Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - All Cassette Tapes Locations Guide

There are a total of 17 Cassette Tape Locations in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Finding all Cassette Tapes will earn you the “Information” Trophy / Achievement.

Only 12 Cassette Tapes need to be picked up manually. The other 5 will unlock automatically while you do this. Some can be picked up just like the XOF Unit Patches and others are a reward for rescuing certain prisoners, interrogating enemies or simply beating a mission with any rank. You also have to beat all missions (including the console specific extra op) on hard difficulty to unlock one of the tapes. Hard difficulty becomes available after beating a mission for the first time. To unlock the Extra Op you need to find all XOF Unit Patches. Please refer to the XOF Collectible Guide for more details.

All XOF Unit Patches Guide

Even though all Collectibles are on the same map, you will have to pick them up over the course of different missions. Each Tape only spawns within a certain mission. Be sure to collect them in the shown order! Some of the tapes disappear if you progress too far in a mission. If that happens you need to restart the mission from the beginning.
If you die you have to collect the cassette again! You have to reach the next checkpoint to save your progress. After that you can return to the title screen.

You can see how many Cassette Tapes you have found by going to “Play Records” in the title screen. Click on “Record Totals” and scroll all the way down. Each Tape has its own specific name. You can listen to them and see their names in the “Cassette Tapes” section of the title screen. Use this to see exactly which one you are missing.