Cult Stash locations and puzzle solutions in Alan Wake 2

Every Cult Stash you open in Alan Wake 2 will grant you useful rewards. Like Lunch Boxes and Nursery Rhymes, discovering Cult Stashes is an optionally available pursuit whilst you’re in management of Saga round Bright Falls and the encompassing areas as she investigates the Cult of the Tree.

In this Alan Wake 2 information, we’ll present you the place yow will discover Cult Stash locations, the best way to clear up each Cult Stash you discover, and what rewards you’ll get from each Cult Stash you open.

Note: This information is in progress. We’ll add extra Cult Stashes as we discover them.

Cult Stash locations in Cauldron Lake

There are a complete of 5 Cult Stash locations in the Cauldron Lake space, however you’ll solely have the ability to get 4 of them throughout your first journey in the world. These Cult Stashes include quite a lot of provides, however considered one of them in the Cauldron Lake space comes with an stock growth, which is certainly one thing you’ll wish to have sooner quite than later.

If you miss any of those stashes in your first journey, it is possible for you to to seize them in a while in the sport.

Cauldron Lake Cult Stash #1 (“Confused? Follow the Steps”)

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The first cult stash is simply south of the Murder Site and basic retailer (the place you get the shotgun) on the map. In entrance of the lengthy, rectangular trailer, you’ll discover a heavy field with a lock on it.

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On high of the field, you’ll discover a taped piece of paper, which reads: “Confused? Follow the steps! Wash hands, take chicken out of fridge, take a nap.”

The observe is directing you towards the trailer. If you go contained in the trailer and have a look at the lavatory sink, the fridge, and then the mattress in the bed room, you’ll see three symbols in order:

1. Two triangles with their factors touching at an angle
2. Two triangles with their factors touching which can be vertical
3. Horizontal elevator “open door” buttons

(These symbols don’t have names, so if our descriptions are powerful to observe, run by the home in the order we listed above to verify for your self.)

Head to the lock on the chest and enter the three symbols we’ve listed above. Once in the correct order, the chest will pop open and you’ll be rewarded with some handgun ammo and a trauma pad.

Cauldron Lake Cult Stash #2

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You gained’t have the ability to entry this Cult Stash till after you’ve defeated Nightingale — the sport’s first boss — and woken up on the shore with a mysterious companion.

Once you’re headed again towards the Witch’s Sign and the Overlap, grasp to your proper and you’ll discover a ton of gnarly tree limbs scattered alongside a shore space. It doesn’t actually appear like you possibly can journey any additional, however for those who stroll as much as the largest tree blocking your approach, Saga will climb beneath it.

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Once on the opposite facet of the large tree, make your approach by the slim path till you attain one other Cult Stash. This lock is the best to open by far. Activate it and some lights will flash in an order. Hit the buttons in the identical order that the lock simply confirmed you — like Simon Says — and it’ll pop open.

This is a reasonably nice stash to seek out, because it contains some shotgun ammo, a propane tank, a hand flare, and most significantly, an stock growth.

Cauldron Lake Cult Stash #3 (“Rock Rock Tree”)

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Once you’ve eliminated the flooding from Cauldron Lake and you’re capable of get down by the river, you’ll discover one other Cult Stash simply south of the Private Cabin, in a little bit ravine that leads out to the lake itself.

The Cult Stash is on a shelf subsequent to the cabin, and merely says “Rock, Rock, Tree. Are you bright enough?”

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This one is a little bit difficult, as you’ll have to do some minor math and hunt round for the code. If you’re simply searching for the code, right here you go: 658.

The gist is that there are two numbers written on a rock down by the river (to the south) that say 7 and -2. Then there’s a tree to the left of the field with a 6 and a +2 on it. And then there’s one other rock to the correct of the field with 3 and +3. If you do the mathematics on this, which means you’re coping with 5, 6, and 8.

The cache doesn’t specify which rock is first, so we simply needed to strive each to determine the order.

You’ll get a propane tank and a primary support package in your bother.

Cauldron Lake Cult Stash #4

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Just west of the Witch Sign, subsequent to the tent icon in the Crow’s Foot Hills on the map, you’ll discover one other stash. Depending on the way you strategy it, you’ll seemingly see the golden arrows earlier than you see the field itself.

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The field simply has an image of a lightbulb on it. If you have a look at the timber from the west (trying east, towards the place your automotive and the parking zone is) together with your flashlight, you’ll see a bunch of arrows main you to the correct (or south, on the map). Follow these arrows and you’ll finally discover some keys on a mound of dust.

Pick up the Streamside Stash Key and carry it again to the stash to unlock it and earn a hand flare, some shotgun ammo, and a trauma pad.

Cult Stash locations in Watery

There are a complete of eight Cult Stash locations in Watery, which you’ll have the ability to head to as Saga when you full the primary Alan gameplay part. These Cult Stashes include quite a lot of provides — as ordinary — however considered one of them in Watery is the way you’ll unlock the Crossbow, which is a strong long-range weapon for Saga.

If you miss any of those stashes in your first journey to Watery, it is possible for you to to seize them in a while in the sport.

Watery Cult Stash #1

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North of downtown Watery, simply after you meet the Taken Throwers for the primary time, you’ll end up on a winding path up into the woods. Keep going till you’re capable of flip proper and head again the way in which you got here alongside a small ridge — for those who make it to the remaining shack with the generator, you’ve gone too far, and for those who discover a nursery rhyme, you didn’t go far sufficient.

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After passing by some foliage you’ll end up on a ridge overlooking the world you simply walked by. On the lip of the ridge is a Cult Stash. This has the identical Simon Says-style lock because the second Cauldron Lake Cult Stash. Copy the inputs and it’ll pop open, netting you a propane tank and some shotgun ammo.

Watery Cult Stash #2

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North of downtown Watery you’ll discover a protected room shack with a generator exterior. Once you flip it on and save your sport, stroll exterior the protected room and you’ll see one other Cult Stash sitting beneath and awning by the taking pictures vary. If you learn the observe you’ll see that this Cult Stash is the place you may get a Crossbow — if solely you can determine the code…

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The code right here is 527, and the way in which you work it out is definitely fairly cute.

If you have a look at the crossbow coaching space to the correct of the stash, you’ll see a bunch of targets with numbers on them. The 5 has one bolt protruding of it (indicating it’s the primary quantity), the 2 has two bolts, and the seven has three bolts.

Input the code and steal the Crossbow for your self. You can seize all the bolts out of the aforementioned numbers to get some additional ammo.

Watery Cult Stash #3 (“Only striped cups”)

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Once you make it inside Coffee World, you’ll discover one other Cult Stash on the foot of the Slow Roaster, the creaky death-trap of a Ferris Wheel.

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The code right here is 147, and the clue says “only striped cups.”

If you lookup on the Slow Roaster you’ll see that each one the Ferris Wheel carriages are numbered and some are striped. You simply want to select the three striped ones and put in their corresponding numbers. You’ll get some shotgun and handgun ammo in your bother.

Watery Cult Stash #4 (“What hides behind the smile?”)

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In Coffee World, in the part of the map sandwiched between the “Coffee World” space (the one south of the Slow Roaster, not the large crimson signal on the map) and Kalevala Knights Workshop, you’ll discover the Huotari Well. And behind the Huotari Well, in opposition to the again wall of the world, is one other Cult Stash.

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The clue reveals an image of Drippy — the large espresso pot mascot for Coffee World — and says “what hides behind the smile.” This sounds cryptic, nevertheless it’s really fairly literal. Head again towards the Coffee World space and the primary entrance to the park (keep in mind, you entered from the again) and you’ll see the large, painted Drippy made out of concrete, sitting on a wall. Walk up behind the mascot and weasel your approach although a little bit gate to what appears to be like virtually like a tiny backyard. You’ll discover a key sitting on the bottom.

Grab the Coffee World Stash Key and take it again to the Cult Stash to get some handgun, shotgun, and crossbow ammo.

Watery Cult Stash #5

West of the Watery Lighthouse and its close by protected room, you’ll discover a ledge you possibly can seize up on. Climb as much as discover a Cult Stash sitting in opposition to a rock. Here, you’ll have to shine your flashlight round searching for cult symbols in a specific order. But there are far more symbols right here than codes to position into the lock, so that you’ll have to slim it down.

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The code to the field is:

1. Two triangles going through down on high of one another
2. Two triangles going through up on high of one another
3. Two triangles subsequent to one another going through down

You can discover this sample for your self by trying round for the roman numerals above every image. These symbols are marked with an I, II, and III respectively.

You’ll get a propane tank, an arrow, and some pistol ammo in your bother.

Watery Cult Stash #6

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Once you’ve conquered the Overlap in Watery and made the flooding subside, head again to Saga’s trailer (marked “‘My’ Trailer” on the map) and go to the trailer one simply south of it. Head towards the entrance door, which faces the dock, and you’ll see the Cult Stash hanging out beneath an awning close to the entrance door.

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There isn’t any trace on this stash in any respect, and whilst you might go into the home and learn some emails to determine the place to seek out the important thing, we’ll simply let you know the place it’s.

Facing the stash, stroll proper and you’ll see a ramp that leads as much as a pole. Walk up the ramp and look to your left. Grab the Trailer Park Stash Key off of {the electrical} field and use it to open the stash.

You’ll get an arrow, a propane tank, and a trauma pad in your bother.

Watery Cult Stash #7 (“Battery 1600 Amps math problem”)

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Once the flooding has gone down in Watery, head again into downtown and go down the dock going through to the east, on the farthest fringe of city. You’ll discover the Cult Stash field sitting subsequent to another bins and it’ll have a little bit of a math drawback so that you can clear up. Let’s have a look:

There are 3 batteries (B1, B2, B3) which have a mixed cost of 1600 Amps. B2 has 128 Amps greater than B3. B1 has two occasions as a lot cost as B3. How many Amps does B2 have?

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The right reply and code is 496.

Show our work? Sure! Subtract 128 from 1600, which supplies you 1472. Divide that quantity by 4 (three completely different batteries, however we all know considered one of them is double the opposite, so it counts for 2), to get the worth of our lowest battery, B3: 368. Multiple B3 by two and you’ll get B1: 736. And add that 128 again to B3 and you get the code and reply to B2: 496. Check your work by including 368, 736, and 496 again collectively and you get 1600 Amps precisely. Math!

You’ll get an arrow, a trauma pad, and shotgun shells for flexing your math expertise.

More Cult Stash locations coming quickly!