Exclusively as Saga, you will come across strange setups across Alan Wake 2 that are best known as Nursery Rhymes. They are essentially puzzles in the form of riddles where you need to answer them correctly in order to receive charm rewards. The puzzles can be difficult to find, and the riddles are difficult to solve, so we outlined all the Nursery Rhyme solutions in Alan Wake 2 and what you need to do in order to solve them below.
There are three areas where you can find these Nursery Rhymes as Saga:
- Cauldron Lake
- Watery
- Bright Falls
The location of each of these Nursery Rhymes is circled on the maps below.
Cauldron Lake Nursery Rhymes
There are a total of five Nursery Rhymes in Cauldron Lake. Their exact locations and what how to solve them are as follows:
| Number | Solution | Reward Charm |
| 1. | Crow doll on Sun symbol. | Hammer Charm: Attacks stagger enemies more often. |
| 2. | – Hero doll on the Light symbol. – Crow doll on the Eye symbol. – Monster doll on the Baby Bird symbol. | Coffee Mug Charm: Gives you another chance at life when your health reaches zero. Breaks after first use. |
| 3. | – Wolf doll on the House symbol – Hero doll on the Heart symbol – Crow doll on the Baby Bird symbol | Kalevala Knights Charm: Increases Hand’s Flare duration and area of effect. |
| 4. | Hero doll on Sun symbol and Wolf doll on Tree symbol. | Coffee Mug Charm: Gives you another chance at life when your health reaches zero. Breaks after first use. |
| 5. | – This one can only be obtained once all the other ones have been obtained. – Hero doll on the Sun symbol. – Mother doll on the Heart symbol. – Father doll on the Eye symbol. – Trickster doll on the Waves symbol. – Child doll on the Baby Bird symbol. | Extra slot for Saga’s bracelet. |
Watery Nursery Rhymes
There are a total of eight Nursery Rhymes in Watery. Their exact locations and how to solve them are as follows:
| Number | Solution | Reward Charm |
| 1. | – Elder doll on the Waves symbol. – Bear doll on the candy symbol. | Coffee World Token Charm: Increases the quantity and quality of items Saga finds. |
| 2. | – Elder doll on the Eye symbol. – Deer doll on the Heart symbol. | Deerfest Charm: Increases the time before Darkness shields of the Taken regenerate. |
| 3. | – Trickster doll on the Waves symbol. – Elder doll on the Eye symbol. | Lighthouse Charm: Increases the amount of health stored in Safe Havens. |
| 4. | – Trickster doll on the Light symbol. – Maiden doll on the House symbol. | Coffee Mug Charm: Gives you another chance at life when your health reaches zero. Breaks after first use. |
| 5. | Moose doll on the Tree symbol. | Coffee Mug Charm: Gives you another chance at life when your health reaches zero. Breaks after first use. |
| 6. | – Moose doll on the Waves symbol. – Trickster doll on the Light symbol. – Deer doll on the Boar symbol. | Mr. Drippy Charm – Increases damage when at low health. |
| 7. | Deer doll on the House symbol. | Deer Charm: Increases resilience against being staggered or interrupted. |
| 8. | – Maiden doll on the Tree symbol. – Bear doll on the Heart symbol. | FBC Charm: Deal more damage when undetected. |
Bright Falls Nursery Rhymes
There are a total of four Nursery Rhymes in Bright Falls. Their exact locations and how to solve them are as follows:
| Number | Solution | Reward Charm |
| 1. | – Child doll in the House symbol. – Monster doll on the Candy symbol. | Coffee Mug Charm: Gives you another chance at life when your health reaches zero. Breaks after first use. |
| 2. | – Child doll on the Tree symbol. – Mother doll on the Home symbol. | Lantern Charm: adds one charge to the flashlight. |
| 3. | – Monster doll on the Wave symbol. – Mother doll on the Boat symbol. – Child doll on the Light symbol. | Valhalla Nursing Home Charm: increases the effect of healing items. |
| 4. | – Mother doll on the Waves symbol. – Monster doll on the Boat symbol. | Anchor Charm: stun Taken with Flashlight Boosts. |
