Story Walkthrough
| Tag | What it means |
|---|---|
| MISSABLE | Grab it before you cross the next threshold. The area closes behind you. |
| MEMO | One of the 68 memos. The game counts these for you. |
| PHOTO | One of the 26 Strange Photos. Also counted in-game. |
| GLIMPSE | One of the 26 Glimpses of the Past. Not counted in-game — keep your own tally. |
| KEY ITEM | Opens a door or feeds a puzzle. |
| EQUIPMENT | A weapon, the radio, or a permanent upgrade. |
| MAP | The area map. Picking it up marks your objectives. |
| NG+ | Only spawns on a New Game+ save. |
| CUTSCENE | A scripted scene. Several of them set ending flags. |
| BOSS | A fight. Strategy is in the Bosses tab. |
| TROPHY | A trophy unlocks at this exact point. |
Pick a chapter below, then use the Previous / Next buttons at the bottom of each chapter to move through the game.
1Chapter 1: South Vale (East)
The opening chapter introduces James Sunderland as he descends from the observation deck into the foggy town of Silent Hill. This is a large explorable area packed with collectibles - 18 Memos, 2 Strange Photos, and 5 Glimpses of the Past. Take your time before entering Wood Side Apartments, as leaving this area is a point of no return.
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TROPHY "No Turning Back Now": At the very start, after the intro cutscene, turn around and follow the road to the left all the way to the end. Interact with the barricade to trigger the trophy.
No Turning Back Now trophy location
Approaching the foggy streets of South Vale
James arrives at the Silent Hill observation deck
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KEY ITEM Mary's Letter: Automatically in your inventory from the start. Do not inspect it if you are aiming for the Maria ending.
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KEY ITEM Photo of Mary: Automatically in your inventory from the start. Do not inspect it if you are aiming for the Maria ending.
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KEY ITEM Map of South Vale: Found in James' car at the starting area (the turquoise car).
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KEY ITEM Auto Parts key: Inside the 'Best Auto Parts' building, found in a drawer.
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GLIMPSE #1 After the locked door, head straight ahead and interact with the barricaded tunnel.
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KEY ITEM Map of east/west South Vale: Automatically obtained during a cutscene at Wiltse Rd.
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TROPHY "Enjoy Your Stay": Automatically obtained during a cutscene as you enter town.
South Vale street corner
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MEMO #1 Flower Shop Message: After the cutscene, turn left to the flower shop; the memo is on a table.
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GLIMPSE #2 At Vachss Rd, interact with the 'Do not enter' sign on the barbed fence.
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EQUIPMENT Radio + Wooden Plank: Automatically obtained during the story.
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GLIMPSE #3 After your first enemy encounter, exit the building, go through the garden gate, turn right, and examine the blood on the floor.
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MEMO #2 Matchbook: On a corpse on Martin St.
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MEMO #3 Martin Street Note: A few steps north of the corpse.
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KEY ITEM Neely's Bar Coin: In the Texan Cafe, examine the cash register, turn the key, then press the bottom right button.
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MEMO #4 Big Jay's Note: In Big Jay's Cafe, on a table.
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MEMO #5 Record Store Note: In the Groovy Music shop, on the counter.
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KEY ITEMS Broken Vinyl Record (1) + Vinyl Glue: In the Groovy Music shop, smash the window, climb to the locked room; both items are on a table.
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MEMO #6 Texan Cafe Flyer: On Katz St., next to Wood Side Apartments; the flyer is on the left.
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GLIMPSE #4 Right of the Wood Side Apartments door, interact with the blue dumpster.
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PHOTO #1 "So many people here!": Left of the Wood Side door, behind the fence, in the corner on the ground.
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MEMO #7 Barrier Note: At the end of Katz St., on the ground near the barricade by a corpse.
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GLIMPSE #5 At the end of Katz St., interact with the gap in the white barricade.
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PHOTO #2 "I've been happy": South of Neely St, smash the shop window right of The Dance Company.
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MEMO #8 Old Map: West on Saul St., on a corpse outside the gate to the Motor Home.
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MEMO #9-11 Saul Street Notes (1-3): Follow the blood trail.
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MEMO #12 Motor Home Note: Inside the Motor Home, on a table.
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MEMO #13 Small Note: In the Saul Street Apartments, ground floor; move the shelf, then on a table.
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KEY ITEM Apartment Key: Turn around from the memo; it is hanging on the wall.
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MEMO #14 Tenant's Note: Upstairs, crawl through the vent by Apt 7; on a table.
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KEY ITEM Jukebox button: Use the key on Apt 5, go through broken walls, out the window, up the stairs; in the bathroom, interact with the hole 3 times.
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MEMO #15 Code Note: Halfway along Sanders St., next to the truck/corpse.
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MEMO #16 Sanders Street Note: On the other side of the corpse.
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MEMO #17 Neely's Bar Note: Inside Neely's Bar, on the counter.
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KEY ITEM Broken Vinyl Record (2): In Neely's Bar, interact with the jukebox under the cloth.
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KEY ITEM Glued Up Vinyl Record: Combine the vinyl glue + two broken records.
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KEY ITEM Neely's Bar Key: Insert the glued vinyl + jukebox button + coin in the jukebox, then press C and 2.
Neely's Bar area
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MEMO #18 Back Room Letter: Use the key on the locked door in Neely's Bar, move the trolley, climb the hatch; on a table.
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KEY ITEM Wood Side Apartments Key: Through the backyard, through the door, examine the bloody clothes.
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WARNING: Storm starts after picking up the key, some buildings close.
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Grand Market code: 4442 (Light) / 4444 (Standard) - medicine and ammo inside.
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TROPHY "Nice and Cozy": Enter Wood Side Apartments.
The foggy streets of South Vale at night
POINT OF NO RETURN: Once you enter Wood Side Apartments, you cannot return to South Vale (East). Make sure all collectibles here are collected!
Neely's Bar Jukebox Puzzle
Insert the Glued Up Vinyl Record + Jukebox Button + Neely's Bar Coin into the jukebox, then press C and 2 to unlock the back room.
Grand Market Door Code
Light: 4442 | Standard: 4444. Contains medicine and ammo.
Chapter 1 of 6
2Chapter 2: Wood Side Apartments
The Wood Side Apartments are the first major interior dungeon. This area is dense with key items, puzzles, and the first unkillable Pyramid Head encounter. Collect the map, flashlight, handgun, and solve the coin puzzle before descending into the Otherworld via the red door.
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MAP On the wall at reception.
Wood Side Apartments lobby
Wood Side Apartments exterior
Wood Side Apartments - dark hallway
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MEMO #19 Administration Note: Under the stairs in a locker.
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EQUIPMENT Flashlight: 2nd floor Apt 202, from the mannequin.
Apartment room interior
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KEY ITEM Chute Courtyard Key: In the drawer behind the mannequin.
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KEY ITEM 2F Hallway Key: Use the Chute key, go to the courtyard, pull the trolley, climb the window, go through the dark corridor; the key is behind bars (triggers a cutscene). Backtrack to reception; a new corridor has opened.
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KEY ITEM Golden Apple Handle: Apt 108, wardrobe with golden handles.
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PHOTO #3 "Valentine's Day": Apt 102, on the trolley by the TV.
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GLIMPSE #6 Apt 213, scratched wall in the bedroom.
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EQUIPMENT Handgun: In the red shopping cart in Apt 217. Don't waste ammo - you need 11 rounds for the balloons.
Apartment 206 - the safe location
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KEY ITEM Apt 212 Key: On the stand next to the TV in Apt 213.
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PHOTO #4 "Career's humble beginnings": Through Apt 212 to 210 via the balcony, on the last windowsill.
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TROPHY "Let's NOT Party!": Apt 207, shoot all 11 balloons. Ammo locations: 7 in 217, 2 in 210, 3 in 207, 1 in 208, 3 in 205, 3 in Reception.
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KEY ITEMS Coin [Man] + Steel Key: Safe in Apt 206, via the Golden Apple Wardrobe in 208.
Safe in Apartment 206
Apartment 206 safe
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KEY ITEM 2F Small Staircase Key: On a chair in Apt 205.
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MEMO #20 Strange Note: Through the gap in 213, use the key on the door, up the stairs to 3F; in the drawer before Apt 310.
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MEMO #21 Sinister Note: On the wall in Apt 312, via Apt 310 and the balcony.
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KEY ITEM Canned Juice: Crawl through the vent to the laundry room.
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KEY ITEM Coin [Woman]: Use the Canned Juice on the garbage chute; the coin drops to the courtyard 1F.
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KEY ITEM Coin [Snake]: Apt 116, cutscene, climb the window to the courtyard with the empty pool; in the baby stroller.
Coin puzzle solved
Coin puzzle solution
Safe in Apartment 206
Light: 15 Right, 11 Left, 13 Right
Standard: 13 Right, 7 Left, 11 Right
Contains the Coin (Man) and Steel Key.
Standard: 13 Right, 7 Left, 11 Right
Contains the Coin (Man) and Steel Key.
Coin Puzzle (Wood Side Apartments)
Three coins, six faces: the Man coin flips to Sword, Woman flips to Grave, Snake flips to Flower. The cabinet has five slots in a row — the first, third and fifth are marked Moon, Tree and Sun; the two between them are unmarked. Each stage below is the whole board read left to right, with — for an empty slot.
Where the coins are
| Coin | Location |
|---|---|
| Coin (Man) | Inside the safe in Apartment 206. |
| Coin (Woman) | Use the Canned Juice on the 3F garbage chute — the coin drops to the courtyard on 1F. |
| Coin (Snake) | Apartment 116: after the cutscene, climb out of the window into the courtyard with the empty pool; it is in the baby stroller. |
The solution, all three difficulties
Swipe the table sideways
| Difficulty | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Man · — · Woman · — · Flower | Sword · — · Woman · — · Snake | Snake · — · Grave · — · Man |
| Standard | Man · — · Woman · — · Flower | — · Sword · — · Woman · Flower | — · — · Man · Grave · Snake |
| Hard | Man · — · — · Grave · Snake | Grave · Sword · Flower · — · — | — · Man · Woman · — · Snake |
Then the top slot. After the third stage, drop any one coin into the slot above the row to finish. It does not matter for the puzzle — but the face you choose feeds the ending score, so pick the Woman coin if you are steering toward Maria and leave it alone otherwise.
Hard is a different board, not a harder version of the same one. Compare the rows: the coins land in different slots at every stage. Reading the Standard solution on a Hard run will not get you close.
WARNING: Interacting with the Handkerchief locks you out of further exploration in this area. Collect everything else first.
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PERSONAL Handkerchief: Apt 201, on the desk. Triggers a cutscene.
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TROPHY "Otherworldly": Through the red door to the Otherworld.
Clock Puzzle (Blue Creek Apartments)
Place the Hour Hand on 9 and the Minute Hand on 2 to set 9:10 (unlocks the M door). Then place the Second Hand on 3 to set 9:10:15 (unlocks the S door 1F).
Chapter 2 of 6
3Chapter 3: Blue Creek Apartments, South Vale (West) & Brookhaven Hospital
This chapter spans three major areas: the Blue Creek Apartments (the clock puzzle, and the first real Pyramid Head fight), South Vale (West) — the second town exploration section — and the sprawling Brookhaven Hospital, one of the largest and most collectible-dense areas in the game, which ends with the Flesh Lip.
Blue Creek Apartments
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MAP On the wall in the corridor.
Laura drawing on the wall
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KEY ITEM Apt 306 Key: Apt 307 with the hanging radio, through the balcony to Apt 305 back rooms.
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KEY ITEM Valve: On the wall in Apt 304, via 306.
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KEY ITEM The Hour Hand: Return to 307, use the Valve to drop the radio.
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KEY ITEM The Minute Hand: Apt 210 behind the H Door. Place the Hour Hand on the clock in 212, set to 9. Enter 210, break the kitchen wall, search the toilet 3 times.
Clock puzzle
Grandfather clock puzzle
The grandfather clock puzzle
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KEY ITEM Pigeon Figurine: Leave the bathroom, the apartment is corrupted; on a cabinet shelf.
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KEY ITEM Wooden Swan Head: Apt 211, shadow on the wall, in the corner.
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KEY ITEM Malformed Figurine Part: Apt 209, bathroom, break the glass on the bathtub.
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KEY ITEM Swan Figurine: Combine the Wooden Swan Head + Malformed Part.
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KEY ITEM Winged Key: Place the Swan and Pigeon on the seesaw in 210; Swan in the second notch.
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GLIMPSE #7 Jump down the hole to Apt 110, broken TV stand.
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PERSONAL Angela's Knife: Automatically after the cutscene in 109. Do not inspect for the Maria ending.
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KEY ITEM Key of Resilience: On the table after the cutscene.
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PHOTO #5 "Forever together": Stairwell 1F, next to the barrel.
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KEY ITEM The Second Hand: Place the minute hand on 2, time 9:10, unlock Apt 202 (M door). Moth code: 582 (Light) / 373 (Standard). Search the hole 3 times.
Moth puzzle
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PHOTO #6 "How the time flies": Clock room corrupted, bedroom, on the floor.
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GLIMPSE #8 Place the second hand on 3, time 9:10:15, unlock the S door 1F. Stairwell, examine the corpse.
POINT OF NO RETURN: Interacting with the S door triggers the Flesh Lip boss fight. After defeating it, you cannot return to Blue Creek Apartments.
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BOSS Pyramid Head: Opening the S door starts the first real Pyramid Head fight, in the cage-filled ground-floor room. He cannot be killed — it is a timer of about three minutes. Circle the room, put cages between you, dodge backwards from the horizontal sweep and sideways from the overhead slam. An alarm ends it. Escaping the building afterwards earns Passed.
Blue Creek Apartments transition
Clock Puzzle + Moth Puzzle (Blue Creek Apartments)
Door meanings: H=Hour, M=Minutes, S=Seconds.
1. Get Valve in Apt 304, use on radio in Apt 307 to get Hour Hand.
2. Set clock to 9:00 (Hour Hand at 9) to open H door.
3. Inside H door: break kitchen wall, examine hole in bathroom 3 times to get Minute Hand.
4. Set clock to 9:10 (Hour at 9, Minute at 2) to open M door.
5. Inside M door: solve Moth Puzzle. Light: 582 | Standard: 373.
6. Get Second Hand.
7. Set clock to 9:10:15 (Hour at 9, Minute at 2, Second at 3) to open S door on 1F.
1. Get Valve in Apt 304, use on radio in Apt 307 to get Hour Hand.
2. Set clock to 9:00 (Hour Hand at 9) to open H door.
3. Inside H door: break kitchen wall, examine hole in bathroom 3 times to get Minute Hand.
4. Set clock to 9:10 (Hour at 9, Minute at 2) to open M door.
5. Inside M door: solve Moth Puzzle. Light: 582 | Standard: 373.
6. Get Second Hand.
7. Set clock to 9:10:15 (Hour at 9, Minute at 2, Second at 3) to open S door on 1F.
South Vale (West)
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TROPHY "Uncanny": After the cutscene at the Rosewater Park docks.
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PHOTO #7 "So far from home": Rosewater Park, right side, first nook, stone bench.
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MEMO #22 Bloody Note: West along Nathan Ave., next to the corpse at the road end.
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TROPHY "Leftovers": Pete's Bowl-O-Rama, pizza on the bench back left. Also counts as Glimpse #9.
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NG+ MEMO Cryptic Letter: Safe in Bowl-O-Rama, code 1887.
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GLIMPSE #10 South of Bowl-O-Rama, stairs to the barred gate, examine.
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KEY ITEM Garage Jack Lever: Back lot of Octantis Fuels, green car.
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PHOTO #8 "made it!": Use the lever on the Garage Jack, inside the garage, red cabinet.
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MEMO #23 Reception Desk Note: Jack's Inn reception, bulletin board.
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KEY ITEM Gate Key: Safe in Jack's Inn, code 0451.
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MEMO #24 Toolbox Memo: Upstairs Jack's Inn, Room 108 via the window, break the wall to 107, on a table.
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WARNING: Heading west on Katz St. locks previous areas.
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EQUIPMENT Steel Pipe: Automatically after a cutscene.
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MISSABLE Strange Photo #9 "Ready to kill it!": Heaven's Night, dressing room mirror. Missable before Moonlight Grove.
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MISSABLE Strange Photo #10 "Church entrance": Moonlight Grove, southern path by the fountain. Missable before the theater.
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MISSABLE Strange Photo #11 "Best Flavor!": Reverie Theater, right side seats behind Eddie. Missable before leaving.
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TROPHY "Admitted": Reach Brookhaven Hospital.
Brookhaven Hospital hallway
Brookhaven Hospital interior
Brookhaven Hospital
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MAP On the newspaper holder at the entrance.
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MEMO #25 Key Locker Note: Noticeboard in Reception.
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KEY ITEM Basement Key: Reception Office, key cabinet code 287 (Light) / 724 (Standard).
Hospital lock code
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MEMO #26 Nurse's Memo: Exam Room 3, break the window, next room, desk.
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MAP Hospital Basement Map: Down the staircase SE, directly in front in the basement.
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KEY ITEM Empty Fuel Can: Pallets in the Boiler Room.
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KEY ITEM Filled Fuel Can: Use the Empty Can on the red hose in Storage (move the laundry trolley, climb the gap).
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MEMO #27 Staff Memo: Use the Fuel Can in the Generator Room, press the button. Use the elevator to 2F. On the Nurses' Station window.
Hospital generator room
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PHOTO #12 "Her drawings": Observation Room, desk. Crawl through the vent to Room L3.
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GLIMPSE #11 2F Laundry Room, blue fabric in the bin.
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MEMO #28-30 Evaluation Cards (Patient #0050, #0090, #0130): Director's Office, counter.
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MEMO #31 Interview Transcript: Room C1, interact with the poster, search.
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GLIMPSE #12 Bed in Room M1.
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KEY ITEM Bent Needle: Women's Locker Room, teddy bear on a chair.
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EQUIPMENT Shotgun: First open locker in the same room.
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KEY ITEM L1 Room Key: Nurses' Lounge, coffee table.
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MEMO #32 Scribbled Note: Medical Records 1F, via wall space from Room L1 2F, on the ground.
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GLIMPSE #13 Same room, typewriter.
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KEY ITEM Marked Bracelet: Same room, on a red book.
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KEY ITEM 1F Inner Ward Key: 3F Exam Room 5, smash the window, on a desk.
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MEMO #33 X-ray Memo: Bench in the X-Ray Room.
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KEY ITEM Radiograph of a Pelvis: Under the memo.
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PHOTO #13 "At least she was there": 1F Exam Room 1 (now unlocked), drawer.
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MEMO #34 Keypad Combination Note: Doctors' Lounge bulletin board (unlocks the Inner Ward door in the lobby).
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KEY ITEM Medical Tube: Dayroom > Pharmacy (climb window) > Garden > Greenhouse > Pool > Shower Room, on the faucet.
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KEY ITEM Medical Tube with Bent Needle: Combine the items.
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KEY ITEM Maintenance Key: Use the combined item on the drain in the Pharmacy.
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KEY ITEM Bloodstained Bracelet: Pool, use the key on the hatch to drain, smash the wall with the crying eye.
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KEY ITEM Mold Remover: Kitchen, west side 1F.
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MEMO #35 Treatment Room Note: 2F, unlock the Nurses' Station code 3578, through to the Treatment Room, bench.
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KEY ITEM Moldy Radiograph: Bathtub in the same room.
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KEY ITEM Cleaned Up Radiograph: Combine the Moldy Radiograph + Mold Remover.
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KEY ITEM Filthy Bracelet: X-Ray Room 3F, use the Radiographs on the viewer, rotate to match. Code 4R, 37L, 12R. Room D1, interact with the bed.
X-ray puzzle
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KEY ITEM Director's Storage Room Key: Director's Office, place 3 bracelets on the mannequin hand: Bloodstained (Top), Marked (Mid), Filthy (Bottom). Rotate to 92-45-71.
Bracelet puzzle
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KEY ITEM Safe Button: Use the key on the room next to the save point.
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KEY ITEM Rooftop Key: Organize the books on the shelf, match the lion. Safe code: Triangle in Circle, h, Circle with Arrow, Circle with Dot, Stickman with Horns, Circle with Lines.
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MEMO #36 Safe Note: In the safe.
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GLIMPSE #14 Rooftop, catwalk opposite the door. HIGHLY MISSABLE.
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MEMO #37 Page From A Diary: On the floor re-entering from the Rooftop. HIGHLY MISSABLE.
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GLIMPSE #15 After the cutscene, Room I3, blood-stained wall behind the door.
Laura running to the hospital
Reception Office Cabinet
Light: 287 | Standard: 724. Contains the Basement Key.
X-Ray Puzzle + D1 Door
Collect 3 X-Rays from the room + 1 from bathtub in Nurse's Station (clean with Mold Remover from Kitchen). Place 4 X-Rays on viewer, rotate to align. Code: 4 Right, 37 Left, 12 Right (both difficulties).
3 Bracelets (Director's Office)
Place bracelets on mannequin hand: Bloodstained = Top, Marked = Mid, Filthy = Bottom. Rotate to code 92-45-71.
Director's Safe (symbol sequence)
Triangle in Circle, h, Circle with Arrow, Circle with Dot, Stickman with Horns, Circle with Lines.
POINT OF NO RETURN: Going towards Laura triggers the boss fight. Complete all collectibles first.
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BOSS Flesh Lip: Head to Laura, watch the cutscene, then fight the Flesh Lip on 3F for Nightmare Fuel. It hangs in a metal cage above the ceiling in phase one — shoot the hand on the beam to drop it, break the cage with melee, then back off in phase two and use the shotgun on its front. A second Flesh Lip grabs James in the cutscene afterwards and drags him into the Otherworld hospital.
Chapter 3 of 6
4Chapter 4: Otherworld Hospital, South Vale Otherworld & West Revisited
After the Flesh Lip fight a second one drags James under, and the hospital reopens in its Otherworld form — rusted walls, blood and decay. James has to escape, then cross the transformed streets of South Vale before revisiting the west side and reaching the Historical Society.
Otherworld Hospital
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The hospital transforms - rusted walls, decay, blood-stained floors.
Otherworld Hospital - rusted decay
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MEMO #38 Evaluation Card, Patient #3141 — Dayroom, on the wheelchair, straight through the first door.
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KEY ITEM Find the Lapis Eye Key.
The Lapis Eye Key
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MISSABLE MEMO #39 The Procedure — take the western path out of the Nurses’ Station up to the 3rd floor X-Ray Room; it is on a table. Get it before you use the Lapis Eye Key — the key locks the west side behind you.
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Nurses Station Keypad - code from the bracelet (varies by difficulty).
Lapis Eye Key location
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3rd Floor Hospital Door - code from the bracelet.
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MEMO #40 Calendar Page — Room M3, on the floor once you smash the wall. It carries the hint for the first code.
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GLIMPSE #16 Room M5 — examine the handprints and drawings on the far east wall.
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PHOTO #14 “No one knows” — Room C5, in the bedside cabinet drawer, through the hole directly ahead.
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MEMO #41 Patient’s Note — Observation Room, on the bed. Break through the Laundry Room wall and push the trolley aside to reach it.
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MEMO #42 Manic Scribble — Director’s Office, on the bench inside.
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MISSABLE MEMO #43 Nurse’s Note — Room I7, small table, up the ladder in the Director’s Office. The keypad code seals the south-west side and the combination lock seals the east side, so sweep both before you enter either.
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MISSABLE MEMO #44 Director’s Note — the locked restroom, on the floor. Power the generator first, then crawl through the hole. After the Chained Box puzzle only the main elevator is still reachable.
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MISSABLE PHOTO #15 “They mustn’t know” — Pool area on the 1st floor, on the bench at the back beside the lifebuoy. The Copper Ring cutscene seals the west basement.
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MISSABLE MEMO #45 Dissociated Notice — Locker Room, on a bench. Same warning as the photo above: take it before the Copper Ring.
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MISSABLE MEMO #46 Ominous Note — on a stair landing past the door that needs both the Copper and the Lead Ring. The Lady of the Door passage locks behind you.
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Chase sequence — run, do not fight, and keep moving forward. Surviving it is what awards Alone Again (it is not a kill milestone, despite the name).
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Exit to South Vale Otherworld.
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Navigate the transformed streets - everything is rusted and decayed.
First tunnel in the Otherworld
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MISSABLE MEMO #47 Note on a Map — the caravan with the save point, on your right as you come out of the tunnel to the east side; the memo is on the table inside.
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Reach the Lakeside Diner.
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MISSABLE GLIMPSE #17 Neely’s Bar — stand at the counter and examine the old map. Progressing here locks out Sander Street, Saul Street and the alleyway.
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MISSABLE MEMO #48 Letter — answer the ringing payphone next to Martin Street. The Wrench is at the same phone. Martin Street cuts off the forest trail.
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MISSABLE PHOTO #16 “They’re here” — end of Katz Street outside the Lucky Jade Restaurant, in the driver’s seat of a car. Break the window to reach it. Once James blocks the Katz Street fence gate you cannot come back.
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GLIMPSE Glimpse: First tunnel.
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CUTSCENE Laura running away.
Laura running away
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CUTSCENE Meet Angela in Rosewater Park.
Meeting Angela in Rosewater Park
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KEY ITEM Historical Society Key.
Historical Society Key
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TROPHY "All Seems in Order": Jack's Inn Room 106, damaged wall.
All Seems in Order trophy
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Head to the Historical Society.
Chapter 4 of 6
5Chapter 5: Historical Society, Toluca Prison & Labyrinth
This chapter covers the descent through the Historical Society, the oppressive Toluca Prison with its scale puzzles, and the surreal Labyrinth below it. The Historical Society and the prison have no boss — both the Abstract Daddy and Eddie are fought down in the Labyrinth.
Historical Society
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MISSABLE Strange Photo #17 "The new clock": 2nd room on the left, behind the glass of the cabinet. HIGHLY MISSABLE before the stairs.
Historical Society entrance
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TROPHY "Into the Abyss": After the long stairs.
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KEY ITEM Spiral-writing Key: Jump in the well, break the wall, through the tunnel, doors on the right twice; on the ground by the red light.
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Bug Room Code - 3-digit code from the non-blood-spattered numbers (2, 3, 9). All combos: 239, 293, 329, 392, 923, 932.
Bug room code
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GLIMPSE #18 Canteen, right side, dining table.
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MAP Armory wall.
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MEMO #49 Gun Cabinet Notice: Armory, next to the gun cabinet.
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KEY ITEM The Heaviest Weight: Altar in the Chapel.
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GLIMPSE #19 Cell A3, shrine on the wall.
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Scale Puzzle 1 - heaviest on right, lightest on left = Serpent Door.
Scales puzzle
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MEMO #50 Family Photo: Through the Serpent Door, Death Row, Cell E4 bed.
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KEY ITEM Medium Weight: Witness Room, generator panel, all switches on, flip the lever, power failure, cells unlock, Death Chamber chair.
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PHOTO #18 "Four months to go": Cell E1, break the wall, Cell E13, shelf.
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KEY ITEM Armory Key: Witness Checkpoint, via broken wall Cell E10, key cabinet.
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EQUIPMENT Hunting Rifle: Armory, use the key.
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Scale Puzzle 2 - heaviest + lightest on left, medium on right = Ox Door.
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MEMO #51 Guard's Letter: Through the Ox Door Block A 2F, posted next to the locked door.
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KEY ITEM Block D Key: Guardroom end of Block C, desk drawer.
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MEMO #52 Threatening Note: Cell D5 Block D, blood-covered wall.
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KEY ITEM Shiv Key: Orange container in the same cell.
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MEMO #53 Paranoid Note: Unlock Cell C4 with the Shiv, crawl through the hole, on the pipes.
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MEMO #54 Crumpled Note: Bench in the Changing Room.
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GLIMPSE #20 Showers, right, along the wall, broken section, tablet on cloth.
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KEY ITEM Heavy Weight: Back of the Showers, search the hole in the wall 3 times.
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Scale Puzzle 3 - lightest on left, all others on right = Boar Door.
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PHOTO #19 "Old man's always prepared": Through the Boar Door Block B, Warehouse from the rear door, desk.
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MEMO #55 Prisoner's Letter: Taped to the glass cubicle 7, Visitation Room.
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GLIMPSE #21 SW of the Break Room, object on the ground.
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KEY ITEM Upper Floor Key: Room behind the Infirmary, desk.
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MEMO #56 Unfinished Report: Another desk in the same room.
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KEY ITEM Light Weight: Warden's Office 3F, interact with the typewriter, press any button 4 times, the drawer opens.
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Scale Puzzle 4 - medium on right, all others on left = Dove Door.
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MEMO #57 Confession: Downstairs through the Dove Door, Basement, unlock Cell F6, on the wall.
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KEY ITEM The Lightest Weight: Floor in the same cell.
POINT OF NO RETURN: The Execution Lever puzzle is the final step of the prison.
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KEY ITEM Execution Lever: Place 3 weights on each side of the scales to balance them.
Electric chair in prison
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Hangman Puzzle: Connect the poem lines that rhyme. Pull the noose from the crime committed without malicious intent.
Scale Puzzles (Prison)
There are 4 weights: Heaviest, Heavy, Medium, Light, Lightest.
Puzzle 1 (Serpent Door): Heaviest on right, Lightest on left.
Puzzle 2 (Ox Door): Heaviest + Lightest on left, Medium on right.
Puzzle 3 (Boar Door): Lightest on left, all others on right.
Puzzle 4 (Dove Door): Medium on right, all others on left.
Final: 3 weights each side to balance.
Puzzle 1 (Serpent Door): Heaviest on right, Lightest on left.
Puzzle 2 (Ox Door): Heaviest + Lightest on left, Medium on right.
Puzzle 3 (Boar Door): Lightest on left, all others on right.
Puzzle 4 (Dove Door): Medium on right, all others on left.
Final: 3 weights each side to balance.
Hangman Puzzle
Read the poem on the wall and connect the lines that rhyme. Pull the noose corresponding to the crime committed without malicious intent - the crime of passion/mercy rather than premeditated murder.
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Rotating Cube Puzzle (Stage 1): Spin sideways and up/down until the door lines up with the floor. Spin to the door with two Triangle icons.
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MISSABLE PHOTO #20 “Whole world ahead of us” — in the octagonal room full of bugs, climb the ladder on the left and go through to the next room.
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Rotating Cube Puzzle (Stage 2): Spin to the face with 2 infinity icons. Go up the right stairs.
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MISSABLE GLIMPSE #22 From the Suspended Cage room take the western path; a breakable wall is immediately on your right. Smash it, go in, and examine the broken noose.
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Rotating Cube Puzzle (Stage 3): Rotate up twice (scratched symbols below door). Go downstairs for Strange Photo. Rotate left twice to face with two downward triangles. Exit through the back.
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MISSABLE PHOTO #21 “Your Best Buddy!” — this is the Strange Photo the step above points at. Rotate the cube up twice so the scratched-out symbol shows, go in and down the stairs; it is on the floor.
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CUTSCENE Meet Angela in the burning staircase.
Rotating Cube Puzzle (Labyrinth)
Stage 1: Spin sideways and up/down until door lines up with floor. Spin to door with two Triangle icons.
Stage 2: Spin to face with 2 infinity icons. Go up right stairs.
Stage 3: Rotate up twice (scratched symbols below door). Go downstairs for Strange Photo. Rotate left twice to face with two downward triangles. Exit through back.
Stage 2: Spin to face with 2 infinity icons. Go up right stairs.
Stage 3: Rotate up twice (scratched symbols below door). Go downstairs for Strange Photo. Rotate left twice to face with two downward triangles. Exit through back.
Labyrinth bosses
Abstract Daddy
Follow Angela's voice and the fight starts as a pursuit, not an arena. Early on, lead it into a room with a central pillar, circle to keep it in sight, dodge the lunge and punish afterwards. A middle stage asks you to smash static-filled televisions with melee while avoiding it — do not burn ammo there, break line of sight instead. In the dark final room, dodge sideways out of the grab and the charge, then shoot its back, which takes extra damage. Headphones make tracking it far easier. Trophy: Unforgivable.
Eddie Dombrowski
A cover shootout in the refrigerated meat locker of the Ruined Area, in three phases. He alternates between rushing you and backing off to fire; the gun-raise is heavily telegraphed and the muzzle flash gives away his position. Use the hanging carcasses as one-use cover — he shoots them apart. Keep your weapon loaded so you can stagger him first, and never trade melee. Phase two he fogs the room, so track him by footsteps and taunts; phase three the meat moves on rails and your cover shifts under you. Trophy: A Human Being.
Inner Sanctum — the bronze trophy for finding "His room" is picked up down here too. Sweep the side rooms rather than heading straight for the exit.
Chapter 5 of 6
6Chapter 6: Toluca Lake, Lakeview Hotel & Hotel Otherworld
The final chapter. After a boat ride across Toluca Lake, James arrives at the Lakeview Hotel - the last place he and Mary visited together. This area is enormous, with the mirror puzzle, gemstone puzzle, music box puzzle, and the climactic dual Pyramid Head fight. The chapter ends with the final boss and your chosen ending.
Toluca Lake & Lakeview Hotel
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MISSABLE PHOTO #22 “Road trip!” — before you board the boat. At the Toluca Lake dock, walk around to the right side of the building; the photo is on the ground behind some steps. Crossing the lake locks the dock for good.
Lakeview Hotel exterior
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MAP Garden Map: After the boat, on the wall to the right.
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TROPHY "Glimmer of Hope": Enter the garden.
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KEY ITEM Rotten Apple: Bench by the tree, right path.
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GLIMPSE #23 North from the Apple, fountain, back, broken object.
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MAP Hotel Map: Right when entering the hotel.
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MEMO #58 Cleaning Staff Memo #1: Downstairs, Utility Room, table.
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MEMO #59 Laura's Letter: Automatically after the cutscene in the Lake Shore Restaurant.
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MEMO #60 Receptionist Memo: 1F Check-in counter.
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KEY ITEMS Room 312 Key + Ornamental Key: Same room, key cabinet.
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KEY ITEM Key to Room 102: Behind the bar in Cafe Toluca.
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MEMO #61 Lost & Found Note (NG ONLY): Lost & Found shelf, break the wall in Cafe Toluca.
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PHOTO #23 "aftermath...": Room 104, bedside table.
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KEY ITEM Sunrise Wing Key: Utility Room desk.
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KEY ITEMS 4 Books: Reading Room 2F: "Pride Before the Fall", "Revelations", "Stalwart to the End", "The One Who Soared".
Book puzzle
Book puzzle
Hospital bookcase puzzle
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MEMO #62-64 Door/Stain/Gate Photos: Place books on shelf: Revelations, One Who Soared, Stalwart, Pride (top-left to bottom-right).
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KEY ITEM Key to Room 202: Hall couch, via the Cloakroom.
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KEY ITEM Ripe Apple: Small table, back corner of the Hall.
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KEY ITEM Mirror Shard: Bed in Room 202.
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Mirror Puzzle: Snow White Figurine - fix the mirror with shards, place the apple (Ripe = Maria ending, Rotten = In Water ending).
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GLIMPSE #24 Room 212, suitcase on the floor.
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MEMO #65 Cleaning Staff Note #2 + Key to Room 107: Fireplace, Conference Room 3F.
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KEY ITEM Boltcutters: Shelf, 3F Utility Room.
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KEY ITEM Can Opener: 2F balcony Room 217, book on the skylight, falls to the restaurant.
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KEY ITEM Light Bulb: Garden, use the boltcutters on the gate, fish statue.
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MEMO #66 Cleaning Staff Note #3: Room 107, immediately in front.
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KEY ITEM Fireplace Key: Gazebo in the garden via Room 107.
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KEY ITEM Cinderella Figurine: Conference Room 3F, use the key on the fireplace.
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KEY ITEM Paint Can: Room 318 coffee table, via wall break Room 316 from the Conference Room.
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KEY ITEM Open Paint Can: Combine the paint can + can opener.
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KEY ITEM Red Light Bulb: Combine the light bulb + open paint can.
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KEY ITEM Employee Elevator Key: Reading Room 2F hidden room, red bulb on the mirror = DARK WISH (Light) / DEED DONE (Standard).
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MAP Employee Section Map: Enter the elevator (put all items in the cabinet), break room wall.
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GLIMPSE #25 Pantry shelf.
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KEY ITEM Blue Gemstone: Open the freezer, Freezer Room.
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TROPHY "It's Bread": Examine the bread trays in the Kitchen (crawl through the vent from the Freezer).
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KEY ITEM Green Gemstone: Kitchen counter.
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KEY ITEM Red Gemstone: Fancy box, Manager's Room (push the cabinet in the TV Room).
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MEMO #67 Keypad Numbers Memo: Gemstones on the puzzle box: Green = Top Left, Red = Top Right, Blue = Bottom Left.
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KEY ITEMS Video Tape + Basement Key: Safe in the Break Room, code 7414.
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KEY ITEM Pump Valve: Use the Basement Key on the staircase, Maintenance Room through the crack, desk.
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KEY ITEM Venus Tears Bar Key: Boiler Room, taped to the red pipe (use the valve).
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WARNING: Pump Valve in Venus Tears Kitchen = Point of No Return.
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PHOTO #24 "Better leave...": Through the Venus Tears Kitchen, right, drink shelf behind the bar.
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KEY ITEM The Little Mermaid Figurine: In front of the jukebox in the bar.
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KEY ITEM 3F Corridor Key: Music box: Little Mermaid (Top), Cinderella (Right), Snow White (Left). Keys: 7-2-1 (Light) / 7-5-1 (Standard).
Music box puzzle
Music box puzzle
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TROPHY "Truly Special": Enter Room 312.
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WARNING: Putting the video tape in the VCR = Point of No Return.
Hotel room detail
Hotel corridor
Lakeview Hotel lobby
Hotel Book Puzzle
Place the 4 books on the shelf in this order (top-left to bottom-right): Revelations, The One Who Soared, Stalwart to the End, Pride Before the Fall.
Mirror Puzzle (Snow White)
Fix the mirror using the Mirror Shards. Then place an apple on the Snow White figurine: Ripe Apple = Maria ending, Rotten Apple = In Water ending.
Red Light Bulb / Mirror Code
Place the Red Light Bulb on the mirror in the Reading Room 2F hidden room. Code: DARK WISH (Light) / DEED DONE (Standard).
Gemstone Puzzle
Place gemstones on the puzzle box: Green = Top Left, Red = Top Right, Blue = Bottom Left.
Hotel Safe (Break Room)
Code: 7414. Contains the Video Tape and Basement Key.
Music Box Puzzle
Place figurines: Little Mermaid (Top), Cinderella (Right), Snow White (Left). Then enter the keys: 7-2-1 (Light) / 7-5-1 (Standard).
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PHOTO #25 "Still can't get it right": Bathroom Room 302, move the trolley.
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GLIMPSE #26 Push the trolley in the hallway Room 304, the floor breaks, jump to 2F, couch in the Reading Room.
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MEMO #68 Burned Note: Elevator 2F to basement, flooded basement, up to the Employee Section, Manager's Office desk.
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BOSS Two Pyramid Heads: Fought past the room of red save tiles in the Otherworld hotel. They share one health bar, so hit whichever is more exposed — Hunting Rifle to the body, never the helmet. When one throws its spear it is defenceless while retrieving it; that is your window. They finish by running themselves through. Trophy: Obsolete.
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KEY ITEMS Scarlet Egg + Rust-Colored Egg: From the Pyramid Heads. Scarlet = Maria ending, Rust = In Water ending.
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PHOTO #26 "SHAPE FORCES THE MIND": Long hallway, catwalk, right before the stairs into the water.
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FINAL BOSS Maria / Mary: The final boss. Handgun in phase one — the faster fire rate tracks her better while she is mobile; Hunting Rifle in phase two once she slows down and presents a bigger target. Dodge the tendril lashes and the leap, and expect a shriek that interrupts whatever you are doing. Trophy: That Part of Me.
Final boss encounter
Ending sequence
The final confrontation
Final area approach
Otherworld hotel corridor
Hotel Otherworld descent
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NG+ Manager's safe - Key of Sorrow + code 314 = Toluca Postcard (Stillness ending).
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NG+ Room 312 - Blue Gem (UFO), White Claudia (Bliss), Dog Key (Dog).
Save backup strategy: the room of red save tiles just before the twin Pyramid Heads is the last useful save point. With all your ending items in hand, burn a manual slot there — you have ten — then reload it once per ending instead of replaying the game. The three base endings are the exception: they are scored across the whole run, so you cannot swap between them from here.
Chapter 6 of 6
