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The Unknown has nine collectible locations across seven categories. Finish Pope’s Research first: its balloons and relays let you create Gravity Wells between the floating islands. Then follow the route below, checking gravity orientation when a marker seems to point to the wrong level.

Prepare to cross The Unknown

Complete Pope’s Research before attempting a full island sweep. Cut down the research balloons, collect their relays, and place relays in the red circles to create Gravity Wells between islands. Some locations also depend on reaching the correct gravity level or having the right traversal ability.

The Unknown’s fast-travel doors are Dylan’s Apartment, Factory Island, Oldest House Rooftop, Patterned Evac Building, Patterned Field Office, Red Sand Island, Tower Island, and Twisted Rooftops. Use the nearest door as a starting point, but adjust your route if the marker appears on the opposite gravity level.

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Find the nine collectibles

  1. FBC Taskboard

    Look near the Oldest House fast-travel point. The board only appears after you unlock the Central Zone Taskboard.

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  2. Secret Hideout

    Enter Pulse Fitness from the street. The zone has opposing gravity versions; if the marker leads to an art gallery instead of the gym, use Shift to flip gravity 180 degrees and reach the street containing Pulse Fitness. The location directions identify the entrance, but do not provide the hideout puzzle solution.

  3. Dylan’s Sketchbook: Art Exhibition

    Enter the art gallery and defeat any enemies blocking the door. If the marker is at the wrong gravity level, use Shift and drop down 180 degrees. Inspect the empty pedestals to reveal four objects, then place them from left to right in this order:

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  4. Testing Facility

    On the ground portion of The Unknown, find a pipe in a construction pit west of the Twisted Rooftops fast-travel door. The charge puzzle has five cores. Activate the switch to start a 60-second timer, then move charges between occupied and empty cores as their blue and red indicators blink. When the stations turn green, return to the switch. The door to its left contains a Power Upgrade crate.

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  5. Freeze Frame Camera: Construction Site

    Enter the main construction-site building and descend the stairs. Defeat the mold enemies downstairs, then access the camera from behind in that room. If the construction site is not present at the marker, flip gravity 180 degrees to reach the other level.

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  6. Dog

    Travel to the northwest island, which requires Pope’s Research. The toy is near the top of the skyscraper the dog faces. Use Gravity Shift on the neighboring building, walk up it, and jump to the skyscraper. This is one of eight dogs in the game; the final one appears in The Gap after you find the other seven.

  7. Freeze Frame Camera: Shop and Garage

    Let the camera spot you, then enter the shop behind it and continue through to the garage. Press the red garage-door button and walk away to make the camera respawn. Return through the opened garage to get behind the camera.

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  8. Dylan’s Sketchbook: Game Night

    On the southeast island, enter the bottom floor of the building under construction and inspect the board-game table. Place the three figurines found in the room in any order. Then collect the candle from the supermarket across the street, the pizza from the pizzeria, and the mannequin from the laundromat; use Shift on the road to reach the mannequin. Place the three objects as follows:

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    • Candle: left side of the table
    • Pizza: right corner
    • Mannequin: right side
  9. Taxi

    Find it north of the Evac Building on its island and answer the phone in the alley. In each of three cycles, shine the light at the cars and choose the one whose shadow matches the target. The correct vehicle can vary, so identify it from the shadow rather than memorizing a fixed car sequence.

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When to do the zone sweep

A whole-game collectible guide dated October 6, 2026, reports 67 collectibles across eight categories: 7 FBC Taskboards, 11 Dylan’s Sketchbooks, 8 Dogs, 6 Secret Hideouts, 6 Testing Facilities, 7 Taxis, 14 Freeze Frame Cameras, and 8 Pope’s Research Balloons. It recommends region-by-region cleanup after the story, when traversal abilities such as Shift, Reach, Ground Slam, and Ignite/Inferno can open otherwise gated areas. That guide says its counts and availability reflect a review against retail patch 1.4.1 and launch-week player guides; later updates could change behavior.

The same guide reports that all 67 collectibles remain available in post-story free roam. The Unknown-specific walkthrough is dated September 28, 2026, and supplies the zone directions; neither guide establishes independent testing of every route instruction.

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