All Story Walkthroughs

Story Walkthroughs

Return

Return Chapters Walkthroughs
Return 1 — "Invitation"	Return 2 — "Heart"
Return 3 — "Local Girl"	Return 4 — "No Chance"
Return 5 — "Old Gods"	Return 6 — "Scratch"
Return 7 — "Summoning"	Return 8 — "Deerfest"
Return 9 — "Come Home"

Initiation

Initiation Chapters Walkthroughs
Initiation 1 — "Late Night"	Initiation 2 — "Casey"
Initiation 3 — "Haunting"	Initiation 4 — "We Sing"
Initiation 5 — "Room 665"	Initiation 6 — "Return"
Initiation 7 — "Masks"	Initiation 8 — "Zane's Film"
Initiation 9 — "Gone"

Return Chapters Walkthroughs

Return 1 Invitation

Return 1 Walkthrough
1	Obtain the Cauldron Lake map and follow Detective Casey
2	Talk to the Deputy Sheriff and proceed beyond the fence
3	Meet Sheriff Thornton at the convenience store and head to the crime scene
4	Examine the body and learn how to use the investigation board
5	Collect 3 clues from the body
6	Place the 3 clues on the investigation board
7	Obtain clues at 6 locations
8	Proceed with deduction on the investigation board
9	Obtain new clues through profiling
10	Check the lakeside and examine the blocked path
11	Proceed with deduction on the investigation board
12	Talk to the Sheriff and obtain the shortcut key
13	Use the shortcut key to open the door and drive back to Bright Falls
14	Talk to Breaker at the Diner entrance in Bright Falls
15	Talk to Booker and others inside the diner
16	Obtain clues through profiling and receive a necklace from Booker
17	Head to the Sheriff's office
18	Examine Nightingale's body
19	Proceed with deduction on the investigation board
20	Enter the light and recover health
21	Obtain a handgun and defeat enemies
22	Talk to Casey and obtain the manuscript
23	Read the manuscript and proceed with deduction on the investigation board
24	Explore the town and move to the vehicle

Return 1 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 2 The Heart

Return 2 Walkthrough
1	Talk to Ilmo at the observation station
2	Find footprints at the murder scene
3	Follow Nightingale's footprints
4	Conduct profiling at the waterside
5	Shine light on dark matter with the Witch's Dipper
6	Obtain the manuscript and head to the Witch's Cottage
7	Obtain a fuse at the camp near the cottage
8	Operate the fuse box and obtain the manuscript in the break room
9	Conduct investigation board and profiling
10	Defeat enemies at the convenience store and obtain shotgun and heart
11	Place the heart in the Witch's sign
12	Proceed through the boundary and defeat Nightingale

Return 2 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 3 "The Local Girl"

Return 3 Walkthrough
1	Talk to Alan and obtain the manuscript
2	Proceed with the investigation board
3	Get in the vehicle and head to Watery
4	Go straight on the road and talk to the Koskela brothers
5	Talk to the brothers again after profiling
6	Progress toward Coffee World
7	Head to the gift shop according to the map
8	Obtain a driver from the percolator
9	Open the safe in the gift shop
10	Go to the trailer park
11	Investigate your own trailer house
12	Follow the believer to the workshop
13	Solve the puzzle in the workshop
14	Enter the basement and examine the Clicker
15	Obtain the manuscript in the basement
16	Obtain the manuscript in front of the float
17	Proceed with investigation board and profiling
18	Collect materials for the float
19	Complete the float and enter the boundary
20	Proceed along the path and enter the well
21	Proceed through the path that appeared in the well
22	Proceed through a crouching passage
23	Defeat Mulligan and Thornton
24	Drive back to Bright Falls

Return 3 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 4 "No Chance"

Return 4 Walkthrough
1	Exit the cottage and collect guns and flashlight
2	Burn away darkness at 3 gate locations with light
3	Defeat believers while proceeding along the path

Return 4 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 5 "Old Gods"

Nursing Home Walkthrough

Nursing Home Walkthrough
1	Talk to Tol on the phone while heading to the break room
2	Head to Valhalla Nursing Home
3	Press the intercom at the mansion entrance and talk to Rose
4	Listen to Norman and Mandy-May's story
5	Talk to Rose in the dining hall
6	Talk to Artie on the stage
7	Examine Tol's room and talk to Odin
8	Profile Odin
9	Approach the woman in the trophy room
10	Proceed with deduction about the Anderson brothers incident
11	Talk to Rose and head to the health center

Health Center Walkthrough

Health Center Chart
12	Obtain the health center map
13	Obtain the manuscript and 2 clues in the patient room
14	Approach the rehabilitation exit
15	Obtain clues from 3 locations in the management room
16	Proceed with deduction about the Anderson brothers incident
17	Enter the password and unlock the electronic lock
18	Defeat the enemy that appeared at the exit and open it
19	Obtain the door knob in the staff lounge
20	Obtain the manuscript and hunting rifle in the workshop
21	Go through the dining hall and kitchen to exit

Walkthrough Until Completion

Chart Until Completion
22	Talk to Rose and conduct profiling
23	Talk to her again and obtain "Rose's Key Fob"
24	Profile Odin
25	Proceed with deduction about the Anderson brothers incident
26	Listen to residents on the mansion porch
27	Obtain a clue from a new conversation with Rose
28	Collect clues in the exhibition room
29	Obtain clues through profiling
30	Collect the manuscript and approach Cynthia's room
31	Head to the basement from outside the mansion
32	Use the fuse to restore power
33	Return to Cynthia's room and collect clues
34	Dispel the darkness in the bathtub and obtain the record
35	Defeat the enemy in front of the jukebox on the stage
36	Play the record on the jukebox
37	Enter the boundary from the pond and proceed down
38	Operate the generator and lever to restore power
39	Obtain the key from the desk drawer and open the fence door
40	Destroy the door lock with the bottle cutter
41	Operate the generator and switch to restore power
42	Go down and defeat Cynthia
43	Talk to Tol, conduct profiling, and head to the Sheriff's office

Return 5 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 6 "Scratch"

Return 6 Walkthrough
1	Defeat the enemy in the employee lounge
2	Talk to Deputy Estevez and obtain the Sheriff's office key
3	Head to the basement autopsy room and talk to Casey
4	Insert a fuse into the generator in the back of the autopsy room
5	Defeat enemies while returning to the first floor
6	Talk to Estevez at the front desk
7	Collect clues in Breaker's room
8	Talk to Alan in the holding cell
9	Avoid Scratch's attacks while activating lighting devices at 3 locations
10	Talk to Breaker's group in Breaker's room
11	Listen to Ilmo talk about Alan
12	Collect clues from the evidence room in the holding cell
13	Conduct profiling and organize the investigation board
14	Talk to Estevez and Tol to obtain clues
15	Inform Casey and Estevez of the plan
16	Drive to Cauldron Lake

Return 6 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 7 "Summoning"

Return 7 Walkthrough
1	Talk to Estevez and obtain the holding cell key
2	Examine the file in the locked holding cell
3	Talk to Casey
4	Proceed with the investigation board about Wake's attack
5	Inform Estevez of the plan
6	Drive to Cauldron Lake
7	Talk to Tol and Odin and begin the performance
8	Survive the summoning ritual
9	Illuminate the restraint device with the lighting device
10	Enter inside the restraint device

Return 7 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 8 "Deerfest"

Return 8 Walkthrough
1	Talk to Estevez and collect weapons
2	Head to the parking lot while defeating enemies
3	Drive to Bright Falls
4	Obtain the novel "Return" from Alan's billboard
5	Avoid cult members and exit from behind the building
6	Head to the health center exit and enter the mansion
7	Have Artie open the room key on the 3rd floor
8	Examine the typewriter and obtain the echo
9	Rewrite the scene on the writing board

Return 8 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Return 9 "Come Home"

Return 9 Walkthrough
1	Proceed with the Mind Place investigation board
2	Profile a different Saga
3	Proceed with investigation board and conduct profiling
4	Place 7 clues of Logan
5	Proceed with exploration, investigation board, and profiling
6	Exit the mental world and answer the phone
7	Talk to Sheriff Breaker
8	Profile Warlin Door
9	Pass through the subway via the door in the plaza
10	Examine the shoebox next to the statue
11	Talk to Wake through profiling
12	Go from the subway door to the plaza with the fountain

Return 9 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation Walkthrough

Initiation 1 "Late Night"

Initiation 1 Walkthrough
1	Examine the television
2	Exit the studio and search for a door code in the hallway
3	Proceed toward the red light and examine the stage door
4	Examine the writing board in the room and return to writing
5	Examine the television and search for the door code
6	Enter the stage and talk to the caretaker man
7	Head to the basement and obtain the angel lamp
8	Hold the lamp up to the blinking light bulb
9	Hold the lamp toward the television
10	Go outside and answer the public phone

Initiation 1 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 2 "Casey"

Initiation 2 Walkthrough
1	Head to Caldera Street Station
2	Obtain flashlight and other items deep in the street
3	Return to the station while dispelling darkness with light and gun
4	Break dark nodes with light to clear a path
5	Use the lamp to enter the elevated station
6	Use the lamp to make the station entrance appear
7	Collect light in the lamp in front of the taxi
8	Use the subway card to enter the platform
9	Align the echoes on the platform
10	Rewrite the reality of the station scene
11	Follow the blood trail to proceed deeper
12	Rewrite reality in the collapsed tunnel
13	Obtain the plot element "Murder Cult" in the main tunnel
14	Return to the collapsed tunnel and rewrite reality
15	Use Light Shift to remove water in the passage
16	Climb the ladder in the break room and enter the derailed train
17	Listen to the echo and obtain the plot element "Torchbearer"
18	Rewrite reality on the derailed train
19	Descend the ladder and proceed toward the abandoned station
20	Progress through blocked paths while changing Light Shift
21	Head to the end of Shrine St. Station
22	Rewrite reality at the endpoint
23	Head to the collapsed tunnel
24	Escape from the dark entity in the collapsed tunnel
25	Proceed through the tunnel and examine the murder scene
26	Proceed through a narrow passage and exit the subway station

Initiation 2 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 3 "Haunting"

Initiation 3 Walkthrough
1	Go outside
2	View the echo at Parliament Tower
3	View photos in the bedroom
4	Examine Alice's video camera in the living room
5	Go to the left and find a card at the dining table
6	Watch the video

Initiation 3 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 4 "We Sing"

Initiation 4 Walkthrough
1	Examine the television
2	Proceed to the back of the stage and examine the television
3	Obtain the lamp on the platform
4	Climb the ladder and change Light Shift
5	Descend the appeared ladder and lower yourself to the stage via stairs
6	Proceed deep into the stage and charge the light from the lighting
7	Change the Light Shift near the taxi
8	Examine the appeared television
9	Proceed deep into the stage and climb the ladder
10	Obtain the flare gun on the desk
11	Defeat enemies while proceeding deep into the stage
12	Climb the stairs and examine the television
13	Exit the room and obtain the echo
14	Climb the ladder and rewrite the musical scene on the board
15	Examine the television and exit the stage

Initiation 4 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 5 "Room 665"

Initiation 5 Walkthrough
1	Head to the neon sign at Miller Pass
2	Enter the door and change Light Shift at the back
3	Burn away darkness and enemies at the building entrance
4	Change Light Shift while heading to the hotel entrance
5	Search for a PIN code at the hotel entrance
6	Enter Room 665 and examine the projector
7	Obtain the echo and head to the Entrance Hall
8	Obtain the echo in the Entrance Hall
9	Rewrite the Entrance Hall scene
10	Rewrite the scene in front of Room 108
11	Progress from Room 104 to Room 219
12	Rewrite the scene in Room 202
13	Rewrite the scene and enter Room 206
14	Talk to Tim in front of Room 209
15	Rewrite Dance Hall to "Haunting"
16	Rewrite to "Demon" and head to Room 101
17	Rewrite the Entrance Hall to "Demon"
18	Obtain "Climax" in Room 666
19	Rewrite the Entrance Hall to "Climax"
20	Enter Room 108 and examine the bathtub of the murder scene

Initiation 5 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 6 "Return"

Initiation 6 Walkthrough
1	Head to Parliament Tower
2	View Alice's footage in each room
3	Examine the machine with nine screens

Initiation 6 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 7 "Masks"

Initiation 7 Walkthrough
1	Examine the television and talk to Mr. Door
2	Talk to Artie in the caretaker's room
3	Examine photos in the shoebox in the basement storage
4	Change Light Shift at the very back of the basement

Initiation 7 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 8 "Zane's Film"

Initiation 8 Walkthrough
1	Go out into the street and collect echoes
2	Go to Room 665 of the hotel
3	Touch the screen after activating the projector
4	Head to Poet's Cinema
5	Present the movie ticket and enter
6	Obtain the plot "Word Cult" on the 2nd floor
7	Change to "Word Cult" at the counter in the back of the 1st floor
8	Obtain the plot "New York Cop"
9	Switch to "New York Cop" and proceed
10	Switch to "New York Cop"
11	Examine the police officer's badge
12	Change to "Word Cult" and obtain plot
13	Change to "Lost Film Footage" and combat
14	Transfer the light in the room to the screen
15	Exit the Theater Hall to the alley
16	Switch to "Word Cult"
17	Switch to "New York Cop"
18	Use the patrol car's light to pass through the wall
19	Enter the room where Tim is from the rooftop
20	Go down from the rooftop ladder
21	Change to "Word Cult" and collect plot
22	Change to "Grand Master" in the theater
23	Proceed through the screen door
24	Proceed by continuously searching for doors
25	Obtain a knife and proceed
26	Return from the dead end and proceed under the shelf
27	Take the deer mask

Initiation 8 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Initiation 9 "Gone"

Initiation 9 Walkthrough
1	Approach Parliament Tower and answer the phone
2	Place Alice's photo in the shoebox of the statue in the plaza
3	View Alice's footage

Initiation 9 Walkthrough and Collectibles

Chronological Story Order

Alan Wake 2 — Chronological Story Order
1	Complete Return 1 and 2
2	Complete Initiation 1-3
3	Progress with your preferred protagonist's story
4	When progression becomes impossible, automatically switch to the other

Early Story Progression is Fixed

In Alan Wake 2, the early story progression is fixed until Initiation 3 "Haunting". Learn what the Mind Place and Writing Room are for the two protagonists, Alan and Saga, while progressing through the story.

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Protagonist (Alan) Profile and Characteristics
Saga Anderson Profile and Characteristics

After Initiation 3 is Free

In Initiation 3, the two protagonists Saga and Alan meet, and after that the story progression becomes free. Since you can switch protagonists at the break room, switch to the protagonist whose story you want to progress.

Both Stories Must be Progressed in the Late Game

As the story reaches its climax, progressing only one path makes it impossible to advance. When you reach an impossible progression point, you will be automatically switched to the other protagonist, so progress the story of the protagonist you haven't played yet.

Current Story Outline

Alan Continues Writing to Escape from Darkness

Alan Wake, the protagonist from the previous game, has been imprisoned in a dark world for 13 years and continues to write novels to rewrite the surrounding reality in an attempt to escape. Alan struggles to remain sane while being consumed by endless fear and fighting against demons.

Saga Descends on Bright Falls

Saga Anderson, one of the protagonists of this game and a highly reputed FBI investigator known for solving impossibly difficult cases, arrives in Bright Falls to investigate a series of ritualistic murders. When Saga finds a page from a horror novel, the case transforms into a nightmare, and the story of the novel begins to manifest into reality.

Do the Two Become Heroes After Surviving the Darkness

The journeys of the two protagonists, Alan and Saga, are connected somewhere and influence each other. The two protagonists are trapped in a horror novel where there are only monsters and their prey—will they become heroes?

Previous Game Chronological Story Order

Alan Visits Bright Falls

The protagonist Alan Wake, a bestselling author based in New York, visits the small town Bright Falls with his wife Alice. Alan is suffering from writer's block, and his relationship with Alice has deteriorated due to arguments between them.

Alice is Abducted by a Dark Entity

Then, Alan's wife Alice is abducted by a "dark entity". The reason Alice was taken was that the "dark entity" was forcing Alan to write a horror novel that would become reality.

Alan Sacrifices Himself to Save His Wife

Alan finds weapons to counter the dark entity and jumps into Cauldron Lake to save Alice. Alan becomes trapped in darkness but saves Alice by completing the novel and sacrificing himself.

Differences and Similarities with the Previous Game

Alan Wake 2 Strategy Guide

List of All Collectibles

Alan Wake 2 Collectibles Guide
Lunch Box	Cult Stash	Nursery Rhyme	Koskela Brother Commercial
Manuscript	Echo	Words of Power	Weapons

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Story Walkthrough	Beginner's Guide and Early Game Tips
Combat Tips and Battle System	Weapon Upgrades
How to Increase Inventory	Trophy List

Useful Guides

Alan Wake 2 Useful Guides
Break Room Locations	How to Heal
How to Enter the Mind Place	Difficulty Types and Differences
Completion Time and Game Length	How to Switch Stories
How to Save

Product Guide

Alan Wake 2 Product Guide
Game Review	Metascore and Review
Differences and Similarities to Previous Title	Are There DLCs?
Edition Differences and Bonus List	Supported Platforms List
Why There's No Physical Release	Voice Cast List