Alan Wake: General tips - walkthrough Alan Wake Guide

General tips. This guide page for Alan Wake contains a beginner's guide. These starting tips will facilitate the first hours of the game.

Last update: 30 May 2022

1. Collect everything you find on your way. Every single item you may find is useful in some way. There are no useless objects that only occupy space in your pockets. Batteries, ammunition and weapons almost always prove useful;

2. The light of your flashlight is incredibly useful. It is used not only in combat against enemies, but also in order to find bear traps (they shine in the light) or supply boxes (the way to boxes is marked with fluorescent paint). Use if often, but please note that focusing the flashlight's light (by pressing [LT]) is not always necessary to do what you want;

3. Battery in your flashlight discharges when you focus the light by holding [LT] button. By pressing [Y], you can put new batteries into your flashlight, and therefore lengthen the duration of flashlight's uninterrupted work. It is extremely useful in combat against tough enemies. If you do not have or do not want to waste batteries, be advised that the battery regenerates itself when you are not focusing the light in one place;

4. Light is a real blessing in Alan Wake's world. Under working light post, you can refill your health bar and enemies cannot attack you in the bright light. We may say that the light provides save spots (and save points as well, in most cases). If it is possible, try turning on every light post, light bulbs, etc. Weaker sources of light (e. g. lamps, flashlight) can help you scare your enemies off;

5. During the fight, do everything to keep your enemies in a distance. Most of them cannot attack Alan from more that one meter. That means you always have a chance to shoot them before they approach and attack you. The only exception refers to Taken, who can throw knives and other sharp tools at the protagonist. Better kill those guys at the very beginning of the fight;

6. Dodge every single knife and other sharp thing thrown towards you. You can do it by simply stepping aside or performing a special dodge by pressing the [LB] button. When you run away from your enemies, keep running with a zigzag. Thanks to that, you won't get a blade stuck in your back;

7. When Alan sprints away from his enemies, he gets tired and runs slower. Enemies do not get tires, so they can always catch the writer in a longer run. In order to make the chase more difficult for the opponents, from time to time turn around and attack them with the light of your flashlight. Thanks to that, you can stop them for a while, rest a little and regain stamina, necessary to run;

8. When you are surrounded by enemies, the best thing you can do is to launch a hand flare. This item is not very efficient in combat, but on the other hand, flares are popular items, and their light is great at scaring your enemies off. Alternatively, you can also use the flare gun or a flashbang (shoot/throw it next to your feet in order to scare or kill your enemies).