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Elderwood National Park
Alan Wake

Elderwood National Park

Walkthrough for Elderwood National Park in Alan Wake, including collectible locations and how to help Rusty.

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Walkthrough for Elderwood National Park in Alan Wake, including collectible locations and how to help Rusty.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the initial cutscenes, examine the Buck Toothed Charlie Sign (3/25) in the visitor centre.
  2. 2
    Find a Coffee Thermos (18/100) in the kitchenette.
  3. 3
    Speak with Rusty Johnston on the balcony.
  4. 4
    Go inside to sign a registration form on the reception desk.
  5. 5
    Return the form to Rusty to receive cabin keys and directions to Lovers' Peak.
  6. 6
    Pick up the keys and return to Barry.
  7. 7
    Leave the ranger station and return to the car.
  8. 8
    Head to Alan and Barry's cabin.
  9. 9
    Find a Coffee Thermos (19/100) in the downstairs kitchen.
  10. 10
    Grab the Batteries on the kitchen counter.
  11. 11
    Leave through the nearby door and find a Coffee Thermos (20/100) by the hot tub at the back of the cabin.
  12. 12
    Return to the front of the cabin and head down the steps.
  13. 13
    At the bottom of the steps, find the Barry Doubts Wake's Sanity Manuscript Page (16/91) on the ground by the car.
  14. 14
    Start down the path. When you see a cabin on your right, enter it and find a Radio (4/11) on the table.
  15. 15
    Switch on the radio and search the wardrobe for Revolver Ammo.
  16. 16
    Leave the cabin and continue down the trail to a second cabin. Go around the back and kick the door open.
  17. 17
    Find a TV (4/14) on the table inside the second cabin.
  18. 18
    Switch on the TV to watch an episode of Night Springs.
  19. 19
    Return to the trail and continue. When you reach a blue phone booth, head up the path to the right.
  20. 20
    At the top of the slope, find the Rose and Rusty Manuscript Page (17/91) in a gazebo.
  21. 21
    Return to the main trail and look in the back of a broken-down car for the Rusty Dying Manuscript Page (18/91).
  22. 22
    Continue along the trail until you hear shots and cries for help.
  23. 23
    Before going directly to the sound, go along the side of a building on your right and look for a Coffee Thermos (21/100) by a tree.
  24. 24
    Return to the main trail and pass an abandoned vehicle.
  25. 25
    Duck into a cabin on your left to find another Coffee Thermos (22/100).
  26. 26
    Enter the destroyed visitor centre ahead and find Rusty and Max.
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    Rusty will give you the key to the building opposite and tell you to turn on the lights. You can also pick up a Revolver.
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    Leave the visitor centre and go to the building opposite.
  29. 29
    Find the Rusty Attacked by the Dark Presence Manuscript Page (19/91) on the wall outside.
  30. 30
    Use the key to unlock the door to the park rangers' office.
  31. 31
    Find the Wake Reaches a Safe Haven of Light Manuscript Page (20/91) on the floor inside.
  32. 32
    Go into the office to your right and look in a cabinet for Batteries and Revolver Ammo.
  33. 33
    Go into the room behind the office; the circuit breaker is broken.
  34. 34
    Return to the visitor centre. Destroy patches of darkness on the ground with your torch.
  35. 35
    Defeat the two Taken that emerge from the visitor centre.
  36. 36
    Go through the hole in the side wall of the visitor centre.
  37. 37
    Go to a wood shed in the corner. Rusty will attack from the roof.
  38. 38
    Warning: Burn away Rusty's protection with your torch, then shoot him with the Revolver. Unlimited ammo is in the wood shed.
  39. 39
    Defeat the two Taken that emerge from a gateway in the opposite corner.
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    Go through the gateway and head down some steps.
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    Follow the path around to a picnic area and grab the Rusty's Final Thoughts Manuscript Page (21/91) from a table.
  42. 42
    Open the nearby emergency box for Batteries.
  43. 43
    Continue down some steps and across a bridge.
  44. 44
    When you reach a sign for Lovers' Peak, take the left-hand path to enter a cave.
  45. 45
    Head down the passageway and read the Moonshine Cave Sign (4/25).
  46. 46
    Follow the yellow arrows to find a Shotgun and a Chest (5/30) containing Lithium Batteries, a Flare Gun, and Flare Gun Ammo.
  47. 47
    Backtrack to the Lovers' Peak sign and continue along the trail.
  48. 48
    Grab Batteries from a phone booth.
  49. 49
    Fight off three Taken who ambush you.
  50. 50
    Cross a bridge and continue along the trail.
Tips
  • Focus (L3) to see a mammoth-sized hole in the visitor centre wall.
  • Rusty moves quickly, so take opportunities to burn away his protection before shooting.
  • If you run out of bullets when fighting Rusty, there is an unlimited supply in the wood shed.

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