In keeping with many standard survival horror traditions, Alan Wake 2 features a host of hidden and optional tasks, each offering some extra items to help players withstand the horrors thrown their way. These can be anything from solving Alan Wake 2's cult stashes containing notes and supplies to finding lunchboxes with weapon upgrade resources. Another type of these side missions are eerie nursery rhyme setups, apparently part of the Federal Bureau of Control's attempts to study the strange phenomena caused by the unnatural forces inhabiting Caldron Lake. One of these can be found at the Watery Ranger Cabin during Return 3: Local Girl.