This page has all the locations of the Data Recorders in the game Defiance
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Data Recorders Locations
Pursuit Area | Name | Location | Map Reference | Associated Mission (M=Main, S=Side) | Hint |
Mount Tam | My Name is Ara | Serenity Acadamy | West of the Bloodbath Gorge area | The Tranquil Surface, Part 4 (S) | Ruined building by main gate on the second floor near a burning barrel |
Mount Tam | Gut Check | Muir Gate | End of the road NE Tranquility Road Fast Travel | Chaos Reigns (M) | Tunnel entrance |
Mount Tam | The Conspiracy | KTAM Power | NE of KTAM Radio Station | The Tranquil Surface, Part 3 (S); Maintaining the Line (S) | In one of the ruined buildings |
Mount Tam | The Assassination of Toruku | Serenity Power | Between the vendors and Bloodbath Gorge | All Roads Lead to Bloodbath (M) | In the ruined building |
Madera | Move to Paradise! | Kenn Farm | ~250m W of Rampage: Hellbug Extermination | o|Large barn, 2nd Story | |
Madera | My Lovely Predecessor | Shondu's Consulate (FT) | Eastern Madera, on a peninsula; has Fast Travel | A Faustian Bargain (M) | To the left of the door where Shondu sits near the lantern. |
Madera | Mag-lev Negotiations Continue | Shondu's Consulate (FT) | astern Madera, on a peninsula; has Fast Travel | A Faustian Bargain (M) | Outside and to the left of where Shondu sits in a small open building. |
Madera | Meeting with Jon and Torc | Iron Demon Ranch (FT) | Northern part of Madera; Has fast travel | Enter the Lawkeeper (M) | Main house |
Madera | Jon Sworn In… Finally | Iron Demon Ranch (FT) | Northern part of Madera; Has fast travel | Enter the Lawkeeper (M) | Main house |
Madera | Case # 44WKE - Teach, Joseph | Iron Demon Ranch (FT) | Northern part of Madera; Has fast travel | Collateral Damage Expected (M) | Large barn on a box next to a large window with a view of a large puddle |
Madera | Madera Mineral Scan | Pitfall Mine | At Hotshot: Crystal Defense | In the pit | |
Madera | Towers vs Soleptor | Angel's Fall Mine | NNW of Time Trial: North Point | Eviction Notice, Part 1 (S) | In a tent |
Madera | Varus the Robber Baron | Blithedale Mine | 400m SE of Time Trial: North Point | Burning Rubber (S) | Near roasting pow |
Madera | Raiders On The Move | Larkspur Landing | Western Madera, on the peninsula north of Shondu's Consulate | Follow Cass's Lead (M) | Second floor of ruined building. Cords - 4183, 1288 |
Marin | We're Home | Top-Notch Toolworks (FT) | Island accessed by long upward bridge | A Disturbing Discovery (M) | Rock island with windmill below ramp |
Marin | Not My Best Hour | Top-Notch Toolworks (FT) | Island accessed by long upward bridge | A Disturbing Discovery (M) | Catwalk |
Marin | It's Your World | Dogtown Mine | ~200m NE of Rampage: Hamburger Hill | A Bullet For a Badman (M) | Scrap heap |
Marin | Hope | Union Depot | NW of Time Trial: Tiburon Uplands near the east-west road | An Unexpected Delay (M) | Main building |
Marin | Faith | Towers Quarry | ~600m ESE of The Crater (fast travel) | A Disturbing Discovery (M) | 2nd floor by "Repair Conduit" |
Marin | The 99 | Mill Valley Mine | E of Muir Processing Plant | Hostile Takeover (M) | Tower |
Marin | Subject RR24F - Session 3 | Muir Processing Plant | Location of Hotshot: Dam Defense | Distress Call (M) | Dump truck |
Marin | Jackleg Is Back | Bolinas Smeltery | NW of Hotshot: Bolinas Sniper | Bolinas Meltdown (-) | Large building, above laddered catwalk |
Marin | That's All I Got | The Crater (FT) | On the edge between Madera and Marin on the western-most road | Safe No More (M) | Bar |
Sausalito | Meeting With Ms. Ducar | Cronkhite Bunker | 100m SE Hotshot: Sharpshooter | Seize the Day, Control the Future (M) | Fenced area |
Sausalito | Bovisuida In Sausalito | Verdant Ridge | 250m E of Time Trial: Ridgeline Racer | Lend A Hand (M) | Barn, 2nd floor outside |
Sausalito | Pertohol In Sausalito | Diablo Station | 210m E of Time Trial: Barnstorming | Danger at Diablo (-) | SW building on crate |
Sausalito | The Day After Defiance | Headlands Transit Depot (FT) | SE headland of the little bay | Old Friends, Old Swords (M) | Torc's Garage |
Sausalito | Charge Blade To The Gut | Miwok Ranch | 250m SW of Time Trial: Miwok Hills | Old Friends, Old Swords (M) | Barn |
Sausalito | Raiders Don't Do Business | Cronkhite Post | ~500m SW of Time Trial: Barnstorming on peninsula with vendors | Cut Off the Head (M) | Behind large tower on ground |
Sausalito | New World Thugs | Miwok Ranch | 250m SW of Time Trial: Miwok Hills | Old Friends, Old Swords (M) | 2nd floor of the barn, jump on crates to the north to enter |
San Francisco | Amelio Rodriguez | Bathhouse | 452m W-NW of TT: Wasteland Circuit | Near Sea Wall, North corner | |
San Francisco | Casti Male - Doe, John | Zhena Array | 776m SW of TT: Communications Breakdown | Behind the building on the hill | |
San Francisco | Subject HM38 | Shebo Lab | 285m S of Overpass | At the end of the building | |
San Francisco | The Beginning of the End | Mutant District | 712m S-SE of Overpass | 2nd floor in a corner | |
San Francisco | EMC Occupation | Dogpatch | 55-60m South East of Rampage: SMASH!!!(2nd floor of building) | Southern most white house on the street in Dogpatch, 2nd floor | |
San Francisco | Defiance in the Face of Death | Chinatown | 400m W of Merchant in NE San Francisco | It's Chinatown (S) | In one of the ruined buildings. 2nd floor, by a window and support beam |
San Francisco | Rumors of Utopia | (Small street with half-buried houses and a street car) | 245m E of TT: Wasteland Circuit | House furthest North | |
Co-op | Paradise Invasion | 101 Keys | Co-op Instance | Explosions 101 | First area after the pier |
Co-op | Containment Suit | 101 Keys | Co-op Instance | Explosions 101 | West side of first island |
Co-op | Soleptor Warehouse | 101 Keys | Co-op Instance | Explosions 101 | Just before the bridge crossing |
Co-op | Best. Honeymoon. Ever. | Angel Island | Co-op Instance | Island of Lost Soldiers | From the dock, go left. |
Co-op | Tom is Incorrigible | Angel Island | Co-op Instance | Island of Lost Soldiers | After exiting the first mine tunnel. |
Co-op | Don't Touch Me | Angel Island | Co-op Instance | Island of Lost Soldiers | Just before the 2nd mine tunnel entrance. |
Co-op | Final Stages of Evac | Cronkhite Bunker | Co-op Instance | Commandeer Cronkhite | In a rectangular room with turret, up in the loft. |
Co-op | An EMC Past | Cronkhite Bunker | Co-op Instance | Commandeer Cronkhite | In a dead end between the 1st & 2nd round-shaped rooms. |
Co-op | Secret Alliance | Cronkhite Bunker | Co-op Instance | Commandeer Cronkhite | In the final round room before the interactive access point. |
Co-op | Reporting for Duty | Delta Bunker East | Co-op Instance | Liberate The Lost | located in the room with the ramps and the tanks, on top of the large, right side tank. |
Co-op | She Hasn't Much Time | Delta Bunker East | Co-op Instance | Liberate The Lost | In the right-hand nook after destroying the adreno supplies |
Co-op | Bioman Adreno Test | Delta Bunker East | Co-op Instance | Liberate The Lost | To the left of the interactive access point. |
Co-op | Mine 99, Mark 1 | Mine 99 | Co-op Instance | The Mother Lode | The crossroad after the first fan, near an ammo crate |
Co-op | Mine 99, Mark 2 | Mine 99 | Co-op Instance | The Mother Lode | Deadend to the left (south) before room for 2nd fan control, behind rocks/crystals coming up out of ground. |
Co-op | Mine 99, Mark 5 | Mine 99 | Co-op Instance | The Mother Lode | To the left/south before an interactive door, after all the hellbugs, before long narrow descent. |
Co-op | Soleptor Excavation, Late Tonight. Sorry Honey | Ridgecrest Mine | Co-op Instance | Soleptor Excavation | This data recorder is located in the middle of a circular room up a ramp after you defeat the raider ambush. |
Co-op | Soleptor Excavation, Late Again | Ridgecrest Mine | Co-op Instance | Soleptor Excavation | This data recorder is located on railroad tracks in a room to the left after you defeat the second raider ambush |
Co-op | Soleptor Excavation, Please, Don't Tell the Kids | Ridgecrest Mine | Co-op Instance | Soleptor Excavation | This data recorder is located in a shack in the northeast room where you encounter the turrets.
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Co-op | Scrapworks Salvage, Kraag's Proposisition | Scrapworks | Co-op Instance | Scrapworks Salvage | In the first building, in the back(have to crouch). |
Co-op | Scrapworks | Co-op Instance | Scrapworks Salvage | Inside an orange crate. | |
Co-op | Scrapworks | Co-op Instance | Scrapworks Salvage | In the secret room |
Maps
Episodes 1 & 2 Data Recorders
Episode 1 Armistice: Memories of Armstice
Data Recorder 1: Senator Gray and the Armistice
Data Recorder 2: Ara Shondu the High Council Aide
Data Recorder 3: Final Draft
Data Recorder 4: Senator Gray's Resignation
See - Defiance: Episode 1 Armistice Data Recorder Locations
Episode 2 Most Wanted: Turning an Asset
Data Recorder 1: Meeting with Senator Gray
Data Recorder 2: Testing Senator Gray
Data Recorder 3: A Chatterbox is a Treasure
See - Defiance: Episode 2 Most Wanted Data Recorder Locations
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