Collectibles · Saga Anderson
Cult Stashes are locked supply crates hidden around Saga's three areas. Each one has a clue on or near it that tells you how to open it. There are 22: five in Cauldron Lake, eight in Watery and nine in Bright Falls. Most hold supplies, but three hold something permanent — two Inventory Upgrades and the Crossbow — and whichever stash you open last holds a key to one more upgrade.
Every stash uses one of four locks. The clue always points at something close by, and a lot of it is painted in yellow that only shows under your flashlight.
Three digits. The clue tells you what to count or read nearby — painted sums, numbered objects, or a short word problem.
Three twig symbols made of paired triangles. They're painted around the area, and the clue tells you which ones and in what order.
A named stash key is hidden nearby. The drawing on the lid hints where, often by pointing you along flashlight arrows.
Buttons light up in a pattern; press them back in the same order. A restart button replays the pattern.
Symbol names on this page are ours. These are simplified sketches of each shape:
If you can see a stash but can't reach or open it, one of these is why. Everything except the Evidence Room stays available until the end of Return 6.
OpensEach area's flooding clears as you progress: Cauldron Lake's in Return 2, Watery's in Return 3, and Bright Falls' southern woods later in Return 5.
BlocksHidden Lakeshore Beach (2), Streamside Campsite (3), Ledge Below the Private Cabin (4), Lighthouse Trailer Park (10), Downtown Watery Pier (12), Woods South of Valhalla (16), Trail to the Ranger Station (17), Ridge Above the Ranger Station (18).
OpensPicked up during Return 5 at Valhalla Nursing Home.
Needed forRental Cabins (5), Kalevala Knights Yard (13), Harbor Street Shed (20), Lot Behind the Sheriff's Station (21), Sheriff's Station Evidence Room (22).
OpensThe Sheriff's Station basement is only reachable during Return 6.
ClosesWhen you accept the end-of-Return 6 warning. Open the Evidence Room stash (22) before then — you'll need the Bolt Cutters for its gate.
RewardWhichever stash you open last also holds the Lighthouse Key. Take it to the Watery Lighthouse for an Inventory Upgrade and two manuscript pages.
Don't needThe Screwdriver. No stash needs it — at most it lets you read a hint for the Lighthouse Trailer Park key (10).
Grouped by the area map each one sits on. Jump to any stash for directions, its clue, and its hidden solution.
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Where In the yard in front of the abandoned trailer just south of the Murder Site, next to a picnic table.
Clue A note on the lid lists three chores. The symbols are painted inside the trailer.
Inside Handgun ammo and a Trauma Pad.
Where On a secluded beach on the south-west shore. Follow the shore path south and duck under the fallen branches where it forks. Reachable once the flooding clears.
Clue A button pad that lights up in a pattern.
Inside An Inventory Upgrade, plus a Hand Flare and a Propane Tank.
Watch which buttons light up, then press them back in the same order — about three presses here. The restart button replays the pattern if you lose it.
Where At a campsite with a picnic table just west of the Witch's Ladle sign, near the bridge toward Streamside. The path opens once the flooding clears.
Clue Only a light-bulb drawing on the lid.
Inside A Hand Flare, shotgun ammo and one more supply.
Where On a rocky ledge beside the stream just below the Private Cabin break room. Reachable once the flooding clears.
Clue “Rock, rock, tree” — and a hint to use your light.
Inside A Hand Flare, a Propane Tank and a First Aid Kit.
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Shine the flashlight to reveal a sum on each: the rock by the stash (3+3), the rock across the stream (7−2), then the tree (6+2).
Where In the bathroom of Cabin 1, the cabin with the break room. Cut the Rental Cabins gate with the Bolt Cutters to get in.
Clue A picture map of landmarks drawn on the lid.
Inside Rifle ammo, a Flashbang and a Rocket Flare.
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Where East of the Hunting Shack on the trail toward Coffee World. Take the right branch at the trail-map sign, crawl under the fallen log, and climb to the outcrop at the end of the narrow ravine.
Clue A button pad that lights up in a pattern.
Inside A Propane Tank and shotgun ammo.
Repeat the lit pattern in the same order — one press longer than the lakeshore pad.
Where Under the wooden shelter beside the Hunting Shack break room, next to the target range.
Clue A note complaining that someone didn't put the crossbow back, so the code was changed.
Inside The Crossbow.
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The painted number cards on the targets have bolts in them: 5 has one bolt, 2 has two, 7 has three. Pull the bolts out afterwards — they're ammo.
Where Beside the Slow Roaster Ferris wheel in Coffee World, by the railings.
Clue “Only striped cups”, with a clockwise arrow.
Inside Handgun and shotgun ammo.
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Read the numbers on the blue-and-white striped cup cars, going clockwise.
Where In the bushes just behind the Huotari Well in Coffee World.
Clue Mr. Drippy on the lid, asking what hides behind the smile.
Inside Handgun and shotgun ammo, and one more supply.
Where In the storage yard just south of Saga's trailer. Reachable once the flooding clears.
Clue No note on the lid. An email on a computer in a nearby trailer says the key was moved somewhere the water can't reach.
Inside Crossbow bolts, a Propane Tank and a Trauma Pad.
Where On the rocky ledge north-west of the Watery Lighthouse. Climb up from the path to the right of the lighthouse break room.
Clue Roman numerals I, II and III in paint that only shows under your flashlight, each beside a twig symbol. There are decoy symbols too.
Inside A Propane Tank, crossbow bolts and handgun ammo.
Where At the end of the pier on the south-east side of Downtown Watery, behind blue containers. Reachable once the flooding clears.
Clue A word problem about three car batteries.
Inside Crossbow bolts, shotgun ammo and a Trauma Pad.
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The batteries total 1,600 amps; B1 is twice B3, and B2 is 128 more than B3. That makes B3 368, so B2 is 496.
Where In the fenced yard behind the Kalevala Knights Workshop. Cut the gate to the left of the entrance with the Bolt Cutters, and expect an ambush in the yard.
Clue “Spare parts”, with drawings of three kinds of Coffee World ride pieces.
Inside Shotgun ammo, rifle ammo, a Flashbang and a flare.
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Count the loose ride parts in the yard: 5 Ferris wheel cups, 4 Espresso Express rockets, 2 Latte Lagoon boats.
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Where North-west of the Bunker Woods break room, behind big rocks at the top of the looped path.
Clue A button pad that lights up in a pattern.
Inside Rifle ammo, a First Aid Kit and a Hand Flare.
Some guides list this from Return 4, others from Return 5; it's there by Return 5 either way.
Repeat the lit pattern — about five presses.
Where In the bed of an abandoned pickup south of the Bunker Woods break room, on the path toward the lake.
Clue A word problem about cars and bicycles.
Inside Shotgun ammo, a Hand Flare and a Propane Tank.
Some guides list this from Return 4, others from Return 5; it's there by Return 5 either way.
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200 vehicles have 754 wheels between them: 177 cars (708 wheels) plus 23 bicycles (46 wheels).
Where In the woods south-west of the Valhalla Nursing Home gate, behind a large rock marked with a yellow arrow. Reachable once the flooding recedes later in Return 5.
Clue The yellow painted arrows nearby are a trap.
Inside Shotgun ammo and a Rocket Flare.
Where Under a tree with a yellow arrow, between the southern Bunker Woods break room and the Ranger Station. Taken usually guard it. Reachable once the flooding recedes later in Return 5.
Clue A light-bulb drawing: follow your flashlight.
Inside Rifle ammo, a Rocket Flare and a Flashbang.
Where On the rocky ridge across the trail, north-west of the Ranger Station. Reachable once the flooding recedes later in Return 5.
Clue A drawing of Santa going down a chimney.
Inside Rifle ammo, a Flashbang and a Rocket Flare.
Where In the street outside the Elderwood Palace Lodge, behind crates on the driver's side of a parked white van.
Clue A button pad that lights up in a pattern.
Inside Handgun ammo, shotgun ammo and a Trauma Pad.
Several guides say this is there from your first visit to town in Return 1; others only list it later. If it isn't there yet, it is by Return 5.
Repeat the lit pattern — the longest pad, about six presses.
Where By the docks next to Fresh Seafood: cut the south gate on Harbor Street with the Bolt Cutters. The stash is in the small wooden shed just inside.
Clue A drawing of numbered wooden pilings.
Inside An Inventory Upgrade.
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Read the number placards on the pilings standing in the water.
Where Cut the gate in the alley beside the Oh Deer Diner with the Bolt Cutters to reach the empty lot behind the Sheriff's Station.
Clue A painter's work log with dated entries. The symbols are painted around the town park.
Inside A Rocket Flare and a Flashbang.
Only the entries dated 01 Jan, 02 Feb and 03 Mar count. The other dates in the log are decoys.
Where In the Sheriff's Station basement: the first door on the right at the bottom of the stairs. It can only be reached in Return 6, and its gate needs the Bolt Cutters.
Clue A drawing of three shapes.
Inside Shotgun ammo, rifle ammo, a Flashbang and a flare — and, if it's your last stash, the Lighthouse Key.
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Count the lines in each shape: a single line (1), a triangle with a line through it (4), a hexagon (6).
Every code and symbol order above is one that most guides agree on. These details don't fully line up, so they're flagged here instead of guessed:
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