Description[]
"These tablets appear to be written in a text similar to cuneiform."[1]
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[]
- ↑ Steam Emoticon description of clay tablets.