In Alan Wake 2, you start with a handgun to defend yourself. Luckily, there will be various weapons you can pick up through each area of the game. However, most of these weapons will be locked and you will have to solve the code to unlock it.
This is the case for the shotgun at the Sheriff’s office. As with the General Store shotgun, you will need to figure out the code to get into the case. Considering shotguns do a lot of damage to the creatures you encounter, it will be worth it.
Alan Wake 2
- Released
- October 27, 2023
- Developer(s)
- Remedy Entertainment
Sheriff’s Station
There will be various weapons throughout the game, including a crossbow and a couple of shotguns. When you first visit the Sheriff’s station in chapter one, you may notice Sheriff Tim Breaker’s office is locked. Through the window in the door you can see the shotgun in the case on the wall to the left. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to access this until your Return 6 when you’re detained.
While you’re here, you will get the Sheriff’s Staton keys that can be used to open the locked office. When you approach the gun case, you’ll notice that you need a code to unlock it.
Finding The Lock Code
This will be a bit of a puzzle and you’ll have to use a bit of logic. If you head over to the desk with the computer, you will see a piece of paper that has letters assigned to numbers. The paper won’t list out all the letters with the numbers, so you will have to solve what each letter numerically represents.
Remember that once you reach the number 9, the next letter will start back at 0. After you look at that paper, put the alien books in chronological order. Take the first letters of each of the three authors. This should give you QBW. If you look back at the letters representing numbers paper, this code should be 7-2-3.
Unlocking The Gun Case
Once you have the code, interact with the locked gun case. You’ll need to scroll over in the numbers and put the 7 first, then the 2, then finally the 3. The case should open and you will receive a new shotgun. This shotgun will hold 6 shells and becomes very useful when you’re up against hordes toward the end of the game.