Battlefield 1 Field Manuals Locations ‘Catching Up on Some Light Reading’ Guide

Battlefield 1 Field Manuals Locations Guide to help you find all the Field Manuals in the game and unlock “Catching Up on Some Light Reading” Achievement.

Battlefield 1 Field Manuals Locations Guide to help you find all the Field Manuals in the game and unlock “Catching Up on Some Light Reading” Achievement/Trophy.

Field Manuals in Battlefield 1 is a type of collectible that you can collect during the course of the singleplayer campaign. Most of these collectibles are deceptively hidden in plain sight so make sure to take your time and explore every nook and cranny before proceeding ahead.

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Battlefield 1 Field Manuals Locations Guide

In our Battlefield 1 Field Manuals Locations Guide, we have detailed the location of each and every Field Manual that you can find in the game.

Storm of Steel

There are no Field Manuals to be found in this story.

Campaign #1 – Through Mud and Blood

There are a total of 20 Field Manuals hidden in the game’s first campaign mission.

Over the Top
Field Manual #1
Once you have captured all three points in the village, continue up the hill until you come across a barrier ahead. Once there, you need to head towards the Weapons Station and look for the collectible inside the debris located nearby.

Field Manual #2
Once you are inside the town, you need to head towards the church on the right-hand-side and into the temporary hospital set up there. After you are inside the hospital, you need to break the crates near the pots in order to find another collectible.

Field Manual #3
In order to find this collectible, you need to head out using the chapel’s back entrance and then head left. A little ahead, you should come to a container placed near the church’s wall. You basically need to break open the container in order to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #4
You need to head over to Point D and find a house located near the farm. Once you are near the house, head to its right-hand-side and break open the crate lying there in order to find another Field Manual lying inside.

Field Manual #5
You need to continue along the straight path from the outpost, head left, and continue up the hill. After you arrive in the area with a lot of vehicles, find the one with Anti-Tank Guns attached to it and search the ground nearby in order to find the collectible.

Fog of War
Field Manual #6
While battling the Gun Emplacements across the bridge, continue along the path until it turns left into the forest and head right from the first intersection. You basically need to head all the way up to the top of the hill and break open a crate in order to find another Field Manual inside.

Field Manual #7
In order to find this collectible, you basically need to look for the remains of an old church – the ruins with arches poking out of it. Once you have found it, you need to head inside and then inside the basement in order to find the collectible lying in there.

Field Manual #8
For this collectible, you need to proceed to the area with a bridge having metal beams. Once you are on this bridge, look down to find a patch of dry land. In order to grab the collectible, you need to drop down onto this dry patch of land and find the Field Manual lying there.

Field Manual #9
After you reach the hill with bunkers built into it, you need to head inside the one located on the far-left side of the lot. Once inside, break open a crate to find the collectible.

Field Manual #10
After grabbing the previous Field Manual, you need to find a Weapons Station located inside a small depot. Once there, find a crate located nearby and break it open in order to find the Field Manual inside.

Breakdown
Field Manual #11
While you are in the first village area, you need to head towards the objective in the centre and head inside the structure on the back-left corner in order to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #12
After heading down the hill, you need to take the dirt path and head to the very top of the mill in order to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #13
You need to head down the village and find a refueling station right next to a repair depot. Once you are there, you need to head inside the building next to the repair depot and head all the way to the third floor. You should be able to find the collectible on the third floor.

Field Manual #14
While you are in the main street of the area, you need to head inside the double-storey building with an MG Turret facing the main street and find the collectible near the turret.

Field Manual #15
You need to head towards the stone bridge near the right-hand-side of the village. Head to the area and look for a farmhouse before entering the main area and find the collectible on the opposite side of an army tent in the back-left area.

Steel on Steel
Field Manual #16
Before heading towards the town, you need to exit the tank and head inside the windmill on the uppermost side in order to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #17
After grabbing the previous collectible, you need to head down the hill and towards the river. You should be able to find another windmill near the river which contains another Field Manual.

Field Manual #18
After heading down the hill, you need to head inside another windmill located in an area directly opposite of where you found the Field Manual #16.

Field Manual #19
You need to continue through the town and get to another windmill located on the right-hand-side – near a stone bridge and a river. You need to head inside the windmill in order to find the Field Manual inside.

Field Manual #20
From the location of Field Manual 19, you should be able to locate another windmill resting on top of a hill – across the stone bridge. You need to get through the next section, go up the hill, and find the collectible inside the said windmill.

Friends in High Places

Fall from Grace
Field Manual #21
While on your way to the friendly lines, you need to look for a bombed-out building with a light in the front side. You basically need to head to the backside of the area and find the collectible near a shed.

Field Manual #22
After arriving in the section with a large fire, you need to head inside the shed located on the backside of a corner building to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #23
You need to head inside the village and then into the army tent near the right-hand side of the encampment. After heading inside the tent with a lot of beds, find the collectible inside a wooden crate.

Field Manual #24
Once you are inside the trenches and look for a large alarm tower located near a tent. You basically need to take the path nearby, head right from the top, cross the gap, and find the collectible near the crates.

Field Manual #25
After arriving in the trenches, you need to head up the stairs and inside the bunker which contains the collectible.

Forte Et Fedele
Field Manual #26
After arriving in the area with the metal containers, you need to head towards a cut-off path on the right-hand-side. You should be able to find another Field Manual in this area.

Avanti Savoia

O La Vittoria
Field Manual #27
Once you have captured the St. Anastasis point, you need to head out from the opposite side of the church and inside the first building on the left-hand-side. You should be able to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #28
You need to head down the road from the church’s right-hand-side and find a wheelbarrow lined along a wooden fence. From this area, you need to head up the hill and find the collectible inside a trench.

Field Manual #29
While following the “Assault the Artillery Gun” objective, you need to continue along the path until you get to a hill with a trench on the right-hand-side. You basically need to head inside the trench – covered with a wooden platform – in order to find the collectible.

Field Manual #30
After coming into the underground bunker, you need to head down the stairs into a large room and find the collectible in the right-hand-side corner.

Field Manual #31
After you are asked to get to the Anti-Aircraft Encampment, you need to proceed towards the line of trenches on the backend. Once there, you should be able to find the collectible near the trenches.

O TuttiAccoppati
Field Manual #32
During the “Search for Matteo” objective, you need to head down the hill and inside a wrecked barn in order to find the collectible lying inside.

Field Manual #33
You need to head down the hill after defending and inside a bunker on the left-hand-side; near trenches. You should be able to find the collectible inside this bunker.

Field Manual #34
After you are asked to head to the fort, you need to get to the area with trenches facing the mountains. From there, you need to continue along the path and head towards the bunker entrance in order to find the Field Manual inside.

Field Manual #35
After heading inside the fort, you need to clear the area of all enemies and find the Field Manual along the right-hand-side exterior wall.

Field Manual #36
During the “Clear the Austrian Horn” objective, you need to head down the bunker until you get the “Leaving Combat Area” message. At this point, you need to head towards the end of the rows of bed and find the collectible lying there.

The Runner

Cape Helles
Field Manual #37
After heading out of the boat, you need to get to the beach and find the collectible in plain sight.

Field Manual #38
From the large crater on the mountain’s side, you need to head towards the trench and continue to follow it until you get to the collectible near the shooting area.

Field Manual #39
You need to head over to the left-hand-side of the beach and find the Field Manual inside the AT Gun encampment.

Field Manual #40
This Field Manual is located inside the barn on the left-hand-side of Helles Overlook; point A.

Field Manual #41
You need to head over to Helles Overlook and find the Field Manual on the backyard of the house located right next to the flag.

The Runner
Field Manual #42
You need to head inside the house on the left-hand-side of ridge in order to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #43
You need to continue along the dirt path that leads out of the village. You should eventually get to a grassy land which has the Field Manual in the middle of it.

Field Manual #44
You need to head over to the house near the stone fort and find the collectible near the door.

Field Manual #45
While walking through the village, you need to look for a domed structure and head inside in order to find the Field Manual inside.

Field Manual #46
While pursuing the “Inform Rear Command” objective, you should come across a roofless structure on your left-hand-side. You should be able to find the collectible near its wall.

Be Safe
Field Manual #47
You need to reach second floor of the tower under the fort in order to find the collectible.

Field Manual #48
This Field Manual is located near the tallest battlements in the fort.

Field Manual #49
From the artillery building, you need to head inside the square building in order to find the collectible inside.

Field Manual #50
You need to continue through the fort until you get to bunker alleyway and find the collectible inside a dead-end room.

Field Manual #51
After triggering the “Capture the Courtyard” objective, you need to head inside a small shed located on the opposite area to find the collectible.

This is all we have on our Battlefield 1 Field Manuals Locations Guide. If there is anything else you would like to add, let us know in the comments section below!

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