Alan Wake 2: All Cult Stashes puzzles in Bright Falls Alan Wake 2 guide, walkthrough

In Alan Wake 2 you will find a Cult Stashes next to the Elderwood Palace Lodge building in the town of Bright Falls. Our guide tells you how to pass the puzzle with a padlock and flashing buttons.

Last update: 03 November 2023

Cult Stashes are an important category of collectibles in Alan Wake 2. This page of the guide contains a list of all Bright Falls stashes that can be found and opened as Saga. You will also find complete solutions to stash puzzles, which involve, for example, locating a key or combinations to open a padlock.

• Stash in front of the Elderwood Palace Lodge
• Stash in the northern Bunker Woods
• Stash with a mathematical puzzle in Bunker Woods
• Stash #1 in the southern Bunker Woods
• Locker #2 in the southern Bunker Woods
• Stash near the Ranger Station
• Stash next to Harbor St
• Stash in the alley behind the Sheriff’s Station
• Stash in the evidence room in the Sheriff's Station

Stash in front of the Elderwood Palace Lodge

The cult stash in question is located in front of the Elderwood Palace Lodge in Bright Falls.

1. You can solve the puzzle on your first visit to the town (Return 1) as Saga, or you can do it later. This is the building where FBI agents are stationed, and in front of which their vehicle is parked.
2. Walk a bit to the west. The container is initially behind a white van, and you have to go around it from the other side.

1. After interacting with the box, examine the container's padlock.
2. You'll see a sequence of buttons lighting up green. Your task is to repeat this combination. If you weren't ready, you can press the sequence retry button. The green button combination will be played again.
3. Completing the puzzle will open the cult stash containing a note (new clue) and common loot.

Stash in the northern Bunker Woods

The earliest you can get to this container and the subsequent ones in Bunker Woods is in Return 5. Saga will explore the forest west of Bright Falls on the way to the Walhalla Nursing Home.

1. The Cult Stash is northwest of the Break Room in the cabin in the woods.
2. You'll see a sequence of buttons lighting up green. Your task is to repeat this combination. If you weren't ready, you can press the sequence retry button. The green button combination will be played again. Solving the puzzle will allow you to see the note and take the common loot.

Stash with a mathematical puzzle in Bunker Woods

You can get to the collectible during your first visit to Bunker Woods or later.

1. The secret can be found in the back of a pickup truck south of the Break Room in Bunker Woods, which is a cabin in the forest. This is the eastern part of Bunker Woods available even before the water level lowered.

1. The note attached to the container contains a mathematical puzzle in which you must guess the correct number of circles. The rules of the puzzle are always the same and the correct answer is 177.
2. Entering the combination will open the padlock. This will allow you to find a new note and collect common loot.

Stash #1 in the southern Bunker Woods

You can reach this and subsequent stashes in the southern part of Bunker Woods after completing Return 5, meaning after defeating the boss in Overlap in the Valhalla Nursing Home.

1. The container can be found southwest of the gate of the Valhalla Nursing Home - the place shown in the pictures.

1. The lock on the safe requires a key. To find it, follow the blue plates with white arrows, not the yellow ones. They will lead you to the place in the forrest where the key is hidden. After opening the container, you will find a message and common loot.

Locker #2 in the southern Bunker Woods

1. The Cult Stash is located northeast of the Break Room in the southern part of Bunker Wodds and west of the Ranger Station.
2. The place with the container is shown in the pictures. You will learn that you need to find 3 symbols to open the padlock.

1. Enter the red symbols in the order shown in our pictures, and the yellow arrows will lead you to them.
2. The picture above shows the first symbol.

1. The picture above shows the second symbol.

1. The picture above shows the third symbol.
2. After entering the symbols, you can read the note and pick up the common loot.

Stash near the Ranger Station

The Cult Stash is within a short distance northwestern of the Ranger Station in Bunker Woods.

1. To open the container, you need a key, and a clue of where to look for it can be found on the drawing attached to the stash.

1. Return to the Ranger Station and examine the northern wall of the building with a chimney on it. The key you are looking for is on the ground near the chimney (picture above). Return to the Cult Stash to get the message and the common loot.

Stash next to Harbor St

Reaching this stash is only possible after completing Return 5 because Saga must have Bolt Cutters with her.

1. Use the Bolt Cuttlers to open the southern gate on Harbor Street in Bright Falls - it is shown in the pictures above. You will gain access to the southern part of Fresh Seafood.

1. Examine the small building by the gate, and you will locate the Cult Stash. There is a note on it with a drawing with a clue.

1. You can find the wooden poles sticking out of the water (the combination depends on how much a given pole sticks out) or use code 697 immediately.
2. In the Cult Stash, you will mostly find an inventory expansion for Saga (an additional row for items). In addition, as usual, there will be a note and common loot.

Stash in the alley behind the Sheriff’s Station

Reaching this stash is only possible after completing Return 5 because Saga must have Bolt Cutters with her.

1. Use them to open the gate in the alley in Bright Falls. It is located at the back of the Sheriff’s Station, next to Oh Deer Diner.

1. On the container is a note with a clue where to find the 3 symbols needed to open the lock.
2. Go to the park located in the south-eastern part of the town. You will find the first symbol by illuminating the satellite dish.

1. The second symbol is on the ground near the benches in the central part of the park.

1. The third symbol is in the gazebo in the eastern part of the park.
2. Return to the Cult Stash and enter the symbols correctly (starting from the highest). You will find a message and common loot.

Stash in the evidence room in the Sheriff's Station

You cannot reach the Cult Stash during your first visit at the Sheriff’s Station. The earliest you can get to it is in Return 6.

1. The evidence room is in the basement of the Sheriff's Station, next to the stairs. You can get to it by using Bolt Cutters on the closed gate.

1. There is a note on the container with a clue. You can look for clues in other parts of the Sheriff’s Station or enter the code 146 immediately. Inside the container, you'll find a note and some common loot.