The Silent Hill 2 Remake retains many of the iconic puzzles from the original 2001 game but introduces some updates. Throughout the game, players will frequently encounter locked doors, safes, and cabinets. To progress in the story, you’ll need to find and input specific codes for these locks. Below is a detailed guide to all the important codes you’ll need across various levels of difficulty.
Safe Codes in Silent Hill 2 Remake
Safes in Silent Hill 2 hold vital items that are essential for advancing the story. Without unlocking them, you won’t be able to continue.
Room 206 (Woodside Apartments)
You’ll reach this room as part of the main story. The key is obtained after visiting Neely’s Bar and repairing the jukebox. You don’t need to fight enemies; simply run west and enter the apartment building.
- Easy difficulty: Turn 15 right, 11 left, 13 right.
- Normal difficulty: Turn 13 right, 7 left, 11 right.
- Hard difficulty: Turn 13 right, 7 left, 11 right.
Safe in Jack’s Inn (West South Vale)
This mandatory safe holds the key to the motel gate. You’ll find the code in one of the rooms, accessible by climbing through a window in the adjacent apartment.
- Easy and Normal difficulty: 0451.
- Hard difficulty: 0533.
Pete’s Bowling Alley Safe (New Game +)
This safe is only available in subsequent playthroughs. Its contents are crucial for unlocking the secret ending. The password can be found in the Otherworld of West South Vale by heading east to the ruined bridge on Nathan Avenue.
- All difficulties: 1887.
Brookhaven Hospital Director’s Office Safe
The code for this safe must be formed by analyzing three bracelets on a hand in the director’s office.
- All difficulties: 92 – 45 – 71.
Ornate Box in Brookhaven Hospital (Otherworld)
This optional box can be unlocked by correctly answering the “Trick or Treat” quiz.
- All difficulties: 2, 3, 1.
Lakeview Hotel Safe
In the hotel basement, you’ll need to crack this safe. The code is discovered using colored gemstones.
- All difficulties: 7414.
Manager’s Office Safe (New Game +)
This code allows you to unlock the manager’s office safe in the Otherworld of the Lakeview Hotel. You’ll also need the Key of Despair, found in the first breakable car window near the Silent Hill Ranch.
- All difficulties: 314.
Next to the safe, there’s also a note containing the code combination 312. However, some players report that this code may appear in other notes as well.
Door Codes
Unlocking certain doors is crucial for accessing new areas throughout the game.
Grand Market Door (East South Vale)
The code is located near an apartment complex on Saul Street. Look for a note near a corpse, where the deceased person wrote down the code before passing away.
- Easy difficulty: 4442.
- Normal difficulty: 4444.
- Hard difficulty: 4446.
Nurse Station Door (Brookhaven Hospital)
This room is key to accessing other hospital areas. A note with nine buttons can be found on a nearby board.
- Easy and Normal difficulty: 3578.
- Hard difficulty: 7456.
Chain-Locked Box with Keypad (Brookhaven Hospital, Otherworld)
This box must be opened as part of the game’s plot. The code is entered via the keypad.
- All difficulties: 9659.
Door with Butterflies
As you traverse the Historical Society’s hallways, you’ll get trapped in a room with bugs. To escape, check the keypad to find three clean buttons and press them to enter the correct combination.
- Random selection: 239, 293, 329, 392, 923, 932.
Lock Codes
Several padlocks are attached to boxes and doors that you’ll need to open.
Lock in the Moth Room
This room must be explored to advance the story, as you’ll be searching for a second-hand clock. To find the code, examine the drawings of moths and count the number of symbols from the equation.
- Easy difficulty: 5 — 8 — 2.
- Normal difficulty: 3 — 7 — 3.
- Hard difficulty: 5 — 2 — 2.
Reception Desk Lock (Brookhaven Hospital)
After reaching Brookhaven Hospital, check the reception area for a wall-mounted box. Opening it will reward you with the basement key.
- Easy difficulty: 2 — 8 — 7.
- Normal difficulty: 7 — 2 — 4.
- Hard difficulty: 1 — 5 — 2.
X-ray Room Lock
On the third floor of Brookhaven Hospital, you’ll find an X-ray room with three radiographs. Once you discover the fourth, align them on the board to reveal the correct combination.
- All difficulties: ↻4, ↺37, ↻12.
Box with Chains
In the Otherworld of Brookhaven Hospital, there’s a box with three locks. Use the following code for the padlock.
- All difficulties: 1622.
Hotel Safe (Lakeview Hotel)
The final safe you’ll encounter requires the correct code to be entered after you find an intact light bulb, open a can of paint, and repaint the bulb.
- Easy difficulty: DARK WISH.
- Normal difficulty: DEED DONE.
- Hard difficulty: LOVE LUST.
By following this guide, you’ll speed up your puzzle-solving progress in Silent Hill 2 Remake, allowing you to focus more on the story and terrifying atmosphere rather than getting stuck searching for keys and passwords.
