Riddles with nursery rhymes in Alan wake 2 - a type of puzzle that is found in various locations of Bright Falls. They are a small place with a camera on a tripod and painted pictures, where you have to display dolls, perhaps fight enemies or follow a trail. Solving such riddles is not easy; the game does not give clear instructions, so some difficulties may arise.
In this guide, we'll look at how to complete the nursery rhyme puzzles in Alan Wake 2. Read on to find out how the mechanics work, what the dolls are for, and what you get for completing the puzzles. We will show you the exact location of all the puzzles, what dolls you will need and how to arrange them correctly.
How to solve riddles with toys (dolls) in Alan Wake 2
The nursery rhyme puzzles in Alan Wake 2 seem quite confusing at first, but once you've solved a few of them, the rest will be much easier to figure out.
Each puzzle has several colorful children's pictures drawn on the ground with chalk, with a "rhyme" in the center. You can find out the right place by using a camera mounted on a tripod nearby.
There is a total 17 locations, where the nursery rhyme puzzles are located in Alan Wake 2. Solving 5 of these puzzles will earn you the achievement Unreality [Strange Reality], and if you cope with everyone, you will receive another achievement as a reward Reality shift [Shift in Reality].
Place dolls in children's drawings
You need to find and place certain dolls on correct pictures, after which reality will be distorted, and Saga will receive as a reward suspension. In some cases, when solving a puzzle, enemies appear, and sometimes, in order to collect the reward, you need to follow the trail quite a long distance.
Pendants are elements of a bracelet that, when activated, give Saga useful bonuses. Collecting them is very important because decorations can make battles easier and even save lives.
Don't forget to take the dolls back
A puzzle doesn't always require the same number of dolls, and sometimes the same toy needs to be used in different puzzles, so don't forget to take the item back when you're done.
Riddles with nursery rhymes on the map in Alan Wake 2
Not all tests can be completed from the start of the game; drawings are found in different places and open after completing certain chapters. Total exists 17 riddles with rhymes, which are scattered across locations.
At Cauldron Lake you can find the first nursery rhymes in Alan Wake 2. Return to the location a second time after the water recedes. Look for the fifth riddle last, as it will appear in subsequent chapters of the story.
Lake Cauldron:
- Near the bridge.
- Ranger's Hut.
- Witchfinder Station.
- Inside a gated rental cottage in the northwest.
- Inside Witchfinder Station (final).
On your first visit, you won't be able to find a single rhyme in Bright Falls. You'll have to return again when the western part of the map opens: access to the Valhalla nursing home and the surrounding forests.
Bright Falls:
- Forest near the bunker.
- Ranger Station.
- Beach.
- Billy's shipyard.
On the territory of Wateree you can find the first three riddles as soon as you get to the location. Puzzles 4-7 require a certain plot point when the waters recede, clearing certain areas of the map. To get to verse 8, you need wire cutters, which will appear even later.
Wateree:
- Shooting tower.
- Radio tower.
- Wateree Lighthouse.
- Latte Laguna.
- Ranger's Hut.
- Trailer park near Mayak.
- FBI hut on Main Street.
- Locked trailer in the park near the Lighthouse.
All the nursery rhymes in Alan Wake 2
Next, we'll show you where to find each puzzle and how to arrange the dolls in Alan Wake 2 to solve the nursery rhyme puzzles.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 1
- Chapter: "Return 2: Heart."
- Location: Cauldron Lake.
- What dolls are needed: Crow.
You will find the poem in the campsite located near the red bridge. You can get there on your second visit to Cauldron Lake, when the water recedes after the flood. Lying on the bench toy Crow.
Decision:
- Place the Crow in the sun.
- After this, Saga will turn to face the bench, where she will pendant "Hammer", allowing you to knock down enemies more often.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 2
- Chapter: "Return 2: Heart."
- Location: Cauldron Lake, Witchfinder Station.
- What dolls are needed: Hero and Wolf.
The poem is located at the porch of the hut. Go into the house and go upstairs, pick it up from the children's playroom Hero dolls и Wolf.
age:
- Place the Hero on the boat and the Wolf on the tree to solve the puzzle.
- Go back to the building, in the children's room on the second floor you will find a keychain "Coffee mug", which can save you from death once.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 3
- Chapter: "Return 2: Heart."
- Location: Cauldron Lake.
- What dolls are needed: Crow, Hero and Wolf.
Go under the fallen tree to reach the puzzle and you'll notice a rhyme on the right.
Decision:
- Place the Crow on the bird, the Hero on the heart, and the Wolf on the house.
- Take your toys and look black ghost trail, which will go away from the hut under the tree. Turn right from the locked red supply crate.
- At the end of the path you will find a bird house with a pendant on the floor "Knights of Kalevala", increasing the area and duration of the flashlight.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 4
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree.
- What dolls are needed: Moose.
The rhyme can be found immediately when you first go to the World of Coffee.
Decision:
- Take Deer dolls и Elk, which lie to the right of the puzzle.
- Place the elk on a tree so that it is in the “forest”.
- Coming out of the shooting range, you will see on the path a large figurine of a Moose, which was not there before, and a keychain "Coffee mug".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 5
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree Radio Tower.
- What dolls are needed: Deer.
Turn left from the Radio Tower and go to the tables nearby.
Walkthrough of the puzzle:
- Place the Deer in the house.
- Go back along the road, where Saga will be attacked by wolves, deal with them.
- Find the deer's body near the red supply crate between the Radio Tower and the lamppost. There will be a pendant in front of him "Deer", making it harder for enemies to hit Anderson.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 6
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree, Lighthouse Trailer Park.
- What dolls are needed: Wise Elder and Bear.
This time you need to go to the trailer park and reach its southernmost point, and then run along the pier. When you step onto the platform, you will see on the bench on the left toy Child. There's a rhyme waiting on the east side of the pier.
Decision:
- Place the Wise Elder on the waves, the Bear on the candy icon.
- Now that the puzzle has been completed, a fish trail. Follow it to land and, in the small workshop on the right, you will see a keychain "Coffee World Token", as well as a massive enemy with a hammer that you need to kill or escape.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 7
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree, Lighthouse.
- What dolls are needed: Wise Elder and Trickster.
The riddle is located in a small dead end, on the rocks to the right of the lighthouse. Before you go there, be sure to go up to the door of the building to get new dolls - Mother, trickster и Wise Elder.
The solution:
- Place the Wise Elder on the eye image and the Trickster on the waves.
- Walk back up the hill to the north, where there is a bridge to Wateree and a wrecked boat just in front of it.
- Go down the path to the bridge and, ing under a fallen log, get to the boat, next to which there is an amulet on the stone "Lighthouse".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 8
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree, Latte Laguna.
- What dolls are needed: Trickster, Deer and Elk.
This poem can only be obtained after the water has receded a little and you can freely visit new places. Heading to the northeast corner of Coffee World will take you to Latte Lagoon. At the end of the small pier there will be a puzzle you need.
Decision:
- Place the Trickster on the ring and necklace, the Moose on the waves, and the Deer on the boat.
- After solving the riddle, take a step back and look to the east, where there will be a small boat with oars, sailing towards Saga. There's a new talisman on it "Mr. Drippy".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 9
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree.
- What dolls are needed: Virgo and Bear.
Go past the souvenir shop at World of Coffee on the north path and then head left. There are enemies roaming around the hut that you need to deal with. To open the door you will need screwdriver, but the poem itself is located outside the house. Before you begin solving the puzzle, enter the building and visit the upstairs bedroom to find Bear doll и Virgin on the wardrobe.
How to complete the puzzle:
- Place the Maiden on the tree and the Bear on the heart.
- Now it will appear in the hut black sludge, leading back. Run along it upstairs to the bedroom where you found the toys.
- There will be a pendant on the bed itself "FBI", which increases damage dealt to unaware enemies.
Be careful - when solving the riddle, a monster will appear in front of the house.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 10
- Chapter: "The Return 3: Local Girl"
- Location: Wateree, Main Street.
- What dolls are needed: Virgo and Trickster.
If you receive screwdriver, return to Wateree and open the house in the northern part of the city, you will find a small FBI outpost there, where agents are studying nursery rhymes in the area. In the bedroom at the end of the house there is another puzzle.
How to the test:
- Place the Virgo on the house and then the Trickster on the ring and necklace.
- Follow black slime, emerging from the house, to an open mailbox, in which there will be another "Coffee mug."
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 11
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Bright Falls, Bunker Forest.
- What dolls are needed: Mother and Child.
If you turn left after the bridge and go up the hill, you can find a kindergarten with toys scattered everywhere, as well as a poem.
How to the test:
- Place the Mother in the house and the Child in the tree, imagining where they play and live.
- After changing follow black slime and scattered toys back along the path along which they came to find a pendant at a fork "Lamp".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 12
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Bright Falls, Ranger Station.
- What dolls are needed: Child and Monster.
The riddle is fairly easy to find once you get it. wire cutters and you'll gain access to the entire bottom of the map through the back gate of the Valhalla Nursing Home.
Go into the hut and find a rhyme on the floor, which can be solved as follows:
- Place the Child doll on the image of a house where he is safe, and the Monster on the candy. Despite the mention of mothers, a Mother doll is not needed.
- The doorbell will ring. Approach the door and you will see black footprints, follow them first to the upstairs bathroom and then to the bedroom to get the keychain "Coffee mug".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 13
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Bright Falls.
- What dolls are needed: Monster, Child and Mother.
On the beach, on the approach to the boat station, toys are scattered, and in the center is a poem.
Decision:
- Place the Monster on the waves, the Child on the necklace and ring, and the Mother on the boat.
- This will cause the enemy to attack, but a talisman will appear next to the overturned rowboat in the east "Valhalla Nursing Home".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 14
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Bright Falls, Billy's Shipyard.
- What dolls are needed: Mother and Monster.
You can get to the shipyard from any side, but you still need to unlock it wire cutters. There will be a puzzle located on the large eastern pier.
How to complete the puzzle:
- Place Mom on the sea and Monster on the boat.
- Numerous rivals will appear at the station, but to the west you can find a reward "Anchor", next to a white boat lying on its side.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 15
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Wateree, Lighthouse Trailer Park.
- What dolls are needed: Wise Elder and Deer.
To access the puzzle you will need wire cutters, with their help you will have to pick the lock on the last trailer in the park near the Lighthouse. Inside you will find some hay and a relatively short poem laid out against the back wall.
The solution:
- Place the Wise Elder on the eye to show the emphasis on the vision, and the Stag on the heart.
- As a result, a giant cultist will appear in the car, and two wolves outside. Deal with the enemies and take the pendant from the trailer "Deer Festival" - it is located at the opposite end, not far from the point where the enemy appeared.
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 16
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Cauldron Lake, Rental cottages.
- What dolls are needed: Hero, Crow and Monster.
You can only get here if you have wire cutter - they are necessary to break the chain fencing off the rented cottages. Cut a path through the main gate and go to the back of the houses ahead.
There is a place under a fallen tree where you can squeeze through. This will open up access to several new huts, one of which has a rhyme written on the floor.
The solution:
- Place the Hero on the necklace and ring image, the Crow on the open eye, and the Monster doll on the hatched bird.
- After this, you need to go to the house opposite, from where the enemy will break out and attack. Behind him, in the hut, in addition to the TV, there will be another amulet "Coffee mug".
Nursery Rhyme Riddle 17
- Chapter: "Return 5: The Old Gods."
- Location: Cauldron Lake, Witchfinder Station.
- What dolls are needed: Father, Hero, Mother, Child and Trickster.
This puzzle is available after completing all other poems and unlocking Father doll. Once you've got your item, head to Witchfinder Station to find not just the usual rhyme, but plenty of toy art throughout the house and a static radio giving directions.
Place the following dolls throughout the house:
- Father - Eye (main office, next to the radio and desk).
- The hero is the sun (bedroom on the first floor).
- Mother is the heart (kitchen).
- The child is a chick (playpen above).
- Trickster - Waves (upstairs bathroom).
Interact with the radio to open a dialogue and get the final reward - new place on the bracelet. Additionally, when you solve the final nursery rhyme, you will receive the Shift in reality trophy.
We hope the article helped find and solve all the nursery rhyme riddles in Alan Wake 2. If you have any questions, ask them at comments, we will definitely answer. Follow others guides and walkthroughs for Alan Wake 2 in the relevant section of our website.
