Alan Wake Achievement Guide

Now that Alan Wake is available in every region of the world, we would like to present to you the complete achievement guide for Alan Wake.

Traversing into the dark is hard and it can often lead you to danger. With the help of our Achievement Guide, we would like to guarantee to you that we will be your flashlight as you guide Alan Wake in solving the mysteries of the dark world of Bright Falls.

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ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE

Follow the Light – 10G
You were enlightened by a dream.

Automatically achieved after learning how to kill a “Taken”

Let there be Light – 10G
You have restored power

Automatically achieved after restoring the power to the Cabin which is one of your objectives

Float like a Butterfly – 15G
You avoided getting hit with style.

When being pursued and attacked by a “Taken”, dodge by pressing the “LB” button.

Nordic Walking – 10G
Unlike Stucky, you enjoy incontestable health benefits. Namely, you’re not dead.

Will Unlock Automatically as you play through the game.

Bright Falls’ Finest – 20G
You finally managed to make that phone call.

Will Unlock Automatically as you play through the game.

Under a Thin Layer of Skin – 10G
You disobeyed the Park Ranger’s instruction.

Will Unlock Automatically as you play through the game.

Finder’s Keepers – 20G
You have discovered five of the hidden chests

Find and open five hidden chests that are scattered throughout Bright Falls. Use your flashlight to reveal a glowing arrow for a hint of its location.

Back! Back! I Say! – 10G
You bought yourself some breathing time with a flare.

Use a Flare to keep the Taken away from you.

Missed by a Mile – 25G
You managed to slow-motion dodge 20 times.

When a Taken attempts to attack you, Dodge it 20 times by pressing “LB”

Paging Mr. Wake – 20G
You have discovered 25 manuscript pages.

Find the 25 manuscripts of Alan Wake that was scattered throughout Bright Falls.

Right of Way – 10G
You have peeled 15 Taken off your bumpers.

Kill 15 “Taken” by driving through them. Only possible when you are driving.

Park Ranger – 15G
You survived Elderwood National Park.

Will Unlock Automatically as you play through the game.

Damn Good Cup of Coffee – 20G
You have found 25 Coffee Thermoses

Find the 25 Coffee Thermoses that are scattered throughout Bright Falls.

They’re Heeere! – 20G
You have destroyed 20 poltergeist objects

Kill 20 moving / poltergeist objects

Heavy Metal – 10G
You destroyed the bulldozer.

Will Unlock Automatically as you play through the game.

The Six Gun Scribe – 20G
You capped 100 Taken with the Revolver.

Kill 100 Taken using a Revolver

Iron Horse- 10G
You made the train engine run out of steam.

Kill a Train Poltergeist.

Wheels Within Wheels – 20G
You found the kidnapper, but what he had to say wasn’t what you wanted to hear.

Will unlock automatically as you play through the game.

Boob Tube – 5G
You checked out some important message.

After darkness engulfed Dr. Hartman’s clinic, watch the TV to see the Verizon commercial

Energized! -10G
You changed batteries 100 times.

Use a battery to recharge the flashlight 100 times.

Thunder and Lightning – 20G
50 Taken have felt your fury. Also, your flashbangs.

Kill 50 Taken using a Flashbang.

Collateral Carnage – 20G
20 Taken have been drowned, electrocuted, or dispatched by some other indirect means.

Kill 20 Taken by drowning, electrocuting, or making them fall of a cliff. The best way to Electrocute when you’re at a Power Plant in Episode 5.

Child of the Elder God – 10G
You shone a light upon this night of otherworldly fiends.

Will unlock automatically as you play through the game.

Perchance to Dream – 20G
Oh, so THAT’S what happened.

Will unlock automatically as you play through the game.

Medical Opinions – 10G
Listen to Hartman’s Recordings.

Listen to all Hartman’s recordings. Unlocks Automatically.

Drink ‘Em Up – 10G
Put de lime the coconut twice.

Will unlock automatically as you play through the game.

Gatekeeper – 10G
Cut the power to the transformer yard.

Will unlock automatically as you play through the game.

The Lady of the Light – 20G
Discover the secret she guards.

Will unlock automatically as you play through the game.

Tornado Wrangler – 20G
Defeat the tornado.

Kill the Tornado by firing a Flare Gun

Departure – 40G
Complete the game on Normal difficulty.

Complete the game under Normal difficulty

Hardboiled Water – 40G
Complete the game on Hard difficulty.

Complete the game under Hard difficulty

Alan, Wake Up -50G
Complete the game on Nightmare difficulty.

Complete the game under Nightmare difficulty

If it Flies, It Burns – 20G
Burn 1,000 Birds

Whenever you see the dark birds flying around, focus a flashlight at them to burn them.

Taken Season – 20G
Defeat 50 Taken with the hunting rifle.

Kill 50 Taken using a hunting rifle.

What Light Through Yonder Window – 20G
Defeat 50 Taken with the flaregun, the way Shakespeare intended.

Kill 50 Taken using a Flare Gun.

Come On, Come All – 10G
Kill four Taken with a single shot from the flaregun.

Kill four Taken using a single shot of the Flare Gun.

Sound and Fury – 10G
Kill four Taken with a single flashbang.

Kill four Taken using a single Flashbang.

Two for the Price of One – 10G
Kill two Taken with a single shotgun blast.

Kill two Taken using a single shot of a shotgun.

Carny – 10G
Knock over five can pyramids.

Look for pyramid cans scattered throughout Bright Falls and shoot it.

Meet the Deadline – 30G
In “Mirror’s Peak”, make it from the Coal Mine Museum to Cauldron Lake in under 40 minutes.

The easiest way to do this is to run through and do not kill any Taken. Use a flare while running to keep Taken away from you. If possible dodge them and run. Use the Safe Haven to make them disappear temporarily.

An Idyllic Small Town – 30G
Make it through the “Night Life in Bright Falls” in one go without dying or restarting even once.

This is very hard to achieve. Make sure you don’t let a single Taken kill you. Running around mindlessly won’t help you not die. Plan you way out through the level accordingly.

Gunless Wonder – 30G
Make it to Cauldron Lake without firing a single shot in, “On the Road to Cauldron Lake”

Don’t use anything in this level. Try to make use of the slow-motion dodge to get through this achievement. IT will take more than one try.

Every Nook and Cranny – 30G
Discover all of the hidden chests.

Find all hidden chests located throughout the game. Look for the yellow arrow sign for hints of the hidden chest’s location.

Picking Up After Yourself – 30G
Find all of the manuscript pages in Normal mode.

Find all the manuscripts of Alan in Normal Mode.

Collector’s Edition – 50G
Find all the manuscript pages in the game, including the ones in Nightmare mode.

Get all 100+ Manuscripts in both Normal and Nightmare mode.

Hypercaffeinated – 30G
Discover all coffee thermoses.

Get all 100 coffee thermoses.

KBF-FM – 30G
Listen to all of the radio shows.

Listen to all 30 radio shows scattered throughout Bright Falls.

Couch Potato – 30G
Watch every single TV show.

Watch the TV show, “Night Springs” that are located throughout Bright Falls.

Bright Falls Aficionado – 30G
Absorb every bit of local history and culture.

Read all 25-related Bright Falls history scattered throughout the game.