Short Walkthrough

This walkthrough gives you only the basic instructions to progress through the main storyline of the game. It doesn't cover any side quests or secret places in the game. This walkthrough is mainly for the players who got lost or are stuck at some puzzle, but don't want any additional spoilers and wish to explore on their own for the most part.

Color legend
Game Tokens - items
Wrench - weapons
Flashlight - equipement
Map of the Outskirts - maps & memos

01. Ryall State Prison

Follow Officer Sewell down the hall and enter the shower room
Turn on some showers to trigger the next objective
Grab one of the weapons lying on the bench by the sinks
Attack the inmate by following the on-screen instructions
Follow Officer Sewell through the prison block

02. Devil's Pitstop

Get back to the highway

Go under the fallen tree where the bus' headlights are showing
After you run into birds, squeeze into the gap between rocks to the left to get a Flashlight by the dead body of the prisoner
Return to the main path and continue going deeper into the forest
Cross the gorge via the uprooted tree
Approach the rock in front
Make your choice during this cutscene
Approach the rock to climb up to the highway

Find a way out of the area

Go to the Gas Station
Get the Map of the Outskirts from the bench
Grab a Wrench from the toolbox and use it to proceed through the locked gate
Climb up the ladder and cross the roof to drop down
Go through the gap between trees in front of you
Go up the stairs and enter the Aerial Tram Station

Obtain a ticket to get to Devil's Pit / Find the missing ticket machine

Grab Game Tokens from the counter
Go through the left doorway and hit the switch to get the aerial tram into the right position
Exit the building, go down the stairs and follow the trail on the ground until you bump into a locked gate
Head to the right and approach a pickup in front of the diner

Change into new clothes

Find the gap in the diner fence and climb through
Break the diner's backdoor's padlock with the wrench and go inside
Take the Devil's Pitstop Map from the table in the dining area
Enter the kitchen, find the gas valve and try to turn it
Activate the alarm on the wall

Diner Otherworld

Use the valve in the room's corner to stop the water coming and open a path out of the kitchen
Head forward, then up the long stairs and through the door
Continue into the room, rotate the painting and run through the opened gate while it's open
During the chase episode turn left, then to the end of the hallway and around the corner
Try to run through the openings - the two will close on you - run through the only remaining opening
Climb through the hole at the end of the passage
Slide down
Go up the stairs and turn the valve
Enter the room and rotate the painting
Go down, enter another room on the ground level and rotate another painting
Go forward the new path
After the Void appears, run to the left. The gate's ahead gonna close as you approach, so circle around, turn the valve on your way to open the gate and go around one more time to run through the opening
Go up the stairs a bit until the Void is not chasing you anymore and then climb down
Go through the door

Go through the door to the left
Enter the room down the hall and go down the basement
Find the locked gate and smash its padlock
Continue into a room here and take a Piece of Wire from the barrel
Run back through the basement
Deal with the Screamer and find the lift (in the area past the staircase)
Use the Piece of Wire to fix the controls and go up to the surface
Step into the shack C (the first one to the right) to find some clothes for Murphy to change into. You'll also get a Police Badge and a Rusty Key
Go beyond the shack B through an open gate to find the generator and start it up
Head into the shack B to find the ticket machine - use the Game Tokens to activate it

Ticket Machine Puzzle

Place three balls into the corresponding slots in the upper area as the water rises

Collect the Free Ticket
Exit the shack, follow the marks on the ground and squeeze through the gap in the barricade
Use the Rusty Key to unlock the gate
Run back to the Aerial Tram Station (keep following the ground marks)
Enter the Tram Station, use the Free Ticket in the machine next to the turnstile and step onto the tram to travel to Devil's Pit

03. Devil's Pit

Find a way into town

Step out of the tram and go through the double doors on your right
Climb down the stairs into the yard
Go through the door in the corner of the yard, then into the next room through a bathroom
Take the Lighter from the workbench
Pick up the Axe in the room and chop through the boards on the door
Go through another boarded up door in the yard and collect the Key from the key rack
Go up the stairs and unlock the door with the Key
Proceed forward and take the Devil's Pit Map by the information billboard
Go to the observation deck

Follow the path down to the train

Take the elevator down to the level below
Move through an observation deck, then take a path between rocks and cross the bridge
Climb up and continue forward

Find an alternate route down

Take the path to the left, rotate the crank to open the door and enter the cave
Take a Pickaxe and clear the doorway ahead, continue forward deeper into the mine
Go up the stairs by the elevator and approach the valves to solve the puzzle

Water Wheels Puzzle

Easy

Turn the left valve three times
Turn the middle valve twice
Turn the right valve twice to activate the elevator (once for the pumps)

Normal

Before you touch the valves move the crate under the slamming door to prevent it from blocking your way back
Turn the left valve three times
Turn the middle valve twice
Turn the right valve twice to activate the elevator (once for the pumps)

Hard

Before you touch the valves move the crate under the slamming door to prevent it from blocking your way back
Turn the middle valve twice
Turn the left valve three times
Turn the right valve twice to activate the elevator (once for the pumps)

Step into the elevator to go down into the deep mines
Go forward, deal with the Screamer and push a mine cart to cross the chasm
Follow the path and go through the door with a note
Go through the room, climb down the stairs and smash the boards blocking the ladder
Go up the ladder, continue via the bridge and into the elevator to go to the deck
Make your choice in this cutscene
Open the gate nearby with the valve and continue through the mine until you're in an open area
Climb up the stairs and enter the control room
Chop through the doors and activate the detonator to clear the way up ahead
Continue forward through the cave and into the elevator which'll take you down
Proceed to the train station and approach the control panel

Train Control Puzzle

Easy

Red (E), Blue (A), Orange (C)

Normal

Blue (A), Green (B), Grey (D), Orange (C)

Hard

Grey (D), Red (E), Green (B), Blue (A)

Board the mine train
Perform QTE during the cutscene
Go up the stairs, then to the left (avoid the puddle on the ground)
Use the control box to open the gate nearby and proceed through it
Continue moving forward, hop through an opening and grab the Town Map
Exit through the door

04. Hillside

Escape from Silent Hill

Go forward and then find the stairs leading down to the parking lot
Cut through the boards into the shack and then continue through the hole in the wall
Go down to the alley between Straub Street and McCammon Street, continue via Campbell Street until you're on Lansdale Avenue
Go north via Lansdale Avenue until you bump into a barricade, turn to the house on the left, go into the yard, pull down the retractable ladder (use the Hook leaned on the bench nearby) and make your way along the balconies into an open apartment window
Climb down the stairs and exit the apartment building

05. Pearl Creek

Find a way to the Radio Station

Move through an alley to the east
Go north via Laymond Avenue and then cross Logan's Park
Enter the Centennial Building through the west entrance

06. The Centennial Building

Go through the door and pick up The Centennial Building Map
Enter the garage, examine the freight elevator behind the locked gate

Enter the building via the service elevator

Collect a Forensic Flashlight from the trunk of the police car
Go to the locked gate by the fire track and smash the padlock
Use the fire hose to drain the basement
Go down the stairs and collect the Security Card from the wheelchair
Return back to the security office in the garage and enter using the Security Card
Use the control panel to open the elevator gate and enter the elevator to go up to the first floor
Move through the storage, cut through the boards (pick up the Fire Axe in front of the elevator if needed) and enter the Library
Proceed through the Library, push the movable ladder and climb up to the second floor
Go toward the Vault
Move through Room 208 into the Main Hall
The door to the right wing is protected by a security code

Find the unlock code

Climb down the stairs and go through the door in the back of the Main Hall to the right and then through Room 106 into the office hall (alternatively you can go through Rooms 102 and 101)
Go into Room 104 to collect an ID Card
Get into Room 105 using the ID Card
Arrange the envelopes on the desk to get a code - 851136
Return to the locked door on the second floor and enter the code
Head to Room 204 and climb up to the third floor
Hop through a hole in the wall, cross the chasm via beams and continue to Room 301
Climb down the ladder and go into Room 200 to pick up Slides from the desk. Return to the third floor
Go into the Main Hall on the third floor and pull the wheelchair blocking the elevator doors
Go into the elevator and descend to the second floor (you need a security card to get to the Radio Station)

Unlock the elevator to the radio station

Go to the Video Archive and put the slides into the projector on the desk to get hints about the code to the vault door

Vault Door Puzzle

The code for all puzzle difficulties is IX, VI, I (9, 6, 1)

Open the vault door using the code
Collect an ID Card from the hanging body and enter the next room for a flashback scene
Exit the vault and take the elevator to the eighteenth floor
Take the Studio Map from the wall to the right once you exit the elevator
Proceed forward and enter the radio studio
Proceed through the door ahead, enter Room 1703 and pick up a Diluent in the adjoining storage room (on Hard puzzle difficulty the Diluent is in the kitchen area in the elevator hall)
Use first the Diluent and then your Lighter on a trash pile nearby

The Centennial Building Otherworld

Run straight through the gate
Take the path to the left (avoid falling cars from the ceiling), hit the switch at the end and go through the opened gate
In the upside-down room press the button to open the door and exit the room
Continue forward and enter the elevator
After the Void appears run to the right and navigate yourself between and through the cages
After you fall down proceed through the corridors with Wall Corpses until you get to the door with the switch. Hit the switch and proceed through the stage with cages
Rotate the painting at the end and exit through the door
Press the button to stop the clock hand in a suitable position to get onto it
Make it to the end of the clock hand and head forward
Proceed through the blade traps and reach the end of the level
Slide down

07. Chastain Heights

Inquire at the Monastery

Get to St. Maria's Monastery

08. St. Maria's Monastery

Go straight through the door, grab the Monastery Map from the wall and then enter the room to the south
Squeeze through the gap in the wall, pull the bookshelf and go through the opening
At the end of the passage grab the Fire Axe and retreat to the Main Hall
Cut through the boarded door and head down the hall

Learn the Bogeyman Rhyme

Turn right, go through the door and the outside
Go straight, turn to the right and into the door into the Chapel
Go up the stairs to the second floor and through the door on your right (don't follow the girl)
Cross the chasm and climb down the stairs
Enter the Chapel and approach the altar gate
Use your Lighter to drop down the chandelier
Use the chandelier to open the gate
Take the Poem Fragment 1 from the altar book

Locate the missing Rhyme Pages

Go through the door to the right of the altar
Outside go up the stairs and through the door ahead enter the orphanage
Go to the theater auditorium in the northern part of the wing
Pull the retractable ladder in the back and climb up (the Poker is in the Class Room on the first floor if you need it)
Enter the adjacent control room to pick up a Lever on the desk and a Vinyl Record in the drawer of another desk (the Lever is down in the auditorium on Hard puzzle difficulty)

Theater Play Puzzle

Use the switch on the right in the Control Room to turn off the lights
Put the Vinyl Record into the gramophone and play it
Operate the spotlight to light up the stage
Hit the lever to the left of the spotlight
Insert and hit the lever to the right of the spotlight
Use the wooden cylinder in the corner to imitate rain
Use the hanging sheet metal to imitate thunder

Climb down the ladder and make your way through the forest to the cottage on the stage
Enter the cottage and arrange correctly the tiles on the chest to open it and get the Blackboard Eraser and Poem Fragment 2
Exit the cabin
Go up the stairs to the second floor into the Class Room
Use the Blackboard Eraser to erase the chain on the chalk board to enter the flashback
Run ahead in the flashback
Go into the door in the back of the room and then into the Play Room
Exit to the corridor, then into the Main Room and hack through the boards on the door on the other side to enter the Hospice (the Fire Axe is attached to the pillar in the northern part of the Main Room)
Enter the Restroom and get to the corridor north of the Kitchen
Squeeze through the gap and get into the X-Ray Room in the north through the Surgery
Use the X-ray machine to determine which Screamer has items in the belly and search it to get a Key and Poem Fragment 3

Return to the boy

Exit the room and use the stairs to climb down
Go through the right door, then through the room in the north to get to the door. Use the Key to get out
Get back to the boy

Monastery Otherworld

Follow the girl's trail
Run from the Void (go straight, to the left upstairs and through the garden)
Move past the spikes (first and second sets emerge twice in a row, third doesn't move, fourth moves out slightly, fifth - five times)
In the fight defeat the Screamers and wait for the Boogeyman to make a crack in the right wall. Proceed through the crack
On the stairs search for a picture with a silhouette. Enter the door next to the picture
Repeat the same on the next staircase
In the theater go up the stairs to the control room
Hit the left lever to open the curtains
Go downstairs and move through the passage behind the stage
Use the left bell twice, the bell in the middle once, the right bell once and the left bell again once
Go through the door and then move through the attic

Fight with Boogeyman
You'll get a Boat Key after the cutscene
Approach the crack in the wall to further
Move through the sewers to get out

09. Pleasant River & Port District

Get to to the bridge and enter the control tower to lower it
Get to the docks in the Port District and use the boat there to leave Silent Hill

10. Overlook Penitentiary

Escape from the prison

Go to the end of the walkway and turn to the left
Push the beam and make it across to the central watchtower
Head down the stairs, take the Prison Block A Map, descend further and take an Access Card and a Flashlight from the lower level
Exit through the gate on level A3 using the Access Card
Go right the walkway
Go down the stairs and turn to the right
Get to the corner staircase and head down to level A2
Go east along the cells and then north
Turn into the cell where the ball came out from and go up to the end, take the Angry Letter from the small table
Get to the northern stairwell
Go up one level
Smash the padlock, run east, get free from the Prisoner Juggernaut and run past the exposed wire
Cut the power to the wire from the fuse box
Enter the control room using the Access Card
Approach the panel with monitors. Wait a bit and the press the button after its cover opens
Make your way to the gate on the other side of the block
Get into the control room using the Access Card
Take the Prison Block B Map from the drawer
Press the button on the control panel to open the gate ahead
Unequip all your items on the counter
Move through the metal detector and collect your possessions from the counter, move through the door into Block B
After the fight move to the left hallway

Workshop Storage Keypad Puzzle

Easy

2345

Normal, Hard

22345

Enter the workshop storage
Move the crate to the ventilation cover
Remove the cover using the Quarter Dollar (if you didn't collect it before, there is one on the shelf in the room)
Move through the ventilation duct
After the fight with enemies use the Access Card to proceed through the gate
Head upstairs to the catwalk and into the room to the left
Head downstairs and enter the Showers
Examine four marks at the crime scene to get the Prison Shank, Mourning Badge and Crime Evidence
Exit the Showers through the double doors and approach the body on the floor

Prison Otherworld

Run through the Void (look for the arrows on the walls to help yourself navigate)
Move past the spikes (first set emerges twice in a row, second - once, third - twice, fourth - five times, fifth doesn't move)
Call the elevator and step onto the platform
Defeat enemy waves during stops to progress further
After the elevator completely stops jump onto the catwalk and go up to the end
Climb to the catwalk on the left, go further and climb up the ladder
Go to the end of the catwalk and climb down
Descend further until you're on the lowest level
Cross the bridge
Save yourself from the falling and climb up onto the bridge
Proceed through the opened gate
Use the valve to rotate the room
Enter the adjoining room, use the floodlight (button in the middle of the room) to drive the Prisoner Juggernauts to the back of the room and trap them in the cages (buttons on the sides of the room)
Use the valve to turn the room upside down, press the button in the center of the room, turn the valve again and proceed through the opened gate
Enter the room with spinning blades
Step onto the plate, run along the right wall, step onto the next plate, run to the opposite corner, stop the next blade and exit the room
Continue forward and jump through the hole
Use the floodlight to drive Minions into the inner yard and use the lever in the control room to shut the gate
Exit the control room through the other door, downstairs, proceed through the padlocked gate and climb up the ladder
Use another floodlight to trap Minions in the inner yard and shut the gate
Climb downstairs, turn the crank by the gate and squeeze through the opening
Proceed through the crack in the wall
Escape from the Void
Step onto the platform in the end of the chase scene
Put the Prison Shank, Mourning Badge and Crime Evidence onto the scale and proceed through the gate

Boss: The Wheelman

Defeat the boss cutting him from his life support system: step onto the respiratory bellows, use the spotlight to incapacitate the boss temporarily, ride down and approach one of the panels to pull out the tube. Repeat the process for the three remaining tubes

Final Fight

Defeat Cunningham using your ranged attack. Choose either to kill her or to spare

Congratulations! You've finished the game.