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All ad Locations
By Chamelion
Need help finding the Ads in the game? This guide will tell you where to find them!
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Category: Secrets
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Guide Index
Overview
Introduction 
Brok's Apartment 
Brok's Hall 
Outside Apartment 
Drumer Street 
Back Alley 
Pharmacy 
Sewers (Entrance) 
Sewers (Inside) 
Sewers (Engine) 
Sewers (Below) 
Sector 56X 
Sin's Hall 
Sin's Apartment 
Garage (Outside) 
Garage (Inside) 
Virtual Arena 
Police (Entrance) 
Police (Jail) 
Police (Office) 
Police (Interrogation) 
School 
Border Post 
Hacker (Street) 
Hacker (Outside) 
Hacker (Inside) 
Front Lab 
Lab (Hall) 
Lab (Hush's) 
Lab (Mink's) 
Lab (Restroom) 
Trasher Hunter 
Museum 
Factory 
Bunker (Graff) 
Bunker (Main) 
Bunker (Front) 
Map 
Conclusion 
Comments
Introduction
Hello, and welcome to my Ad-hunting guide. In it, I will show the locations of all the ads hiding in each area. There are 111 total, with three in each area, and I will do my best to inform you of their locations throughout the guide.

You can easily get these Ads on your first visit in each location, unless mentioned otherwise, so there's no problem in missing out on them.

I will mention either Brok or Graff in my guide; this is because I'm basing it off of who gets to the location first. If the other person is able to go to that location for some reason, it may also apply to the other, unless stated otherwise.

Also, Graff is unable to get any Ads located within the Dome, so any locations in the Dome area specific to Brok only.
Brok's Apartment
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • Open the Fridge. The ad is on the bottom shelf of the practically empty appliance. Only Brok can get this Ad.


  • Underneath the sink in the back right of the room is a pile of clothes. The ad is hiding under the dark bag within those clothes.


  • If you look carefully at the bed, you'll find one peeking out of the blankets along the floor.
Brok's Hall
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • Open the mailbox and inspect it twice. The first time you get an item as a sidequest. The second time, you will find an Ad that was hidden. This is only accessible by Brok and becomes inaccessible from Chapter 4 onwards.


  • Inspect the Job Board. Hiding behind the top-right Ad for the Trasher Hunt, another Ad is tucked away. Make sure you hover the cursor over the Ad so that it shows Brok's hand instead of the standard pointer to pick this one up. Only Brok can get this Ad. This Ad is missible if you destroy the Job Board!


  • This can only be found when in Fighting mode. Jump repeatedly on the distressed tile between Brok's Apartment door and the Job Board. After a couple jumps, Brok comments on the cracked tile, and will find the Ad hiding underneath it.
Outside Apartment

  • On the roof of the apartment, there is a hole in the floorboards near the Trasher Hunt building. The ad is visible in the hole


  • Next to the Tramp is the remains of what is supposed to be a car. The ad is laying on the tire.


  • The flier for Graff's favorite band has an Ad on one of the tearaway strips of paper dangling underneath it.
Drumer Street
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • Basically, you can purchase this Ad from the vending machine sitting on the side of the left building. However, ONLY the vending machine sitting on the side has it; the one facing forward does not.


  • In front of the Pharmacy camera is a sensor, of sorts, that pops up a hologram when you get close to it. On that hologram, is an Ad that cleverly disguises itself as part of the sign itself. It's easy to overlook if you don't' pay attention.


  • Use a thin narrow item, such as the Apartment Key, to grab the Ad between the Trash chute vent on the far right of the street.
Back Alley
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.
You will need to clear out the alley of the boxes before you can access any of the Ads.


  • Switch to Fighting mode, equip a weapon, and throw it into the target. The Ad will pop out upon hitting the target.


  • Found on the elbow of the giant pipe in the right side of the alley.


  • Switch to Fighting mode to climb on the red triangle structures in the back, to reach the Ad attached to the grid-like fence.
Pharmacy
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4 and initially locked in Chapter 5 until you enter your identification number on the keypad. The identification number is given to you in a message during Chapter 1.
PREPARATION - To get one of the ads, make sure you have a remote control available. To get the remote control:
  1. Visit Sin's apartment, press the button to drop the bed, and examine the device that was hidden in the support frame.
  2. Talk to Shay, and show her the broken device. She will fix it and tell you its purpose.

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  • Interact with all the blue buttons on the products wall on the left. After interacting with the sixth one, you get the Ad as a free bonus.


  • Interact with the Medical Panel, and pay the 50 Unis to get Brok's health report. The machine will also dispense a "prescription", which ends up being an Ad.


  • Use the Remote control on the left floating Ad bubble to disable it and drop it to the floor, making the Ad reachable.
Sewers (Entrance)
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • Examine the hole next to the flyer. Despite Brok's hesitance, an Ad is found hiding inside of it.


  • On the right wall, between the pipe and the trough of chemicals, is an X mark on the wall. Switch to Fighting mode and punch the wall several times to break it open and reveal the Ad.


  • It is very difficult to see, even with the picture, but there is an ad blending very well into the wall just underneath the bridge.
Sewers (Inside)
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • After clearing out the Squealers, investigate the bin in the far corner a couple times. After some searching, Brok will eventually find the Ad hiding in the pile.


  • Very difficult to see, as it blends in the background, but this Ad is located along the ledge just a few feet away from the wires (As shown in the picture).


  • Switch to Fighting mode and jump over the acidic chemicals to reach a small island where the Ad resides. You can get this one easier if you jump from the right side, after passing the mines.
Sewers (Engine)
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • When examining the gun, flip it to the dirty side. The Ad is clearly visible on the gun, where the logo is.


  • This one is obtained through the maze mini-game. One of the objects you get when you clear out the pipes is an Ad.


  • Inspect the middle of the three pipes sticking out from the machine on the right, but be careful, as it's over a pit.
Sewers (Below)
Credit to F2P, Rowan_Lightfield, and Dogman15 for the locations and names of the Ads in this section.


  • In the long hallway that connects the two rooms, there is a ladder at one end. On the ground is a rock (I think?) sitting next to it, with the ad on this rock.


  • In the room on the right Where Ott can be, depending on situations, there is a pit at one end of the room. Up against the wall, on the edge of the pit, is the ad sitting on the floor. You can only get to this room if you sneak past the patrolling Squealer, and before the Squealer Chief appears.


  • In the left room, there is a table with assorted items on top of it. There is an ad hiding next to the rightmost container on that table.
Sector 56X

  • In the wooden wall past the vendor, an Ad is hiding in a hole.


  • In the broken Pipe-Pill at the entrance to the sector, you'll find the ad in the opening.


  • This Ad is hiding on the top of the arched bridge leading to Sin's apartment. It blends in well with the ground, so it's easy to miss.
Sin's Hall
This area becomes inaccessible in Chapter 4. Graff refuses to enter the building.

  • Interact with the rear left door a few times, to annoy the tenant enough to push out a catalog that contains the Ad in it.


  • Similar to Brok's hall, there is a mailbox area; most of them are damaged, save one that seems nearly intact. You can open it either by going into Fighting mode, or using the Stick to pry open the box to get the Ad.


  • On the right side of the hall is a bunch of rubble. At the spot where the wall of the hallway has turned into said rubble, there is an Ad sitting on one of the rocks.
Sin's Apartment
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4. Graff refuses to enter the building.

  • Inspect Sin's jacket hanging on the wall.The Ad is hiding in a flier in one of the pockets. This becomes unavailable after completing Chapter 1.


  • Press the button on the wall to drop the bed. Behind the newly revealed wall section is an Ad stuck in the cracks.


  • Next to Sin is a pile of glasses. Hiding in the glasses is an Ad. You may have to adjust the pointer to change it to Brok's hand to interact with it, and not the glasses. This becomes unavailable after completing Chapter 1.
Garage (Outside)

  • In front of the garage door is a shirt draped over the fence. Just to the left of that shirt, on the ground, is an Ad.


  • Jump into the water and swim your way to the overturned boat. An ad is stuck on the side of the boat.


  • Travel through the water and very far into the background. An Ad is placed at the end of the island, near the tip.
Garage (Inside)

  • There is a hole in the floor underneath the blue floating chair. The Ad is hiding inside of it, but the chair sometimes covers its location as it floats up and down.


  • Within the tubes of (questionable) food on the back counter, lies an Ad. It's difficult to see so you may need to move your cursor around before Brok's hand indicates its location.


  • Next to Shay, on the mat, you can barely see the Ad in the shadow of the Desk.
Virtual Arena
Graff is unable to enter this area, so this is a Brok-only sector.

  • On the floor just as you enter, you'll see some kind of... Metal Thing (Shay Says it's an air glider if you examine it). Underneath it, you'll see the Ad sticking out.


  • There's an ad hiding underneath the bed.


  • Go behind the glass cabin. On the very far edge of the wall you'll find the ad in the shadows.
Police (Entrance)
This area can be visited on Chapter 2, but you do not get to explore it until Chapter 3.


  • Press the button next to the window to shift the blinds. The Ad is hiding behind the blinds, on the top-right corner. You may have to hit the button a few times for the Ad to slide out enough for Brok to grab it.


  • On the monitors showing wanted suspects, on occasion the left monitor will display an Ad.


  • At the entrance to the station, the Ad is hiding just behind the lower plant.
Police (Jail)
This area becomes inaccessible after Chapter 2
PREPARATION - To get at least one of the Ads, activate Debug mode by walking to the corners of the cell in the following order: Bottom Left, Top Right, Bottom Right, Top Left. (This hint is also found when trying to do some reading on the screen)


  • Activate the button for Leisure mode (the second button from left), then examine the monitor and press the left button. Flip through the arrows (it may do a reboot; ignore it and redo the process) until you get to the fifth page to find the Ad.

CAUTION: the following Ad is a potential spoiler, so only view this either out of necessity or if you leave the room.


  • After knocking out R.J. (and gaining access to Sin's cell, depending on which method you use), inspect R.J. twice to find the Ad.



  • Activate Debug mode to control the floating platform. Move the platform to the triangular buttons on the far right wall and press all four to make it dispense an Ad.
Police (Office)
While you do go into this room in Chapter 2, it's not until Chapter 3 that you can explore around.


  • On the box sitting on the desk, there is an Ad on the flap. This can only be done after getting rid of Ott.


  • Examine the Police board behind Ott. There is an Ad on the rightmost circular object on the board.


  • Examine the computer screen on Wes' desk. The Ad is clearly visible on the top left corner of the screen. This can only be done after getting rid of Ott.
Police (Interrogation)
This area becomes inaccessible after Chapter 2


  • On the side of the right-side plant, near the bottom of the screen.


  • In the hallway, just slightly left of the doorway leading into the interrogation room. It is barely visible.


  • The camera on the left has an Ad stuck right on top of the lens. That's not a very efficient camera, if that's the case, is it?
School

  • Once you gain control of Graff and able to move around, inspect the statue on the far right. The ad is stuck on the bottom.


  • On the right side of the desk, where Stubot's invention sits, lies the Ad. You'll have to push Stubot and possibly Ott out of the way, however, to get a clear access tot he Ad without accidentially clicking on either of them.


  • It's difficult to see in this image, but once you exit the building, head to the right side of the wall, just past the door. An Ad is stuck slightly to the right of the door in the background.
Border Post
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.
PREPARATION - To get all of the Ads, you need to do a series of steps first. This is also used to gain access to a point further in the story.
  1. Speak to the robot enough times to ask him to gain access to the building in the back
  2. Once inside the building, interact with the controls to start the sorting mini-game. Intentionally block either of the lower tubes with a large box, then place a small square box next to it to create a staircase.
  3. Use the elevator to reach the upper floor, then switch to Fighting mode (or examine the boxes) and hop up the makeshift staircase to the platform - you automatically switch to Adventure mode at this point. Climb up the ladder to reach the roof.


  • On the roof, the Ad is stuck on the large pipe next to the triangle-shaped door.


  • An Ad is inside the building in the back, on the floor. It is very hard to see because it is behind some glass,but the picture provided shows that it would be to the left of the bench.


  • Use the Apartment key on the left support beam holding up an advertising board, then switch to Fighting mode and damage the board enough to knock it off the roof. Climb back down to ground level and inspect the vending machine that has been smashed by the board to retrieve the Ad.
Hacker (Street)
Although this area is visited in Chapter 4, it is for story purpose only. You do not get to explore in that chapter.
PREPARATION - In order to get one Ad, do the following:
  1. Proceed down the street until you get to a broken statue.
  2. Next to the statue is a plank. Release it by interacting with the brackets to create a platform.


  • Hop on the aforemenitoned platform to reach another platform just out of reach, where you can get some String. Then, hop on the bucket and use it to reach another platform. The ad is hiding in the bars on the platform.


  • There is a pile of garbage bags left of the padlocked door as you enter. The Ad is hiding on the left ares of the bags.


  • In the gutter to the left of the "Grand Opening" Door, the Ad is sitting on the leftmost bar.
Hacker (Outside)
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • Hop on the Pipe-Pill tube on the far left. The Ad is sitting on top of the triangular button.


  • In the alcove in the back, on the left wall, there is an Ad hiding next to the rear column.


  • There is apparently a pile of trash in the foreground in front of R.J.. The Ad is located on the right side of that trash.
Hacker (Inside)
This area becomes inaccessible on Chapter 4.

  • Break the (extremely durable) planks in the background, to the right of the shelf. Brok will find an Ad hiding behind them.


  • On the shelf full of stuff in the background, there is an Ad stuck on the blue object on the right.


  • Examine the pizza box. In the right corner, just in the shadow, you can see an Ad.
Front Lab
This area is only accessible in Chapter 4.

  • Behind the bike, on the wall. The bike itself tends to hover and block the Ad's visbility.


  • In the middle alcove of the building. You have to run to reach it, however, as the stairs will push you back.


  • On the edge of the road, near the left. This one is tricky to get as you have to reach it without getting flattened by the cars. Fortunately you're invincible if you interact with the Ad.
Lab (Hall)
This area is only accessible in Chapter 4.
PREPARATION - One Ad cannot be immediately obtained on your first visit to the room. You have to gain access to the restroom first.
  1. While in the restroom, open the first-aid box, then punch it.
  2. Return to the hall and examine the delivery box to retrieve an energy drink.
  3. Return back to the restroom and Open/Punch the first-aid box again.


    • Examine the box again after doing the Preparations above to find the Ad.


    • Jump on the desk, then on the shelf on the wall. The Ad is on the light above the shelf.


    • Directly in the center of the room.
Lab (Hush's)
This area is only accessible in Chapter 4.

  • In the power sockets next to the robot, there is an Ad stuck on the middle socket.


  • Unfortunately Ott's head got in the way of this image, but the Ad is in the second-rightmost bin of the display of materials.


  • The triangular painting on the wall will eventually shift its images to display the Ad. You lose the ability to get this ad if you examine the Painting during the second round of investigating for clues and Brok takes the painting off the wall.
Lab (Mink's)
This area is only accessible in Chapter 4.

  • Examine the sink twice. On the second interaction, select "Drain". The Ad will be stuck in the drain once it's empty.


  • In the set of outlets on the floor to the left, there is an Ad barely visible in the leftmost one. You can find it easier by highlighting the pointer over the box until it becomes Brok's hand.


  • On the blue window in the bakground, there is an Ad barely visible. It is to the right of the column of light.
Lab (Restroom)
This area is only accessible in Chapter 4.


  • Open the small corner drawer on the sink. Examine the right side of boxes to find an Ad.


  • Ott got in the way (again) on this image, but the Ad is hiding in the Duct-like segment of the Shower.


  • Open the right door of the refrigerator, and interact with the wardrobe to dump all the contents onto the floor. The Ad will be hidden on the top shelf, between some socks. This is only accessible if you do not arrest Dr. Mink immediately after hearing Ott's theory, and you decide to investigate the rooms further.
Trasher Hunter
This area is inaccessible in chapter 4.

  • One Ad can be found as a treasure in the Treasure Hunter mini-game. However, this is a random chance, so it is not guaranteed to be found on the first attempt.


  • Inspect the Control panel of the Treasure hunter. hiding in the shadows in the top-left corner is an Ad.

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  • This can only be found in Fighting mode. Punch the Hat stand Excuse me. The Statue a couple times to spit the Ad out.
Museum
This area is only accessible by Graff in Chapter 5.
PREPARATION - To get one of the Ads, either destroy the laser array on the wall, or switch to Fighting mode and throw a heavy object at the triangular button on the wall.


  • In the -200,000 B.R. Display, there is an Ad on the right side of the middle shelf.


  • Jump on the round table in the Museum, then jump onto the left brick pillar. Jump from there to the right pillar, where the Ad is sitting on top.


  • After deactivating the lasers, the Ad is sitting on the table behind the lasers.
Factory
This area becomes inaccessible during Chapter 5 if you retrieve Dr. Gherkin a second time.


  • Behind the news hologram, on the ground. Because of the hologram itself, it blends very well into the ground, but look on the right side of the hologram, around the darker blue area.


  • Inside the Sentry box, hidden in the window. It's even hard to see it in this screenshot but just under the word "Sent(ry)", you can see the Ad.


  • On the edge of the area, to the right of the Sentry box. you need to jump over the elbow pipe to reach it.
Bunker (Graff)
This is only available in Chapter 3. Once you leave the room, you can't go back!


  • In the center room, press the button on the right side to get a free Ad.


  • In the right room, there is an Ad hiding on the wall just at the corner.


  • In the upper room, there is an Ad on the wall in the upper area. You can reach this either by climbing on the crate or, if you already broke the crate, place a heavy weight on either side of the scale and jump on the other end.
Bunker (Main)

  • On the bed in the room, there is an ad stuck just underneath the pillow.


  • Next to the triangular-shaped door that leads to the room of Tribots, there is an Ad stuck under the glass.


  • Move the furniture in the room containing the Tribots out of the way. The Ad is hiding in the control panel. This is only reachable in Chapter 6, as Brok.
Bunker (Front)

  • There is a column in the foreground just to the right of the bunker entrance. The Ad is located on the bottom of the column.


  • Inside the Pipe-pill, there is an Ad in the broken segment.


  • There is a pile of rocks between the Bunker and the odd pyramid-shaped structure. The Ad is hidden within the rocks (you may need to move your cursor until it switches to Graff's hand.)
Map
Yes, they actually have Ads hiding on the map itself. They are very tiny to find and blend in well with the background.


  • This Ad is located along the shoreline near the top of the map, at the mouth of the river.


  • This Ad is located within the Domed area itself. Brok can see the Ad on the outside, but you cannot retrieve it until you have access into the Dome itself.


  • This Ad is located along the river, north of Brok's home.
Conclusion
This is the end of the guide. I hope my descriptions for each of the locations help out immensely! If you have any further comments or anything to add/correct in my guide, feel free to let me know.

But for now, happy Ad-hunting!
14 Comments
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Bonnie Gruesome 3 Jun @ 7:35am 
@Chamelion no worries, I’ll keep at it, hopefully can pull it off eventually!
Chamelion  [author] 2 Jun @ 3:26pm 
unfortunately, Bonnie, I can not remember what the bunker puzzle sequence was. I hadn't played the game for a while, either. Sorry.
Bonnie Gruesome 2 Jun @ 7:16am 
Hey Chamelion, do you have the sequence for the darned puzzle in the bunker? The one with the beeps and unscrew sounds? I’ve tried to write it down from watching Klay but he missed quite a few at the end, and if I’m right, we need to do the sequence perfect to unlock a node in the choices tree, and it’s driving me nuts. Any help is appreciated.
Magnowser 25 May @ 11:53am 
As for Trasher Hunt, I believe you has to get the Minigame AD as Brok, ive done more than 25 succesful tries as Graff but never got it (I only got Double Serum and -a new game- which gives EXP to Graff but nothing else) which I believe the condition to get it has to be Brok, I may have been super unlucky but typin' this out just incase to save others the trouble :steamthumbsup:
Chamelion  [author] 18 May @ 8:26am 
There is one in the Trasher Hunt mini-game. It's listed in the Trasher Hunter section of the guide, as it's considered part of that room.
Bonnie Gruesome 18 May @ 7:36am 
Great guide! On my second playthru and missed a few of the little buggers! Curious tho are there any at the Trasher Hunt? Been looking for half an hour now and not spotted any, nor are any in this guide. So just thought to ask
Chamelion  [author] 24 Sep, 2022 @ 5:12pm 
And on my case I didn't even KNOW it was a trigger point to even make the hologram appear! My bad. I'll fix it.
alarai 24 Sep, 2022 @ 4:23am 
Great guide was really helpfull to get a few missing ads.
Still I would make a small change for the Drumer Street ad on the holographic add.
It was really difficult to get as I never really understood why I never saw it until I luckily got close to the triangle on the ground activating the ad which is otherwise invisible.
Playing with the point & click interface I never got close enough in the many times I passed by, and when going to the right of the library there was nothing.
Dogman15 17 Sep, 2022 @ 4:40am 
Regarding "Sewers (below)", here's what Bolt has to say if you ask for hints on that section:
1. "Near the Ladder"
2. "Wall right room"
3. "Cupboard Left Room"
F2P 9 Sep, 2022 @ 9:31am 
To access the Sewer (below) this is the scene when Graff is kidnapped in Ch.5, one is in his room, one is in Otto's room, and the last one is in the hallway near the leader to the exit. You have to break free in order to get these ads