Alan Wake 2: What hides behind the smile? Alan Wake 2 guide, walkthrough

What's Behind the Smile is a text hint for a cult cache from the Huotari Well area in Watery. The description from our guide explains what the hint about the smile refers to and how to obtain the key to the Coffee World cache.

Last update: 03 November 2023

While locating and opening cult stashes in Watery area in Alan Wake 2, you may come across a container with a tip reading What hides behind the smile?. On this guide page, we explain where to find a smile in Coffee World, how to get a key, and how to use it to open the cult stash next to the Huotari well.

• Location of the cult stash in Coffee World in Watery.
• Where to find the smile from the hint?
• Acquire and use the key

Location of the cult stash in Coffee World in Watery.

The described stash is located near the Huotari well, in the Coffee World amusement park, which is part of the Watery area. The place becomes available in Return 3.

1. The container is quite well hidden behind bushes, next to trees - the place is shown in the attached screenshot.

1. There is a note on the cult stash that says: What hides behind the smile? This is a hint about a location in Coffee World where the key to the stash is hidden.

Where to find the smile from the hint?

1. Go to the east of the stash to the central area of Coffee World.
2. The smile you are looking for is the largest Mr. Drippy statue from the screenshot above.

Acquire and use the key

1. Explore the area behind the large statue. In the bushes on the ground lies the key to the Coffee World stash - the above screenshot shows the spot.
2. Return with the key to the stash to pick up the free loot and find a new note.