Unlocking doors is essential for progressing through Silent Hill 2 Remake. Check out how to unlock doors and earn an achievement by trying to get past locked doors in this guide!

How to Open Locked Doors in Silent Hill 2 Remake

Use an Item

Using an item, normally a key, is the most common way to open locked doors. Interacting with a locked door will prompt you to use an item.

If you have the right item in your inventory, just select it when prompted and the door will unlock. Items used to unlock doors can be obtained by picking them up from specific places or solving puzzles.

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Solve Puzzles

Solving puzzles is another way to open locked doors in Silent Hill. Some doors are directly tied to a puzzle and don't require an item to unlock them.

There is a wide variety of puzzles in the game and can involve figuring out a combination to a lock solving a riddle.
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Not All Doors Can Be Opened

Some doors will remain locked by the time you reach the end of Silent Hill 2 Remake. A few of them can be unlocked on a New Game Plus run to achieve other endings, but most locked rooms and buildings will remain inaccessible.

Doors that cannot be opened are marked with a squiggly line on the map. Those that can be unlocked are usually marked with a straight line.
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Achievement for Trying to Open Locked Doors in Silent Hill 2 Remake

You Never Know... - Bronze Trophy

	You Never Know…
	Try to open locked doors 50 times. ► How to Open Locked Doors

Get the You Never Know... - Bronze Trophy Achievement when you attempt to open a locked door 50 times.

Tracked Through the Trophies Menu

The You Never Know... achievement can only be tracked in the trophies menu and not in game.

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Locked Door Farming Location

You can achieve You Never Know... at pretty much any point in the game since Silent Hill 2 Remake is full of locked doors.
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