Return 2: The Heart Walkthrough | Alanwake2

Return 2 Walkthrough

• Talk to Ilmo at the Surveillance Station

After arriving at Cauldron Lake, follow Casey and proceed along the path. You'll hear voices along the way—head toward the sound and you'll have a conversation with two people, Ilmo and Steven. Talk to both and progress the event.

• Find footprints at the crime scene

After the conversation event at the Surveillance Station, follow Casey again to head to the crime scene. By the time you arrive, it will be quite dark, so it's good to press the ○ button to turn on your flashlight and move around.

• Follow the Nightingale's footprints

Follow the footprints you found at the crime scene and proceed. While deviating from the footprints, there's a lunch box on the west side of the Witch's Cabin along the way, so it's good to collect the "manuscript fragment" and unlock the case "Alex Casey's Lunch Box."

• Perform profiling by the water

As you follow the footprints and approach the water, the Nightingale's profiling is added. Profile "Boundary" to obtain clues, and organize the investigation board together with the footprint clues.

• Shine light on dark matter with the Witch's Ladle

Head south from the water's edge toward the dark matter of the Witch's Ladle, and keep shining your flashlight light on it by pressing the × button. If the light isn't bright enough, press R1 to increase it.

• Obtain manuscript and head to the Witch's Cabin

Approach the area where the dark matter was and obtain the manuscript. After reading it, you'll obtain a clue, so organize your investigation board while heading to the "Witch's Cabin" mentioned in the manuscript.

• Obtain Fuse at the camp near the cabin

After arriving at the Witch's Cabin, obtain the Fuse at the camp near the cabin. While Fuses can be found in several places, Saga will mention if a Fuse is unusable. Use her words as a guide to find a working Fuse.

• Operate the fuse box and obtain manuscript in the break room

After obtaining a working Fuse, operate the Fuse Box. Operating it will turn on the lights in the Witch's Cabin. Once inside the cabin, you can obtain a manuscript from the shelf.

• Obtain the Trophy "Coffee Pot"

When you operate the box to turn on the lights in the Witch's Cabin, you'll obtain the "Coffee Pot" trophy. At the same time, the break room function for manual saving is also unlocked.

• Organize investigation board and perform profiling

After reading the manuscript, organize your investigation board and perform profiling to advance your deduction. After placing clues on the board, profiling "Heart" and "Heart! Where is it?" will progress the deduction.

• Defeat enemies and obtain shotgun and heart

Enter the general store and proceed to the back, where you'll engage in combat with enemies. After illuminating them to burn away the darkness protecting the enemies, defeat them with your handgun. After defeating the enemies, you can obtain a shotgun and the heart clue inside the store. Also, explore the store and collect other items.

• Obtain shotgun using code 739

To obtain the shotgun, you need to unlock a combination lock. Check the register in the store and align the dial to "739" to obtain the shotgun.

• Organize information on the investigation board

When you discover the heart, the clue is updated. Don't forget to place the updated clue on your investigation board.

• Place the heart in the Witch's sign

While being careful of running out of ammunition, defeat enemies along the way and head to the Witch's Ladle, then place the heart in the Witch's sign. The Witch's Ladle will open, allowing you to proceed into the boundary.

• Proceed through the boundary and defeat the Nightingale

Proceed through the boundary toward the red light, and you'll hear voices. After exiting the cave, you'll engage in combat with the Nightingale. The Nightingale won't be defeated in one go and will engage you three times total, so defeat it each time it appears and proceed. After defeating it the third time, an event with Alan Wake will occur.

• Obtain manuscript by shining light on dark matter

As you proceed through the boundary, dark matter will appear. Shine light to burn away the darkness and obtain a manuscript.

• Return to Bright Falls

After the event with Alan Wake and Casey, talk to Casey to return to Bright Falls. Note that your protagonist will change, so it's good to explore various locations around Cauldron Lake and collect items and lunch boxes before returning to Bright Falls.

Return 2 Collection Elements

Cult Stashes

Inventory

Break Room

Manuscripts

Lunch Boxes

Radio

The radio "Wide Awake" can be obtained after the event with Alan Wake when the movie finishes playing or is skipped. Once obtained, the radio can be checked anytime in the mental world.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle

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