Leave Ending and How to Get It

The Leave Ending is one of the possible endings players can achieve in the Silent Hill 2 Remake, wherein James and Laura leave the town of Silent Hill behind. Discover all requirements to get the Leave ending and details about it in this guide!

Leave Ending Requirement Summary

Take Care of James and Remember Mary

To get the Leave Ending, you need to make sure that James is well taken care of by keeping his health up immediately at all times, to symbolize his will to continue living.

You must also allow him to keep the memory of Mary close to his heart by examining Mary's photo and letter in his inventory, and spending as little time as possible with Maria to reinforce James' emotional connection with his late wife.

How to Get Photo of Mary and How to Use

How to Get the Leave Ending

Ending Requirements
Always Keep James' Health Up Examine Mary's Photo More Than Once Listen to James and Mary's Conversation Do Not Check on Maria Do Not Inspect Angela's Knife

Always Keep James' Health Up

Make sure to always heal James as soon as possible using Syringes or Health Drinks whenever he sustains damage. If you are forced to have him in a critical condition, make sure to heal him once you get a healing item.

Sustaining James' health gives the impression that James cares about his own well-being, and that he wants to stay alive. This condition also steers the game away from In Water Ending, which needs James at low HP all the time.

Health System Guide: How to Heal

Examine Mary's Photo More Than Once

Keep examining Mary's photo and letter in James' inventory when you can, at least three times in the playthrough. This contributes toward James' eagerness to search for his wife, and reminds him of his love for her.

How to Get Photo of Mary and How to Use

Listen to Mary's Monologue

While walking down the last hallway in the Lakeview Hotel Otherworld before confronting the game's final boss, Mary's voice can be heard going on an angry tirade as she is faced with her own mortality.

Listen to the entire monologue until it stops with Mary softly apologizing, then proceed through the door.

Lakeview Hotel Otherworld Walkthrough

Do Not Check on Maria

Since the Leave ending is about James confronting his guilt toward Mary, make sure that this is reflected by spending as little time as possible with Maria.

Ignore her advances while she travels with you to avoid building rapport with her, as that is a condition that can lead to the Maria Ending instead. Do not let her die to monsters, but don't go out of your way to protect her either.

Maria Ending and How to Get It

Do Not Return to Rooms Where You Leave Maria

There are two instances where James can leave Maria behind. Specifically, he leaves her to rest in one of the rooms at Brookhaven Hospital, and during the part further in the story where she is found dead inside a cell in the Labyrinth.

In both instances, make sure you never go back to those rooms after exiting, as to avoid fulfilling conditions for the Maria Ending.

Do Not Inspect Angela's Knife

When Angela leaves her knife with you after meeting her again in Blue Creek Apartments, make sure that you never inspect it from your inventory more than once to steer James away from thoughts of self-harm.

How to Get Angela's Knife and How to Use

What is the Leave Ending?

James Leaves Silent Hill With Laura

The Leave ending is a fitting conclusion for James in a narrative sense, as it involves him confronting the guilt he carries after his crime against Mary, and coming to terms with his wife's illness and passing at his hands.

In this ending, James comes to terms with his actions and leaves Silent Hill with Laura, presumably to face the consequences of his past, while seeking redemption and a new beginning.

Silent Hill 2 Remake Related Guides

All Endings Explained

All Remake Endings

Original Endings
Leave	Maria
In Water	Rebirth
Dog	UFO
New Endings
Stillness	Bliss