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Alex Casey Lunchboxes
Alex Casey Lunchboxes are a type of collectible in Alan Wake 2, exclusive to Saga Anderson’s story. These particular lunchboxes come with messages from an unknown author and reward you with Manuscript Page Fragments. You then use these fragments to upgrade your weapons in the Mind Place.
There are 21 lunchboxes that you can find in all the areas you’ll explore with Saga. This IGN guide will help you with the locations of each of them.
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Alex Casey Lunchboxes in Cauldron Lake
There are eight Alex Casey Lunchboxes you can find in Cauldron Lake, the first area in the game.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Waterfall Vista
- Requires: Invitation (Return 1)
When following Casey after descending a small platform, there’s a path to the right with a hiking sign. Go through it and you’ll find a sign with information about the Mortar Falls. The lunchbox is on the left.
This gives you two Manuscript Fragments.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Witch’s Hut
- Requires: Invitation (Return 1)
Go to the Witch's Hut and take the left. Go straight until you find a chair. There’s a document over a box. If you go to the right of it, you’ll find the lunchbox near some bushes.
This gives you one Manuscript Fragment.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - FBC Station
- Requires: Invitation (Return 1)
After opening the victim’s body and speaking with the deputy, he will give you a key for a shortcut.
Go up after opening the door, and you will find a fork. Take the left and walk past the FBC Monitoring Station. Jump over there and the lunchbox is waiting for you.
This gives you two Manuscript Fragments.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Witchfinder's Station
- Requires: The Heart (Return 2)
Outside the cabin in Witchfinder’s Station, on the right side, you’ll notice a table. There are eggs on the floor; follow them to the path on the right. Near the northeast border of the area, you’ll find the lunchbox.
This one gives you nine Manuscript Fragments.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Waterfall
- Requires: The Heart (Return 2)
Go to the lake north of the Witch’s Hut. Take the right side until the end, where the waterfall starts. The lunchbox is on the ground, near some rocks.
This one gives you nine Manuscript Fragments.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Campground
- Requires: The Heart (Return 2)
South side of Cauldron Lake, on the left of the murder scene. Go past some fallen tents. It will be close to a diary and book about UFOs.
This one gives you three Manuscript Fragments.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Landslide
- Requires: The Heart (Return 2)
From the General Store, take the path north (following the map). This will lead you through a way that comes to a stop (marked as red on the map). The collectible will be near some rocks.
This gives you one Manuscript Fragment.
Cauldron Lake Alex Casey Lunchbox - Rental Cabins
- Requires: Boltcutters, found in Old Gods (Return 5)
Enter the Rental Cabins area by using the Boltcutters on the gate. You need to enter the second building, but the front door is locked. You need to enter from the back door.
To do that, enter the third cabin (they are numbered in the front; this is the one on the left) and go to its backyard. You can walk to the right and find the back door to the second building.
Enter the place and the collectible will be on a furniture on the left.
This gives you nine Manuscript Fragments.
Alex Casey Lunchboxes in Watery
Six Alex Casey Lunchboxes are waiting for you in Watery, the region that has the Coffee World Park.
Watery Alex Casey Lunchbox - Radio Tower
- Requires: Local Girl (Return 3)
Go to the north region of the area and find the Radio Tower zone. At the end of the path past the tower, you’ll find the lunchbox near a cliff.
This one gives you seven Manuscript Fragments.
Watery Alex Casey Lunchbox - Above the Ranger's Cabin
- Requires: Local Girl (Return 3)
When you’re trying to get to Coffee World, reaching the northwest side of the area you’ll find a fork from which you can see the fortune wheel. Take the right path. There’s one near a small camping site.
It gives you five Manuscript Fragments.
Watery Alex Casey Lunchbox - Coffee World
- Requires: Local Girl (Return 3)
Exit Coffee Word by going south. When you pass the exit, turn left and go around the big kettle. Its back is open, and you’ll see the lunchbox.
This lunchbox has nine Manuscript Fragments.
Watery Alex Casey Lunchbox - Lighthouse Trailer Park
- Requires: Local Girl (Return 3)
Enter the Lighthouse Trailer Park area, talk with the old men, and turn right. The box is past the swings.
It gives you seven Manuscript Fragments.
Watery Alex Casey Lunchbox - Kalevala Knights Workshop
- Requires: Local Girl (Return 3)
Outside the workshop, go a bit north, to where the boats are. The lunchbox is between a couple of them.
This one has six Manuscript Fragments.
Watery Alex Casey Lunchbox - Lighthouse
- Requires: Local Girl (Return 3)
This one is near the staircase that goes up, leading you to the Lighthouse. If you follow the map, it’s north of the Break Room.
There are nine Manuscript Fragments waiting in this one.
Alex Casey Lunchboxes in Bright Falls
The remaining seven Alex Casey Lunchboxes are in Bright Falls, the main city with the Nursing Valhalla Home.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Nursing Home
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found at the nursing home in Bright Falls
Enter the Nursing Home and go to the room on the right, which appears as Office on the map. The lunchbox is on a furniture on the left.
It gives you five Manuscript Fragments.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Ranger Station
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found in the woods near Bright Falls
North of the cabin in the Ranger Station. Follow the path on the left, not the one on the right that leads you near the beach.
This one has eight Manuscript Fragments.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Shoreline
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found in the woods around Bright Falls, near the shore
Okay, so this one is in the path you ignored before. You’ll find it on a cliff in front of the beach, near a nursery rhyme.
Six Manuscript Fragments will be yours when you open this.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Center Bright Falls (Forest)
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found on the path to the nursing home, near Bright Falls
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After going through the other side of Bunker Woods by a bridge, you’ll find a Break Room. Follow the path to the south and there will be a fork with a sign.
Go between the trees on the left and reach the end. The lunchbox is on the ground.
This one gives you seven Manuscript Fragments.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Founder's Park
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found in the Bright Falls park
Enter the park in Biltmore Avenue Park and find a tree on the east side, near a sheltered building.
This is likely the final lunchbox you'll find (if you followed this walkthrough). It gives you five Manuscript Fragments.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Bunker Woods
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found in the bunker area near Bright Falls
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After finishing the chapter on the nursing home, you’ll unlock a path to the west of the area. By following the path marked on the map, you’ll find a fork.
Ignore it and go straightforward. The lunch box is located behind some trees and bushes.
There are nine Manuscript Fragments waiting.
Bright Falls Alex Casey Lunchbox - Billie’s Boat Yard
- Requires: Old Gods (Return 5)
- Description: Lunch box found in the flooded are of the woods near Bright Falls
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Southwest of Billie’s Boat Yard you might find some annoying Taken, but there will also be a lunchbox and a Manuscript Page near some trees.
This one gives you nine Manuscript Fragments.
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