Signs

Signs are a type of collectibles found in Alan Wake. These may take the form of signs, posters, plaques, notes, or any other type of written object, and can be collected by reading them. There is a total of 25 signs which can be read and collected through the game.

List of signs[]

Episode 1: Nightmare[]

#	Image	Name	Section	Location
1		The 68th Annual Deerfest	Waking up to a Nightmare	On the shop of Stucky's Gas Station.

Episode 2: Taken[]

#	Name	Section	Location
2	Have You Seen This Man?	Bright Falls Sheriff Station	On the wall of the corridor leading to Sheriff Breaker's office, inside the Sheriff Station.
3	The skeleton of a Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)	Elderwood National Park	In front of Buck-Toothed Charlie's skeleton, inside the Elderwood Visitor Center.
4	Moonshine Cave		Inside the Moonshine Cave.
5	The Great Old One		Next to the Great Old One.
6	Tree Ring		On a small picnic area near the cable car.

Episode 3: Ransom[]

#	Name	Section	Location
7	Founding of the Mining Company	Mirror Peak	On the Bright Falls Coal Mine Museum, next to a closed tunnel.
	Decline of the Mining Company		On the left side of the display cabinet of the coal mine museum.
	Closure of the Mining Company		On the corner of a wall of the main building of the coal mine museum.
8	Gray Peak Gorge		Next to the broken bridge of the Gray Peak Gorge Ghost Town.
9	Cauldron Lake		Next to a safe haven located near the rope bridge leading to Mirror Peak.

Episode 4: The Truth[]

#	Name	Section	Location
10	Sundial Inscription	Cauldron Lake Lodge	At the foot of the sundial stone platform at the Cauldron Lake Lodge.
11	The Creator's Dilemma		In the lodge reception area.
12	Tenets of the Lodge		On the corridor near the recreation room of the lodge.
13	"Suspended"		At the base of the "Suspended" sculpture in the driveway of the lodge.
14	The 1975 Ragnarock Tour	The Anderson Farm	On the upper floor of the Anderson Farm barn.

Episode 5: The Clicker[]

#	Name	Section	Location
15	History of Bright Falls	Night Life in Bright Falls	At the foot of the statue located in the Bright Falls park.
16	Alan Wake book advert		On the Bright Falls Book Store.
17	Church Events, Fall Schedule		At the front of the Bright Falls Church.
18	L.t. William T.G. Randall Memorial Bridge	Bright Falls Light & Power	At the right side of the road before the L.t. William T.G. Randall Memorial Bridge.
19	Warning Sign		Next to the entrance to the Bright Falls Light & Power.
20	Floodgate Controls		Next to the switches controlling the dam bridges leading to the kill switch, on the Bright Falls Light & Power.
21	Decommissioned Notice		Next to the switch at the entrance to the Bright Falls Dam.

Episode 6: Departure[]

#	Name	Section	Location
22	Majestic Motel Advert	On the Road to Cauldron Lake	On the second vista lookout after the Bright Falls Dam.
23	Majestic Motel Regulations		On the reception room of the Majestic Motel.
24	Scrapyard Warning Sign		At the entrance to the Larsen's Auto Salvage, next to the open gate.
25	Scrapyard Visitor Sign		On the wall of the yard manager’s garage entrance, at the Larsen's Auto Salvage.

Notes[]

"Have You Seen This Man?", despite being composed of two readable posters, is counted as only one sign. The same applies for the three signs on the Bright Falls Coal Mine Museum. In both cases, only one of the signs needs to be read to be counted as collected.
- It should be noted that, on The Alan Wake Official Survival Guide, the three latter signs are referred to as "7A", "7B" and "7C" while the two former are still counted as one.