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Alan Wake 2 features a deeper dive into the story, completely new characters and settings, and while surviving the Dark Place is an achievement in itself, there are also many other achievements you can acquire along the way.
No matter which platform you choose to experience the game, you can collect trophies or achievements as you play by completing certain tasks. Take a look at the full list of them below.
List of all Alan Wake 2 trophies and achievements
While others will be simple tasks like completing chapters, others will be specific tasks that you have to perform during combat or in the world around you. Take a good look at the list below before jumping into the game to make sure you can collect them all.
SPOILERS WARNING: Some of these trophies and achievements may be spoilers if you haven’t reached a certain point in the game yet. Continue at your own risk!
| Trophy/Achievement | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Escape from its gravity | Use a handheld flare to escape enemy prey. |
| stop the monster | Interrupts the relocation attempt of a Throw performed with Flashlight’s boost |
| Awesome visits | Stun an enemy with a Flashbang |
| Shining in the night | Light a handheld flare to keep enemies at bay. |
| Coffee-themed fun | Shoot Mr. Drippy or any other cardboard cutout in Coffee World |
| Filling the form | Place a Charm in all the slots of the bracelet. |
| rustic charm | Find all the charms |
| Back to life | Wear a coffee cup amulet to avoid defeat |
| The beautiful things in life | Mayer Setter Pet |
| strange reality | Solve five nursery rhyme puzzles |
| I’ll find you | Find all the nursery rhyme dolls |
| Change in reality | Complete all nursery rhyme puzzles. |
| The Koskela brothers | Watch all the Koskela brothers commercials |
| The writer’s trail | Watch all the videos of the writer’s trip |
| Ready for a fight | Find the hunting rifle |
| Bring it | Find the sawed-off shotgun |
| Stop there | Find the pump action shotgun |
| Greatest Hits | Find the crossbow |
| Find the light | Find the flashlight and the revolver. |
| Lights shining | Find the flare gun |
| Yippee yay Ki | Find the double barreled shotgun |
| find a way | Find the screwdriver |
| Shorten | Find the bolt cutters |
| Everything accounted for | Find all the weapons for both characters. |
| Getting stronger | Upgrade any weapon once |
| all smiles | Fully upgrade a single weapon |
| grew bigger | Update inventory size |
| pointing forward | Defeat five enemies with headshots. |
| gone forever | Defeat an enemy with an explosion. |
| in one go | Defeat an enemy with a single crossbow shot. |
| This is the moment | Dodge at the last minute to avoid any enemy attacks. |
| He chased the fountain | Destroy a source point |
| coiled darkness | Destroy a shield of darkness |
| lawyer | Defeat the nightingale |
| The best of Bright Falls | Defeat Mulligan and Thornton. |
| girl in love | Defeat Cynthia |
| full of rage | Defeat Scratch |
| storm cloud | Escape from the dark presence |
| It felt good | Use a healing item |
| coffee thermos | Discover a rest room |
| carry your words | Discover a word of power |
| secret hiding places | Discover a Cult Stash and a Lunch Box |
| Hidden by the trees | Find all Cult Stashes and Lunchboxes |
| It’s not the last | Pick up the first page of the manuscript. |
| nightmare territory | Pick up a map |
| Hunting season | Complete ‘The Cult’ chapter |
| Someone is at home | Complete the ‘Invitation’ chapter |
| On the overlay | Complete the ‘The Heart’ chapter. |
| back in water | Complete the ‘Local Girl’ chapter. |
| We look into the night | Complete the chapter “No chance” |
| The ancient gods | Complete the ‘Old Gods’ chapter. |
| Seeing double | Complete the ‘Scratch’ chapter |
| Rock n’Roll, baby | Complete the ‘Summon’ chapter |
| The last deer festival | Complete the ‘Deerfest’ chapter |
| End of the road | Complete the “Come Home” chapter. |
| Talk show | Complete the ‘Late Night’ chapter. |
| NY | Complete the ‘Casey’ chapter |
| Return | Complete the “Disturbing” chapter |
| All his life | Complete the chapter ‘We sing’ |
| In a luxury hotel | Complete the ‘Room 665’ chapter. |
| Told and retold | Complete the ‘Return’ chapter |
| Behind the masks | Complete the ‘Masks’ chapter |
| The cult of the world | Complete the ‘Zane’s Movie’ chapter. |
| Your departure | Complete the ‘Missing’ chapter |
| History comes true | Complete Alan Wake 2 |
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Earning achievements and trophies isn’t necessary to complete the game, but it’s a nice boast to show off your hard work and, if you’re like me, 100% of the game at its full potential. If you don’t get them all on your first playthrough, come back and try again.
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