Hell is Us Exploration Items Guide

Our Hell is Us Exploration Items Guide tells you where to find these items and how you can use them to solve Good Deeds, Mysteries, and more.

Showing the Keys - Car on the Hell is Us Exploration Items Menu in the Village of Jova — Exploration Items can be used to open up locked objects such as the trunk of a car.

How Exploration Items Work

Hell is Us Exploration Items are keys, clues, and other objects that are used to solve puzzles, complete Good Deeds, solve Mysteries, or otherwise advance your progress. They are just like Investigation Items, except they are not quite as important to the main story.

Some (though not all) Exploration Items will be removed from your inventory once used. The Amine Prisms used to collapse Timeloops, for example, are one-time use items, and you'll need to find more in order to close all of the Timeloops in the game.

Below, you'll find a list of every Exploration Item we've found, where to find it, and what it's used for.

Hell is Us Exploration Items List

Exploration Item	Location	Specific Directions	Used For
Bloodied Plushie	Acasa Marshes	Underneath the hanging tree in the marshes	Used for the "Love Thy Neighbor" Good Deed.
Bottle of Mead - Full	Lake Cynon	In front of the lakeside house after you rescue Abbot Jaffer.	Used to gain access to Vaas' Office for "The Captain's Office" Mystery.
Bottle of Mead - Nearly Empty	Acasa Marshes	Inside the house with the graffiti "Sabiians sogs We will kill you!" outside of it	Can be used to attempt to gain access to Vaas' Office for "The Captain's Office" Mystery, but it will fail.
Cigarette Case	Auriga Museum	Corpse in Cell 4 in the red and black marble hall on level B1 through the Training Room's Cell 8.	Give to Elzina Tibor in Marastan in Korio's house after the women are rescued from the barn
Classroom Picture	Acasa Marshes	Give the Bloodied Plushie to the Forlorn Man in the house on the western side of the Village of Jova with a green pickup truck and a save point in the yard	Used for the "Love Thy Neighbor" Good Deed.
Diary - Crazy Week	Talju	On a corpse on the train platform east of the church and up the stairs	Used to solve the "Supply Chain" Mystery.
Dog Collar	Acasa Marshes	Retrieved by freeing the dog	Used for the "Man's Best Friend" Good Deed.
Ethnic ID Cad - Lukhan	Talju	In a backpack on the ground in the Playground
Gas Canister	Marastan	Found southeast of Father Bramante, who is in the fenced-off area west of the blue house on the low ground.
Gold Watch	Senedra Forest	Found in the trenches just past the exit of the temple after the APC	Used for the "Golden Watch" Good Deed.
Golden Clover	Acasa Marshes	Pathem Abbey after clearing Timeloop	Triggers The Protector mystery, most likely used to open the cemetery in Jova.
ID Cards - Blank	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In Office 112 on the third floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy, reached by dropping down the broken hallway on the fourth floor	Used to solve the "A Way Out" Good Deed in the basement of Lethe - National Library.
Key - Rusted (Senedra Forest)	Senedra Forest	On the road to the APC, keep moving until you reach a pile of barrels with a white X on a blue barrel. Turn southwest and head uphill toward a picket fence and look for a red boulder.	Opens the lockbox by the blue boulder.
Key - Antenna	Marastan	Found south of the boarded-up barn with large red doors and graffiti, which is on the left side of the road south of the APC's start point.	Allows you to shut down the propaganda antenna for the "Insult to Injury" Good Deed.
Key - APC	Senedra Forest	Found on a dead body past the lever door in the temple under the APC	Opens up the APC, allowing you to travel to other Locations.
Key - Archeology Camp	Jeljin	Found in the underground area next to the Timeloop	Opens up the area below the Archeology Camp in Jeljin.
Key - Auriga Locker	Auriga Museum	B3 blue room	Triggers Whistleblowers mystery
Key - Barrel	Plains of Mist	Next to the eye symbol in a diamond, southwest of the first puzzle door
Key - Brass	Senedra Forest	Found on a skeleton in the pit below the broken stairs in Arcas Spire.
Key - Jova Office	Acasa Marshes	Give the full bottle of mead to the drunk soldier behind Vitalis' house	Gives you access to Captain Vaas' office for "The Captain's Office" Mystery.
Key - Mossy	Plains of Mist	In the higher ruins northwest of the APC.
Key - Rusted (Arcas Spire)	Senedra Forest	Found behind a locked gate inside of Arcas Spire. Follow the underground tunnels until you find a ladder going back up.
Key - Rusted (Vyssa Hills)	Vyssa Hills	Found in the mines. Head into the mine, take the first left, and then take the next left at the stone marked "Baccata was here," which is before the minecart track ends. You'll find the key on a skeleton holding a mining pick.
Key - Rustic	Lake Cynon	The house's garage after Abbot Jaffer and Rebecca make it there	Rose-shaped head - use to open chest in the alcove across the lower Abbey entrance. Triggers "Safekeeping" Mystery, along with the letter from Brother Milos
Key - Talju House	Talju	In a backpack on the ground in the Playground
Key's Samo's Spare	Marastan	Found in Samo's General Store on the high ground in Marastan.
Keycard - MInistry	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	On a corpse in the parking garage where you enter, one level lower from where you entered	Opens up the door in the office where Eynon Baughan is standing on the fourth floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy.
Keys - Algae	Lake Cynon	Found at the bottom of the Lake Cynon reservoir once it's been drained.
Keys - Car	Acasa Marshes	On the front porch of Vitalis' House in the VIllage of Jova	Used to open the jar half-buried in the water, directly north of the hanging tree in the marshes
Keys - Car (Wolf's Head)	Lethe - National Library	In the locked staff room on the second floor; opened with door code 5055 as detailed in the computer in the Embry Room.
Keys - Ministry Car	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the desk of the Secretary's Office on the fourth floor	Opens up the blue hatchback car in the lower parking garage level marked P2 in the Ministry of Cultural Primacy
Letter - Daughter's Hope	Jeljin	Found in the locker in the Archeology Camp, which is opened with the key found underground next to the Timeloop.
Letter - Safe Delivery	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In a white pickup truck with an aftermarket cargo box on the back north of the ON soldiers in the parking garage where you first arrive in the APC.
Letter - Safekeeping	Lake Cynon	In the shed of the house by the lake after you rescue Abbot Jaffer.
Letter - Worried Wife	Acasa Marshes	On the back porch of the building with the white ON truck parked out front in the Village of Jova
Lymbic Rod - Ecstasty, V	Plains of MIst	In the Temple of the Fallen, down the path with the tablet "This door you must cross" in the Temple of the Fallen.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Temple of the Fallen
Lymbic Rod - Ecstasy, W	Plains of MIst	In the Temple of the Fallen, down the left-hand path after the doorway with the inscription, "This door is sealed for all eternity..."	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Temple of the Fallen
Lymbic Rod - Ecstasy, X	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the blue hatchback car in the lower parking garage level marked P2 in the Ministry of Cultural Primacy	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge Dormitory
Lymbic Rod - Ecstasy, Y	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the desk outside Office 108 on the third floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy, reached by dropping down the broken hallway on the fourth floor	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge Dormitory
Lymbic Rod - Ecstasy, Z	Vyssa Hills	In the hills after opening the door with the Token of the Moon.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Vyssa Hills, Fort
Lymbic Rod - Grief, V	Vyssa Hills	After you have the Mine Key, past a locked door near a glowing mineshaft.	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Senedra, Hilltop
Lymbic Rod - Grief, W	Acasa Marshes	Located in the keypad-locked room within Vitalis' basement in the Village of Jova	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Acasa, Vitalis' Basement
Lymbic Rod - Grief, X	Auriga Museum	Complete all protocols in the B4 Timeloop Weaponization room. Then head to the Stock Room on the other side of the room.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Lymbic Forge, Waterfall
Lymbic Rod - Grief, Y	Acasa Marshes	Behind the red tool chest in the blacksmith's shop, accessible only after you've rescued Victor Gaz	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Acasa, Vitalis' Basement
Lymbic Rod - Grief, Z	Vyssa Hills	Found in a chest by the stone coffin underneath the Watcher's Nest	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Senedra, Hilltop
Lymbic Rod - Neutral, V	Lake Cynon	Found in the library wing next to the wine cellar.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Lymbic Forge, Dormitory
Lymbic Rod - Neutral, W	Acasa Marshes	In the OMSIF Observation Outpost 08 northeast of the Village of Jova, accessed with the code 151991 after you complete Auriga Museum.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Lake Cynon, Reservoir
Lymbic Rod - Neutral, X	Acasa Marshes	In the small ruins north of the hanging tree in the marshes	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Acasa, Western Monument
Lymbic Rod - Neutral, Y	Lake Cynon	Found in on a bookcase in the room behind the Lymbic Forge's chapel pulpit and to the west, in the area below the Lymbic Forge's hammer door after you've pumped out additional water	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Lake Cynon, Reservoir
Lymbic Rod - Neutral, Z	Acasa Marshes	Head to Pathem Abbey's entrance where a tank is parked. Head to the right and loop around behind the abbey. This is found by the side of the road behind the Pathem Abbey next to a dead body	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Acasa, Western Monument
Lymbic Rod - Rage, V	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In a white pickup truck with an aftermarket cargo box on the back north of the ON soldiers in the parking garage where you first arrive in the APC.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Jeljin, Archaeology Camp
Lymbic Rod - Rage, W	Lake Cynon	Found in on a bookcase in the room behind the Lymbic Forge's chapel pulpit, in the area below the Lymbic Forge's hammer door after you've pumped out additional water	Used to open the Lymbic Chest- Lymbic Forge, Hall
Lymbic Rod - Rage, X	Jeljin	Found at the end of the underground tunnels near the Timeloop.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Jeljin, Archaeology Camp
Lymbic Rod - Rage, Y	Talju	Found in Capsian's house in Talju.	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Senedra, Underground
Lymbic Rod - Rage, Z	Marastan	In a backpack in the tunnel leading to the Blood Queen statue; follow the path under the sign "Please Watch Your Step As You Are Entering" and make the first left turn in the large open room after the sign.	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Senedra, Underground
Lymbic Rod - Terror, V	Marastan	Down the southern path of the tombs under the Marastan graveyard. Go down the southern tunnel, turn left, and head straight.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest- Marastan, Ruins
Lymbic Rod - Terror, W	Lake Cynon	Found in the area below the Lymbic Forge's hammer door after you've pumped out additional water	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge
Lymbic Rod - Terror, X	Lake Cynon	Found in the Chapel of the Lymbic Forge, in the area below the Lymbic Forge's hammer door after you've pumped out additional water	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge
Lymbric Rod - Terror, Y	Lake Cynon	In the first room of the Lymbic forge with all the statues you can scan, head down the stiars on either side. Go through the passed underneath the main stair and look to the side to find a chest with a yellow loot indicator.	Used to open the Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge
Lymbic Rod - Terror, Z	Acasa Marshes	Found next to the Timeloop in Pathem Abbey.	Used to open the Lymbic Chest - Acasa, Eastern Ruins
Map - Senedra Mountains	Talju	On a dead body on the second floor of Vanderlyn Trust	Used to solve the Forlorn Fate Good Deed.
Marton Ralst's Wallet	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the room next to the Exposition Room on the third floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy, reached by dropping down the broken hallway on the fourth floor	Hints at how to access Marton Ralst's computer.
Necklace	Acasa Marshes	In the trunk of the car directly north of the hanging tree in the marshes, which is opened with the key on the porch of Vitalis' house opposite the blacksmith shop	Give it to Victor Gaz.
Newspaper - Sports Result	Marastan	Found in the Hanging Coffins Touristic Site to the North; make a right at the first lantern and another right toward the first group of ruins.	Used to solve the Locked Down Mystery.
Note - Blackmailed	Lethe - National Library	Found in the locked staff room on the second floor; opened with door code 5055 as detailed in the computer in the Embry Room.	Used to solve the Blackmailed Mystery.
Note - Caddell Treasure Hint (#1)	Senedra Forest	To the left of the APC on top of a stone	Gives clues to the APC gate key
Note - Caddell Treasure Hint (#2)	Senedra Forest	Up the northwestern path past the APC. Follow the path until you reach a fork in the road marked by a pile of tires; this note is to the left of the tires.	Gives clues to the APC gate key
Note - Conspiracy	Lake Cynon	Found on a picnic table in the picnic area at the start of Lake Cynon.	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Clue (A-3)	Marastan	On a table in the outdoor market on the highest tier of the town.	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Clue (E-9)	Talju	Found in a bus stop around the corner of the Pharmacy to the northeast	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Clue (K-5)	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	Behind the Reception desk on the third floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy, reached by dropping down the broken hallway on the fourth floor	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Clue (L-6)	Lethe - National Library	Found in the shipping bay area	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Clue (N-1)	Acasa Marshes	Found in the back of Acasa Auto Repair	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Clue (Y-7)	Jeljin	Found on a bench on the left side of the church, just past the entrance.	Used for the "Conspiracy" Mystery.
Note - Cryptic Maxim	Vyssa Hills	After you have the Mine Key, past a locked door near a glowing mineshaft.
Note - Exodus	Plains of MIst	Next to the eye symbol in a diamond, southwest of the first puzzle door
Note - Favors Owed	Lethe - National Library	Found on a desk in the locked Book Restoration Office in the basement, accessed with the passcode 537734 as detailed in the Note - Keycard Reminder.
Note - Lost Keys	Lake Cynon	Interact with the Bulletin Board in front of the picnic area at the start of Lake Cynon.
Note - Rho-021	Auriga Museum	Complete all protocols in the B4 Timeloop Weaponization room. Then head to the Stock Room on the other side of the room.
Note - Training Ground	Acasa Marshes	Found in Vitalis' blacksmith shop after you rescue Victor Gaz.
Notebook - Symbol Research	Acasa Marshes	On a corpse on a wooden path to the Northeast of the Village of Jova
Official Hadean Stamp	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the locked safe Office 109 on the third floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy, reached by dropping down the broken hallway on the fourth floor. The safe code is 2703 as detailed on the Exploration Item "Note - Favors Owed"	Used to solve the "A Way Out" Good Deed in the basement of Lethe - National Library.
OMSIF Deployment Order - Acasa Marshes	Acasa Marshes	Just past the OMSIF Observation Outpost 08 northeast of the Village of Jova, accessed with the code 151991 after you complete Auriga Museum.
OMSIF Deployment Order - National Library	Lethe - National Library	Found on a corpse to the right of the front entrance, right at the start of the zone
OMSIF Report - Ram's Head	Senedra Forest	Found past the trenches after the temple, on a dead body near the southern path
Photograph - Girl	Vyssa Hills	Found in a lockbox by the destroyed ON trucks in the tunnels. It won't spawn until Victor Gaz and Lieutenant Zao Ru have been rescued, Lieutenant Zao Ru has recovered from her injuries, and you speak to Lieutenant Zao Ru after she's recovered.	Used for the "Where the Heart Is" Good Deed.
Pill Bottle - Atenolol	Vyssa Hills	Found northeast of the Timeloop in a small crevice
Pill Bottle - Metformin	Talju	In the bedroom inside the Pharmacy.
Ram Head Medallion - Viridian	Senedra Forest	Found a short distance past the door locked by two circular locks on either side near a couple of enemies.	Used for the "Secrets of the Ram" Mystery.
Ram's Head Medallion - Crimson	Senedra Forest	Found past the trenches after the temple, on a dead body near the southern path	Used for the "Secrets of the Ram" Mystery.
Recording - Aster Doorway 1	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	On a bookshelf in Marton Ralst's office through the Accounting Office on the fourth floor	Gives you clues how to open the Aster Doorway for the "Family First" Mystery.
Recording - Aster Doorway 2	Jeljin	In the large tent south of the church	Gives you clues how to open the Aster Doorway for the "Family First" Mystery.
Recording - Aster Doorway 3	Jeljin	Found in the Timeloop - Jeljin Cemetary	Gives you clues how to open the Aster Doorway for the "Family First" Mystery.
Report - Confiscation	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the blue hatchback car in the lower parking garage level marked P2 in the Ministry of Cultural Primacy
Ring - Hand-Made	Auriga Museum	Exit the B1 training room through Cell 8 which is on the righthand side when facing the large training room door. Item is on the corpse in the room across the hall in Cell 002.	Triggers "Mementos" Good Deed.
Samo's Keys	Marastan	Behind the counter in the main part of Samo's Store.
Satellite Radio	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the hallway outside of the keycard-locked office on the fourth floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy.	For the "Waylaid" Good Deed.
Scroll - Failsafe	Lake Cynon	Through the keystone door towards Mount Obek. Found in the Eye of God room.	Lists all the icon names for the Lymbic Spheres
Sheet Music - Losilus Dreaming	Vyssa Hills	East of the Weeping Knight statue, in a suitcase on a trunk next to a dead body	Used for the "Performance of a Lifetime" Good Deed.
Sheet Music - Our Pride	Acasa Marshes	On a piano to the south of the Jova Java coffee shop on the outdoor patio	Used for the "Performance of a Lifetime" Good Deed.
Shoes - Red	Jeljin	Found in the locker in the Archeology Camp, which is opened with the key found underground next to the Timeloop.	Used for the "Never Worn" Good Deed.
Signal Flare	Talju	4 found west of the Town Hall's front door	Used for the "A Light in the Dark" Good Deeds.
Symbol - Flame	Talju	On a dead body on the second floor of Vanderlyn Trust	Used to open up the sealed door in the Senedra Forest trenches for the
Symbol - Iron Crown	Auriga Museum	Complete all protocols in the B4 Timeloop Weaponization room. Then head to the Stock Room on the other side of the room.	Triggers the Great Responsibility mystery. Use in the Auriga Museum entrance lobby to open a library, which contains Polearm of Rage lvl 10 grade 3, a Ceremonial key (research item), a Tuning Stone - Steady, and a scannable plaque
Woman's Clothing	Lethe - Ministry of Cultural Primacy	In the keycard-locked office on the fourth floor of the Ministry of Cultural Primacy.	For the Incognito Good Deed
Zoom Lens	Talju	In the front window of the burning Photo Shop	Used for "The Hermit" Mystery

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