Alan Wake Cheats and Hints for PC

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Achievements (Steam)
A Friend in Need - Special 1 - Find someone to help you.
A Friend Indeed - Special 1 - Follow the signal to its conclusion.
Alan, Wake Up - Complete the game on Nightmare difficulty.
An Idyllic Small Town - Make it through "Night Life in Bright Falls" in one go without dying or restarting even once.
Back! Back, I Say! - Save yourself with a flare.
Boob Tube - See what's on TV.
Bright Falls Aficionado - Absorb every bit of local history and culture.
Fast and Furious - Special 1 - Make it through the final battle in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Finders Keepers - Discover 5 hidden chests.
Float Like a Butterfly - Perform a cinematic dodge.
Follow the Light - Take a night course of light education.
Gatekeeper - Cut the power to the transformer yard.
Go Gentle Into That Good Light - Special 2 - Make it through the approach to the lighthouse without firing a weapon.
Gunless Wonder - Make it to Cauldron Lake without firing a single shot in "On the Road to Cauldron Lake."
Hardboiled Writer - Complete the game on Hard difficulty.
Bright Falls' Finest - Call for help.
Cardboard Companions - Special 1 - Discover all of the cardboard standees.
Carny - Knock over five can pyramids.
Child of the Elder God - Have a rock'n'roll moment without dropping to a low health state.
Collateral Carnage - Defeat 20 Taken with indirect means.
Collector's Edition - Find all of the manuscript pages in the game, including the ones in Nightmare mode.
Come One, Come All - Kill four Taken with a single shot from the flaregun.
Couch Potato - Watch every single TV show.
Creative Space - Special 2 - Discover the secret area.
Damn Good Cup of Coffee - Discover 25 coffee thermoses.
Departure - Complete the game on Normal difficulty.
Ding! - Special 2 - Complete the elevator ride.
Drink 'Em Both Up - Put de lime in de coconut twice.
Energized! - Use 100 batteries.
Every Nook and Cranny - Discover all of the hidden chests.
Licensed Properties - Special 2 - Discover 10 Night Springs video games.
Medical Opinions - Listen to Hartman's recordings.
Meet the Deadline - In "Mirror Peak," make it from the Coal Mine Museum to Cauldron Lake in 30 minutes.
Missed by a Mile - Perform a cinematic dodge 20 times.
No Punctuation - Special 2 - Complete the episode without reloading the game or restarting a checkpoint.
Nordic Walking - Take a walk through the logging area, meet one of the quirky locals.
Paging Mr. Wake - Find 25 manuscript pages.
Park Ranger - Enjoy the sounds and sights of Elderwood National Park.
Perchance to Dream - Take a moment to reflect on past events.
Picking Up After Yourself - Find all of the manuscript pages in Normal mode.
Right of Way - Drive over 15 Taken.
Heartbreaker - Special 2 - Have some poison poured in your ear.
Heavy Metal - Survive the bulldozer attack.
Hypercaffeinated - Discover all coffee thermoses.
If It Flies, It Burns - Burn 1,000 birds.
Iron Horse - Encounter a steam engine.
Iron Will - Special 2 - Survive the final encounter without being seriously hurt.
It's Not Just a Typewriter Brand - Defeat 50 Taken with a shotgun.
KBF-FM - Listen to all of the radio shows.
Kill Your Darlings - Special 2 - Defeat the final obstacle between you and your goal.
Let There Be Light - Get a generator running.
License Revoked - Special 1 - Complete the episode without using a single vehicle.
Run-On Sentence - Special 1 - Complete the episode without reloading the game or restarting a checkpoint.
Sound and Fury - Kill four Taken with a single flashbang.
Taken Season - Defeat 50 Taken with the hunting rifle.
The Lady of the Light - Discover the secret she guards.
The Six-Gun Scribe - Defeat 100 Taken with the revolver.
They're Heeeeeere! - Inanimate objects shouldn't move of their own accord. Put a stop to this affront, oh, say, 20 times.
Thunder and Lightning - Defeat 50 Taken with flashbang grenades.
Tick Tock - Special 1 - Discover 10 hidden alarm clocks.
Tornado Wrangler - Defeat the tornado.
Two For the Price of One - Kill two Taken with a single shotgun blast.
Under a Thin Layer of Skin - Defy the park ranger.
What Light Through Yonder Window - Defeat 50 Taken with the flaregun, the way Shakespeare intended.
Wheels Within Wheels - Meet the kidnapper.
Whirlwind: Special 2 - Make your way past the tornado in under 60 seconds.
Words Will Never Harm You: Special 1 - Trigger all of the furnaces in the basement.

Unlock Nightmare Mode
Beat the game on any difficulty to unlock Nightmare Mode. This mode makes combat much more difficult and adds 16 Manuscript Pages to collect.

Developer Cameo
When you have to watch a TV show with Alan there's a second guest in the end. It's Sam Lake. He wrote the story for Alan Wake and Max Payne at Remedy games and he even borrowed his face to be the face of Max Payne.

Restrooms
In episode 3 when you need to look for the keys to the car at the end when escaping from the nature center, instead of looking in the Men's room look in the woman's room. None of the stalls have toilets.

Max Payne Reference
In Alan's New York Apartment and various other locations throughout the game, examine bookshelves: One of the titles is "The Things I Want" which is a chapter title and monologue sequence from Max Payne 2.

Microsoft Tag
In Episode 4 there is a modern art painting on the top floor of the lodge. It is actually a tag. Take your smartphone, aim it at the tag on your screen and use Microsoft Tag to read it.

Alan Wake Cheats - PC