Dying Light: The Beast – Find all the Baron’s Research Recordings Guide

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Use our Dying Light: The Beast – Find all the Baron’s Research Recordings guide to find all the tapes of The Baron’s audio memos.

Dying Light: The Beast is the latest title in the Dying Light series, bringing back an angry Kyle Crane to take his revenge on The Baron for experimenting on him for well over a decade. There’s plenty to do to keep you busy in the game, and there are a whole load of collectibles too.

There are several achievements / trophies that relate to getting different types of collectibles. There’s also the ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ for finding them all. To spot a collectible in the game, use your Survivor Sense to highlight points of interest in the area. Collectibles can be spotted by the orange chest, see below.

Dying Light: The Beast – Find all the Baron’s Research Recordings Guide

There are nine tapes containing The Baron’s research recordings to find scattered across the game’s map.

Baron’s Research Memo #01 (1 / 9)

On the island in the river that you go to during the First Blood mission, where you hunt the Chimera. It’s next to the body you need to investigate to trigger the boss fight.

Baron’s Research Memo #02 (2 / 9)

This tape is in the warehouse you enter during the “A New Strain” story mission. It’s in the Industrial Park area to the north of the map. It’s in the room where you encounter the scientist that tries to shoot you (during a cutscene). The tape is on a bookcase. After you’ve completed the mission you can enter the area from the hole in the wall on the ground floor, in case you need to go back after the mission to get it.

Baron’s Research Memo #03 (3 / 9)

This tape is to the most north area of the map, above the Industrial Park area. It’s in the wide fenced off area with lots of infected in it, including broken cars and cranes. It’s where you fight a Chimera. The tape is on a small table to back of the area, next to a green fence / wall..

Baron’s Research Memo #04 (4 / 9)

This one is located to the south east on the map. It’s the area during the story mission “Vengeance is Mine” where you fight lots of human enemies before heading into the mine. The tape is on a crate on the right before you enter the mine.

Baron’s Research Memo #05 (5 / 9)

Towards the east of the map, east of the Monastery. It’s in open stone arena where you fight a Chimera. The tape is sat on the gas device.

Baron’s Research Memo #06 (6 / 9)

The memo is located in the bottom of the school you have to go into as part of the “School’s Out” mission. The location is in The Vale area of the map (look for red writing on the map). It’s to the east of the map. The tape is on a computer desk in the large room where the firefight kicks off.

Baron’s Research Memo #07 (7 / 9)

In the Industrial Park, to the north of the map. It’s in the left-side large factory building. On entering, go into the office room on the right, the tape is on a desk.

Baron’s Research Memo #08 (8 / 9)

It’s in another factory building in the Industrial Park. The big building to the left of the area (when looking at the map). It’s on a desk in a control room, up some metal stairs when you’re inside. It’s on a desk next to a computer.

Baron’s Research Memo #09 (9 / 9)

This tape is located in the Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant in the north east of the map. It’s the location where you fight the Chimera with the gas mask on, underneath lots of grates. The tape is above the grates on a transformer in the centre of the area.