Alan Wake Manuscript Pages Guide: Locations for All 106

The Alan Wake manuscript pages are an ingenious blend of storyline content and optional item collecting, with three achievements available on the Xbox 360. In order to collect all 106, players must complete the game on "nightmare" difficulty; several manuscript pages aren't accessible otherwise. The achievements are awarded at a 20-count with "Paging Mr. Wake," the 30^th collected triggers "Picking Up After Yourself," and the final award is "Collector's Edition" at 50.

In order of discovery--at least in my experience--here is a guide to finding all 106 manuscript pages in Alan Wake:

Episode One

Manuscript Pages #1 and #2: Players automatically receive "The Title Page of the Manuscript" and "Wake Attacked by a Shadowy Murderer."

Manuscript Page #13: "Rose is a Fan" is the first Nightmare-Only page, and is located on a log just before you enter the lumber yard.

Manuscript Page #3: "Wake Fights a Taken with Light" is located in the lumber yard, on the ground near a large pallet of wood.

Manuscript Page #10: "Rose Daydreams about Wake" is just after you exit the lumber yard, to the left of the yellow crane and up the hill. Look inside the shed.

Manuscript Page #11: "Barry's Arrival" is just beyond the river. Keep to the right of the islands and cross the logs; slightly downstream is a white box with the manuscript page on top.

Manuscript Page #5: "Wake Attacked by Birds" is found inside a log building next to the generator in the second logging camp. It is found on a table.

Manuscript Page #4: "The Dark Presence Wakes Up" another Nightmare-Only page, it is found on the rocks near the river just after the second logging camp.

Manuscript Page #6: "Wake Finds Pages" is just conveniently located in the path as you proceed up the hill after the floodlight safe-point.

Manuscript Page #7: "TV in the Gas Station" is actually on the path leading up the hill to the third logging camp, fairly easy to spot. If you hit the floodlight you went too far.

Manuscript Page #8: "Wake Lies to the Sheriff" is at the third logging camp, on the ground at the entrance gate.

Manuscript Page #12: "Toby the Dog" is outside near the ladies room door behind Stucky's Gas Station, and is the third Nightmare-Only page.

Manuscript Page #9: "Stucky Taken" is at Stucky's Gas Station, located on the ground near the deer parade float.

Episode Two

Manuscript Pages #14 and #15: "The Sudden Stop" 1 and 2 are both located on Wake's desk inside his apartment.

Manuscript Page #18: "Alice Sees a Shadow" can be found in the police station, near the refrigerator on the carpet.

Manuscript Page #16: "The Dark Presence in the Diner" can be collected after you speak with Sarah, in the Bright Falls Sheriff Station. It is located in a jail cell on the bench.

Manuscript Page #17: "Wake at Lover's Peak" is on the ground in the grassy area behind the Sheriff's Station. Look near the old truck.

Manuscript Page #19: "Barry Doubts Wake's Sanity" is at Elderwood National Park, outside the cabin near Barry's yellow truck.

Manuscript Page #31: "Rose and Rusty" is also at Elderwood National Park, on the floor of the lookout point down the path from the two cabins.

Manuscript Page #20: "Rusty Dying" yet another at Elderwood, in the open trunk of a car parked on the side of the path.

Manuscript Page #21: "Rusty Attacked by the Dark Presence" is found near a low stone wall near the Park Ranger's Office steps in Elderwood.

Manuscript Page #22: "Wake Reaches a Safe Haven of Light" is obtained once you have the key at the Ranger's Office at Elderwood, on the ground.

Manuscript Page #23: "Rusty's Final Thoughts" is found on a picnic table near an Elderwood sight-seeing lookout. This is just after defeating Rusty at the visitor's center.

Manuscript Page #32: "Barry Meets Rose" is at a picnic area after the second bridge; walk to the right. The page is on located on the ground, still in Elderwood National Park.

Manuscript Page #24: "Wake Sees the Torch Symbol" is near the floodlight with the generator, on the ground at the Lovers' Peak sign post.

Manuscript Page #25: "Nightingale's Arrival" requires you to jump over the barricaded gate, and pick it up off a rock on your way to Lover's Peak.

Manuscript Page #26: "Alice's Fear of the Dark" is located on the rocky edge of the viewing platform just after you encounter the kidnapper, Mott.

Manuscript Page #33: "Sarah Thinks About Wake" is on a cliff overlooking the mill, after the bear traps, near a barrel. You find this page before you cross the log.

Manuscript Page #27: "Wake Hears a Chainsaw" is in a small shack by the generator, near the floodlight.

Manuscript Page #34: "Deputies at the Logging Site" is up on the second floor of the mill, on a bag outside on the balcony.

Manuscript Page #28: "Barry in Elderwood" is very soon after #34, after the elevator jumping puzzle, on a pile of bags.

Manuscript Page #35: "Wake feels the Dark Presence" is inside the storage barn after the mill. To find it you must jump over the crates and obstacles.

Manuscript Page #29: "Nightingale Fires at Wake" is at the entrance to the ladies restroom in the campgrounds; look for the red trash can.

Manuscript Page #36: "Wake's Despair" is behind the semi trucks full of logs, on the ground before the tunnel.

Manuscript Page #30: "Wake at the Dark Presence's Mercy" is found on the trail back to Rusty's cabin just after the phone call from Mott. It is the only Nightmare-Only page in Episode 2.

Episode

Manuscript Page #37: "Randolph Calls the Police" is available after you talk to Rose at her trailer, lying on the ground.

Manuscript Page #38: "The Dark Presence Sleeps" is found while you are running from the police, near the dry creek. Look for the path; the page is located on the ground.

Manuscript Page #44: "Rose Visited by the Dark Presence" is also during the police case segment, on the ground at the end of the road; look near the crashed cop car.

Manuscript Page #45: "Rose Touched by the Dark Presence" is found after the Taken Deputies encounter. Cross the bridge after the safe floodlight, and look to the right on the ground.

Manuscript Page #39: "Nightingale in the Radio Station" is yet another page found during "On the Run," this time pinned to a fence just after leaving the Radio Station.

Manuscript Page #46: "Walter Fights Danny" is after the floodlight following page #39, as you run towards the barn, to the right on a concrete pad. It is near a transmitter at the top of a path, NOT following the map indicator.

Manuscript Page #47: "Wake Attacked by a Bulldozer" can be found after the barn fight, pinned to a gate near several sheds.

Manuscript Page #40: "Sarah Distrusts Nightingale" appears on a boulder near the railroad tracks, on the right side of a train.

Manuscript Page #41: "Wake Attacked by a Possessed Object" follows page #40 almost immediately, right after the floodlight safe-haven. It is on a tree stump near the ravine.

Manuscript Page #48: "Wake and Night Springs" is the first Nightmare-Only page in Episode 3, and is found on a tree branch just after the bridge.

Manuscript Page #42: "Wake and the Dark Presence in the Lodge" immediately follows page #42, and is on the ground near a ladder.

Manuscript Page #43: "Wake Attacked by the Dark Presence" can be found just after exiting the train station, on the porch banister.

Manuscript Page #57: "Mott on the Ferry" is at the abandoned mill while you're driving to the coal mine. Find it on the top floor on a trunk.

Manuscript Page #49: "Sarah in the Radio Station" is at the coal mine, just outside the red building. Look for the wooden walkway or rusting tractor.

Manuscript Page #50: "Thomas Zane in Love with Barbara Jagger" is on the ground, after leaving the coal mine, just after you slip through the hatch.

Manuscript Page #51: "Wake Touched by the Dark Presence" is found on a table on the top floor of the second mine, after you've cut power to the fence.

Manuscript Page #52: "Wake and Barry in the Cell" is on the ground on the path, leading from the mine warehouse.

Manuscript Page #60: "Wake Reads a Page" is the second Nightmare-Only page in Episode 3. Look for it among rocks blocking the path on the road to the Gray Peak Gorge ghost town.

Manuscript Page #53: "Wake and Casey" can be picked-up just after you enter the ghost town, near a pole on the bridge.

Manuscript Page #59: "Doc Examines Barry and Rose" is the final Nightmare-Only page in Episode 3. Look for a red building after crossing the bridge; the page is on a log inside.

Manuscript Page #58: "Hunters Taken" is at the silver mine. Find the tunnel with water, split off from the main route. There is large rock at the bottom; the page is on a rock nearby.

Manuscript Page #54: "Nightingale in the Majestic" follows close behind page #58, in "Mirror Peak." Just before a battle, find this page near a collapsed tunnel, on the ground. You will be attacked after dropping into the room.

Manuscript Page #61: "Tor Hits Nurse Sinclair" is after you exit the mine; head all the way up the stairs to a platform. Go upstairs, instead of downstairs, to find this page.

Manuscript Page #55: "Mott at Cauldron Lake" requires you to look for the destroyed bridge just after the rope bridge where you were attacked from both sides.

Manuscript Page #56: "Wake wakes up in the Lodge" is on the stairs as you head down the hill, after leaving the ruined building.

Episode 4

Manuscript Page #62: "Thomas Zane's Writing Assistant" is received automatically, after the conversation with Doctor Hartman.

Manuscript Page #63: "Barry in the Lodge" is against a pole at the top of the stairs, after investigating the commotion.

Manuscript Page #69: "Mott Fails Hartman" is near a bookcase in the corner, in the interview room.

Manuscript Page #64: "Hartman Watches Wake Fall" is received automatically during the cut scene after finding Barry.

Manuscript Page #65: "Hartman's Mission" is found on a chair in the small room with a TV, off the rec room, just after you deal with the bear statue.

Manuscript Page #66: "Wake Sees the Old Gods Stage" is located at the base of the tree within the maze, in a central area.

Manuscript Page #70: "Hartman and the Power Failure" is the maze, near a square of stones and three Taken. The dead-end path has the page on a bench.

Manuscript Page #68: "Mott in Charge" follows the fight at the gazebo; look for the shed near the front gate, and find the page within.

Manuscript Page #67: "Barry Attacked by a Taken" is in the garden, just after the possessed gate. Look on the ground, before you reach the survival box.

Manuscript Page #71: Hartman Sedates Wake" is at the end of the walkway, at the top of the stairs. Find the page on the wall overlooking the garden BEFORE you find Barry.

Manuscript Page #77: "Walter at the Anderson Farm" is at the end of another dead-end tunnel. Look for a piece of wood, with the possessed objects.

Manuscript Page #72: "Nightingale Arrests Wake" is after the haunted gate. Head upstairs to a wooden platform near a generator.

Manuscript Page #74: "The Dark Presence at Large" is on a rock in the path, just after the bright light.

Manuscript Page #73: "The Patients Escape the Lodge" is very soon after page #74, on the ground in front of the ruined house.

Manuscript Page #79: "Hartman Considers Mott and Wake" is found after exiting the cabin through the broken window. Look for the rug on the porch; the page is on the ground.

Manuscript Page #78: "Hartman During the Mission Week" is a Nightmare-Only page. It is stuck to the outhouse in the back field near a barn.

Manuscript Page #80: "Mulligan Questions Nightingale's Orders" is on one of the electrical breakers, on the right side of the Gods of Asgard stage.

Manuscript Page #81: "Nightingale Fins the Manuscript" is found on a wagon in the far corner of the field, next to a large barn. Look for the cart on the right of a barn.

Manuscript Page #75: "The Anderson Brothers in the 70s" is on the top level of the barn, near the coffin.

Manuscript Page #76: "The Mystery of the Missing Week" can be picked-up on the second floor of the barn, near the staircase.

Episode 5

Manuscript Page #82: "Nightingale Reads the Manuscript" is on the floor in front of your jail cell after the cut scene with Sarah and Nightingale.

Manuscript Page #83: "Nightingale Attacked by the Dark Presence" immediately follows page #82, on the floor outside the jail.

Manuscript Page #88: "Barry in the Sheriff's Station" is inside Bright's Diner, near the bathrooms, pinned to the wall.

Manuscript Page #84: "The Dark Presence Set Back" is in the town hall; look for the podium and the stage.

Manuscript Page #85: "Cynthia's Work" is on the counter of the Bright Falls Bookshop.

Manuscript Page #89: "Barry in the General Store" is on the floor of the yellow truck container, near the Church.

Manuscript Page #86: "The Dark Presence Hunts Wake" is inside the Church, on a podium near the altar.

Manuscript Page #87: "Alice Trapped in the Dark" is at a scenic overlook, after you head out from the Church.

Manuscript Page #93: "Cynthia on Her Way to the Dam" at the transformer yard. Since your way is blocked by the wires, circle around to the left-towards the river-to get the page.

Manuscript Page #90: "Wake's Plan" is also in the transformer yard. Find the scissor lift, and pick-up the page on the red chair; this is where you exit the yard.

Manuscript Page #95: "Children of the Elder God Lyrics 1" is a Nightmare-Only page. Look for the swing bridge just after the transformer yard; it is on the ground near a yellow bus.

Manuscript Page #94: "The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 4" is a Nightmare-Only page. Speak to Cynthia in the power plant, and then look on the ground behind the mesh fence near a hut.

Manuscript Page #91: "The Falling Helicopter" is on a rock near the large water pipe, following your cut-scene with Cynthia.

Manuscript Page #96: "Children of the Elder God Lyrics 2" is a Nightmare-Only page. Look for the fallen tree near the floodlight safe-haven; this is before you are attacked by the birds.

Manuscript Page #92: "Zane's Shoebox" is another convenient page, on a rock near the fence in your immediate path.

Episode 6

Manuscript Page #97: "The Dark Presence Wants to Stop Wake" is on the ground, in the road, as you exit the tunnel following the cut-scene.

Manuscript Page #102: "The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 1" is a Nightmare-Only page. Look for the green couch in the Majestic Hotel Entrance room.

Manuscript Page #103: "The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 2" is a Nightmare-Only page. It is located on a shelf on the second floor of the barn, following the possessed monster truck.

Manuscript Page #98: "The Trail of the Dark Presence" is on the ground at the end of the tunnel, before the floodlight safe-haven.

Manuscript Page #105: "Sarah and Barry in the Well-Lit Room" can be picked-up on the ground near the green truck, at the entrance of the blocked tunnel.

Manuscript Page #104: "The Poet and the Muse Lyrics 3" is a Nightmare-Only page. Find this on a table on the second floor of the Yard Manager's Garage.

Manuscript Page #99: "Thomas Zane's Last Dive" can be found on the stove at the bottom of the control tower, in the scrap yard. You will pass by it after climbing the ladder to the generator.

Manuscript Page #100: "The Dark Place" is on the ground inside the abandoned building. Push the cart out of your way to gain entrance, and look for the stove.

Manuscript Page #106: "Zane's Poem" is a Nightmare-Only page. Look for a mesh fence near the generator, in the mine encampment; the note is pinned to the fence.

Manuscript Page #101: "The Way Through the Dark Place" is just beyond the elevator while leaving the mining camp. This is the final manuscript page--Congratulations!

If you needed additional help with locating the manuscript pages in the shadowy, hazy world of Alan Wake, NextGenWalkthroughs has a series of video walk-throughs which provide a step-by-step progression through the video game-on nightmare mode-revealing each of the secret locations.

Sources:
NGW, "Alan Wake - Manuscript Page Locations"