Cauldron Lake is the darkest and most disorienting map in Phasmophobia's Alan Wake crossover event. Built on the bones of Grafton Farmhouse, this three-floor location is deliberately gloomy, which makes tracking down its hidden Dolls far harder than it sounds. There are 3 Dolls spread across every floor, and you need all of them to progress through the event's Doll Puzzles and claim the exclusive rewards on offer.
Where are all the Cauldron Lake Dolls?
Each Doll sits on a different floor of the farmhouse, one per level. The table below gives you a quick reference before the full walkthrough.
Bring a flashlight or torch before entering Cauldron Lake. The interior lighting is minimal, and the doll room on the second floor is especially hard to navigate without one.
First floor Cat Doll spot
How to find the Cat Doll (first floor)
Walk through the front door and head straight through the entryway into the dining room. As soon as you step inside, look left. There is a long table pressed against the wall, covered in clutter including stacked plates and vases. The Cat Doll sits between two vases among all that mess. It is easy to overlook if you are scanning the room quickly, so slow down and check the left wall specifically.
How to find the Mother Doll (second floor)
From the entryway, turn right immediately and go upstairs. At the top, make a sharp right, then another right, and walk to the end of the short hallway. Turn left to enter the doll room. This room is packed with unsettling dolls of various sizes, which makes spotting the correct one genuinely confusing the first time through.
Head to the back-left corner of the room. The Mother Doll is on a small table there, positioned right next to a larger doll. That larger doll acts as a reliable landmark once you know what you are looking for.
The doll room is one of the more active areas in this map. Stay alert for ghost activity while you are searching, and do not linger longer than necessary.
Mother Doll in the doll room
How to find the Moose Doll (attic)
From the entryway, go right up the main staircase, then turn right again into the small hallway on the second floor. Walk past the door on your right and continue up the second staircase to reach the attic. At the top, turn left.
Look for a small table holding two candelabras, one of which is knocked over. The Moose Doll sits between them. The knocked-over candelabra is a useful visual cue since it stands out even in low light.
Cauldron Lake is a reskinned version of Grafton Farmhouse, so players familiar with that map's layout will find the floor plan recognizable, even if the decor is considerably more unsettling.
What do you do with the Dolls after collecting them?
The three Cauldron Lake Dolls feed directly into the Doll Puzzles that are central to the Alan Wake event. Completing those puzzles is how you unlock the event's exclusive cosmetic rewards, so collecting every Doll on this map is not optional if you want the full prize list.
Cauldron Lake does not contain all the Dolls you need for every puzzle, though. You will also need to search the other event maps. For a full breakdown of every Doll across all four locations, check the complete Doll locations guide covering every map in the event.
How does this fit into the full Alan Wake event?
The Dolls are one half of the event's main objectives. The other half involves finding Words of Power hidden throughout each map using a UV Light. If you have not started on those yet, the Words of Power guide covers all 68 locations across the four event maps.
Cauldron Lake is one of the trickier maps to clear efficiently because of how dark it is and how the doll room can disorient first-time visitors. Once you know the three locations, though, a full sweep of this map takes only a few minutes. For more guides covering horror games and everything else happening in Phasmophobia right now, the full Phasmophobia guide collection has you covered.