Alan Wake 2 – Initiation 7: Masks walkthrough

Initiation 7: Masks is near the end of Alan Wake 2, and as this walkthrough shows, it’s not a long chapter. But it does drop some major story revelations.

Initiation 7: Masks walkthrough for Alan Wake 2

As mentioned before, Masks is a short chapter — much like Initiation 6: Return. But instead of traveling to Parliament Tower, Alan once more finds himself in the studio of one Mr. Door. And Mr. Door has something to get off his chest.

Collectibles: None.

A nice, friendly chat with Mr. Door

After the chapter starts, Alan soon finds himself back in the studio green room. Use the TV to get zapped onto the stage. But wait, something is clearly different this time. The lights are dim, and it looks like Mr. Door is all by himself. Watch the cutscene as it unfolds, with Mr. Door finally revealing his true self and what he’s known all along. Once the conversation is over, leave the stage via the exit at the far end of the room,

The floor of the studio past the exit door is flooded. Keep moving until you spot Ahti waving toward you. Our friendly janitor tells Alan that he left some of Alice’s photographs in a shoebox in the studio basement. You need to go get them.

Take the stairs via the door behind Ahti and go down. You should recognize the area from your time in Initiation 1: Late Night. Take a sharp right and go all the way around until you reach a door with a flickering light just beyond. Go in and use the Angel Lamp to remove the light, changing the area to create a staircase leading down.

The studio basement

Go back to the hallway and look for the staircase on the right-hand side. Head downstairs and use the Angel Lamp to return the light and open up the path.

After you clear the way, walk forward until you reach the wall. Turn left and keep moving until you run across a table with a flickering lamp overhead. Use the Angel Lamp to change the room, placing some items — including the shoebox — on the table.

Grab the photographs and leave via the door to your immediate right. Hang a left and keep walking until you get back to the staircase that led you into the basement.

Go upstairs and take a right. Keep following the hallway until you reach the storage room with a single TV against the wall. Use the Angel Lamp when prompted to finish the chapter.

Now that Initiation 7 is complete, we have Initiation 8 to look forward to. And you better be ready, because the game is done with giving you a break. Yes, it’s going to be a doozy.