Alan Wake: Episode 6 Departure - walkthrough Alan Wake Guide

On the Road to Cauldron Lake (1). This guide page for Alan Wake contains a walkthrough for On the Road to Cauldron Lake (1) from Episode 6 - Departure.

Last update: 01 June 2022

This episode begins with a flashback. Pick up the sunglasses from the bedside table and take some painkillers in the bathroom.

Walk out of the bedroom and play the message recorded on the answering machine. After that, go to the living room and turn on the TV. Alice will enter the apartment soon. Talk to her for a while.

This is where the flashback ends. Enter the car, get to the asphalt road and turn right.

Once you reach a little sawmill, stop the car and examine this place. You'll find a hunting rifle here and eight bullets to this weapon. Moreover, you'll find a path leading to an equipment box. Arm yourself properly, get back to your car and keep driving forward.

You'll reach a blocked tunnel. Walk through it on foot, among all crashed cars in there.

Suddenly, the day will turn into night, and a pack of enemies will show up in front of you. Finish them off and move forward. Enter the car nearby and drive forward.

You'll come to a place, where the asphalt road is blocked. You can omit is by driving through a motel nearby. I advise you to search the motel buildings, as you can find some useful things inside. Pay exceptional attention to agent Nightingale's room. Once you collect everything that may prove useful, get back to the car and hit the road again. The ride won't take long, however - you will reach a blocked bridge.

Get out of the car and walk through the bridge. Be careful, as there are lots of haunted objects in here. Once you defeat the excavator, you'll reach a light post and a car. Drive forward. At some point, you will notice another blockade created by the Taken. Turn right and get on the grass. Defeat the haunted car driving in there. Right after that go towards an enlightened garage.

Get in the car located inside the garage. Get on the asphalt road and keep driving. Drive through a bridge and stop the car in front of another roadblock. Get out of the car and go on foot. Eliminate the black goo, kill your enemies (a flashbang would be very useful here) and enter the tunnel

You'll find some cool stuff inside, right on the ground. Take it all and finish every single enemy in here. There's a light post on the other side of the tunnel, in its light you can regenerate your health. Take everything from the emergency box nearby, get in the car and drive forward.

On the right, you will notice the junkyard entrance. Drive in there. Search the building located in the junkyard and you'll obtain some flashbangs, a few batteries, etc. Moreover, use the switch located on the top floor of the building.

Keep driving. Use the boards to drive through the junkyard. Reach the light post located in the middle of the yard. Climb up the ladder located in here.

Turn on the generator and climb down back to the ground. Go towards the switch shown in a short cut-scene. Before you'll be able to use it, a bulldozer will attack you. If you have a flare gun and some ammunition, shoot one projectile to defeat the machine.

After the fight, use the switch mentioned above. Thanks to that, you will lift up a container standing nearby and open your way to the next part of this level.

Keep moving forward. You'll reach a light post and a car. Get in the car and follow the mountain way. You'll find an abandoned town. Access it by walking up the stairs.

Jump down to the lower floor through a hole in the floor. You'll find a mine cart. Push it to get to the next part of the level. You'll find a lamp and some stuff that may prove useful in combat situations. Looks like there's a hell of a battle right ahead of you. Go through the town. If someone attacks you, back up and use the lamp to gain superiority in combat.

Once you reach a spotlight, an enormous group of Taken will come get you. Use the spotlight and flares to burn them all alive.

Push the cart nearby and search the building you will automatically enter. In order to get out of it and continue your journey, you must push another mine cart.

Continue the walk. You'll find a wooden construction. Collect all the equipment located in here, then walk down to the cart. Jump into it and release the brake.

Birds will attack you during the ride, but they're not a serious problem. When the cart stops, jump out of it immediately and go towards the nearest light source. In order to continue the journey, you must climb up the ladder to get on the wooden construction. You'll find another cart to push up there.

Push the cart into abyss, then jump over that abyss in order to get to the next part of this level. Beware of the birds the entire time. You'll reach some buildings. Defeat all the enemies in here. After the combat, enter the shed. Pick up everything you find in there and exit the shed through the back door.

Enter the forest nearby. Keep moving forward. When a truck will hit the land right in front of you, a group of enemies will attack you. Kill them all and keep running forward. You'll find a generator. Turn it on to provide yourself a light source.

Keep moving forward. Something will fall from the sky again, and more enemies will appear in the vicinity. Finish them off and run towards the Cauldron Lake. You'll reach an abandoned rail wagon. It is quite an interesting place. Inside, you'll find some flashbangs. What is more, the wagon makes it more difficult for your enemies to reach you if you stand inside.

Once you finish everyone in here, move forward. Some fuel barrels will fall in a distance, you may use them to eliminate one of the bad guys. Keep moving forward. You'll reach a generator. Turn it on to provide yourself with a light source. Collect all the equipment lying nearby and take the mountain way.

You'll reach a crane, and a rail wagon will fall from the sky right next to you. Ignore it all and continue your journey. Once you reach a large boat (which also fell from the sky), take a look around and you'll find stairs. Walk upstairs, but be careful, as there is some black goo in here.

You'll find another abandoned town. Walk into a building nearby (there's a supply box inside) and walk upstairs. From there, jump to the ground.

Search the area in order to find some useful equipment. Arm yourself, turn on the generator nearby and prepare to fight a large group of opponents. Don't move from your position though - there is a chance some of your enemies will touch the electrified cables and die instantly. After the fight, use the control panel nearby.

The panel is responsible for the elevator. Use to reach the higher level. Walk out of the elevator and examine the vicinity. Your way is blocked with haunted objects, and Taken will appear here very soon. Kill them all and use your flashlight to clear the path. Enter the mining tunnel and continue the walk, liquidating every haunted object in your sight.

You'll reach the tornado. Jump of the wooden platform on the soil. Get close to the heart of tornado, using rocks nearby as cover. You'll find a box with a flare gun and plenty of ammunition. Arm yourself, jump forward in order to get closer to the tornado and shoot a flare right in the heart of this unusual enemy.

After the cut-scene, you will be moved to Alan's apartment in New York. Walk out of the bedroom and go to the living room. Light up the word "Clicker" with your flashlight. This way, you'll make this little device physically appear. Go ahead and pick it up.

Now you'll be moved to a place filled with signs. Light them all up with your flashlight. This way, you'll not only make various things appear around you, but you will also unlock the next part of this level, which is filled with even more signs. In the end, you'll make the Bird Leg Cabin appear. Step inside in order to finally deal with the Dark Presence.