Ark Survival Ascended: All Explorer Note and Dossier Locations with Coordinates (2024)

You may be surprised to learn you’re not the first person to be stranded on the Island. Indeed, you’ll come across notes left by a number of other survivors. Here’s where to find all the Explorer Notes in Ark Survival Ascended to get the beneficial buffs they confer.

All ASA Explorer Note and Dossier Locations with Coordinates

There are 125 Explorer Notes and 100 Dossiers scattered throughout the Island map in Ark Survival Ascended (ASA). Though categorized differently than regular notes, Dossiers are labeled under Explorer Notes and are required when trying to find them all.

All Helena Walker Explorer Notes and Locations

Helena Note #1: 1.59 LAT, 97.85 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Helena Note #2: 98.81 LAT, 74.84 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Helena Note #3: 97.87 LAT, 33.92 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Helena Note #4: 97.42 LAT, 6.96 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Helena Note #5: 86.81 LAT, 43.79 LON
Helena Note #6: 81.80 LAT, 80.82 LON
Helena Note #7: 83.54 LAT, 23.99 LON
Helena Note #8: 63.04 LAT, 86.75 LON
Helena Note #9: 49.24 LAT, 84.09 LON
- Inside the Caverns of Lost Hope
Helena Note #10: 52.80 LAT, 60.48 LON
Helena Note #11: 73.04 LAT, 63.24 LON
- In the Upper South Cave
Helena Note #12: 89.72 LAT, 52.48 LON
- In the Lower South Cave
Helena Note #13: 56.13 LAT, 23.93 LON
Helena Note #14: 22.40 LAT, 65 LON
Helena Note #15: 31.39 LAT, 57.11 LON
Helena Note #16: 39.19 LAT, 22.08 LON
Helena Note #17: 81.26 LAT, 81.86 LON
Helena Note #18: 81.11 LAT, 74.12 LON
Helena Note #19: 21.01 LAT, 43.74 LON
Helena Note #20: 14.02 LAT, 49.88 LON
Helena Note #21: 6.42 LAT, 49.20 LON
Helena Note #22: 20.71 LAT, 62.71 LON
Helena Note #23: 19.54 LAT, 67.88 LON
Helena Note #24: 25.50 LAT, 18.64 LON
Helena Note #25: 33.94 LAT, 17.88 LON
Helena Note #26: 23.93 LAT, 57.51 LON
Helena Note #27: 21.98 LAT, 21.58 LON
Helena Note #28: 17.69 LAT, 19.98 LON
Helena Note #29: 10.69 LAT, 86.39 LON
Helena Note #30: 14.08 LAT, 81.65 LON

All Gaius Marcellus Nerva Explorer Notes and Locations

Nerva Note #1: 17.77 LAT, 71.50 LON
Nerva Note #2: 33.30 LAT, 82.78 LON
Nerva Note #3: 37.77 LAT, 20.23 LON
Nerva Note #4: 39.67 LAT, 71 LON
Nerva Note #5: 44.57 LAT, 28.38 LON
Nerva Note #6: 49.27 LAT, 83.85 LON
Nerva Note #7: 47.44 LAT, 62.70 LON
Nerva Note #8: 52.87 LAT, 48.92 LON
Nerva Note #9: 59.57 LAT, 14.64 LON
- Inside the Caverns of Lost Faith
Nerva Note #10: 51.59 LAT, 55.40 LON
Nerva Note #11: 88.12 LAT, 23.26 LON
Nerva Note #12: 81.99 LAT, 10.75 LON
Nerva Note #13: 72.87 LAT, 90.32 LON
Nerva Note #14: 76.03 LAT, 60.75 LON
Nerva Note #15: 64.13 LAT, 15.44 LON
Nerva Note #16: 54.36 LAT, 82.53 LON
Nerva Note #17: 42.25 LAT, 72.48 LON
Nerva Note #18: 59.17 LAT, 29.23 LON
Nerva Note #19: 42.36 LAT, 27.78 LON
Nerva Note #20: 50.70 LAT, 36.61 LON
Nerva Note #21: 55.87 LAT, 74.95 LON
Nerva Note #22: 42.32 LAT, 62.65 LON
Nerva Note #23: 44.59 LAT, 71.47 LON
Nerva Note #24: 43.10 LAT, 81.51 LON
Nerva Note #25: 55.55 LAT, 79.73 LON
Nerva Note #26: 77.79 LAT, 12.24 LON
Nerva Note #27: 57.78 LAT, 51.75 LON
Nerva Note #28: 49.53 LAT, 49.35 LON
Nerva Note #29: 74.72 LAT, 59.30 LON
Nerva Note #30: 41.83 LAT, 37.41 LON

All Sir Edmund Rockwell Explorer Notes and Locations

Rockwell Record #1: 21.18 LAT, 76.99 LON
Rockwell Record #2: 88.77 LAT, 20.56 LON
Rockwell Record #3: 55.64 LAT, 7.77 LON
Rockwell Record #4: 8.11 LAT, 91.90 LON
Rockwell Record #5: 16.49 LAT, 72.36 LON
Rockwell Record #6: 46.40 LAT, 83.70 LON
- Inside the Caverns of Lost Hope
Rockwell Record #7: 43.12 LAT, 86.59 LON
Rockwell Record #8: 66.90 LAT, 31.47 LON
Rockwell Record #9: 63.60 LAT, 10.44 LON
- Inside the Caverns of Lost Faith
Rockwell Record #10: 79.92 LAT, 75.08 LON
Rockwell Record #11: 85.01 LAT, 69.95 LON
Rockwell Record #12: 88.03 LAT, 51.52 LON
Rockwell Record #13: 66.47 LAT, 63.49 LON
Rockwell Record #14: 60 LAT, 48.80 LON
Rockwell Record #15: 73.50 LAT, 28.96 LON
Rockwell Record #16: 72.72 LAT, 20.61 LON
Rockwell Record #17: 39.28 LAT, 47.30 LON
- Inside the Central Cave
Rockwell Record #18: 71.80 LAT, 92.10 LON
- Inside the Lava Cave
Rockwell Record #19: 89.44 LAT, 24.04 LON
Rockwell Record #20: 92.51 LAT, 22.85 LON
Rockwell Record #21: 81.62 LAT, 28.57 LON
Rockwell Record #22: 80.29 LAT, 46.11 LON
Rockwell Record #23: 79.72 LAT, 78.01 LON
Rockwell Record #24: 80.87 LAT, 71.12 LON
Rockwell Record #25: 79.11 LAT, 68.19 LON
Rockwell Record #26: 80.06 LAT, 79.76 LON
Rockwell Record #27: 15.09 LAT, 91.84 LON
Rockwell Record #28: 83.03 LAT, 46.79 LON
Rockwell Record #29: 8.22 LAT, 79.90 LON

All Mei-Yin Li Explorer Notes and Locations

Mei Yin Note #1: 20.84 LAT, 13.68 LON
Mei Yin Note #2: 10.43 LAT, 15.81 LON
Mei Yin Note #3: 10.05 LAT, 52.92 LON
Mei Yin Note #4: 14.79 LAT, 26.75 LON
Mei Yin Note #5: 22.73 LAT, 10.81 LON
Mei Yin Note #6: 11.26 LAT, 25.70 LON
Mei Yin Note #7: 16.54 LAT, 26.63 LON
Mei Yin Note #8: 29.54 LAT, 10.20 LON
Mei Yin Note #9: 46.79 LAT, 86.82 LON
- Inside the Caverns of Lost Hope
Mei Yin Note #10: 23.50 LAT, 42.91 LON
Mei Yin Note #11: 15.53 LAT, 39.24 LON
Mei Yin Note #12: 6.62 LAT, 55.71 LON
Mei Yin Note #13: 16.55 LAT. 39.42 LON
Mei Yin Note #14: 9.52 LAT, 53.72 LON
Mei Yin Note #15: 22.95 LAT, 37.99 LON
Mei Yin Note #16: 31.77 LAT, 25.89 LON
Mei Yin Note #17: 24.38 LAT, 31.26 LON
Mei Yin Note #18: 22.65 LAT, 51.94 LON
Mei Yin Note #19: 37.12 LAT, 43.12 LON
Mei Yin Note #20: 37.29 LAT, 74.63 LON
Mei Yin Note #21: 30.90 LAT, 73.21 LON
Mei Yin Note #22: 26.83 LAT, 87.75 LON
Mei Yin Note #23: 38.59 LAT, 83.57 LON
Mei Yin Note #24: 50.53 LAT, 19.99 LON
Mei Yin Note #25: 41.32 LAT, 18.51 LON
Mei Yin Note #26: 53.03 LAT, 12.03 LON
Mei Yin Note #27: 17.94 LAT, 2.65 LON
Mei Yin Note #28: 19.04 LAT, 35.75 LON
Mei Yin Note #29: 12.91 LAT, 35.97 LON
Mei Yin Note #30: 38.26 LAT, 39.01 LON
Mei Yin Note #31: 7.20 LAT, 77.83 LON

All Unknown Writer Explorer Notes and Locations

??? Note #1: 19.26 LAT, 82.95 LON
- Inside the Overseer Arena
??? Note #4: 34.24 LAT, 84.44 LON
??? Note #7: 79.97 LAT, 62.12 LON
??? Note #10: 43.34 LAT, 19.18 LON
??? Note #13: 95.75 LAT, 20.15 LON

All Dossier Locations and Coordinates

Achatina Dossier: 75.80 LAT, 78.20 LON
Allosaurus Dossier: 16.40 LAT, 10.90 LON
- Inside the Underwater Cave
Ammonite Dossier: 87.50 LAT, 51.40 LON
Anglerfish Dossier: 24.60 LAT, 40.10 LON
Ankylosaurus Dossier: 15.80 LAT, 26.70 LON
Araneo Dossier: 39.60 LAT, 45.80 LON
- Inside the Central Cave
Archaeopteryx Dossier: 18.70 LAT, 42.80 LON
Argentavis Dossier: 21.60 LAT, 53.90 LON
Arthropleura Dossier: 14.20 LAT, 69.10 LON
Baryonyx Dossier: 30 LAT, 78.10 LON
Basilosaurus Dossier: 52.40 LAT, 17.70 LON
Bee Dossier: 70.70 LAT, 61.10 LON
Beelzebufo Dossier: 14.80 LAT, 81.40 LON
Brontosaurus Dossier: 31.60 LAT, 17.10 LON
Carbonemys Dossier: 10.90 LAT, 40.40 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Carnotaurus Dossier: 33.30 LAT, 41 LON
Castoroides Dossier: 25.10 LAT, 71.80 LON
Chalicotherium Dossier: 31.30 LAT, 28.90 LON
Cnidaria Dossier: 49.80 LAT, 81.70 LON
- In the Caverns of Lost Hope
Coelacanth Dossier: 37 LAT, 49.90 LON
Compy Dossier: 41.20 LAT, 49.20 LON
Daeodon Dossier: 88.10 LAT, 53 LON
Dilophosaur Dossier: 84.30 LAT, 10.20 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Dimetrodon Dossier: 28.50 LAT, 74.20 LON
Dimorphodon Dossier: 26.60 LAT, 70.60 LON
Diplocaulus Dossier: 25.10 LAT, 13.50 LON
Dire Bear Dossier: 40.40 LAT, 83.80 LON
Direwolf Dossier: 42.50 LAT, 20.80 LON
Dodo Dossier: 56.70 LAT, 21.40 LON
Doedicurus Dossier: 47 LAT, 27.50 LON
Dung Beetle Dossier: 16.50 LAT, 85 LON
Dunkleosteus Dossier: 44 LAT, 55.20 LON
Electrophorus Dossier: 36.40 LAT, 81.40 LON
Equus Dossier: 63.60 LAT, 33.40 LON
Eurypterid Dossier: 44.10 LAT, 49 LON
Gallimimus Dossier: 45.60 LAT, 62.30 LON
Giganotosaurus Dossier: 44 LAT, 66.40 LON
Gigantopithecus Dossier: 26.60 LAT, 23.60 LON
Hesperornis Dossier: 81.70 LAT, 84.10 LON
Hyaenodon Dossier: 80.90 LAT, 81.90 LON
Ichthyornis Dossier: 72.80 LAT, 64.50 LON
Ichthyosaurus Dossier: 52.90 LAT, 79.80 LON
Iguanodon Dossier: 62.40 LAT, 24.70 LON
Kairuku Dossier: 42.50 LAT, 79.60 LON
Kaprosuchus Dossier: 82.90 LAT, 51.90 LON
- Inside Lower South Cave
Kentrosaurus Dossier: 78.30 LAT, 23.60 LON
Leech Dossier: 85.30 LAT, 53.40 LON
- Inside Lower South Cave
Leedsichthys Dossier: 83.10 LAT, 23.50 LON
Liopleurodon Dossier: 78.20 LAT, 24.40 LON
Lystrosaurus Dossier: 68.60 LAT, 59.30 LON
- In the Upper South Cave
Mammoth Dossier: 71.30 LAT, 59.80 LON
- In the Upper South Cave
Manta Dossier: 68.90 LAT, 86.20 LON
- Inside the Lava Cave
Megalania Dossier: 84.40 LAT, 84.10 LON
Megaloceros Dossier: 67.50 LAT, 85.60 LON
- Inside the Lava Cave
Megalodon Dossier: 41 LAT, 47.30 LON
- In the Central Cave
Megalosaurus Dossier: 16.60 LAT, 84.10 LON
- In the North East Cave
Meganeura Dossier: 54.30 LAT, 41.40 LON
Megatherium Dossier: 75 LAT, 21.40 LON
Mesopithecus Dossier: 16.10 LAT, 84.40 LON
- In the North East Cave
Microraptor Dossier: 48.50 LAT, 21.60 LON
Mosasaurus Dossier: 16.40 LAT, 84.50 LON
- In the North East Cave
Moschops Dossier: 64.30 LAT, 17.40 LON
Onyc Dossier: 66.40 LAT, 19.70 LON
Otter Dossier: 35.70 LAT, 59.10 LON
Oviraptor Dossier: 58.90 LAT, 23.10 LON
Ovis Dossier: 73.30 LAT, 74.10 LON
Pachy Dossier: 65.50 LAT, 40.80 LON
Pachyrhinosaurus Dossier: 77.60 LAT, 20.70 LON
Paraceratherium Dossier: 65.10 LAT, 31.40 LON
Parasaur Dossier: 71.50 LAT, 32.10 LON
Pegomastax Dossier: 82.20 LAT, 62.90 LON
Pelagornis Dossier: 71.30 LAT, 47.20 LON
Phiomia Dossier: 72.50 LAT, 53.80 LON
Piranha Dossier: 68.10 LAT, 67.60 LON
Plesiosaur Dossier: 68.40 LAT, 59.50 LON
Procoptodon Dossier: 72.30 LAT, 78.20 LON
Pteranodon Dossier: 66.90 LAT, 76.80 LON
Pulmonoscorpius Dossier: 80.60 LAT, 61.90 LON
Purlovia Dossier: 36.60 LAT, 34.90 LON
Quetzal Dossier: 87.40 LAT, 23.30 LON
Raptor Dossier: 86.80 LAT, 25 LON
Rex Dossier: 53.10 LAT, 92.50 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Sabertooth Dossier: 77.10 LAT, 26.10 LON
Sabertooth Salmon Dossier: 87.50 LAT, 52.50 LON
Sarco Dossier: 77.90 LAT, 42.90 LON
Spino Dossier: 75.70 LAT, 79.80 LON
Stegosaurus Dossier: 78.30 LAT, 79.10 LON
Tapejara Dossier: 62.30 LAT, 40.20 LON
- Inside the Swamp Cave
Terror Bird Dossier: 62.20 LAT, 40.90 LON
- Inside the Swamp Cave
Therizinosaur Dossier: 67.60 LAT, 48.50 LON
Thylacoleo Dossier: 32.40 LAT, 66.20 LON
Titanoboa Dossier: 36.10 LAT, 92 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Titanomyrma Dossier: 49.30 LAT, 11.10 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Titanosaur Dossier: 61.80 LAT, 40.70 LON
- Inside the Swamp Cave
Triceratops Dossier: 87.40 LAT, 91 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Trilobite Dossier: 11 LAT, 22.10 LON
- In the Underwater Cave
Troodon Dossier: 75 LAT, 78.80 LON
Tusoteuthis Dossier: 59.90 LAT, 21.30 LON
- In the Caverns of Lost Faith
Woolly Rhino Dossier: 79.20 LAT, 32.30 LON
Yutyrannus Dossier: 73.90 LAT, 23.60 LON

All Boss Dossier Notes

You obtain four Dossiers by defeating the various bosses on the Island. The notes are transmitted as holograms and describe the boss you just killed.

Broodmother
Megapithecus
Dragon
Overseer

Unreleased Ark Survival Ascended Dossiers

Ark Survival Ascended: All Explorer Note and Dossier Locations with Coordinates (7)

Studio Wildcard recently released the newest dinosaur they’ve created for ASA. Coming to the game as part of the Frontier Adventure Pack during the launch of Scorched Earth on April 1, the Oasisaur is a walking base. You can build on its back, have terrain to harvest, and keep other dinos. To celebrate the announcement, the creature’s Dossier was unveiled. It’s not in the game yet, but once it is, I’ll add it to the list.

How to Find Explorer Notes and Dossiers in ASA

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Explorer Notes and Dossiers of knowledge are found in chests in ASA. Some are fancy, while others are simple, but they’re often denoted by ruins, such as columns or archways crafted from ancient bricks. The nice thing is you can add most of the coordinates I’ve listed above onto your map as waypoints, which will lead you directly to the chests and the Explorer Notes inside them.

However, a number of notes are found in the various caves. I’ve noted which ones these are, as the coordinates won’t lead you to the correct location, unfortunately. For these, you must head to the cave entrance and make your way through it to find them. Once inside, the coordinates will lead you to the correct place — just make sure you know which is which when putting them on your map.

What do Explorer Notes do?

When you find an Explorer Note, you not only learn something new about the Island, the creatures in the area, or a piece of technology, but you also get a 100% Experience Boost for 10 minutes. If you get another note within that time, an additional 10 minutes stacks. I strongly suggest you bring your main dino with you that you want to level, as you’ll gain nonstop experience when collecting Explorer Notes.

What Happens if You Get All Explorer Notes in Ark?

Gathering all Explorer Notes and Dossiers on The Island will give your character 10 levels. This goes past the level max, giving you further opportunities to overpower other tribes and dinosaurs. The level bonus is on top of all the EXP bonuses you get when collecting the individual notes.

Ark Survival Ascended: All Explorer Note and Dossier Locations with Coordinates (9)

Ark Survival Ascended: All Explorer Note and Dossier Locations with Coordinates (10)

Is There a Cheat for Gettomg All Explorer Notes?

If you’re struggling to gather all Explorer Notes or already achieved this feat in a previous version of the game, then you may be interested in using the command console to obtain all of them.

Open the command console.
Enter the command cheat GiveAllExplorerNotes.
Close the console.

The game may freeze for a few minutes if you need many of the notes unlocked as the system processes through the request. You’ll now have all Explorer Notes unlocked and available to view in your journal. This doesn’t specify if you’ll obtain the EXP buff along with the level increase, so you may want to experiment with unlocking a specific note first if that’s what your aim is.

Those are all the locations for Explorer Notes and Dossiers in Ark Survival Ascended. For more on the game, such as updated cave entrances or how to farm metal and oil, check out our guide hub.

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