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Curious Composition achievement in Halo MCC

Curious Composition

Halo: Reach: Find Data Pad 16 on New Alexandria on Legendary difficulty

Curious Composition0
2 guidesOnline/Offline - These achievements can be obtained in either an online or offline game mode.Single Player - These achievements can be obtained by a single player.Cooperative - These achievements can be obtained by two or more players in a cooperative game mode who have met the achievement requirements.Difficulty Specific - These achievements require that the game be played on a certain difficulty level.Collectable - These achievements are obtained by exploring the game environment to find a set of unique objects.
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How to unlock the Curious Composition achievement

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    Mission 7 - New Alexandria
    There are two data pads to collect in this mission.

    Click on the spoiler tag to see the embedded video for this mission:
    *** Spoiler - click to reveal ***


    You will also unlock the following data pad achievement in this mission:
    Halo: The Master Chief CollectionPaper TrailThe Paper Trail achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection worth 19 pointsHalo: Reach: Find Data Pad 7 on New Alexandria


    Collecting all 19 data pads will earn you the following:
    Halo: The Master Chief CollectionCanonical ConundrumThe Canonical Conundrum achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection worth 89 pointsHalo: Reach: Find all Data Pads.


    I've created a playlist which has all individual missions and their data pad locations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLspO7pYM5dalFVnsrpbWe...

    Note: you can collect the data pad and reload checkpoint/respawn, and you will still receive the credit for this achievement.

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    metallicafan459Worth adding that this data pad is available immediately after starting the level
    Posted by metallicafan459 on 24 Dec 19 at 14:44
    InterracialGood video guide, got this quickly.
    Posted by Interracial on 05 Jul 23 at 22:57

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    This video shows the exact location of each Data Pad in the game, in order of missions.
    (credits to WikiGameGuides for the video.)

    I recommend watching the whole video, Each mission has 2 Data Pads, one obtainable on any difficulty and another obtainable only on Legendary difficulty.
    Times for each Data Pad in the video:

    Winter Contingency:
    Data Pad 10: 00:00 Only Legendary difficulty
    Data Pad 1 : 00:39 Any difficulty

    Oni: Sword Base:
    Data Pad 11: 01:15 Only Legendary difficulty
    Data Pad 2 : 02:12 Any difficulty

    NightFall:
    Data Pad 3: 02:53 Any difficulty
    Data Pad 12 : 03:02 Only Legendary difficulty

    Tip of the Spear:
    Data Pad 4: 04:12 Any difficulty
    Data Pad 13 : 05:00 Only Legendary difficulty

    Long Night of Solace:
    Data Pad 5: 05:40 Any difficulty
    Data Pad 14 : 05:56 Only Legendary difficulty

    Exodus:
    Data Pad 6: 06:27 Any difficulty
    Data Pad 15 : 07:04 Only Legendary difficulty

    New Alexandria:
    Data Pad 16: 07:55 Only Legendary difficulty
    Data Pad 7 : 08:30 Any difficulty

    The Package:
    Data Pad 8: 09:13 Any difficulty
    Data Pad 17 : 09:35 Only Legendary difficulty

    The Pillar of Autunumn:
    Data Pad 18: 10:22 Only Legendary difficulty
    Data Pad 9 : 10:43 Any difficulty

    Lone Wolf:
    Data Pad 19: 11:04 Only Legendary difficulty

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