You Are Empty: All Note Locations

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Find all the notes in You Are Empty, with a short description and a screenshot of where each one is hidden.

You Are Empty: All Note Locations

There are 29 notes in total. Almost all of them lie along the main story path, and only one is somewhat hidden.

Hospital

Notes on this map: 1

First note

Once you have the wrench, check the metal gate to the right of the stairs. The first note is hanging on it.

Note pinned to a metal gate in a hospital hallway

Hospital 2

Notes on this map: 2

Second note

Activate the switch, then go into the building the firefighter runs out of. Head up to the second floor and take the corridor on the left. The note is on a table in the office there.

Courtyard with the entrance to the building the firefighter runs out of
Office desk with the second note on it

Third note

After you take the elevator down, enter the building where you have to find the car keys. The note is on the table beside the keys.

Large building with a car parked in front of it
Dark office with the table that holds the car keys and the third note

Kolhoz

Notes on this map: 1

Fourth note

Leave the Barn and keep following the story. An old man with a shotgun will run out of a small house with a Soviet flag. Kill him, go into the house, and find the note on the table.

Path between wooden fences leading to the small house with a flag
Inside the small house, with the fourth note on a table

Kolhoz 2

Notes on this map: 1

Fifth note

Talk to the old man first. Then go through the sewers and ride the elevator up. At the top, look to the left of the exit. The note is lying on the ground.

Dark wooden room near the exit where the fifth note lies on the ground

Factory

Notes on this map: 2

Sixth note

Jump out of the hopper car and check the small room on its right side. The note is inside.

Hopper car next to a small brick room
Inside the small room, with the sixth note on the wall

Seventh note

Get past the conveyor belt and the conveyor with molten metal. Go through the basement until you climb back up. The note is on a shelf on your right.

Corridor with wooden shelves where the seventh note sits

Factory 2

Notes on this map: 1

Eighth note

Ride the escalator down and get past the three monsters. Enter the small maintenance room. The note is lying on a box.

Tiled hall on the way to the maintenance room
Maintenance room with the eighth note on a box

Old City

Notes on this map: 2

Ninth note

When you leave the sewers, you will meet the old men with shotguns. Make your way to the stairwell of an apartment building. The note is on the floor.

Apartment building stairwell
Stairwell floor where the ninth note lies

Tenth note

Cross the balconies and head down until you reach a wide street. Look to your right. The note is on the wall beside the entrance to the archway.

Wide cobblestone street below the balconies
Tenth note on the wall next to an archway

Totalitarianism

Notes on this map: 2

Eleventh note

The note is on the ground right in front of the level entrance.

Hall at the level entrance with the eleventh note on the floor

Twelfth note

Leave the corridor and step out onto a wide street. Go to the left of the buildings and find the soda machine. The note is on it.

Wide street with Soviet flags
Soda machine with the twelfth note on it

Totalitarianism 2

Notes on this map: 1

Thirteenth note

Climb out of the window onto the main square and find the statue of Lenin. The note is on the statue.

Lenin statue in the main square with the thirteenth note

City Council

Notes on this map: 1

Fourteenth note

Fight your way past the NKVD officers until you get caught in a trap. Go into Beria’s office. The note is on the right side of the desk.

Beria's office with the fourteenth note on the desk

Tram

Notes on this map: 3

Fifteenth note

As you leave Beria’s office, look straight ahead. The note is on the ground in front of you.

Room outside Beria's office with the fifteenth note on the floor

Sixteenth note

Go through the archway and keep going forward across the bridge. The note is in the passage on the left.

Street with the archway and the bridge ahead
Broken bridge on the way to the passage
Dark passage with the sixteenth note on the ground

Seventeenth note

In front of the bridge, turn right and go down the stairs. At the bottom, the note is on the ground straight ahead.

Street in front of the bridge
Stairs leading down to the seventeenth note

Yards

Notes on this map: 3

Eighteenth note

Follow the street, go downstairs, and pass through the basement. The note is next to a bench on the right.

Yard with the eighteenth note next to a bench

Nineteenth note

Go through the first yard, where the eighteenth note is. The nineteenth note is attached to the metal gate on the left.

Metal gate in a yard with the nineteenth note on it

Twentieth note

Keep going through the yards to the bottom, where the gate is. The note hangs on the wall next to the gate.

Wall beside the gate with the twentieth note

Cinema

Notes on this map: 2

Twenty-first note

Enter the cinema and look at the door on the left. The note is attached to it.

Cinema lobby with the twenty-first note on the left door

Twenty-second note

Go up to the second floor of the cinema and find the Projection Booth. The note is on the table next to the keys.

Projection Booth with the twenty-second note on the table

Cinema 2

Notes on this map: 1

Twenty-third note

Take the keys and use them to open the metal gate. Keep going forward. The note is on the ground.

Hall past the metal gate with the twenty-third note on the ground

Metro

Notes on this map: 1

Twenty-fourth note

Before the escalator where you have to clear out the enemies, look at the left wall. The note is attached to it.

Escalator entrance with the twenty-fourth note on the left wall

Metro 2

Notes on this map: 2

Twenty-fifth note

Step off the train. The note is right in front of you.

Metro platform with the twenty-fifth note in front of the train

Twenty-sixth note

Keep going until you reach a small maintenance room. The note is inside, next to a key.

Maintenance room with the twenty-sixth note next to a key

Opera

Notes on this map: 1

Twenty-seventh note

Get to the stage of the opera and look to your right. The note is on the floor.

Opera stage with the twenty-seventh note on the floor

Roofs

Notes on this map: 1

Twenty-eighth note

Close to the end of the level, find a small room. The note is on the floor.

Rooftops near the end of the level
Small room with the twenty-eighth note on the floor

Depots

Notes on this map: 1

Depot and Depot 2 have no notes.

Twenty-ninth note

The last note is near the end of Depot 3. It is attached to the wall next to the train you are about to leave on.

Depot wall next to the train with the twenty-ninth note

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