Alan Wake 2 - Every Cult Stash Location and Solution in Bright Falls
Here's quick guide to help you find every Cult Stash location in Bright Falls and how to solve their puzzle.
In the game Alan Wake 2, discovering a Cult Stash rewards you with useful items, similar to the benefits you receive from locating Lunchboxes and Nursery Rhymes. Searching for these stashes adds an additional layer of activity as you navigate Saga through Bright Falls and the surrounding areas, unraveling the enigma of the Tree Cult.
We have assembled instructions to help you find the secret locations of these Cult Stashes throughout Bright Falls.
Where to Find Cult Stashes in Bright Falls
When you first visit Bright Falls in the game, you can't explore much. But after you adventure through Watery and learn the secrets of Alan Wake 2, you'll come back. That's when the Tree Cult tries to capture Alan at the lodge. This leads to the opening of the western woods, where you can find nine hidden treasures, both in the town and the woods.
Cult Stash #1
Near the Elderwood Palace Lodge in Bright Falls, look for the moving truck. Go to the truck's western side to find your first treasure.
This treasure is locked with a puzzle where you push buttons in the right order (Simon Says).
Solve it to get medical supplies and bullets for your handgun and shotgun.
Cult Stash #2
In Bunker Woods, south of a safe place and by a bridge under water, there's a broken truck. The treasure is in a truck.
You need to solve a math problem to open it. The answer is 177.
Here's the problem if you want to try: A factory has 200 vehicles, made up of bicycles and cars. Cars have 4 wheels, bicycles have 2. If there are 754 wheels in total, how many cars are there?
Once you open the treasure, you get bullets, a flare, and a gas tank.
Cult Stash #3
North of the safe place, past a valley and on a high spot near a shack, there's another treasure next to some rocks.
It's locked with a Simon says button puzzle.
Inside the stash there are rifle bullets, a first aid kit, and a flare.
Cult Stash #4
After the nursing home visit with bolt cutters, go to a new part of Bunker Woods. Look for a treasure by some big rocks.
You need a key to open this one. Follow the arrow signs to find it, but watch out for enemies.
The key is near a small tree to the west of the treasure.
Inside the chest, you will find bullets and a flare.
Cult Stash #5
Go deeper into the western woods, find a safe house, and then go east to see a treasure. You have to beat some strong enemies to reach it.
To unlock it, follow arrows that show the order of symbols you need to enter.
The symbols are:
- Two triangles pointing away from each other
- Two triangles side by side pointing down
- Two triangles pointing at each other
Inside, you'll find a flare, bullets, and a flashbang.
Cult Stash #6
Near the ranger station, on a ridge by a tree, is another treasure.
If you've been to the ranger station and solved a puzzle there, you might already have the key. If not, it's close to the station.The key is outside the station by the chimney.
Use it to unlock the treasure for supplies and a flare.
Cult Stash #7
With bolt cutters, go down Harbor Street. There's a locked door by the dock. Cut the lock.
Enter the shack, and you'll see a treasure with numbers on it.
You can find the number outside the shack on poles in the water.
The code is 697.
This treasure gives you extra space in your inventory.
Cult Stash #8
Behind a locked gate near the Oh Deer Diner, there's a treasure. Cut the lock, go in, and find a work log.
Three symbols in the park match with tasks and dates.
Put these symbols in order by date to unlock:
- Two triangles side by side pointing up
- Two triangles pointing away from each other
- Two triangles stacked pointing up
You'll get a flare and a flashbang.
Cult Stash #9
In the "Scratch" chapter at the Taken-over Sheriff's Station, go downstairs to the evidence room. Cut the lock and go in.
This treasure asks you to count lines on symbols. The code is 146.
Unlock it for a flashbang, more bullets, and a flare. If you've opened all treasures, you'll also get a Lighthouse Key.
OPENING THE LIGHTHOUSE
After finding all 22 treasures in all places, the Lighthouse Key will be in the last one.
Go to the southern Watery map's lighthouse with your key.
Inside, you'll find lots of supplies and story clues. The most important find is the final inventory space upgrade by the lighthouse door.
With the lighthouse cleaned out, you've found all the hidden treasures. Mystery solved.
