Alan Wake 2 lets you discover many of the hidden mysteries in Bright Falls. As the FBI Agent Saga Anderson, you’ll be the one to solve and find the answer to every question regarding the cases. The Cauldron Lake Murder serves as an introduction to the game, helping you understand how it works.
During the quest, you’ll cooperate with your FBI partners to gather information about the murder case. ‘Investigate the Crime Scene’ is one of the objectives you must accomplish to progress further into the storyline. In this guide, we’ll show you the steps on how you can complete that one goal.
Investigate the Crime Scene
After you investigate the victim’s body, you will receive a Key Image. You can place this item on your Case Board inside the Mind Place.
Once you do that, you will start a new line of investigation. In this case, you have created one about the crime scene.
After you place down a Key Image, it will prompt a new question. To your right, you will see the question ‘Consistent With Previous Murders?‘.
These questions can be answered by putting in new clues, so you should go back and continue investigating for more information.
You can then interact with the body to start the investigation process. After that, you will be able to gather three hints: the chest wound, bruising on the wrists, and the heart next to the body.
These three clues will be useful for you when you put all the information together in your case board.
According to the clues that you gathered earlier; you can conclude that this case matches the previous murders. However, this time, the heart and the straps are left behind.
Once you have answered the question, the case board will give you a Deduction. As you advance in the investigation, there will be more questions for you to answer.
Your goals will then change, requiring you to gather more information about the killer(s) and the victim.
Walk around the area and look at the number signs. You will then find a large amount of blood on the:
- Table (1)
- A set of footprints (2)
- Some beer bottles (3)
- And a knocked-over tripod (4)
After that, go to your case board. There, put your (1) and (2) clues on the case board. You will then be able to conclude that there was a group of killers, not just one according to the footprints.
With those two hints, you will be able to see the card turn green, indicating that you have accomplished the goal.
Next, you’ll need to gather hints about the victim. To find more information, you can start talking to your FBI partners nearby.
It turns out that they do know the victim. The victim of this case is Robert Nightingale, an ex-FBI agent who disappeared years ago.
After talking to the nearby partners, Casey and Thornton, you’ll be able to get two hints. Place these hints above the ones regarding the killer, next to the ‘The Victim?’ card.
You will then see it turn green, meaning that you have successfully identified the victim.
The next question that the game will give you is going to be ‘Premeditated or Spontaneous?‘.
To find the answer, place down the beer bottles (3) and the tripod (4) hints on the case board. You will later find out that the killers planned the murder, passing the time, with the equipment ready.
After that, go to the Profiling tab and select the two options: ‘Missing Person‘ and ‘Ritual Murder‘.
Then, you will receive the last hints which you help you answer the question about where the victim came from. You then learn that Nightingale is from Cauldron Lake.
That is how you can investigate the crime scene for the Cauldron Lake Murder case in Alan Wake 2. The main character will then claim that the Cauldron Lake is connected to Nightingale. As a result, you will go to the Lake with your partners and start investigating for more information.
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