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The below lists are where I found them and who I found them with. Note that I have placed in parenthesis if it is exclusive to a certain character or a specific run. Happy hunting and enjoy the game.
Claire Redfield
RPD
1) Letter from best friend: (Claire Exclusive)
2) Officer’s Notebook: Watchman’s Room 1F
3) Record of Events: Operations Room 1F
4) Uses of Gunpowder: West Office 1F (Claire Exclusive)
5) Operation’s Report: West Office 1F
6) Rookie’s First Assignment: West Office 1F
7) Storage Locker Terminal Memo: Safety Deposit Room 1F
8) Medical Benefits of Herbs: Dark Room 1F
9) Scrap of Paper: Watchman’s Room 1F (2nd Game Only)
10) Notebook with Missing Page: Main Hall 1F (2nd Game Only)
11) Portable Safe Instructions: Shower Room 2F
12) To any survivors: Hallway West Storage Room 3F
13) Some Guy’s Scribblings: West Storage Room 3F
14) Guide Pamphlet: Waiting Room 2F
15) Art Article “The Red Stone”: Art Room 2F
16) Internal Memo: S.T.A.R.S. Office 2F
17) Leon’s Memo: S.T.A.R.S. Office 2F (2nd Game Only)
18) Raccoon Monthly June Issue: Elevator Controls Room B1 (Claire Exclusive)
19) Autopsy Record 53477: Morgue B1
20) Equipment Disposal Notice: Firing Range B1
21) A Message from Mr. Raccoon: Firing Range B1
22) Confiscation Report: Observation Room 1F
23) Letter to S.T.A.R.S. Members: S.T.A.R.S. Office Armory 2F
24) Repair Plan: Clock Tower 3F
25) Copy of Emails to Chief Iron’s: Chief’s Office 2F (Claire Exclusive)
26) Taxidermy Log: Chief’s Office 2F (Claire Exclusive)
27) Repair Shop Letter: Private Collection Room 2F (Claire Exclusive)
Playing as Sherry Birkin
28) Sally’s Diary: Hallway 2F (Sherry Exclusive)
29) Tom’s Diary: Front Hall 1F (Sherry Exclusive)
Orphanage
30) _______’s Diary: Director’s Room 1F
31) Letter from the Director: Bathroom 2F (Claire Exclusive)
Sewers
32) Report About “G”: Office (Claire Exclusive)
33) Copy of Emails to Umbrella HQ: Control Room Upper
34) Sewers Company Pamphlet: Monitor Room Middle
35) Unlocking the U-Area Door: Monitor Room Middle
36) Leon’s Note: Treatment Pool Room Middle (2nd Game Only)
37) Delivery Receipt: Cable Car Platform Middle
38) Jazz Festival Flyer: Workers Break Room Upper
POINT OF NO RETURN: If you are attempting to collect all of the memo’s during your initial runs make sure that you have everything up to this point before proceeding to the NEST.
Umbrella Labs
39) IMPORTANT NEST- Wide Alert: Security Room B1 (Claire Exclusive)
40) Nap Room Log: Reception B1
41) ID Wristband: Reception B1
42) Special Forces Recording: Hallway North Area B1
43) Herbicide Synthesis: Drug Testing Lab B1
44) Somebody’s Note: Lobby B1
45) Wayne Li’s Inbox: Low-Temp Testing Lab B2
46) Byron Cartwright’s Inbox: Presentation Room B1
47) Wayne Li’s Note: Nap Room B1
48) William Birkin’s Inbox: Biotesting Lab B1
49) Research Diary: P-4 Level Testing Lab B1
Leon S. Kennedy
RPD
1) Orientation Letter: (Leon Exclusive)
2) Officer’s Notebook: Watchman’s Room 1F
3) Record of Events: Operations Room 1F
4) Uses of Gunpowder: West Office 1F (Leon Exclusive)
5) Operations Report: West Office 1F
6) Rookie’s First Assignment: West Office 1F
7) Storage Locker Terminal Memo: Safety Deposit Room 1F
8) Medical Benefits of Herbs: Dark Room 1F
9) Scrap of Paper: Watchman’s Room 1F (2nd Game Only)
10) Notebook with Missing Page: Main Hall 1F (2nd Game Only)
11) Portable Safe Instructions: Shower Room 2F
12) To any survivors: Hallway by West Storage Room 3F
13) Some Guy’s Scribblings: West Storage Room 3F
14) Guide Pamphlet: Waiting Room 2F
15) Art Article “The Red Stone”: Art Room 2F
16) Internal Memo: S.T.A.R.S. Office 2F
17) Claire’s Memo: S.T.A.R.S. Office 2F (2nd Game Only)
18) Memo “Jail Power Panel”: Ben’s Cell B1 (Leon Exclusive)
19) Autopsy Record 53477: Morgue B1
20) Equipment Disposal Notice: Firing Range B1
21) A Message from Mr. Raccoon: Firing Range B1
22) Confiscation Report: Observation Room 1F
23) Letter to S.T.A.R.S. Members: S.T.A.R.S. Office Armory 2F
24) Repair Plan: Clock Tower 3F
25) Ben’s Memo: Ben’s Cell B1 (Leon Exclusive)
26) Interview Transcript: Ben’s Cell B1 (Leon Exclusive)
Playing as Ada Wong
27) Sept. Inspection (WK1): (Ada Exclusive)
28) Sept. Inspection (WK2): Incinerator (Ada Exclusive)
Sewers
29) Copy of emails to Umbrella HQ: Control Room Upper
30) Sewers Company Pamphlet: Monitor Room
31) Unlocking the U-Area Door: Monitor Room
32) Claire’s Note: Treatment Pool Room (2nd Game Only)
33) Delivery Receipt: Cable Car Platform
34) Jazz Festival Flyer: Worker’s Break Room
POINT OF NO RETURN: If you are attempting to collect all of the memo’s during your initial runs make sure that you have everything up to this point before proceeding to the NEST.
Umbrella Labs
35) Nap Room Log: Reception B1
36) ID Wristband: Reception B1
37) Special Forces Recording: Hallway North Area B1
38) Herbicide Synthesis: Drug Testing Lab B1
39) Somebody’s Note: Lobby B1
40) Wayne Li’s Inbox: Low-Temp Testing Lab B2
41) Byron Cartwright’s Inbox: Presentation Room B1
42) Wayne Li’s Note: Nap Room B1
43) William Birkin’s Inbox: Biotesting Lab B1
44) Research Diary: P-4 Level Testing Lab B1