Alan Wake 2 is chock full of collectibles. Some have meaningful gameplay benefits, like the Alex Casey Lunch Boxes, the Cult Stashes and the Nursery Rhymes. However, some offer no tangible benefits or rewards, and are just insights into the world of Alan Wake 2 and Bright Falls, like the Koskelas brothers commercials and the Writer’s Journey TV snippets.
While you’ll find the Koskelas Ads in Saga’s journey through the “Return” saga, while playing as Alan Wake in the Dark Place in “Initiation,” you’ll be able to get a glimpse into Alan’s state-of-mind by collecting the Writer’s Journey TV episodes.
If you are, however, after something a little more tangible. Collecting all 8 of the Writer’s Journey episodes will unlock The Trail of the Writer achievement, so they’re definitely worth collecting. They are incredibly missable though, but stick with our guide below, and you won’t miss a thing.
Writer’s Journey - The Dark Place - Story-related. You’ll get this when you reach the end of the Talk Show Studio.
Writer’s Journey - Writing - On Ocean Avenue, near the Alley where you got the gun (just slightly north) is a TV shop. Walk up to it and you’ll collect this Alan Wake video clip called Writing.
Writer’s Journey - The Murder Sites - In the Break Room in the Subway, around the corner.
Initiation 4: We Sing - Writer’s Journey Collectibles
Writer’s Journey - The Dark Presence - Same place as the ‘Writing’ episode, but in a different chapter. Head to the TV store near the alleyway (slightly north of it) after you’ve exited the TV from the previous chapter (after the We Sing sequence). The next chapter hasn’t started officially yet.
Writer’s Journey - Visions - Head into Room 101 in the Oceanview Hotel, when you have the Room 101 Key, and there’ll be one of Alan’s Writer episodes in there. You can get the Room 101 key from the Ballroom Break Room.
Writer’s Journey - Drowning - Grab the photographs from Alice’s shoebox in the Workshop of the Talk Show Studio (Ahti will tell you to go down there and grab them, but it’s actually possible to not grab them and leave without them, so make sure that you do). To get back there, use the Angel Lamp to light shift - it might not seem possible, but it is (the trickiest part is that stairs down to the basement can be opened in the main corridor by using it on the balcony nearby). Once you’ve grabbed them, this episode will play at the beginning of the next chapter.
Initiation 8: Zane’s Film - Writer’s Journey Collectibles
Writer’s Journey - Stop Writing - In the Break Room in the Poet’s Cinema lobby is another Alan’s Writer video series episode.
Writer’s Journey - Initiation - Follow the film reel maze in the Poet’s Cinema until you get into the third loop, where you see Casey in a chair. In the back left corner, down the stairs, is this TV clip.
Thursday, November 02, 2023
Alan Wake 2 is chock full of collectibles. Some have meaningful gameplay benefits, like the Alex Casey Lunch Boxes, the Cult Stashes and the Nursery Rhymes. However, some offer no tangible benefits or rewards, and are just insights into the world of Alan Wake 2 and Bright Falls, like the Koskelas brothers commercials and the Writer’s Journey TV snippets.
While you’ll find the Koskelas Ads in Saga’s journey through the “Return” saga, while playing as Alan Wake in the Dark Place in “Initiation,” you’ll be able to get a glimpse into Alan’s state-of-mind by collecting the Writer’s Journey TV episodes.
If you are, however, after something a little more tangible. Collecting all 8 of the Writer’s Journey episodes will unlock The Trail of the Writer achievement, so they’re definitely worth collecting. They are incredibly missable though, but stick with our guide below, and you won’t miss a thing.
Initiation 2 - Casey - Writer’s Journey Collectibles
Initiation 4: We Sing - Writer’s Journey Collectibles
Initiation 5: Room 665 - Writer’s Journey Collectibles
Initiation 7: Masks - Writer’s Journey Collectibles
Initiation 8: Zane’s Film - Writer’s Journey Collectibles