All Puzzle Solutions and Guides

Puzzles are major gameplay features in Silent Hill 2 Remake. See all the puzzles and their solutions as well as where they are located in the game here!

Eastern South Vale Puzzle Solutions

Neely's Bar Jukebox

Puzzle Piece	Location
Coin	Texan Cafe Cash Register
Jukebox Button	Room 5 Saul Apartments 3F
Broken Vinyl Record (Other Half) and Vinyl Glue	Groovy Record Store

Use the Vinyl Glue to attach the two Broken Vinyl Halves together and create a Glued Up Vinyl Record. Head back to the Jukebox in Neely's Bar to attach the missing Jukebox Button, and insert the Coin to solve the puzzle.

Jukebox Puzzle Guide

Grand Market Keypad Code

The Grand Market Keypad code can be found on a Code Note, but you can enter the correct code directly, based on your game's puzzle difficulty, without needing to search for the note. Unlocking this is purely optional but will reward you with supplies!

• Light: 4442
• Standard: 4444
• Hard: 4446

Grand Market Keypad Code and Door

Wood Side Apartments Puzzle Solutions

Coin Puzzle

Coin Cabinet Puzzle Solution
Light	Man - ◯ - Woman - ◯ - Flower Sword - ◯ - Woman - ◯ - Snake Snake - ◯ - Grave - ◯ - Man Put any Coin on the new, top slot.
Standard	Man - ◯ - Woman - ◯ - Flower ◯ - Sword - ◯ - Woman - Flower ◯ - ◯ - Man - Grave - Snake Put any Coin on the new, top slot.
Hard	Man - ◯ - ◯ - Grave - Snake Grave - Sword - Flower - ◯ - ◯ ◯ - Man - Woman - ◯ - Snake Put any Coin on the new, top slot.

◯ denotes a blank in the slots!

Collect the Coin (Man) from the Room 206 Safe, the Coin (Woman) from the Courtyard after unblocking the garbage chute, and the Coin (Snake) from the Pool Area. Afterward, arrange them on the Coin Cabinet corresponding to the scenarios shown on the top of the cabinet. The riddles will change depending on your game's difficulty, but can be arranged by following the diagram above.

Coin Puzzle Solution and Locations

Apartment Safe Code

The Apartment Safe Code is tied to the poem and drawings on the wall, with the code varying depending on the difficulty of the puzzle:

• Light: 15-11-13
• Standard and Hard: 13-7-11

Apartment Safe Code Puzzle

Blue Creek Apartments Puzzle Solutions

Clock Puzzle

Clock Puzzle Solutions
Hour	Minute
Second

Find and set the Hour Hand to 9, the Minute Hand to 2, and the Second Hand to 3 immediately after obtaining each of them, as setting the hands to their correct positions will open up new doors within Blue Creek Apartments.

Clock Puzzle Guide

Room 210 Seesaw Puzzle

Seesaw Puzzle Solution
Puzzle Piece	Location
Pigeon Figurine	Room 210 (2F)
Wooden Swan Head	Room 211 (2F)
Malformed Figurine Part	Room 209 (2F)

Find the Pigeon Figurine in Room 210, then combine the Wooden Swan Head from Room 211 and the Malformed Figurine Part from Room 209 to form a Swan Figurine. Once collected, Place both figurines on opposite sides of the seesaw until the bar is balanced evenly to solve the puzzle.

Seesaw Puzzle Guide (Room 210)

Moth Puzzle

The Moth Combination Lock is derived from the symbols on moths within the room used to answer the equation by the door. You may choose to skip doing those steps and enter these codes depending on your game's puzzle difficulty:

• Light: 5-8-2
• Standard: 3-7-3
• Hard: 5-2-2

Moth Puzzle Guide

Western South Vale Puzzle Solutions

Jacks Inn Motel Safe Code

The Jacks Inn Motel Safe Code can be found on a Toolbox Memo in Room 107 but even without finding the note, you may input these codes based on your game's puzzle difficulty:

• Light and Standard: 0451
• Hard: 0533

Motel Safe Code Guide (Jacks Inn)

Bowling Alley Safe Code

The Bowling Alley Safe code is 1887 for all difficulties, and can be used without finding the note that contains the code. This safe is only accessible in New Game Plus and will not appear in your initial playthrough even though the Bowling Alley is accessible at that time.

Bowling Alley Safe Code Guide

Brookhaven Hospital Puzzle Solutions

Hospital Padlock Code

The Hospital Padlock Code takes its answers from the Photo of Nurses, Photo of Doctors, and Photo of Trees around the hospital's first floor, which will result in any of these codes depending on your playthrough's puzzle difficulty:

• Light: 2-8-7
• Standard: 7-2-4
• Hard: 1-5-2

Hospital Padlock Code Guide

Nurses Station Keypad

The Nurses Station Keypad Code can be found on a Staff Memo, though finding the note is optional. You can use any of these codes based on your puzzle difficulty:

• Light and Standard: 3578
• Hard: 7456

Nurses Station Keypad Code Guide

3rd Floor Hospital Door Code

The 3rd Floor Hospital Door code across all difficulties is 4-37-12 and can be unlocked by turning the knob in the direction of the arrows written on the door.

3rd Floor Hospital Door Code

X-Ray Puzzle

X-Ray Puzzle Solution
Puzzle Piece	Location
Radiograph of a Pelvis	Exam Room 4 (3F)
Moldy Radiograph	Nurses Station (2F)
Mold Remover	Hospital Pantry (1F)

After combining the Moldy Radiograph with the Mold Remover to create a Cleaned Up Radiograph, place it along with the Radiograph of a Pelvis on the X-ray viewer in Exam Room 4 on the third floor. Align the scratch marks on the corners of all Radiographs to solve the puzzle and reveal the code: 4-37-12.

Solving this puzzle is optional to unlocking the 3rd floor hospital door once you already know the code.

X-Ray Puzzle Guide

Bracelet Puzzle

Bracelet Puzzle Solution
Puzzle Piece	Location
Marked Bracelet	Room D1 (3F)
Bloodstained Bracelet	Medical Records (1F)
Filthy Bracelet	Pool (1F)

Collect the Marked Bracelet in the Medical Records room, the Bloodstained Bracelet from the Pool, and the Filthy Bracelet from Room D1. Place them all on the Hand Puzzle's wrist, then align the numbers on their clear parts to get the numbers: 92-45-71 which solves the puzzle.

Bracelet Puzzle Guide

Director's Books Puzzle

Arrange the Director's Books in the Director's Storage Room until they form an image of a fire-breathing lion, then assign the numbers 1-9 on the symbols written on the spine as a reference to the Hospital Safe Code.

Director's Books Puzzle Guide

Hospital Safe Code

The Hospital Safe Code will require the number combination: 92-45-71 from the Hand Puzzle, and the symbols from the Director's Books. Match the symbols to the number combination and input the proper sequence on the Hospital Safe to unlock it.

Hospital Safe Code Guide

Brookhaven Hospital Otherworld Puzzle Solutions

Elevator Quiz Answers

The answers for the Elevator Quiz is 2-3-1. Knowing the answers to the quiz is optional and will not halt your game progress.

Hospital Elevator Quiz Answers Guide

Decorative Box Code

Take the Elevator Quiz Answers: 2-3-1 and input it on the Q1, Q2, and Q3 rows of the box from top to bottom to open the box.

Decorative Box Code Guide

Chained Box Puzzle

Reveal the Keypad Code: 9659 from the Room 17 treatment stretcher, piece together the Combination Lock Code: 1622 from Room M3 and M1, and retrieve the Lapis Eye Key from the Surgical Chair training dummy in Exam Room 4. Use all of these components to unlock the Chained Box and progress the area.

Hospital Box Code Guide (Chained Box)

Historical Society Puzzle Solutions

Bug Room Code

Bug Room Code Combinations
2-3-9	3-2-9	9-2-3
2-9-3	3-9-2	9-3-2

The code in the Bug Room will be in a random arrangement each playthrough regardless of puzzle diffculty, though will always contain the numbers 2, 3, and 9. You can try a myriad of combinations listed above, on the keypad.

Bug Room Code Guide

Toluca Prison Puzzle Solutions

Weights and Scales Puzzle

Weights and Scales Puzzle Solutions
Headless Serpent	Left Pan: IW Right Pan: THW
Hornless Ox	Left Pan: IW and THW Right Pan: MW
Eyeless Boar	Left Pan: IW Right Pan: THW, HW, and MW
Wingless Dove	Left Pan: THW, HW, IW, and LW Right Pan: MW
Final	Left Pan: TLW, LW, and HW Right Pan: IW, MW, and THW

Weight Legends: IW = Initial Weight, TLW = The Lightest Weight, LW = Light Weight, MW = Medium Weight, HW = Heavy Weight, THW = The Heaviest Weight

Each time you collect a new weight, return to the scales and place them on the pans to unlock the corresponding door. Behind each door is another weight to collect, with the ultimate goal being to gather all the weights and use them to finally unlock the Hangman Puzzle.

Weights and Scales Puzzle Guide

Prison Witness Room Generator

Light	Flip the switches in this order: 4th - 5th - 2nd - 1st - 3rd
Standard	Flip the switches in this order: 6th - 4th - 5th - 1st - 3rd - 2nd
Hard	Flip the switches in this order: 4th - 5th - 2nd - 1st - 3rd - 6th - 7th

The circular numbers in the photo show the order you need to flip the switch!

Flip all of the switches on the Generator in sequential order to overload the power and solve the puzzle. The number of switches and its sequence will vary depending on your game's puzzle difficulty.

Prison Generator Switch Guide

Hangman Puzzle

The answer to the Hangman Puzzle can be any noose through trial and error, though you may match all of the torn verses to each other by visually matching them based on the tear lines, then make your judgement on who the innocent criminal is.

Hangman Puzzle Guide

Labyrinth Puzzle Solutions

Rotating Cube Puzzle

	Solution
Rotten Area	Left x2 → Down x1
Desolate Area	Left x2 → Up x1
Ruined Area	Left x2 → Down x2

Turn the Rotating Cube’s face to unlock different sections of the Labyrinth. The correct symbols are consistent across all difficulties, and reaching it correctly will grant you access to new areas where additional challenges await.

Rotating Cube Puzzle Guide

Lakeview Hotel Puzzle Solutions

Music Box Puzzle

Music Box Puzzle Solution
Puzzle Pieces	Location
Snow White Figurine	Room 201 (2F)
Cinderella Figurine	Conference Room Fireplace (3F)
The Little Mermaid Figurine	Venus Tears Bar (Basement)

Once you have collected the Snow White Figurine from Room 201, the Cinderella Figurine from the Conference Room, and The Little Mermaid Figurine from Venus Tears Bar, place them on the music box and align the disks to create a path to their designated door. To open the doors, you must turn the keys a certain number of times from left to right depending on your game's difficulty:

• Light: 7-2-1
• Standard: 7-5-1
• Hard: 1-1-1

Music Box Puzzle Guide

Mirror Puzzle

Find an extra Mirror Shard in Room 202's bedroom, and piece together all of the mirror shards on the frame. You can place either the Rotten Apple or Ripe Apple on the platter in front of the mirror, as either will solve the puzzle.

Mirror Puzzle Guide

Hotel Book Puzzle

Bookshelf Puzzle Solution
Uper Left: Winged Man Lower Left: Bull Upper Right: Eagle Lower Right: Lion

Match the symbols engraved on the book spines to their corresponding positions shown in the painting to correctly align the books and solve the puzzle.

Hotel Book Puzzle Guide

Suitcase Code and Vanity Mirror Puzzle

Finding Suitcase Code will need you to repair the vanity first with a Red Light Bulb, although you may choose to skip that step and instead apply any of these codes depending on your game's difficulty:

• Light: DARK WISH
• Normal: DEED DONE
• Hard: LOVE LUST

Suitcase Code and Vanity Mirror Puzzle Guide

Hotel Safe Code

The Hotel Safe Code is always 7414 regardless of your puzzle difficulty which can be found by solving the optional Gem Box puzzle in the Manager's Office.

Hotel Safe Code Puzzle Guide

What are Puzzles in Silent Hill 2 Remake?

Major Mechanic for Progression

Puzzles are major mechanics for progressing in Silent Hill 2. They are mostly environmental puzzles that allow you to access otherwise locked or hidden areas and progress the story!

Unlocks Major Lore Points

Puzzles will also usually show players major lore points that will help them better understand the story of Silent Hill 2. Try solving all the puzzles to know the story even more.

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