We strive to lead you to all 390 collectables scattered across the world.

I'd like to extend a special thanks to Lynxfang, ZeroLagomorph, Jynn, kilkutin, Foxthorn, and Fatal for their contributions in guiding me towards the final collectables and for the overall verification of this guide (and my mistakes).

Updated 2022
Fatal explored the code and found the 2 missing collectables. They are invisible and/or located out of bounds. Fatal provided a walk-through and video guide in the comments for obtaining these the final collectables without altering the game code.

This guide begins with some tips for collectable hunting in the world of Shelter 2.
Each of the subsequent sections contain a detailed map and screenshots to assist you in your search. If you prefer dots over numbers, Lynxfang shared some excellent maps in the comments[vk.com].

Here are the current overviews for each area:


If your math is good, you might have noticed that the cumulative of leaves from all areas actually equals 90, not 87. Also, there is a bug where the total number of flowers stops counting at 41.


Maps

• Collectable numbering order: The collectables are numbered in the order that I saw them. As such, the most difficult are probably at the end.
  
• I accidentaly collected a few collectables before I could screenshot them. (Sorry!) If that is the case, I marked the entry as (collected) in the guide and my lynx is standing on location.
  
• The lynx icon and landmarks on the map don't match their actual positions This is especially true on The Lake. I placed the numbers on the map based on where my lynx icon was. Try to match your lynx icon to the same position then use the screenshots to refine your search.

Gameplay

• Everything written in this guide is base game only: For The Mountains DLC, check out the wonderful guide by Jynn and ZeroLagomorph. (linked at the bottom)
  
• Abandon your maternal instincts: Many of these collectables are incredibly difficult to spot if you are looking for them. If you are needlessly distracted by your cubs, then you won't stand a chance. Leave the fur balls in the den or wait until after they leave you.
  
• Abandon your predatory instincts: Your predatory smell provides no help. Pursuit causes tunnel vision. For the inevitable suicidal prey, either spit them out or eat them up quickly. If you are carrying prey in your mouth, you can't pick up collectables.
  
• Think like a herbivore: You're hunting leaves and mushrooms.
  
• Don't sprint: You can't pick up collectables if you are running. Full sprints cause tunnel vision, limiting your vital peripheral vision. To move quickly, tap shift for short bursts of speed.
  
• Beware the tundra wolves: Without your cubs, the lonesome fog doesn't appear. The only danger you'll face are the wolves of the tundra. They spawn once each time you enter (or load into) the tundra. Without your cubs, they will kill you if they catch you.
  
• Clouds are your friends: Clouds darken the environment without changing the color of collectables. Furthermore, the collectable *sparkle* is more noticeable by contrast.

Seasons

• Collectables are not seasonal: I've been able to collect every category and variety of collectable in every season in each area. The exemptions are The Lake 14, 15, 111, 112 and The Tundra 38 because you need the winter ice to reach them.
  
• Spring: In general, spring is light green with excessive environmental flower cover.
  
• Summer: Summer brings bolder shades of green with environmental flowers and environmental mushrooms.
  
• Autumn: The world turns brown and rains fall late. Take note of excessive environmental mushrooms.
  
• Winter: Everything is blanketed in white and most environmental plants die. Ambient environmental *sparkles* make it difficult to spot the collectable *sparkle.*

Collectable Categories

• No collectables are on the open ice.
  
• No collectables are under bushes or trees.
  
• No collectables are hidden in the tall, swamp grass.
  
• Rocks: Rocks range from easily identifiable gems to camoflauged pebbles. Be on the lookout for the *sparkle.* Rocks are always located on a vertical wall, except for Den 54, which is laying on the ground. There is one rock missing from the tundra!
  
• Feathers: They come in a red or black variety. They are rather large, but can be difficult to see if approached from the wrong direction. Feathers tend to be in open, elevated areas. There is one feather missing from the tundra!
  
• Leaves: Leaves are the absolute worst kind of collectable. They are small, two-dimensional, and the green and brown varieties annoyingly blend in to every season. There seems to be no pattern for where they are located. You are looking for small patches of odd texture in a world full of small patches of odd textures. Good luck.
  There are a few leaves missing in the game.
  
• Rares: By contrast, the rare collectables are the best type of collectable. They are large, unique, and located in interesting places. Each provides context to the backstory and each provides an individual achievement.
  
• Flowers: They come in many varieties, from broad to skinny. They are located in open areas (as in: not directly next to other things). I've found them easiest to spot in the winter when they are taller than the wilted grass.
  
• Branches: Large and three-dimensional. Branches are the most numerous, but also the easiest to spot. They are either brown or white, and they tend to be located near trees.
  
• Mushrooms: There are a few varieties of mushrooms, but they are all brown, making them easy to spot against the white backdrop of winter. They tend to be located at the base of trees.

1. Branch
2. Feather
3. Branch
4. Leaf
5. Rock(collected)
6. Rock
7. Mushroom (collected)
8. Leaf
9. Feather
10. Branch
11. Feather
12. Rock
13. Flower
14. Rock
15. Flower
16. Rock
17. Branch
18. Feather
19. Flower
20. Branch
21. Feather (collected)
22. Feather
23. Flower
24. Branch
25. Leaf
26. Branch
27. Leaf
28. Flower
29. Branch
30. Rare - Fox Skull
31. Branch
32. Rock
33. Rock
34. Feather
35. Branch
36. Rock
37. Branch
38. Rock
39. Mushroom
40. Feather
41. Branch
42. Flower
43. Branch
44. Feather
45. Rock
46. Leaf
47. Branch
48. Mushroom
49. Flower
50. Mushroom
51. Branch
52. Flower
53. Feather
54. Rock
55. Mushroom
56. Branch
57. Leaf
58. Flower
59. Branch
60. Leaf
61. Mushroom
62. Branch
63. Rare - Pink Flower
64. Branch
65. Flower
66. Mushroom
67. Branch
68. Flower
69. Branch
70. Leaf
71. Flower
72. Leaf
73. Rock (collected)
74. Feather
75. Flower
76. Rock
77. Rock
78. Branch
79. Leaf
80. Feather
81. Leaf (collected)
82. Rare - Blue Feather
83. Feather
84. Branch
85. Rock (collected)
86. Leaf
87. Rock
88. Leaf
89. Leaf
90. Branch
91. Branch
92. Leaf
93. Flower
94. Leaf
95. Branch
96. Mushroom
97. Rock
98. Rock
99. Branch
100. Flower
101. Flower
102. Flower
103. Branch
104. Branch
105. Mushroom
106. Mushroom
107. Mushroom
108. Leaf
109. Branch
110. Branch
111. Mushroom
112. Branch
113. Flower
114. Flower
115. Leaf (collected)
116. Mushroom
117. Flower
118. Branch
119. Branch
120. Leaf
121. Leaf
122. Branch
123. Rock
124. Branch
125. Mushroom
126. Mushroom
127. Branch
128. Leaf
129. Mushroom
130. Branch
131. Leaf (collected)
132. Branch
133. Rock
134. Branch
135. Mushroom
136. Mushroom
137. Branch
138. Mushroom
139. Mushroom
140. Branch
141. Leaf
142. Leaf
143. Rock
144. Leaf
145. Mushroom
146. Feather
147. Branch
148. Leaf
149. Leaf
150. Leaf
151. Rock
152. Leaf
153. Rock
154. Mushroom
155. Flower
156. Branch
157. Leaf
158. Flower
159. Flower
160. Leaf
161. Mushroom
162. Flower
163. Flower (collected)
164. Leaf
165. Leaf
Special thanks to Lynxfang for the following:
166. Leaf
167. Flower
168. Leaf
169. Leaf
170. Leaf

1. Leaf
2. Feather
3. Flower
4. Branch
5. Rock
6. Feather
7. Rock
8. Branch
9. Leaf
10. Branch
11. Leaf
12. Flower
13. Rock
14. Feather
15. Branch
16. Leaf
17. Leaf
18. Branch
19. Rock
20. Leaf
21. Leaf
22. Feather
23. Branch
24. Flower (collected)
25. Leaf
26. Rare - Pink Feather
27. Branch
28. Leaf
29. Branch
30. Flower
31. Leaf
32. Mushroom
33. Leaf
34. Rock
35. Branch
36. Mushroom
37. Rock
38. Leaf
39. Branch
40. Feather
41. Branch
42. Flower
43. Leaf
44. Leaf
45. Rock
46. Branch
47. Rock
48. Leaf
49. Rock
50. Leaf
51. Branch
52. Rock
53. Branch
54. Flower
55. Leaf
56. Mushroom
57. Leaf
58. Branch
59. Mushroom (collected)
60. Branch
61. Mushroom
62. Leaf
63. Flower
64. Leaf
65. Feather
66. Leaf
67. Leaf
68. Branch
69. Feather
70. Rock
71. Branch
72. Branch
73. Rock
74. Leaf
75. Branch
76. Leaf
77. Branch
78. Feather
79. Flower
80. Leaf
81. Branch
82. Rock
83. Leaf
84. Branch
85. Mushroom
86. Rock
87. Mushroom
88. Leaf
89. Leaf
90. Branch
91. Mushroom
92. Flower
93. Branch
94. Feather
95. Branch
96. Mushroom
97. Flower
98. Mushroom (collected)
99. Leaf
100. Leaf
101. Mushroom
102. Branch
103. Branch
104. Mushroom
105. Branch
106. Branch
107. Flower
108. Rock
109. Feather
110. Branch
111. Rare - Rose
112. Leaf
113. Leaf
114. Leaf
115. Leaf
116. Branch
117. Flower
118. Feather
119. Branch
120. Leaf
121. Branch
122. Mushroom
123. Mushroom
124. Branch
125. Leaf
126. Mushroom
127. Leaf
128. Rock
129. Branch
130. Branch
131. Flower
132. Leaf
133. Branch
134. Flower
135. Branch
136. Mushroom
137. Rock
138. Rock
139. Leaf
140. Leaf
141. Leaf
142. Leaf
143. Flower
144. Rock
Thanks to Lynxfang for the following:
145. Flower
146. Leaf
147. Leaf
148. Leaf
149. Leaf
150. Leaf
151. Leaf
152. Leaf ???

1. Feather
2. Rock
3. Flower
4. Rare - Siberian Tiger Skull
5. Branch
6. Feather
7. Branch
8. Branch
9. Branch (collected)
10. Flower
11. Flower
12. Feather
13. Rock
14. Feather
15. Branch
16. Rock
17. Feather
18. Branch (collected)
19. Leaf
20. Branch
21. Flower
22. Branch
23. Rock
24. Feather
25. Feather
26. Branch
27. Feather
28. Branch
29. Rock
30. Branch
31. Rock
32. Branch
33. Branch
34. Branch
35. Branch (collected)
36. Branch
37. Leaf
38. Rare - Mammoth Tusk
39. Branch
40. Rock
41. Branch
42. Feather
43. Rock
44. Branch
45. Flower
46. Feather
47. Rock
48. Rock
49. Feather (collected)
50. Feather
51. Rock
52. Rock
53. Flower
54. Rock
55. Rock
56. Branch
57. Feather
58. Leaf
59. Rock
60. Feather
61. Branch
62. Branch
63. Branch
64. Branch
65. Feather
66. Rock
67. Feather
Thanks to ZeroLagomorph for:
68. Flower
Thanks to Lynxfang for:
69. Leaf
70. ???
71. ???

Jynn and ZeroLagomorph collaborated on creating an amazing collectables guide.

http://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=779848274
Check it out! Be sure to rate and favorite their guide!

Updated 2022
The Lake Leaf #152 - kilkutin and Foxthorn shared a map and screenshot for The Lake Leaf 152 in the comments below.

Fatal explored the code and found the 2 missing collectables. They are invisible and/or located out of bounds. Fatal provided a walk-through and video guide in the comments for obtaining these the final collectables without altering the game code.


Outdated Solution
Despite more than 200 hours between myself, Lynxfang, Jynn, and ZeroLagomorph, along with reaching out the the Shelter 2 community for support, there were three collectables that were never found.

The culprits are one Rock and one Feather from The Tundra and one Leaf from The Mountains.

Having requested help from the devs and receiving only silence, I decide to try alternative methods for the collectables that never existed, eventually finding one that worked.

The following method requires small alterations to the game code. If that does not sit well with your conscious, then please realize that I am offering this as one solution and you are in no way compelled to follow.

This method is highly untested and I can not gaurantee you will have the expected results, but it worked for the 3 collectables mentioned above.

To the Devs, if you would like to assist us by verifying that the 3 collectables are actually available in the game or else by patching the game to eliminate this bug, then it would be my pleasure to redract this solution. Until then, I fight for the user.

The Basic Idea

• After you pick-up a collectable, it dissapears.
  
• But you can reset the collectables on the map without reseting your collectable totals.
  
• Therefore, you can re-pick-up a collectable and it will add to your total collectables.

The Details

• First, open the regedit.exe
  
• Find: HK_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Might_and_Delight/Shelter_2
  
• Find the line: collectablesTundra_h3614063386
  
• False = not collected; True = collected
  
• Modify all of the True back to False
  
• Load your save file
  
• You'll notice that the map total collectables are reset to 0, but the game totals are unchanged
  
• Collectables that you picked up before will now be back in their same places
  
• Re-collect a few collectables of the same type you are missing (Rock, Feather)
  
• Alt-Tab or Quit the game and your achievements should pop
  
• Repeat for the Mountains

Seeing as I have (almost literally) searched every square inch of the Shelter 2 world, I thought I would share some of my findings that are neither shown on the maps nor associated with the collectables.

• It's possible to walk under the waterfall in The Den and eventually fall off of the map.
  
• There is a ring of animal bones in the swamp area of The Den. (similar to the mapped ring of bones in The Tundra)
  
• There is another random termite nest in the forest of The Den, similar to those at Den 169 and Lake 60.
  
• There are numerous places that one can circumvent the bramble fences in The Lake. The most interesting is a bramble fence near Lake 46. Walking through this fence will allow you to roam free outside of the map and eventually leap off the side of the world. You'll have to reload a save later.
  
• Near the three owl grove in The Lake is a climbable ledge. (similar to the plateaus in The Tundra) So far I haven't found a single use for it.
  
• Catnip flowers bloom in purple feilds in The Tundra. They will cause you to hallucinate colors and experience vertigo if you use your predatory smell near them.