Here's a full Eastern South Vale walkthrough for the Silent Hill 2 remake. Check out our guide on navigating Easter South Vale's maps, collectible items on New Game Plus, and puzzle solutions!

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Eastern South Vale Walkthrough

• Follow the Trail to Silent Hill
• Get the Auto Parts Key
• Head to the House on Martin Street
• Find the Radio and Defeat the Monster
• Head Toward Neely's Bar
• Obtain a Jukebox Coin
• Find the Broken Vinyl Half
• Get the Jukebox Button
• Repair the Jukebox
• Obtain Wood Side Apartments Key
• Go to Wood Side Apartments

Follow the Trail to Silent Hill

After the opening cutscene, head to the car and get the Map of South Vale. Head down the stairs from the observation deck toward Toluca Lake and continue straight through the trail. Check the well for a save point. After this, you'll watch a cutscene where James meets Angela for the first time. Keep moving forward until you reach a red gate.

Collect the Crimson Ceremony Book for Rebirth Ending

In a New Game Plus save file, you can obtain the first item required to get the Rebirth Ending: the Crimson Ceremony book. You can find it leaning over a tombstone in the Graveyard where you first meet Angela.

Rebirth Ending Guide

Get a Chainsaw in New Game Plus

After finishing the story once, you may start a New Game Plus save file and head over to Silent Hill Ranch on your way to the town and collect a Chainsaw stuck on one of the logs. This serves as a powerful primary weapon to help you breeze through your next playthrough as it deals devastating damage to enemies.

New Game Plus Guide: All Unlockables

Get the Auto Parts Key

From the red gate, go left to the Auto Parts store and enter through the window at the back. Go to the drawer to get the Auto Parts Key. Return to the gate and use the key to open it. Keep going straight until you find a bench and trigger a cutscene where you'll get a map of the east side of South Vale.

Obtain the Key of Sorrow for Stillness Ending

If you have finished your first playthrough and unlocked the In Water ending, you will be able to acquire a Key of Sorrow when starting a New Game Plus save file. You can find it by breaking through a car window with the Chainsaw parked by the tunnel you pass through under the highway.

Stillness Ending Guide

Head to the House on Martin Street

Once you're in Eastern South Vale, you'll encounter a strange figure in the fog. Follow it and go straight through Lindsey Street and enter through an alleyway to head toward Martin Street. Crawl through a hole in the garage to enter a house with a save point.

Find the Radio and Defeat the Monster

While in the house, look through the kitchen drawer to find a Health Drink. Go to the room with a sofa chair to pick up the Radio. You'll also get a Wooden Plank that you need to use to defend yourself against the Lying Figure. Take a Syringe from the case and break the glass to exit through the window.

Head Toward Neely's Bar

After exiting the house, smash the car window to get a Health Drink. Check the Matchbook nearby for hints on the next destination. Keep going down Martin Street to and head to the steel gate to the right to find a save point. Turn right onto Katz Street and then left to Neely Street. Head to Neely's Bar to find a broken jukebox and another save point.

Obtain a Broken Key Part for Dog Ending

While playing through New Game Plus, you can enter The Pet Center beside Big Jay's and head over to the back room to acquire a Broken Key Part. This will be one out of two parts needed to create a Dog Key for the Dog ending.

Dog Ending Guide

Obtain a Blue Gem for UFO Ending

In a New Game Plus save file, head down Neely Street beyond Neely's Bar until you reach Big Jay's. Break the Jewellers storefront window beside The Pet Center to collect a Blue Gem on the jewelry box. Head further down the street to Groovy Music and find the Out of This World magazine which will give you hints on where to use the gem and get the UFO ending.

UFO Ending Guide

Obtain a Jukebox Coin

From Neely's Bar, walk down Neely Street and turn right on the first corner. Walk toward the dead end and enter Texan Cafe to your right. Retrieve the Jukebox Coin from the cash register by twisting the key and pressing down on the button.

Neely's Bar Coin Location and How to Use

Find the Broken Vinyl Half

From Texan Cafe, find your way back to Neely Street and keep walking north of the street until you find the Groovy Music store to your left. Head toward the back of the shop and smash through the back room window and climb over.

Retrieve the Broken Vinyl Record and Vinyl Glue from the desk and combine it with the other Broken Vinly Record Half to create a Glued Up Vinyl Record.

Get the Jukebox Button

Head south to Saul Apartments and enter the building. You'll find a map on a bulletin board to your right. Push a cabinet blocking the doorway to Room 1, then grab the Apartment Key from the key holder inside the office next to it.

Head upstairs to the second floor, unlock Room 5, and pass through the wall to Room 4. Exit through a crack, jump out the window, climb to the third floor, and enter Room 9 through the window. Head to the bathroom and reach into the hole to retrieve a Jukebox Button.

Use the Blue Gem at Saul Apartments Rooftop for UFO Ending

After obtaining the Blue Gem, head down to Saul Street and examine it on the Saul Apartments rooftop which you can do on the way while obtaining the Jukebox Button. This is the first location you have to use the Blue Gem at, in order to get the UFO Ending.

Repair the Jukebox

Return to Neely's Bar with the Jukebox Coin, Glued Up Vinyl Record, and Jukebox Button then place them in their appropriate slots. A small cutscene will play and reward you with the Neely's Bar Key afterward.

Jukebox Puzzle Guide

Obtain Wood Side Apartments Key

After getting the Neely's Bar Key, use it to access the locked room. Push the cart and climb it to reach the back room. Make sure to check the medicine cabinet for a Health Drink. Read the Back Room Letter to learn about a greenish-blue car with plate ending with 06.

Exit the room and head toward the blue gate at the end to find some bloody clothes by the greenish-blue car. Interact with the clothes to find the Wood Side Apartments Key.

Go to Wood Side Apartments

Afte getting the key, prepare for the Lying Figures that show up. Head toward Katz Street and use the key to unlock the Wood Side Apartments and the next part of the story.

Wood Side Apartments Walkthrough

Eastern South Vale Maps

All Eastern South Vale Maps

Map of South Vale

East Side of South Vale

All Map Locations Guide

Eastern South Vale Puzzles

Jukebox Puzzle

The jukebox puzzle is the only required puzzle to solve as it's mandatory for story progression.

Jukebox Puzzle Guide

Grand Market Keypad

The Grand Market keypad is an optional puzzle in the East Side of South Vale. The correct code depends on your difficulty and can be 4442, 4444, or 4446.

Grand Market Keypad Code and Door

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