Alan Wake 2: All Nursery Rhymes puzzles in Watery Alan Wake 2 guide, walkthrough

The map of Watery from the game Alan Wake 2 hides rhyme-optional secrets. This page of the guide shows the solutions to all the rhyme puzzles from Watery. You will learn how to deploy dolls and acquire unique talismans.

Last update: 14 November 2023

While exploring Watery in Alan Wake 2, you can solve Nursery Rhyme puzzles. In our guide you will find a list of all the Nursery Rhymes in Watery. You will also learn how to complete puzzles by placing dolls, what charms Saga can obtain for doing it, and what the charms do.

• Nursery Rhyme in the forest near Downtown Watery
• Nursery Rhyme next to the Radio Tower
• Nursery Rhyme on the pier next to the Trailer Park
• Nursery Rhyme next to the Lighthouse
• Nursery Rhyme in Latte Lagoon
• Nursery Rhyme at the Ranger Cabin
• Nursery Rhyme in a house in Downtown Watery
• Nursery Rhyme in a trailer in the Trailer Park

Nursery Rhyme in the forest near Downtown Watery

You can access the rhyme during your first visit to Watery in Return 3.

1. Explore the forest north of Downtown Watery, the town where the heroine left her car.
2. You have to go off the main path and reach a small viewpoint with a Nursery Rhyme.

1. Place the moose doll on the drawing of a tree - we have marked it in the picture above.

1. Turn back a bit to the north. A large statue of a moose will appear near the path. Next to it, you will find a Coffee Mug Charm (a one-time saving from death).

Nursery Rhyme next to the Radio Tower

The Radio Tower is in the northeast corner of the Watery map, and you can reach it during Return 3.

1. You will find the rhyme a short distance south of the tower. There is a small path leading to it.

1. Place the deer doll on the drawing of a house - we have marked it in the picture.

1. A deer will appear in the area, and it will be attacked by Taken Wolves, which you must defeat first.
2. Next to the Radio Tower, you will find a deer corpse (picture above) - there is a Deer Charm next to it (increases resistance to stuns and interrupting attacks).

Nursery Rhyme on the pier next to the Trailer Park

You must deal with the bosses from the Overlap in Watery first because only then does the water level on the map drop. This will unlock access to the southern part of the Trailer Park.

1. Go onto the pier and get to the end of it to find the Nursery Rhyme next to the moored boat.

1. Place the sage doll on the drawing of waves (1 in our picture).
2. Place the bear doll on the drawing of a candy (2 in our picture).

1. Get off the pier and defeat the huge Taken with a hammer. In the place where you could previously collect the dolls. This time you will find a Coffee World Token Charm (providing more loot and higher quality items).

Nursery Rhyme next to the Lighthouse

You can get to the puzzle during your first visit to Return 3, but Saga must first go through Coffee World.

1. The Nursery Rhyme is at the viewpoint east of the Lighthouse, and there may be some Taken people around.

1. Place the trickster doll on the drawing of waves (1 in our picture).
2. Place the sage doll on the drawing of an eye (2 in our picture).

1. No charm icon will appear on the map, but you can explore the area to find a collectible related to the lighthouse.
2. Going north of the Lighthouse, find a narrow passage between the rocks next to the road. It leads to the rocks by the water, and there is a Lighthouse Charm (recover more health in Break Rooms).

Nursery Rhyme in Latte Lagoon

The rhyme is available to get during the first visit to Watery in Return 3.

1. Latte Lagoon is one of the attractions of Coffee World. Reach the small pier.

1. Place the moose doll on the drawing of waves (1 in our picture).
2. Place the trickster doll on the drawing of jewelry (2 in our picture).
3. Place the deer doll on the drawing of a boat (3 in our picture).

1. Stay in the place and wait for the pontoon to arrive. It contains a Mr. Drippy Charm(increases the damage inflicted at low health).

Nursery Rhyme at the Ranger Cabin

The Ranger Cabin is in the north-western part of the map. This area is initially flooded and will only become accessible after defeating the bosses from the Overlap.

1. The rhyme you are looking for can be found behind the Ranger Cabin.

1. Place the maiden doll on the drawing of a tree (1 in our picture).
2. Place the bear doll on the drawing of a heart (2 in our picture).

1. After solving the puzzle, enter the Ranger Cabin. Go upstairs and check out the large bed. An FBC Charm lies there (increases the damage for stealth attacks).

Nursery Rhyme in a house in Downtown Watery

In Downtown Watery, where you start exploring the map, there is a closed oblong house-trailer next to Suomi Hall.

1. Initially, you can't get inside because you need a screwdriver - how to find it in Coffee World is described on a separate page of the guide.
2. After opening the door, you will find a rhyme in the western room.

1. Place the maiden doll on the drawing of a house (1 in our picture).
2. Place the trickster doll on the drawing of jewelry (2 in our picture).

1. Leave the trailer and check the mailbox. Inside you will find a Coffee Mug Charm (one-time save from death).

Nursery Rhyme in a trailer in the Trailer Park

You will have to wait until Saga obtains Bolt Cutters in Return 5 - we described this on a separate page of the guide.

1. In the Trailer Park in the southwestern part of the map, there is a closed gate next to one of the trailers. After opening it with Bolt Cuttlers, you can go inside and find a Nursery Rhyme.

1. Place the sage doll on the drawing of an eye (1 in our picture).
2. Place the deer doll on drawing of a heart (2 in our picture).

Stay inside the trailer. Defeat the new Taken and collect Deerfest Charm (delays the time of opponents' dark shield regeneration).