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In Water Ending and How to Get It

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Silent Hill 2 - In Water Ending Guide

The In Water Ending is one of the possible endings players can achieve in Silent Hill 2 Remake. Discover all requirements to get the In Water ending and details about it in this guide!

In Water Ending Requirement Summary

Keep James' Health Low in the Game

Low-Health Border on Screen

To achieve the In Water ending, players need to keep James' health low for most of the game, denoted by a bloody red border on the screen. This symbolizes his lack of regard for his being, as with Mary gone, he has lost his drive in life.

Examining Angela's Knife repeatedly will also lead towards the In Water ending, as the knife is symbolic of Angela's dejected views about her own life, which James comes to relate to during the course of the game.

How to Get Angela's Knife and How to Use

How to Get the In Water Ending

Ending Rquirements


Keep Health Low

Red Frame on Screen

When James suffers damage, do not immediately heal him. Instead, you may let his health drop to death's door and remain in this critical state for as long as possible before regaining health.

This shows that James' regard for his wellbeing is at an all-time low, which is an important criteria for the In Water ending.

Constantly Inspect Angela's Knife

Angela

After Angela hands over her knife to James, make sure to inspect it regularly in your inventory. Doing so gives the impression that James is thinking about and resonating with Angela's grim outlook on her own situation.

How to Get Angela's Knife and How to Use

Do Not Check on Maria

Maria in the Labyrinth

Much like in the Leave ending players must spend as little time as possible with Maria, and ignore her advances while she travels with James. Don't let her die to monsters, but also don't go out of the way to protect her.

Leave Ending and How to Get It

Do Not Return to Rooms Where You Leave Maria

Maria

During parts of the game where you leave Maria in a room at Brookhaven Hospital, or after seeing her dead inside a cell at the Labyrinth, never check back on her after exiting the room.

Maria Voice Actor and Character Info

What is the In Water Ending?

James Drives Into Toluca Lake

In Water is the ending where James concludes that his life is meaningless without Mary, and decides that the best thing to do now is to join her in the afterlife. With this in mind, he gets into his car again, and speaks his mind out loud.

The screen cuts to black, and the sound of a car crashing through barriers, followed by a loud splash, is heard. Mary's Letter then drifts to the bottom of Toluca Lake, along with her husband.

Required for the Stillness Ending

Mary in the Stillness Ending

In Water is a prerequisite for one of the new endings added to the Silent Hill 2 Remake, called Stillness. It is an alternate version of the In Water ending, with some changes in how it plays out.

Stillness Ending Guide

Silent Hill 2 Remake Related Guides

Silent Hill 2 Remake Endings

All Endings Explained

All Remake Endings

Original Endings
LEAVE Ending Thumbnail.png Leave MARIA Ending Thumbnail.png Maria
IN WATER Ending Thumbnail.png In Water REBIRTH Ending Thumbnail.png Rebirth
DOG Ending Thumbnail.png Dog UFO Ending Thumbnail.pngUFO
New Endings
STILLNESS Ending Thumbnail.png Stillness BLISS Ending Thumbnail.png Bliss

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1 Anonymous3 days

I checked on Maria multiple times in the hospital and even got the dialogue for checking on her, i checked the knife like 2-3 max, i did spend like an hour on critical in the hotel tho cause i just couldn’t find any heals so maybe the requirement is mostly related to critical health

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