Dataslates are the old-school collectibles scattered across the main missions of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. Collecting them all will unlock the Data Mining achievement / trophy — there are 35 of these audio logs that reveal more snippets of the story, and they’re not exclusive to the singleplayer campaign. If you want to find them all, you’ll also need to complete the Operations missions with friends or bots if you’re playing solo. We’re going to go through all 23 locations for the campaign dataslates below.
All Campaign Dataslate Locations
Dataslates are glowing green audio logs. Activating one will initiate a short note message. Dataslates can be collected multiple times — they do not disappear after listening once and can be re-collected on later runs.
There are no Dataslates in the tutorial mission.
- Dataslate #1: Skyfire Campaign Mission – After the initial battle, you’ll enter the jungle area. Pass the gun pod, go through the tree archway and you’ll reach grenade pickups. Go through the explosive plants on the left to find an area with discarded gear, a Chainsword and a Dataslate.
- Dataslate #2: Skyfire Campaign Mission – Later in the jungle, you’ll reach a small basin with shooting Tyranids. Wipe them out and progress up the ramps to the opposite side of a destroyed bridge. Drop down to the right of the destroyed bridge to find this easy-to-miss slate.
- Dataslate #3: Skyfire Campaign Mission – Inside the Imperium facility, you’ll reach a gun pod with stairs to the left. Go up the stairs and enter the door. Follow the hallway to another set of stairs. Go up to find a dead body next to a Combat Knife and a Dataslate.
- Dataslate #4: Skyfire Campaign Mission – With the Imperial Guard tank, you’ll reach an air defense tower with an Assemble mission marker. Look in the back of the tower entrance level before riding the elevator up.
- Dataslate #5: Severance Campaign Mission – Early in the mission, in the deep jungle, you’ll reach a ramp leading up with two directions. Go left to find a ruined Space Marine tank. There’s a dataslate right next to it.
- Dataslate #6: Severance Campaign Mission – At the facility entrance, go straight ahead instead of assembling to the right. There is a ruined defense point here with a dataslate behind sandbags.
- Dataslate #7: Severance Campaign Mission – Deep in the mission, you’ll reach underground tunnels that have been transformed by Tyranid biomass. Entering a large room with a raised ledge to the right, there’s a switch to the left. Use it to open the door and follow the path to a spinning fan. At the end of the hall you’ll find this dataslate.
- Dataslate #8: Severance Campaign Mission – After leaving the facility, your team will acquire Jump Packs. Following the main path, you’ll enter a cave to your right. Inside the cave, launch up to a high ledge with this dataslate.
- Dataslate #9: Machinus Divinitus Campaign Mission – Early in the level, you’ll cross a short bridge to a temple-like building. Before entering the building, explore the balcony to the left — you’ll be able to walk through the ruined safety railing and onto the rooftop. There’s a dataslate on the roof.
- Dataslate #10: Machinus Divinitus Campaign Mission – Entering the series of hallways in the interiors, you’ll reach smoky passages and huge pipes. Stick to the right side to find a dead Tech Priest with a dataslate.
- Dataslate #11: Machinus Divinitus Campaign Mission – Fighting through more Tyranids on walkways, you’ll need to clear gunners and use a ramp, going right at the top to use another switch to narrow interior hallways. Go straight ahead to the Heavy Bolter Rifle and check the end of the hallway.
- Dataslate #12: Servant of the Machine Campaign Mission – Exiting the huge structure, you’ll get a view of the battlefield straight ahead. Turn left to find a weapon drop pod. Turn left again and cross the catwalks to find a dataslate in an easy-to-miss corner.
- Dataslate #13: Servant of the Machine Campaign Mission – After the encounter with the traitor guardsmen after entering the dome, go down the path. You’ll need to go further down to the left. Check around the corner of a small alcove before going down.
- Dataslate #14: Voidsong Campaign Mission – Entering the interior rooms lit with red lights, you’ll reach a massive bunker door. Go left of that door to find a weapon pod. Keep going down this path to find a dataslate on a desk.
- Dataslate #15: Voidsong Campaign Mission – Switch to the Jump Pack, you’ll enter a ruined building path. Launch up to the wrecked ledge on the right. There are intact desks near the collapsed floor with the dataslate.
- Dataslate #16: Voidsong Campaign Mission – Pass through the Imperial Guard base until you reach a giant burning pyre. Before passing the pyre, turn right and look behind a girder. There’s a dataslate in this spot.
- Dataslate #17: Dawn’s Descent Campaign Mission – Using the Jump Pack to climb toward the large, ruined cathedral building, look to the left in the rubble and behind the gravestones.
- Dataslate #18: Dawn’s Descent Campaign Mission – Progress until you reach an area where a tower has fallen and created a bridge. Follow the path down and left before crossing the “bridge” to find a dataslate down a dead-end path.
- Dataslate #19: Dawn’s Descent Campaign Mission – In the Mechanicus dig site, you’ll reach tall pillars with an Imperial base setup to the right after climbing a small set of stairs. Go left instead to a dark area. There’s a body on the ground.
- Dataslate #20: Dawn’s Descent Campaign Mission – Passing the glowing blue chaos energy, you’ll reach a dead Necron scarab-like creature with a small Mechanicus research area. There’s a body with this dataslate.
- Dataslate #21: Bellum Sempiternus Campaign Mission – Dropping into the catacomb with the insane guard, go right to find a Dataslate in a dead-end corner.
- Dataslate #22: Bellum Sempiternus Campaign Mission – Pass through the catacomb with the large gazebo and sarcophagus, then look left and going up the handful of steps.
- Dataslate #23: Bellum Sempiternus Campaign Mission – After activating the first of the floating towers, you’ll enter a ruin through an archway of chaos corruption. Pass through it, then look to the right behind the rubble.
And that’s all the dataslates in the campaign. To finish your collection, you’ll need to get the last 12 from the six Operations cooperative maps.
