Nursery Rhymes are one in all Saga’s aspect quest alternatives in Alan Wake 2, and it’s the way you’ll acquire charms for her appeal bracelet. Like Cult Stashes, these puzzles are scattered round Cauldron Lake, Brilliant Falls, and past, and it’s as much as you to search out the dolls related to the rhymes so you’ll be able to resolve the puzzle.
On this Alan Wake 2 information, we’ll inform you how Nursery Rhymes work, the place you’ll find Nursery Rhymes, and easy methods to resolve the Nursery Rhymes you discover.
Word: This information is in progress. We’ll add extra Nursery Rhymes as we discover them.
The best way to resolve Nursery Rhymes in Alan Wake 2
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You’ll first come throughout Nursery Rhymes in Alan Wake 2’s second chapter, after eradicating the flooding from Cauldron Lake and adventuring into Streamside.
The Nursery Rhymes seem as chalk drawings on the bottom, which encompass a bit of paper that has a rhyme on it. To resolve the puzzle, you’ll want to search out dolls that characterize the central characters of the rhyme and place them in places based mostly on what occurs within the story.
Whenever you do that appropriately, one thing on the planet adjustments, and a appeal (passive ability) for Saga’s appeal bracelet seems close by. Generally these rewards seem proper subsequent to the Nursery Rhyme location and generally you’ll must comply with a path of darkness to a unique space of the map. A few of these Nursery Rhymes additionally spawn enemies when you resolve them, so watch out.
Cauldron Lake Nursery Rhymes
There are 5 whole Nursery Rhymes in Cauldron Lake, however you’ll be able to solely get three in your first journey via the realm. You’ll must return to search out the opposite two later within the recreation.
Non-public Cabin Nursery Rhyme resolution
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The primary nursery rhyme is essentially the most complicated — not less than of the preliminary three on this flooded space. You will discover it simply outdoors the Non-public Cabin, which turns into a secure space when you flip the close by generator on.
To resolve the rhyme, you’ll want three dolls: Crow, Wolf, and Hero. You possibly can choose up Crow subsequent to the Non-public Cabin close by, on a bench. Each Wolf and Hero are upstairs within the Witchfinder’s Station, so head there first and seize them. (You may as well skip to the Witchfinder Station rhyme first and full it, as there’s no cause to do them within the order you discover them).
After getting the proper dolls, it’s time to resolve the rhyme:
A mother-Crow sits in her nest
Guarding her infants, doing her finest
To guard her dwelling from the Beast coming to feast
However solely a Hero courageous of coronary heart can preserve the 2 aside
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Place the Crow doll on the child chick in its egg, place the Hero doll on the large coronary heart, and place the Wolf doll on the home.
Whenever you resolve the rhyme, the chicken home by the lake simply down the ramp from the non-public cabin will fall down. Stroll as much as it and seize the Kalevala Knights Allure, which improves hand flares. However be ready, as fixing this riddle spawns a wolf to combat within the space.
Witchfinder’s Station Nursery Rhyme resolution
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This rhyme is simply outdoors the door to Witchfinder’s Station, which you’ll discover in your map within the northern a part of the flooded space.
To resolve this riddle, you’ll want the Wolf doll and the Hero doll, each of that are upstairs within the close by home. Seize them after which examine this riddle:
The Hero courageous and powerful left dwelling to proper a incorrect
From the woods got here the Wolf so grasping and hungry
That he ate what he present in the home with out a host
The Hero returned to search out she’d misplaced the factor she beloved most
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To resolve the riddle, place the Wolf on the tree and the Hero on the boat. This spawns wolf tracks main into the home. Observe them however don’t stress, as this rhyme doesn’t spawn a wolf so that you can combat like the primary one does (or like you may think it would). Observe the tracks to the playpen upstairs and choose up the Espresso Mug Allure, which is able to save your life if you happen to die, however shatters the appeal within the course of.
Streamside Picnic Space Nursery Rhyme resolution
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This rhyme is west of the Non-public Cabin and southwest of Witchfinder Station. You’ll discover it within the picnic desk part on the map. Be sure to have the Crow doll with you, which you’ll be able to choose up from the Non-public Cabin.
Right here’s the rhyme it’s good to resolve:
One chicken for mild
Two for darkness
Three birds for a combat
4 for a wrestle
5 birds for damage
Six for distress
Seven for the ending, no matter it could be
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Take the Crow doll and simply drop it on the solar. It will immediately resolve the rhyme and spawn the Hammer Allure on a close-by picnic desk — which improves your means to stun Taken.
Be warned: once we completed this rhyme, it spawned three Taken enemies within the space, two by the streetlamp resulting in the non-public cabin, and one by the bridge.
Extra Nursery Rhymes coming quickly!