Gears of War: E-Day Complete Guide
Emergence Day, fourteen years before the first game.
Emergence Day in Kalona: the five acts chapter by chapter, every achievement, the collectibles, Hard Cases and secondary objectives tracked, and the road to 1,000G — all from the sources, not from memory.
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Walkthrough
Act 1 and the Prologue
The Prologue underground, then Emergence, Survival of the Fittest, A Gear in Need and Back in the Fold: Emergence Day in the streets of Kalona, as far as City Hall.
Act 2
Bravo Squad, Hold the Line, No Gear Left Behind, Flyboys and Overrun: Legacy Bridge, the first semi-open district and its seven secondary objectives, a Raven and the airfield.
Act 3
Stranded, Enemy Lines, Last Foothold, The Convoy, Desperate Times and Desperate Measures: the first Armored Wretches, the Corpser and Landa Memorial Hospital.
Act 4
Hope and Ruin, Technical Difficulties, Tough as Nails, Signals, Paths Diverge and Critical Failure: the ruined church and a power station.
Act 5 and the Epilogue
One Problem at a Time, Ghost Town, Storm Clouds, Resolute and The Fall of Kalona, then the Epilogue. Spoilers stay on the page.
Collectibles & Trackers
Achievements
Xbox Wire's official list has 54 worth 1,000G; Steam adds The Lucky Ones Died on E-Day at 0G for earning the rest: 55 here, though the guides count 53 to 55, as What We Know explains. Thirteen come with the story, five more need the campaign cleared — one in co-op, three on Insane — and most of the rest are Horde Siege and Versus grinds. The order is on the Achievement Roadmap.
140 · TrackerCollectibles
The campaign's collectibles, act by act. A COG Omen sting plays when one is close, the War Journal shows which are still missing, and chapter select takes you back for any you passed. All of them: Memories From E-Day.
125 · TrackerHard Cases
Yellow cases holding weapon mods and mod slots, which you fit at Supply Caches. A pop-up says when one is near, and some only open after a main objective. All of them: Relax. I'm the Map.
17 · TrackerSecondary Objectives
Optional jobs for the soldiers and civilians of Kalona, from Act 2, Chapter 2 on. You accept each one when it is offered, and they pay in weapon mods. All of them: Side Piece.
265 · TrackerAll Collectibles
Every collectible in one list, chapter by chapter. Marks are shared with each tracker.
Guides & Reference
What We Know
The game as it shipped: the acts and chapters, length, co-op, difficulties, achievements and the reviews — and where the guides and the official pages do not agree.
GuideGetting Started
Which difficulty to pick, how split-screen and online co-op work, what changed in cover and movement, and what to pick up as you go so the 100% does not need a second sweep.
GuideStory & Setting
The premise as Xbox and The Coalition have told it: where and when it happens, who Bravo Squad are and who plays them. The premise only — nothing of how it ends.
GuideGameplay
How the campaign is laid out, the new cover and movement, the weapons and mods, Supply Caches and Tactical Gear, and the enemies — from The Coalition's own posts and the walkthroughs.
GuideEditions & Access
What each edition costs and contains, who played from 1 October and who from the 6th, what the pre-order added, and the part of Game Pass that is not included.
GuidePlatforms & Performance
The platform list and the PlayStation question, three different published accounts of the frame rate, and the three-tier PC requirements Xbox released on 17 September.
GuideMultiplayer & Modes
Four Versus modes on six maps, Horde Siege's twelve players and four classes, the progression numbers, the no-battle-pass model, Season 1 and what is not in at launch. Not a full multiplayer guide: what The Coalition and the guides publish.
GuideAchievement Roadmap
The order that saves runs: a first campaign for the story and the 100%, Insane for the three that need it, co-op for one, and the Horde Siege and Versus counters that take longest. Every achievement is on the tracker.
GuideMissables
Nothing is lost for good by the guides we read: chapter select replays any section you have reached. What can still cost you a replay, and the achievements it touches.
GuideFAQ
Launch time, Game Pass, PlayStation, length, chapter select, co-op, difficulty, achievements, missables and the PC specs — answered where a source answers them.
GuideRelease & What's Next
Every dated step from the reveal to launch day, the review scores as the aggregators and the outlets give them, and the five-season plan The Coalition has published.
About this guide
Gears of War: E-Day is out: on Xbox Series X|S and PC, through the Microsoft Store and Steam, since 6 October 2026, from 1 October for the Premium and Collector's editions, and day one on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. This guide now covers the whole campaign: a walkthrough of the five acts, from the Prologue to the Epilogue, trackers for every achievement, the collectibles, the Hard Cases and the secondary objectives, a roadmap to 1,000 Gamerscore, what can be missed, and reference pages on how it plays, co-op, the editions, the platforms, Horde Siege and Versus. Everything on it comes from published walkthroughs, the reviews and The Coalition's own material, and every page says so. Nobody here has played it; where the sources stop, the pages stop.