Alan Wake 2 – How to Beat the Mulligan and Thornton Boss Fight

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Alan Wake 2 is here, and as you would expect from a survival horror game, it throws some fairly tough challenges at you, including a number of boss fights.

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Alan Wake 2.

The second major boss fight you’ll encounter in Alan Wake 2 is a handicap match, with Saga taking on corrupted deputies Mulligan and Thornton. This battle can be quite challenging, even discouraging, if you don’t know what to do. But with the right strategy, you’ll get through. Follow our guide and you shouldn’t have too much trouble…

After making your way through the Watery deep woods Dark Place, you’ll emerge into a small clearing with a well you’ll have seen several times before in the middle. You’ll likely notice a series of darkness nodes around the clearing – you have to get rid of these in order to defeat Thornton and Mulligan, otherwise, they’ll just keep coming back. That said, don’t try to do this right away.

Thornton, who wields a sniper rifle, will emerge from the well first. Take a couple shots at him and he’ll retreat and begin taking potshots at you with his rifle from various unreachable vantage points around the clearing illuminated by red light. You’ll know he’s about to shoot when you hear him cock his rifle – when this happens, quickly dodge two times, as he’ll often shoot at you twice. You may think you can just dodge Thornton’s shots and quickly run around and dispel the Darkness nodes, but that’s not a good strategy. Thornton shoots too fast and is too accurate. You’ll be dead before you can deal with more than one or two of the nodes.

Instead, wait for Thornton to shoot, dodge, then fire back. At this point in the game, your pistol is probably your best choice for this. Shoot Thornton