Alan Wake 2 Guide | All Collectibles Locations in Initiation 1: Late Night

Initiation 1: Late Night is chapter 1 of Alan Wake 2, and this chapter sets down its surreal experience of fear. The chapter takes place inside a television studio and then transitions into the mysterious Dark Place. 

Your experience will involve circular corridors, cracking a keypad, and discovering major treasures. The chapter will be played for you with this walkthrough, and all major collections will be revealed.

Talk Show Studio Map

Your first task in the studio is to find your way out. The end of the corridor has a locked keypad. If this is your first lap of the complex, your code will not be valid. Complete the lap and then head towards the keypad and enter 565 in order to continue. Enter the entrance after continuing on. 

Head down and then take a second left, and enter the very first doorway on your right. To continue towards the cafeteria, leave this room via the back entrance. Leaving the cafeteria, check the right-hand wall for the Talk Show Studio Map. The map offers you a general layout of the studio and helps you navigate through it.

Writer's Journey, Part 1

Later in the chapter, when preparing to leave the TV station, watch the first Writer's Journey video. The story-related collectible can't be avoided because it must be interacted with later on for you to progress. 

The video has to be played, and this brings into view a full sequence of journey-related keepsakes of Alan Wake into the Dark Place. Once this video has been played, step outside and continue collecting.

The Dark Place Map

When you walk outside of the studio, there's a ringing payphone. Approach and take a peek towards the left for the Dark Place Map. Don't leave without picking this up, as it can assist your navigation of future landscapes.

Writer's Journey, Part 2

The final collectible in this chapter remains a short way down the road. As you move forward down the road, look to the other side, where you will spot a small television. 

Walk up to this television, and it will activate the collectible—no manual interaction is needed. This is the second of the collectible for Initiation 1: Late Night, and this ends the small and eerie chapter.