Alan Wake 2 All Nursery Rhyme Puzzle Locations

Alan Wake 2 contains 17 Nursery Rhyme Puzzle Locations. All Nursery Rhyme Puzzles are needed for the Shift in Reality trophy/achievement. All of them can still be found before Saga’s Point of No Return at the end of Chapter “Return 6: Scratch”. Before this point you can still backtrack and solve any Nursery Rhyme Puzzles you have left.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzles are locations with a camera on a tripod pointing at some drawing on the ground with a rhyme on a piece of paper in the middle. In order to solve these, you need to place the corresponding Nursery Rhyme Dolls on the correct images. Solving a puzzle will spawn in a Charm nearby for you to collect. Whenever you solve a puzzle, make sure to pick the dolls back up! They are used for multiple puzzles.

This guide uses the in-game chapter names as displayed on the save game (which are different from the chapter names in trophy/achievement list). They are exclusively found in Saga’s story sections. None of them are in Alan’s story sections.

Collectible Overview:

• Alan Wake 2 Collectible Guide

Return 2: The Heart

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 1
After the flooding has cleared from the area, go through Crow’s Foot Hills and cross the bridge to the north to find a campsite on the left. Look at the floor where a piece of paper is, inspect the paper. Around the paper are chalk drawings of objects. You must place the Crow Doll on the Sun icon. This solves the Nursery Rhyme Puzzle. Pick up the Crow Doll again before advancing (must always pick up the dolls manually after placing them on a puzzle, don’t forget to do this)!

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 2
Head north to Witchfinder’s Station to find the puzzle on the floor. Place the Hero Doll on the Boat and the Wolf Doll on the Tree. Remember to pick up the dolls again afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 3
Head down to the Private Cabin to find another puzzle. Place the Crow Doll on the Hatchling, the Hero Doll on the Heart and the Wolf Doll on the House. Pick up the dolls afterwards.

Return 3: Local Girl

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 4
After your first encounter with Thrower Taken, head around the corner and onto the ridge to find this puzzle near some dolls. Place the Moose Doll on the Tree (bottom right icon). Remember to pick up the doll again afterward.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 5
Up the hill near the Radio Tower on the southern ledge, place the Deer Doll on the House (bottom left). Pick up the doll again afterward.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 6
After the flooding has cleared from the area, head down to the Trailer Park. The puzzle is found at the end of the wharf, place the Wise Elder Doll on the Waves and the Bear Doll on the Sweet/Candy. Pick up the dolls afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 7
On the cliff by the lighthouse, place the Trickster Doll on Waves and the Wise Elder Doll on the Eye. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 8
On the wharf of Latte Lagoon in Coffee World, place the Moose Doll on the Wave, the Trickster Doll on the Jewelry and the Deer Doll on the Boat. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 9
Behind the Ranger Cabin, place the Maiden Doll on the Tree and the Bear Doll on the Heart. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 10
Back in Watery, unlock the building behind Suomi Hall with your Screwdriver. Place the Maiden Doll on the House and the Trickster Doll on the Jewelry. Pick them up afterwards.

Return 5: Old Gods

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 11
On the hill north of the Break Room, place the Mother Doll on the House and the Child Doll on the Tree. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 12
Inside the Ranger Station, place the Child Doll on the House and the Monster Doll on the Sweet/Candy. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 13
On the beach northeast of the Ranger Station, place the Monster Doll on the Wave, the Child Doll on the Jewelry and the Mother Doll on the Boat. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 14
On the wharf of the boat yard, place the Mother Doll on the Wave and the Monster Doll on the Boat. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 15
Head to Watery. Inside the trailer park trailer that has a Boltcutter lock on it, place the Wise Elder Doll on the Eye and the Deer Doll on the Heart. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 16
Head to Cauldron Lake. Inside Cabin 4, place the Monster Doll on the Hatchling, the Crow Doll on the Eye and the Hero Doll on the Jewelry. Pick them up afterwards.

Nursery Rhyme Puzzle 17
Before you can do this puzzle, you need to first complete the previous 16 and collect the Father Doll that spawns in an FBC Crate nearby. Head to Witchfinder’s Station, where you’ll have a rhyme puzzle being told to you over a radio instead of written down. There will be drawings to place your dolls around the house on both floors. Place the Father Doll on the Eye (downstairs), the Hero Doll on the Sun (downstairs), the Mother Doll on the Heart (downstairs), the Child Doll on the Hatchling (upstairs) and the Trickster Doll on the Wave (upstairs).

That’s all of the Nursery Rhyme Puzzles in Alan Wake II. For all other Collectible Types refer to Alan Wake 2 Collectible Guide.