The Talos Principle 2

The Talos Principle 2

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Comprehensive maps of each area - All puzzles, collectibles, lore, and more!
By Mesolimbic

The 12 spacious biomes in Talos 2 are no doubt the main focus of the game, each featuring a variety of winding paths, secret areas, hidden collectibles, and more. So why not map it out? For some of the more intricate areas, it can be easy to miss some important items and lore, so the goal was to make these maps as complete as possible. Each of these top-down maps cover:
  • Spawn pod & Bridge ring
  • Main paths
  • Normal / Lost / Gold puzzles
  • Lost lab
  • Both monuments
  • Both sparks
  • Prometheus' sprite (if applicable)
  • Terminals
  • Human artifacts
  • Remnants & Straton
  • Anomalies
  • Switches (if applicable)
  • Easter eggs
If anyone notices something missing or incorrect on any of the maps, please let me know!



Latest Updates:
9/1/24 - Minor fixes and additions to the DLC maps
7/6/24 - Into the Abyss DLC added
7/5/24 - All 3 Isle of the Blessed DLC areas added
6/29/24 - Orpheus Ascending DLC added
3/10/24 - Added 28 easter egg locations & made a few adjustments
1/20/24 - Added the new anomaly holograms (from 1.1.0 update) & misc. aesthetic adjustments
12/28/23 - Added New Jerusalem map
12/3/23 - Made an improved West 2 map
11/28/23 - Added newly discovered artifacts, labeled artifact names, labeled which terminals are Trevor/Lifthrasir, a few other fixes and adjustments

At some point I plan to go back and add the puzzle names to the original 12 maps like I did for the DLC.



A few notes:
  • Human artifacts will not appear in their alternate locations if you already interacted with them in previous locations
  • The zoom-out level of each map varies due to their variations in size and how much I could reasonably squeeze in. In some cases I had to crop a few items off screen to keep it at a reasonable zoom (these are noted with arrows and a description)
  • The maps are oriented based off the player's starting direction (usually facing the tower) for better navigation. Compasses have been added to show true cardinal directions
  • There are a few additional easter eggs that are not added due to being really minor and/or awkward to label. For a more exhaustive list and additional information about easter eggs, this YouTube playlist and this Steam guide are great resources.


Shoutout to everyone who has helped provide additional artifact locations as they're still discovered.
And a huge thanks to Croteam for being awesome devs & supporting this project by providing the raw icon files and suggesting the console command which helped me cull out towers that were obstructing the view.

Higher resolution versions of maps can also be found on The Talos Principle Wiki[taloswiki.org] which actively has

I also plan on uploading the higher resolution versions to my Ko-Fi, which I am in the process of reorganizing. (Steam limits file sizes to only 2MB, but the quality should still be decent). If these helped you out, please consider leaving a tip on Ko-Fi.[ko-fi.com]

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East 1 - Grasslands Ring
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East 2 - Wooded Plateau
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East 3 - Eastern Wetlands
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North 1 - Desolate Island
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North 2 - Flooded Valley
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North 3 - Lost Marshes
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South 1 - Southern Coast
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South 2 - Verdant Canyon
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South 3 - Circular Oasis
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West 1 - Western Delta
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West 2 - Anthropic Hills
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West 3 - High Plain
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The City - New Jerusalem
This map compiles the key locations within the city along with each location of the main interactable NPCs between all 3 visits. Relevant achievements have been listed as well.

Shoutout to Berrytron for the help with compiling NPC locations!

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DLC - Orpheus Ascending
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DLC - Isle of the Blessed (3 maps)
GREEN AREA
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RED AREA
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BLUE AREA
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DLC - Into the Abyss
I had to take a slightly different approach to this one due to the sheer size of it.
Shoutout to Berrytron for the help with compiling QR Code locations.

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116 Comments
Julix 22 Jul @ 9:41pm 
Also great maps, thanks for making these, they are incredibly helpful
Julix 22 Jul @ 9:40pm 
There's a Serious Sam easter egg in East 2, a Drone, there's a video on Youtube on where it is if you look for it (can't put links here)
-Forest- 12 Jun @ 5:46pm 
Why yes it does!! Thanks, you did an amazing job.
Mesolimbic  [author] 12 Jun @ 5:17pm 
@-Forest- Thanks for letting me know. It seems fine on my end in both the Steam client and on web browser. Does it work when you right click & open in new tab?
-Forest- 12 Jun @ 3:51pm 
Keeps coming up with invalid url when try to enlarge now. Got that yesterday and even today after a complete reboot. FYI
AdApt* 13 Apr @ 12:01am 
Damn.. good work.
Only 2D tyan 5 Apr @ 2:26am 
THere is an EE under 22th island in "Into the Abyss" DLS
The family of 3 snowmans
scybulkq 19 Mar @ 11:28am 
This might be one of the best guides on whole Steam. It honestly could be included in the game's artbook
JAROMIR [PL] 3 Mar @ 5:46am 
Translator: Into the abyss map close to 12 puzzle there are easter egg (snowman or sandman)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3437731622
Mesolimbic  [author] 9 Feb @ 11:19pm 
@ReginaldK - Thank you! Most of them are the official sprites from the game files, but a few I created myself.

One of the devs in the Discord was kind enough to send me a folder full of the official icons which was really helpful. Big shoutout to Croteam for being so chill with that.