Best weapon upgrades in Alan Wake 2

Unlike Alan’s Word of Power upgrades, Saga’s Manuscript fragments are harder to come by. This is why it’s important to know the best weapon upgrades in Alan Wake 2 for Saga’s weapons.

Saga has five incredible weapons, four of them she must unlock, and each with their own unique upgrades. Here are the best upgrades to focus on.

Alan Wake 2: Saga’s best weapon upgrades

It’s best to focus on a few incredible upgrades for Saga since you won’t be able to collect Manuscript fragments as often as you get Words of Power for Alan. In total, Saga has five different weapons, if you can find and unlock them all:

• Pistol
• Sawed-Off Shotgun
• Crossbow
• Hunting Rifle
• Pump-action Shotgun

Having five weapons with three different upgrades each can make it difficult to choose which ones to prioritize. To make things easier for you, here are the best weapon upgrades in Alan Wake 2, in my opinion:

• Two Shots
• Another Headshot
• Ready For More
• Magnetic Pull
• Way Home
• Fluid Motion

Two Shots

Although I would’ve liked an upgrade that reduced the reload time for the Crossbow, this makes up for that. Two Shots allows Saga to load in two Crossbow Bolts at once instead of just one.

Since the Crossbow with a headshot can typically kill most Taken in one blow, having two at once is vital. Reloading also makes Saga stand still, and it takes a few seconds to do so, so please invest in Two Shots.

Another Headshot

Another Headshot allows Saga’s Pistol to stun an enemy for a duration after landing two headshots on an enemy in quick succession. I find the Pistol to be my most-used weapon, although it may not be the strongest.

Another Headshot makes the Pistol even more useful than it already is. Also, it’s not too difficult to land headshots with this gun, so why not try this upgrade?

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Ready For More

If you end up killing an enemy using the Sawed-Off Shotgun, investing in the Ready For More upgrade will restore some of Saga’s health.

Restoring health during combat can be tricky, so this upgrade can be quite helpful. This Shotgun is also pretty powerful, so getting the kill with it shouldn’t be too hard.

Magnetic Pull

Want to increase your accuracy with your Pistol? You can do this with a Crossbow upgrade called Magnetic Pull.

If you shoot a Taken with your Crossbow, the bolt will end up pulling Pistol bullets towards it. So even if your bolt didn’t down the enemy, you can finish them off with some Pistol shots.

Way Home

If you run out of flashlight batteries often, you should invest in the Way Home upgrade. It’s a Hunting Rifle upgrade that allows you to deal damage to enemies without breaking their darkness shield.

Normally, you have to break their darkness shield with the Flashlight Boost first before actually dealing damage. But with Way Home, you can skip that part and shoot right through the darkness.

Fluid Motion

Like many weapons that Saga has, the Sawed-Off Shotgun takes a little bit to reload. But with Fluid Motion, the reload time for this weapon decreases.

Being able to reload a lot faster during a tense combat moment with Taken can save your life. This makes Fluid Motion great, coupled with the Ready For More upgrade.

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Alan Wake 2 is available on the Epic Games Store, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.