Alan Wake

Always keepa look out for the yellow flourescent paint on the walls floors and rocks. this means you are close to a hidden supply crate. here is a brief discription of them all. Hope it helps

Episode 1 Nightmare

Waking up to a nightmare

[1](After meeting stucky)Turn on search light at logging and follow the yellow arrows around to the left back to the hidden chest.
[2]At the second logging camp go left with the yellow arrows and climb the ladder on the wood stack and turn right to the shed
[3]after using the crane to bypass the broken stairs follow the path round you should see a junk car (close to a shed)
[4]you will come to a drop, when you do take the left path up a hill and it will be near a gate

Episode 2

Elderwood National Park

[5] follow the sign posts to moonshine cave, go through the door and its at the back of the cave (you will recieve your finders keepers achievement)
[6]After your fall with the kidnapper, instead of going the right way, turn around and follow the path down. you will find it in another cave
[7]you will come to a plane, go to the back of the plane and use the right wing to climb up to this chest
[8]when you get the car keep driving untill you see a logging truck in the middle of the road. go right here and you will find it in a small shed
[9]when you get to barry you will have to fight some birds. the 9th chest is at the back of the house. make sure you do this before going to barry.

Episode 3

On the run

[10]past the safe haven (with the flashbangs) you will see the rock if you keep to the path that points right. follow this and it will lead you to another cave
[11]after a wierd phone call. head left up the hill (will be after a stump with a manuscript page on it)

Mirror Peak

[12]After leaving the mine follow path till you rach a fork in the road. take the path away from the objective (will be leading up) and it will be in a mine
[13]just after climbing some ladders follow the left side mountain wall. (around the time you get a text)
[14]After crossing the suspension bridge, stay close to the left wall and you should find it behind a rock

Episode 4

Cauldron lake lodge
[15]After going through the maze and after a mini boss fight, you will come to an area with a water feature in the middle. its i the far right corner over the fence

The anderson Farm
[16]after meeting Danny go out the window, turn right and go into the basement of the house.
[17]go left at the fork in the road, its in the house there
[18]After fighting the digger, go through the hole in the fence and its in the house just past the windmill

Episode 5

Night falls in bright falls

[19]follow the deer fest float that nearly knocks you down its to the left, just past the fence
[20]enter the gate to the fishing cannary. follow the way round and go up the stairs
[21]inside the town hall(where sarah tells you to get helicopter keys) go up the stairs and its in the back room
[22]after exiting the bookstore its in the shed to the left

Bright Falls light & power

[23]after the second area of the transformer building drop down and its to the left
[24]after the birds attack the helicopter go to the right by the cliff side and you will find it there
[25]after you help barry and sarah, take the back path and you will find it there

Episode 6

[26]in your car stop at the first logging camp on your left and follow it down its at the bottom right of the logging yard
[27]its at the back left of the car crushing building. Go to the left of the builing under the bright light
[28]you will come to a ghost town its in a shed to the left of the broken windmill and bridge
[29]get out of the mine cart and before you go up the ladder, follow the hill down past the red carts and broken train carrige and its at the bottom there.
[30] the final one is after the debris crashes to the ground you go up these 3 flights of stairs, its in the building straight after these stairs.

PM me or comment if you need more help finding these.

For those who prefer visuals, I found these "Hidden Chest Locations Guides" on youtube (which you would have found yourself anyways).

Hidden chest locations : Episodes 1-3


Hidden chest locations : Episodes 4-6


Credits to XCVii007r1 for making these video guides!

Any suggestions to improve this guide are welcome.

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Good luck!

There are many guides around the internet but i found this one on Xbox360Acievements.org easiest to use as they have the items colourcoded too.

Here is the link:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23...

I do not take responsibility or credit for this guide, The user Tyger7 on xbox360achievements.org is the one who made the guide and full credit should go to them.

Realistically, you cannot follow a video guide or individual list for your "collectibles" run through this game. There's just too many things to watch for. You'll need to follow a sequential guide, and it will most likely ruin the experience, but it would suck to miss a chest and not know which chapter it's in.

Tyger7 has a great walkthrough available in a zipped doc here: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23...
I recommend using Dropbox or email to send this doc to your iPad/mobile device, so you can play in the dark!

There are thirty chests. Your cumulative total after completing each chapter should be:

Chapter 1: four
Chapter 2: nine
Chapter 3: fourteen
Chapter 4: eighteen
Chapter 5: twenty-five
Chapter 6: thirty