Alan Wake 2: How to Beat Nightingale Boss Fight

Puzzles abound in Alan Wake 2, as you investigate the mysterious events surrounding the return of a missing author and FBI agent Saga Anderson’s introduction to the otherworldly setting of Cauldron Lake. The first of these mysteries is the whereabouts of the slain Agent Nightingale, who has apparently returned from the dead and fled into the woods. Despite being dead and heartless, Nightingale becomes one of the Taken, a creature possessed by the shadows, and goes on a homicidal spree. How to win the Nightingale Boss Fight in Alan Wake 2 is covered in this post.

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Where Is Nightingale?

If you take a detour to the “Witch’s Ladle” sign, which depicts a woman with a familiar-looking hole in her chest, you can reach Nightingale near the tree where you found the first Manuscript Page in Chapter One. If you use your newfound love to interact with the sign, you’ll trigger the Threshold. After the brief scene plays out, you’ll be able to enter the tree and proceed into the Overlap, where Nightingale is waiting.

Forests abound in the Overlap. When you emerge from the tunnel, you’ll find a flooded region to the right and another tree tunnel straight ahead. If you go through the tunnel in the tree, you’ll end yourself right back where you started. Clear a distortion and retrieve a page from the Manuscript by traveling to the flooded region.

If you reenter the tunnel, you’ll find yourself lost in the forest. Always be on the lookout for helpful tools. Eventually, Nightingale will cross your path. When he grabs a tree, you know the combat is about to begin.

How to Find Nightingale

Before taking on the Nightingale, Saga must finish a substantial portion of the story and fulfill a number of missions. The only way to figure out where he is in the woods is to follow his path and examine pages of the book for clues. Between here and The Dark Place, where the supernatural gloom arises, lies this passageway.

Saga must conduct a ceremony with Nightingale’s preserved heart, which she will locate in the freezer of the defunct general store in Cauldron Lake, in order to make the journey to The Dark Place. Obtain the sawed-off shotgun by solving the problem at the store while searching for the heart. Remember that the shotgun’s increased firepower will help you defeat Nightingale after you’ve retrieved the heart from the shop.

The Witch’s Ladle tree is the tallest in the forest, so once you acquire the heart and conduct the ceremony (which entails repeating certain phrases while placing the heart in the empty place on the witch sign near the Witch’s Hut), the bridge to The Overlap will open up. Nightingale will be present and ready to fight, but you should be wary of the ever-shifting landscape of The Overlap, which might throw you off guard if you’re not paying attention.

How to Prepare to Fight Nightingale

Prior to engaging in battle, you should set up quick-select slots for both your handgun and sawed-off shotgun. You may need to fast swap between your two guns in order to conserve the ammunition you have. You shouldn’t waste time manually equipping weapons against Nightingale because he isn’t extremely fast, but his attacks are very effective.

Additionally, it will benefit to have your medical supplies equipped to quick-select slots as well. In Alan Wake 2, these can be first aid kits, bandages, or medicines. Put all items that heal you into fast-access slots so you can access them quickly whenever you need to.

Nightingale’s Attacks and Abilities

First, we’ll discuss Nightingale’s assault patterns, and then we’ll get into strategies for defeating her. Learning his fighting technique will give you an advantage in avoiding and countering his attacks. If Nightingale hits you with his weapon, a piece of a tree trunk, you will lose a lot of health. You can avoid his tree trunk assaults, but it’s best to remain out of his close combat range.

The hit detection in this fight may be off by a hair, or at least it appeared that way to me, as there were multiple occasions when I tried to dodge and believed I had gotten away from Nightingale’s melee strike, only to get hit hard enough almost to kill me. Nightingale’s proximity to you may be hard to gauge due to the constantly shifting landscape and the pervasive darkness, so it’s important to stay alert.

Avoiding Nightingale’s grab strike, which rapidly depletes health, is another good reason to maintain a safe distance. Nightingale will grab you by the throat and try to suffocate you if he gets the chance. If this happens, keep mashing the action button until your flashlight is pointed straight at Nightingale’s face, at which time he will drop you.

There will be a brief window of opportunity to shoot him while he is dazed by the light, but rather than waste the time trying to shoot him straight away, you should use that time to get away from Nightingale. I speak from experience here; when I initially attacked, he swiftly straightened up and re-grabbed me. Stay at a safe distance and use dodging and evasive maneuvers to evade his close combat assaults.

How to Beat Nightingale

After learning how to reach Nightingale, prepare, and his attacks, let’s learn how to defeat him. Before attacking Nightingale with your weapon, use your flashlight to brighten up the darkness. If you played the first Alan Wake, this is typical of the Taken. The gloomy layer on Nightingale’s body will evaporate after you burn enough darkness.

The crimson glow on his body will appear when you remove his darkness with your flashlight. Source Points will be identified via a screen prompt. Anyone who’s played a video game knows that bad guys’ glowing spots are weak points, and Alan Wake 2 is no exception.

One main Source Point is on Nightingale’s chest. It will stun him and allow you to shoot again, so shoot well. After damage, the Source Point will disappear, therefore target the head. This is typical boss fight gameplay, but The Overlap’s darkness and Nightingale’s irregular and unsettling motions make it difficult to shoot.

After a certain level of damage, Nightingale will move faster and become a dark mass lit only by his Source Point. You can’t do anything against him, so run and dodge until the onslaught expires. As Nightingale approaches, you’ll need to sprint around to evade him, and you’ll uncover coolers containing supplies.

These coolers saved me when I ran out of ammo, so use them when you can. Be careful not to turn your back on Nightingale. You must watch him closely since he will swiftly approach if you don’t. Stay alert when searching for coolers, even if you can’t face him.

FAQs

Can you play Nightingale solo?

Nightingale is a player-versus-environment (PVE) open world survival crafting game that may be experienced either solo or with friends. Travel via mystical portals to fascinating worlds where you can build, craft, fight, and explore. network

How many people can play Nightingale?

Explore the online shared-world Realmscape by yourself, or team up with up to five other people for some cooperative fun. Since it’s dangerous to venture among the many Realms on your own, Nightingale makes it easy for pals to openly enter or visit each other’s Realms.

Does Nightingale have PvP?

Nightingale is a player versus environment (PvE) game, hence there will be no player versus player combat between Realmwalkers. Nightingale will allow for anywhere from six to 10 people per server, so there’s plenty of room to find a group.

What level is nightingale?

Depending on when the player starts the mission that goes along with the Nightingale Armor, the armor will look different. The lowest-level variant spawns between Level 1 and 18, the intermediate-level variant between Level 19 and 31, and the high-level variant at Level 32 and beyond.