Tips for taking on Saga’s first boss.

Nightingaleis the first boss Saga faces inAlan Wake 2.

For this particular fight it helps to make good use of the sawed-off shotgun.

close up of nightingale’s pale corpse sitting up in an autopsy room with his eyes open and a hole where his heart should be

Then switch to the pistol when you’re farther away to avoid his attacks.

This means you’re causing good damage while also conserving ammo and protecting yourself.

If a red or black whirlwind appears after Nightingale disappears, run in the opposite direction!

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Playing on standard difficulty we had to cause enough damage tomake Nightingale disappear four timesto defeat him.

nightingale’s red pulsating source point in his open chest with a white circle around it, while saga is aiming at nightingale and a textbox explains that destroying source points causes massive damage

saga aiming a flashlight at nightingale in the woods, which causes sparks and a very bright light to form on nightingale

saga looking at a red supply box on a tree in dark woods with a white circle around the box