Silent Hill 2: How To Solve The Coin Puzzle

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If there's a game where the path isn't always clear, it's Silent Hill 2. As if all the twisted monstrosities wandering around in the bleak fog weren't enough, you'll also need to solve cryptic puzzles to advance.

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Some are as straightforward as finding a key to a locked door while others may be more obtuse by asking you to find objects that might act as keys to something that may or may not even open. This is the case for the Coin Puzzle that you'll find while exploring the Blue Creek Apartments, along with another human and the terrifying Pyramid Head.

This puzzle can be found in room 105 on the first floor of the apartment building. It's one of the doors that is already unlocked, and the room is relatively safe. Against one of the walls is a secretarial desk with a very large drawer.

The drawer has five coin-sized indents lined up on its front. Despite this fact, you'll only need three coins to open it up. With the coins in hand, you just need to put them in the right order to open up the drawer and get a key that is needed to open up room 209.

Before you can attempt the puzzle, you first need to find the coins needed to solve it. The first you can get is the Snake Coin, which is found in the drained pool in the courtyard of the Wood Side Apartments. In the pool is a baby carriage with three Lying Figure enemies surrounding it. You can try and dash for the carriage to get the coin, but it's less hassle to just deal with them. To get the second one, the Old Man Coin, you'll need to find some Canned Juice and the garbage chute. Put the juice into the chute to force the trash to fall. Find the garbage, and you'll see the coin in it. The last coin, the Prisoner Coin, is found on a nigh