Watery is a large area to explore inAlan Wake 2, and like most places in the game there are hidden items around nearly every corner. Like Bright Falls and Cauldron Lake, the Cult of the Tree has hidden several locked caches throughout the town. By finding them and solving the puzzles required to open them, you can ensure that you have plenty of gear for when the Taken attack.

If you’re running around in circles trying to find a missing stash, or if the cultists' clues aren’t clicking, never fear - we’ve got all the locations and answers right here.

The map of the forest north of Watery in Alan Wake 2

Updated July 02, 2025:We’ve added a video version of this guide to help you find all of these stashes.

High Trail

About halfway along the forest trail in Watery, you’ll see a sign with a map.Take the right-hand path; you’ll crawl under some boards and climb up a ledge. At the top, you’ll find a Manuscript Page and a locked box.

Watch the buttons on the lock as they light up, thenpress them in the same orderto access the supplies inside.

the map of Watery in Alan Wake 2, centered on the Break Room at the hunting lodge in the woods

Archery Range

The Hunting Lodge on the trail contains a Break Room that you can activate byusing the generator outside.Once you’ve saved,look for a large lockboxjust outside the shack and to the left.

The lock requires athree-digit combination.Take a look at the archery targets to the left; three of the numbers have crossbow bolts in them. Target five has one bolt, target two has two, and target seven has three. This means that the correct combination is527.

Saga Anderson finds the key to the Behind The Smile cult stash on the ground in Coffee World amusement park in Alan Wake 2

Inside the box is theCrossbow, a weapon unique to Saga. Once you’ve collected it, you cantake the crossbow bolts from the targetsto use as ammo. There’s a Taken nearby for you to test your new toy on; you’ll probably hear him muttering as you solve the puzzle.

What Hides Behind The Smile

In the Coffee World theme park travel west to theentrance to the Kalevala Knights motorcycle workshop.Face away from the gate and stick to the left side of the area; you’ll find a small clearing with a Cult Stash.

The key to this chest ishidden behind the giant coffee mascotnear the park’s southern exit. Approach the statue from the rear left andlook carefully at the groundwhen you’re standing by its arm.

Saga Anderson watches the Slow Roaster Ferris wheel at Coffee World amusement park in Alan Wake 2

When you open this stash,be sure to collect the note inside the lid, as it’s a piece of evidence for your investigation!

Only Striped Cups

Just to the left of the Ferris wheel called the Slow Roaster in Coffee World, there’s another Cult Stash. This one has an arrow indicating a clockwise rotation and the words,“only striped cups.”

The carts on the Slow Roaster are shaped like coffee cups, with numbers on the side. Carsone, four, and sevenare striped, and appear in numerical order when counted clockwise on the wheel.

Saga Anderson finds the key to the trailer park cult stash hidden on top of an electric meter in Alan Wake 2

Use code 147to open the stash and collect the supplies inside.

Trailer Park

A locked stash is located near thetrailer next to Saga’sin the trailer park..If you break into the nearby trailer using the screwdriver, you can read an email that says the keys are “somewhere a bit harder to reach” so that they can’t be washed away by the flooding that happens so often in the area.

Go outside andlook to your right.You’ll see a blue box with a plank that you can use as a ramp.Climb on top of the boxto find the key to the stashon top of the power meter.

Saga Anderson approaches the cult stash on the docks in Watery in Alan Wake 2

Yellow Paint

When you reach the Break Room on the climb to the lighthouse,look for a trail to your right.You’ll have to climb up onto a ledge, where you’ll find a large clearing with a Cult Stash at the far end.

If you search the area with your flashlight, you’ll seeseveral symbols in yellow paintthat only appears when illuminated. Each is painted next to a Cult symbol made of twigs. There are more symbols than there are dials on the lock, so you’ll need to determine which ones are relevant.

the map of Watery in Alan Wake 2, centered on the location of the Spare Parts cult stash behind the Kalevala Knights motorcycle workshop

To the right of the stash, you may see theRoman numerals for 2 and 3, but finding the first part of the combination is a bit tricky.Walk to the edge of the cliff across from the stashand shine your flashlight to the area below. The Roman numeral 1 ispainted on the ground to the left.

Enter the symbols in the order of the Roman numerals to open the lock and retrieve the supplies from the cache.

Car Batteries Puzzle

When the flooding recedes in Watery after Return 3,go to the docks at the southeast corner of town.A new Cult Stash will appearbehind some large blue containers.

This combination lock is a word problem; given limited information, you need to determinehow much power the second of three batteries has.

If we call the batteries A, B, and C, then we know:

This means we can also write the equation as2(B-128) + B + (B-128) = 1600.From there, it’s just algebra:

Enter496into the combination lock to open the stash!

Spare Parts

Once you have the Bolt Cutters, return to Watery and use them tobreak into the fenced-off area at the Kalevala Knights workshop.The final Cult Stash in this region isagainst the back of the building.

Be alert as you approach the stash: a pair of Mirror Taken will spawn to your right, and a Darkness Barrier will block your escape.Hide in the light to the leftif you need to recover.

The note on the box has drawings of the rides from Coffee World.Look around the yardand count the number of cars for each ride; there arefive for the Slow Roaster,four for the Espresso Express, andtwo for Latte Lagoon.