How to solve the Alan Wake 2 battery amps stash puzzle

The Alan Wake 2 battery amp stash puzzle has a solution that you'll have to work hard for, as you need to use actual algebra to reveal the three-digit code that opens the crate. This starts with a note attached to the Watery town pier cult stash, which gives you the challenge to calculate how many amps battery B2 is worth using some limited starting information.

The survival horror direction of Alan Wake 2 means that puzzles are a given, but a full-on exam question certainly caught me by surprise – and it's not the only one! To save you the hassle of figuring this out yourself, I've crunched the numbers for the Alan Wake 2 battery stash puzzle below.

After opening the stash, I got shotgun shells, crossbow bolts, and a trauma pad, so it was worth solving for some supplies. Like the note inside, I'm sure you were just as surprised to find algebra in a survival horror game but there you go. Here's my working in case you want extra proof:

1. The first part of the question explains that B1, B2, and B3 total 1600 amps when added, therefore B1 + B2 + B3 = 1600
2. The second part explains that B1 = 2B3 and B2 = B3 + 128.
3. Substitute these into the original equation to get: 2B3 + (B3 + 128) + B3 = 1600
4. Simplify that down and solve for B3:
   4B3 + 128 = 1600
   4B3 = 1472
   B3 = 368
5. Therefore, B2 = 368 + 128 = 496
6. Substitute it all into the original equation to check: 2(368) + (368 + 128) + 368 = 1600

If you've not already got it, make sure you grab the crossbow from one of the other Alan Wake 2 cult stashes in Watery – it's a pretty useful weapon to have, and there's quite a lot of ammo for it around the town. In the next chapter, you can also stumble across the Alan Wake 2 car and bike stash while in the Bright Falls woods.

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