All ARK Survival Ascended Explorer Note locations in The Island

Explorer Notes are collectible items in ARK Survival Ascended and can be categorized into two types: notes left behind by the other survivors and animal Dossiers. Discovering new notes while exploring the world will grant you 100 XP and give you a buff that doubles your experience gain for 10 minutes.

It is recommended that players collect these notes on a tamed creature, as it will also receive the XP and the buff. Moreover, acquiring two notes within a short time increases the duration of the buff rather than resetting it.

This article will list all Explorer Notes and Dossiers in ARK Survival Ascended.

Coordinates for all ARK Survival Ascended Explorer Notes in The Island

The Island is the only map currently available in the game. According to the official ARK Survival Ascended roadmap, more maps will be introduced in the upcoming months. Therefore, this list mentions all Explorer Notes on the Island.

You can acquire the following Explorer Notes on the island map of ARK Survival Ascended:

Helena Walker Explorer Notes in ARK Survival Ascended

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

Gaius Marcellus Nerva Explorer Notes in ARK Survival Ascended

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

Sir Edmund Rockwell Explorer Notes in ARK Survival Ascended

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

Mei-Yin Li Explorer Notes in ARK Survival Ascended

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

Unknown Writer Explorer Notes in ARK Survival Ascended

??? Note #1 (19.26, 82.95): Overseer Arena
??? Note #4 (34.24, 84.44)
??? Note #7 (79.97, 62.12)
??? Note #10 (43.34, 19.18)
??? Note #13 (95.75, 20.15)

All ARK Survival Ascended Dossier locations

Dino Dossiers are scattered across the map in Ark Survival Ascended. (Image via Studio Wildcard)

The following are co-ordinates for all Ark Survival Ascended dino Dossiers scattered throughout The Island map:

Achatina Dossier: 80.1 Lat, 82.9 Lon
Allosaurus Dossier: 10.8 Lat, 4.5 Lon (Underwater cave)
Ammonite Dossier: 93.3 Lat, 51.3 Lon
Anglerfish Dossier: 20.3 Lat, 38.4 Lon
Ankylosaurus Dossier: 9.9 Lat, 22.8 Lon
Araneo Dossier: 37.9 Lat, 45.1 Lon (Central cave)
Archaeopteryx Dossier: 13.4 Lat, 41.5 Lon
Argentavis Dossier: 16.9 Lat, 54.5 Lon
Arthropleura Dossier: 8.3 Lat, 72.2 Lon
Baryonyx Dossier: 26.7 Lat, 82.8 Lon
Basilosaurus Dossier: 52.9 Lat, 12.4 Lon
Bee Dossier: 74.1 Lat, 63 Lon
Beelzebufo Dossier: 8.9 Lat, 86.7 Lon
Brontosaurus Dossier: 28.6 Lat, 11.6 Lon
Carbonemys Dossier: 4.3 Lat, 38.9 Lon (Underwater cave)
Carcharadontosaurus Dossier: 32.8 Lat, 85.1 Lon
Carnotaurus Dossier: 30.5 Lat, 39.5 Lon
Castoroides Dossier: 20.9 Lat, 75.5 Lon
Chalicotherium Dossier: 28.2 Lat, 25.4 Lon
Cnidaria Dossier: 49.9 Lat, 87 Lon (Caverns of lost Hope)
Coelacanth Dossier: 32.4 Lat, 50.4 Lon
Compy Dossier: 39.7 Lat, 49.1 Lon
Daeodon Dossier: 93.4 Lat, 53.4 Lon
Dilophosaurus Dossier: 90.1 Lat, 3.7 Lon
Dimetrodon Dossier: 24.9 Lat, 78.2 Lon
Dimorphodon Dossier: 22.7 Lat, 74.0 Lon
Diplocaulus Dossier: 23.9 Lat, 88 Lon
Diplodocus Dossier: 20.9 Lat, 7.4 Lon
Dire bear Dossier: 38.7 Lat, 89.5 Lon
Direwolf Dossier: 41.2 Lat, 16 Lon
Dodo Dossier: 57.8 Lat, 16.7 Lon
Doedicurus Dossier: 46.4 Lat, 23.9 Lon
Dung beetle Dossier: 11 Lat, 90.8 Lon
Dunkleosteus Dossier: 43 Lat, 56.1 Lon
Electrophorus Dossier: 34.2 Lat, 86.6 Lon
Equus Dossier: 65.8 Lat, 30.6 Lon
Eurypterid Dossier: 43.2 Lat, 48.9 Lon
Gallimimus Dossier: 44.9 Lat, 64.4 Lon
Giganotosaurus Dossier: 43.6 Lat, 69.3 Lon
Gigantopithecus Dossier: 22.7 Lat, 19.2 Lon
Hesperornis Dossier: 87 Lat, 89.8 Lon
Hyaenodon Dossier: 86.2 Lat, 87.2 Lon
Ichthyornis Dossier: 76.6 Lat, 66.9 Lon
Ichthyisaurus Dossier: 53.4 Lat, 84.7 Lon
Iguanodon Dossier: 64.4 Lat, 20.5 Lon
Kairuku Dossier: 41.3 Lat, 84.6 Lon
Kaprosuchus Dossier: 88.4 Lat, 52.2 Lon
Kentrosaurus Dossier: 83 Lat, 19.2 Lon
Leech Dossier: 91.2 Lat, 54 Lon
Leedsichthys Dossier: 88.7 Lat, 19 Lon
Liopleurodon Dossier: 82.8 Lat, 20 Lon
Lystrosaurus Dossier: 71.8 Lat, 60.9 Lon (Upper South cave)
Mammoth Dossier: 74.9 Lat, 61.5 Lon (Upper South cave)
Manta Dossier: 72.1 Lat, 92.2 Lon (Lava cave)
Megalania Dossier: 90.1 Lat, 89.9 Lon
Megaloceros Dossier: 70.4 Lat, 91.5 Lon (Lava cave)
Megalodon Dossier: 39.5 Lat, 46.9 Lon (Central cave)
Megalosaurus Dossier: 11.1 Lat, 89.8 Lon (North East cave)
Meganeura Dossier: 55 Lat, 40 Lon
Megatherium Dossier: 79 Lat, 16.6 Lon
Mesopithecus Dossier: 10.4 Lat, 90.2 Lon (North East cave)
Microraptor Dossier: 48.3 Lat, 16.9 Lon
Mosasaurus Dossier: 10.8 Lat, 90.2 Lon (North East cave)
Moschops Dossier: 66.6 Lat, 11.9 Lon
Onyc Dossier: 69.1 Lat, 14.6 Lon
Otter Dossier: 33.3 Lat, 60.6 Lon
Oviraptor Dossier: 60.4 Lat, 18.6 Lon
Ovis Dossier: 77.2 Lat, 78.1 Lon
Pachy Dossier: 68.1 Lat, 39.2 Lon
Pachyrhinosaurus Dossier: 82.2 Lat, 15.8 Lon
Paraceratherium Dossier: 67.6 Lat, 28.3 Lon
Parasaur Dossier: 75.2 Lat, 29.1 Lon
Pegomastax Dossier: 87.6 Lat, 65.1 Lon
Pelagornis Dossier: 74.8 Lat, 46.7 Lon
Phiomia Dossier: 76.2 Lat, 54.5 Lon
Piranha Dossier: 71.2 Lat, 70.5 Lon
Plesiosaur Dossier: 71.5 Lat, 61.1 Lon
Procoptodon Dossier: 76 Lat, 82.8 Lon
Pteranodon Dossier: 69.7 Lat, 81.2 Lon
Pulmonoscorpius Dossier: 85.4 Lat, 63.9 Lon
Purlovia Dossier: 34.4 Lat, 32.4 Lon
Quetzal Dossier: 93.6 Lat, 18.8 Lon
Raptor Dossier: 92.8 Lat, 20.7 Lon
Rex Dossier: 53.6 Lat, 99.6 Lon (Underwater cave)
Rhyniognatah Dossier: 31.8 Lat, 50.8 Lon
Sabertooth Dossier: 81.7 Lat, 22.1 Lon
Sabertooth salmon Dossier: 93.8 Lat, 52.7 Lon
Sarco Dossier: 82.5 Lat, 41.7 Lon
Spino Dossier: 80 Lat, 84.8 Lon
Stegosaurus Dossier: 83 Lat, 83.9 Lon
Tapejara Dossier: 64.3 Lat, 38.6 Lon (Swamp cave)
Terrorbird Dossier: 64.2 Lat, 39.4 Lon (Swamp cave)
Therizinosaur Dossier: 70.5 Lat, 48.3 Lon
Thylacoleo Dossier: 29.5 Lat, 68.9 Lon
Titanoboa Dossier: 33.8 Lat, 99.1 Lon (Underwater cave)
Titanomyrma Dossier: 49.2 Lat, 4.4 Lon (Underwater cave)
Titanosaur Dossier: 63.7 Lat, 39.2 Lon (Swamp cave)
Triceratops Dossier: 93.9 Lat, 98.4 Lon (Underwater cave)
Trilobite Dossier: 4.2 Lat, 16.8 Lon (Underwater cave)
Troodon Dossier: 79.1 Lat, 83.6 Lon
Tusoteuthis Dossier: 61.6 Lat, 16.5 Lon (Caverns of Lost Faith)
Wooly Rhino Dossier: 84.1 Lat, 29.3 Lon
Yutyrannus Dossier: 77.9 Lat, 19.2 Lon

What is the reward for collecting all ARK Survival Ascended Explorer Notes?

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Obtaining all Explorer Notes and Dossiers in ARK Survival Ascended increases your character by ten levels. This goes beyond the Level Cap, so you can overpower your characters and tamed creatures. These levels are in addition to the 100 XP you receive for each note in the game.

Console Command to get all ARK Survival Ascended Explorer Notes

You can acquire all the Explorer Notes by utilizing the 'cheat GiveAllExplorerNotes' ARK Survival Ascended console command. However, this is only accessible when you are the server host or playing solo.

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