Notes

## Description

*"These tablets appear to be written in a text similar to cuneiform."*

In Axiom Verge, Notes are collectibles that contain additional information regarding the lore and background of the game. These notes are written by various characters in the game's lore — some appearing in the game and some not.

## Axiom Verge

Notes can be divided into 4 groups as outlined in this image on the right.

### Digital Papers

These 10 notes are purple and written in English by Athetos (or one of his clones).

* Journal Page (Xedur) (note #15)
* Transcription (note #16)
* Journal Page (Uruku) (note #17)
* Axiom 1 (note #18)
* Sudran Translation (note #19)
* Letter (note #21)
* The Breach (note #22)
* Journal Page (Breach Pockets) (note #25)
* Trace (note #26)
* Vykhya Translation (note #27)

### Rusalka Tablets

These 9 notes are green and usually written in Vykhyan by the Rusalki.

(Exceptions: #5 and #7 are in Sudran and #20 is in English.)

* Oracca (note #5)
* The Storm (note #7)
* My Lovely (note #8)
* Athetos (note #9)
* Plan B (note #14)
* English (note #20)
* The Outsider (note #23)
* Reply: The Outsider (note #24)
* Drones (note #28)

### Clay Tablets

These 8 notes are light-tan and are written in Sudran by the Sudrans.

* Anonymous Quote (note #1)
* The Land of Civilized Kings (note #3)
* The Kuliltu (note #4)
* Proverb (note #6)
* Security Notice (note #10)
* Official Letter (note #11)
* From the High Priestess (note #12)
* Public Notice (note #13)

### Faded Note

This note is brown and written in English by Trace.

* Faded Note (note #2)

## Axiom Verge 2

Like the first game, there are four types of notes (although not the same types).

### Newspapers

These two notes come from Earth, before 2049.

* Company Lays Off Thousands, Turn Profit (note #12)
* Hammond Corp Posts Record Losses (note #13)

### Digital Notes

These four notes also come from Earth, but after 2049.

* Re: Does Technology Weaken Us? (note #10)
* Indra Chaudhari Takes Leave to Deal with Family Tragedy (note #21)
* Dr. Gloria at it Again (note #22)
* Antarctic Research Team Missing (note #27)

### White Paper Notes

These 11 notes were written by earthlings.

* Weekly Meeting Notes 2/27/2053 (note #1)
* Dear Earnest (note #2)
* Under Siege (note #5)
* Kazakh Assault (note #8)
* Submarine Progress (note #11)
* Terminal Breakthrough 1 (note #23)
* Terminal Breakthrough 2 (note #24)
* Journal Entry 10/29/2049 (note #25)
* Sagiga on the Worldstream (note #26)
* Goodbye (note #28)
* Letter from Trace (note #35)

### Clay Tablets

These 20(+1) notes were written by the inhabitants of Kiengir.

* Urgent Message for the Royal Builder (note #3)
* Building of the School (note #4)
* Heretic's Tablet (note #6)
* Forbidden Knowledge (note #7)
* Journal Entry - Suspension Bridge (note #9)
* Journal Entry - Dangerous Ideas (note #14)
* Commemorative Speech (note #15)
* Heretic's Granddaughter (note #16)
* Storm Bomb (note #17)
* Plague of Thoughts (note #18)
* Lament for Fools (note #19)
* The Eternal Arm (note #20)
* Destruction Pogrom (note #29)
* Freedom from A'ansur (note #30)
* Beware the Patternmind (note #31)
* The Student (note #32)
* Becoming an Arm (note #33)
* Bounty List (note #34)
* The Ideal Kiengir (note #36)
* A'ansur (note #37)
* Leaving for Ziusudra (note #38) **(Unused)**

## References

1. ↑ Steam Emoticon description of clay tablets.