This guide is for Mission 2: Dead Drop, of Sniper Elite: Resistance, the newest entry into the famous sniping franchise. Taking place at the same time as the events of Sniper Elite 5, you play the role of Captain Harry Hawker, a British sniper who’s working with the French resistance to stop the latest Nazi Wunderwaffe.
Throughout the games campaign, you’ll collect a range of collectibles to upgrade your weapons. There’s also lore, intel, and extra story beats to find in the game. Not to mention the new ‘propaganda missions’ which present you with extra missions.
Collectible types
For completionists and achievement / trophy hunters, there’s plenty to go at, with 135 collectibles spread across eight of the nine missions in the game. These include:
- Personal letters – open envelopes with letters that are scattered throughout the levels, sometimes these are mission related. You’ll unlock the “Pen Pal” achievement for finding 35 of these.
- Classified documents – usually blue documents with the Eagle emblem emblazoned on it, sometimes these are mission related. You’ll unlock the “Top Secret” achievement for finding 35 of these.
- Hidden items – different collectibles that can be mission related (propaganda posters count as a hidden item). You’ll unlock the “Treasure Hunter” achievement for finding 22 of these.
- Dead-eye targets – these are stone eagle statues that sit in different places across the levels, shoot them down. You’ll unlock the “Spread Your Wings” achievement for destroying 21 of these.
- Workbenches – finding them gives you new customisation options for your weapons. Use them to tinker and upgrade your loadout. You’ll unlock the “Innovator” achievement for finding 22 of these.
- Propaganda posters – find these to unlock a new propaganda mission to tackle from the main menu.
- Kill List Targets (not a collectible but there are further unlocks to be had) – these are high value targets on the map. Killing them with a specific method or weapon will grant you a new unlock. You’ll need the extra weapons to unlock the “Master at Arms” achievement for becoming the master of each weapon.
Mission 2: Dead Drop (20 collectibles)
- Five personal letters
- Five classified documents
- Four hidden items (one of which is a Propaganda poster)
- Three dead-eye targets
- Three workbenches
Collectibles are listed in the order they appear in the menu, not the most efficient way to collect them.
Personal Letters
“A Lost Soul Trembles” (1 / 5)
You will find this personal letter in the Basilica Vestry Safe, the key is on the lower floor near the two Nazis in the Church. The safe is upstairs on the second floor.
“Surrounded by Idiots” (2 / 5)
You’ll find this at the entrance to the Library, on the right of the map, it’s in the main entrance. The library is easily spotted with the blue side mission objectives on it.
“Missing You Dearly” (3 / 5)
This is on a stone bench in the castle type building at the back of the map. If entering from the main slope that leads up to it, head left into the side courtyard and see the the letter on the bench in the centre of the area.
“A Withering Tree (4 / 5)
In front of the house where the “Kill List” target patrols. There are three white tables out front. The letter is on the middle one.
“A Newphew’s Concern (5 / 5)
To the top right of the map, behind the library (where the blue side mission objective was). The letter is on a bench.
Classified Documents
“Increased Security” (1 / 5)
To the right of where you enter the main mission area. You will come across a small camp. The classified document is underneath the tent, behind a locked gate. You can cut through the wires to the right if you have the bolt cutters.
“Using the Library as Storage” (2 / 5)
From the previous classfieid document (see above), head forwards, and you’ll see a house you can go into ahead of you. The document is in a safe on the bottom floor. The key to the safe is on a chair on the floor above. It’s the house to the right of where your “Kill List” target is.
“Tightening Security” (3 / 5)
In the building where the “Kill List” target is (red marker on the map). Head to the top floor and it’s on a table.
“Orders to Follow” (4 / 5)
At the big castle like building at the back of the map, where one of the main objectives is. This document is on a table in the main hall at the back of the castle area on the ground floor.
“Findings Report” (5 /5)
Close to the entrance to the main area of the level. Head forward, and a bit to the left. In a camp to the right of the Church (Basilica), on a desk in a tent.
Hidden Items
“Police Report #222”, “Police Report #223”, “Police Report #224” (1 + 2 + 3 / 4)
You will need to collect these report as part of the side mission. You will need all three to complete the side mission. They can be found in the Library to the right of the map (blue markers on the map).
Propaganda Poster – “La Resistance” (4 /4)
Near the beginning, enter the tunnel behind the boards, directly ahead of you as you face the main area. Follow the tunnels and up the ladder at the end of the tunnel. Open the padlocked gate to the right and then a little up some stairs is the poster on the wall.
Dead-Eye Targets
Stone Eagle (1 / 3)
From the Propaganda Poster (see above), head up the stairs and reach the balcony to look out over the mission area. The eagle straight across from you on top of a house, to the right of the church.
Stone Eagle (2 / 3)
From the same location as 1 / 3, look to the castle / citadel type thing at the back of the map. You should see the Eagle in profile, standing just behind one of the corner towers.
Stone Eagle (3 /3)
To the right of the Library, on the back right corner of the map. Stood on top of a house.
The little white eagle markers are your targets.
Workbenches
You must interact with the workbenches for them to count as collected.
Workbench (1 / 3)
Bottom left of the map, in a house next to the church (Basilica) grounds. It’s behind a padlocked gate on the second floor.
Workbench (2 / 3)
On the ground floor of the citadel, next to the left courtyard, near the “Miss You Dearly” personal letter. Behind a padlocked gate.
Workbench (3 /3)
Bttom right of the map, not far from the library building. It’s in an underground passage that can be accessed from the centre of the library, on the bottom floor. You can also access from near the wooden shop like building towards the outskirts of the map
The white cogs are where they are on the map below.
And that’s your lot for Mission 2: Dead Drop. Check out more Sniper Elite: Resistance collectible guides on Gamer Social Club.
Collectibles by mission:
- Mission 1 (Prologue): Behind Enemy Lines
- Mission 3: Sonderzüge Sabotage
- Mission 4: Collision Course
- Mission 5: Devil’s Cauldron
- Mission 6: Assault on Fort Rouge
- Mission 7: Lock, Stock and Barrels
- Mission 8: End of the Line
