Silent Hill 2 walkthrough, tips and tricks

Silent Hill 2 is the latest survival horror masterpiece to get the remake treatment, with Bloober Team taking the reins from Konami for the return of James Sunderland.

Just like the original, there are lots of puzzles to solve, bosses to solve, and lots of map checking. So to help you on your journey through the foggy city of Silent Hill, we have a Silent Hill 2 Walkthrough below with links to all our guides and some tips and tricks.

If you’re still not sure if the Bloober remake is for you, check out our Silent Hill 2 Remake review.

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Silent Hill 2 walkthrough

Not counting the outer city, there are six main areas to complete before reaching the end of Silent Hill 2 – and some areas also have separate Otherworld maps to explore.

With links to puzzle solutions and boss fights when available, here’s our Silent Hill 2 walkthrough:

East South Vale

Apartments on the Wood Side

For more details, check out our complete Wood Side Apartments walkthrough.

Blue Creek Apartments

For more details, check out our full Blue Creek Apartments walkthrough.

West South Valley

• Get the map for West Side from South Vale.
• Find Maria in Rosewater Park.
• Open the safe at Jack’s Inn and go through the gate.
• Take the STEEL PIPE.
• Go to Night Heaven with Maria.
• Look for Laura at the cinema.
• Enter Brookhaven Hospital.

Brookhaven Hospital

Brookhaven Hospital (Another World)

• Solve the Chained Box puzzle.
• Enter the correct trick-or-treat answers (optional).
• Take the Copper Ring and Lead Ring and place the Lady at the Door.
• Pick up the hospital entry key from the reception area and exit Brookhaven Hospital.

South West Valley (Other World)

• Go to the wrench and phone location marked on your map.
• Use the wrench to get the key from the historical society in Rosewater Park.
• Use the Historical Society Key to enter the building and begin your descent into Toluca Prison.
• Solve the insect room puzzle.

Toluca Prison

• Use the weights found in the Prison to open the animal-themed doors.
• Take the rifle.
• Use the six weights to get the running leverage.
• Use the execution lever on the gallows.
• Solve the gallows puzzle.

Maze

• Defeat Abstract Daddy.
• Solve the rotating cube puzzles to get to Maria.
• Defeat Eddie.
• Exit the Labyrinth and use the rowboat.

Hotel Vista Lago

• Get the Lakeview Garden map and the Lakeview hotel map.
• Solve the Music Box puzzle by finding three fairytale figures.
• Watch the tape in room 312.

Lakeview Hotel (Another World)

• Defeat the two heads of the pyramid.
• Defeat Maria/Mary to complete the game.

Depending on the decisions you made during the game, you will unlock the Leave, In Water, or Maria ending. If you’re playing on New Game Plus, you’ll also have the opportunity to unlock the Dog, UFO, Rebirth, Bliss, and Stillness endings if you pick up the right items and find the right triggers.

For more details, check out our Silent Hill 2 endings guide.

All our Silent Hill 2 guides listed

Separated by type, here’s a list of all our Silent Hill 2 Remake guides:

Finals

Step by step

Bosses

Puzzles and codes

Weapons and equipment

Other

Silent Hill 2 tips and tricks

Here are some useful tips and tricks for Silent Hill 2:

• Toggle the ‘Button Icon’ option in the ‘Interaction Icon Visibility’ and Cross Icon Visibility’ parts of the ‘Gameplay’ settings – This makes it easier to locate items and surfaces you can jump over.
• Combine gun and melee combat – You can save ammo by using your melee weapon to hit enemies as they stagger after being shot. Remember to try and aim for the head while shooting for quick takedowns unless you want to…
• Aim for the legs to stagger enemies – You can also stagger enemies by shooting at their legs, which can help set up a quick melee attack (or allow you to get away).



• You can sneak up on some enemies – You can kill some enemies, like the Bubble Head Nurses at Brookhaven Hospital, much faster by hitting them with a melee weapon while their back is turned to you. Just keep in mind that this doesn’t really work for dummy enemies, as they tend to wait for you in ambush.
• Follow James’s head – It turns its head when there is an item of interest nearby, letting you know if you missed an important item or feature while searching a room.
• Remember to tap twice – Follow some sage advice from Zombieland and attack enemies while they are on the ground to make sure they are really dead. Some will come back regardless of how many times you hit them, but not right away.
• Break all the glass – Some lovely resources like ammo and health are often hidden inside cars, shops and lockers, so be sure to break the glass and take a look inside if you need some extra help.

Good luck in Silent Hill 2! We are sure everything will be fine…