Devil’s Grief
“China-Sick" – Just north of the southwest campfire in Devil’s Grief, on a rusted out box on a wall
"She's The One" – South of the southwest campfire in Devil’s Grief at the top of a small hill with trees on it
"Mexico" – In the ruined building, near two rusted out cars northeast of the southwest campfire
"Cram" – In the ruins just south of the southwest campfire in Devil’s Grief
"Supplier" – East and a little north of the Devil’s Grief map icon on some rubble in the northeast corner of the ruin
"Sleeper" – Under the street sign post just north of No. 45
"Idiot Army" – On a rusted out car at the edge of the river north of the Devil’s Grief map icon
"Holo-Haunting" – North of the campfire next to the bandit camp in Devil’s Grief, under a small cement overhang
"Luna Here I Come" – In the far west of Devil’s Grief, on a ledge in the ruins, visible from a hill the ledge is protruding from
"Log: 3/3/64" – Directly north of No. 13 on the south side of the hill, just off the road
"I Must Thank You" – Just west of No. 13, next to a downed turbine
"To All Jessifans" In the corrupted zone west of Devil’s Grief at the bottom of the big flight of stairs, on the big flat surface
"Chocolate Box Log" – In the same area as No 52 amongst the ruined walls, near the start of the stairs
"Log: 5/18/63" – In the same area as No’s 52 and 53, Inside the ruined building, next to the tree on the north side of the stairs
"Special Orders" – Just inside the ruins of a building, directly east of Mother’s Cradle
"What Scares Me…" – In the bandit camp northeast of Sunstone Rock, across the path from the ruined plane, just under all the caches
“Do Your Part" – Just down in the ravine from the campfire that sits south of the Rockbreaker site east of Sunfall, just down a couple ledges, and to the right
"Your 'Gift'" – Northeast of Dimmed Bones, just to the west of the road, on a large, flat rock, behind a pillar
"[No Subject]" – Southeast of Dawn’s Sentinel, on a large rock at the bottom of the cliff wall
"This Sucks" – On the way to Gaia Prime, just north of the path, in some old rubble
"Phantom Limbs" – Just left of the fork in the road southwest of the southern campfire on the way to Gaia Prime, just west of the smaller river, in the ruins
"Just Got Back" – On the road that runs south of Cauldron Zeta
"Odyssey Injustice?" – Underneath a tank beside the Charger site just south of Maker’s End
"Odyssey Drives Ready!" – Next to the tank just north of No. 63
"Odyssey To Nowhere" – In one of the three ruined tanks surrounding the ruined building further up the road from No. 63
"Dalgaard on FZ" – Inside the plane fuselage inside the Rustwash Tallneck patrol route
"Odyssey Ready?" – Inside a part of a ruined plane, just north of the path the Rustwash Tallneck walks
Text Datapoints Machines
Observer Log US-W-17 – Override the Tallneck in Devil’s Thirst. You must rappel down the Tallneck after overriding it, otherwise you won’t get the datapoint
Observer Log US-W-18 – Tallneck in Copper Deeps
Observer Log US-W-19 – Tallneck in Sun-Steps
Observer Log US-W-20 – Tallneck in Rustwash
Observer Log US-W-21 – Tallneck in Spearshafts
M/Sigma: Core Log 763E – Override the core of Cauldron SIGMA
M/RHO: Core Log 653Z – Cauldron RHO
M/Theta Core Log 893V – Cauldron ZETA
M/XI Core Log 231L – Cauldron XI
M/All-US-W CM Log 329G – Override all Cauldrons
Scanned Glyphs
"The Sun-Kings" – North of the Sun King when you first meet him, amongst the couches and pillows
"Record of Redmaw 2" – Next to No.11, after completing the hunters lodge questline
"History of Sunfall" – Just north of the merchant in Brightmarket
"Bylaws of the Lodge" – In the Hunters Lodge in Meridian
"The Claim" – In Daytower, above the northern campfire, suspended on a platform with barrels and sandbags
"Founding of Meridian" – Next to the Sun King, easy to get during the quest "Into the Borderlands
"The Liberation" – Meridian, on a picnic table with some palace guards near the Palace entrance
"The Mad Sun-King" – Meridian, outside the entrance to the Palace
"The Sun Faith" – In the middle of the big circle next to the Spire
"Legendary Hunts" – In the Hunters Lodge, upstairs
"Record of Redmaw 1" In the Hunters Lodge, upstairs
"Olin's Journal" – Part of the main quest City of the Sun
"The Banuk" – In the Inn of Lone Light, on a shelf
"The Nora" – In Brightmarket, in the Inn, on the counter next to the bartender
"The Derangement" – In Daytower on a table on the eastern side
"The Old Ones" – On a shelf behind a bartender in Lone Light, different building from #13, west side of town
"Captains and Capers" – On a rock near a cornfield, just north of Sunstone Rock
"The Forbidden West" – In the boat moored at the dock in Blazon Arch