Ebisugaoka Middle School

Welcome to the sixth chapter of the complete walkthrough guide for Silent Hill f, covering Ebisugaoka Middle School. Use the key summary below for essential, spoiler-free directions, including all missable trophy-related items and actions (items in italics are optional). For in-depth guidelines with extra explanations, refer to the complete walkthrough section. This guide also includes all New Game+ items and actions for your subsequent playthroughs.

Legend

• Hokora – shrines
• Capsule Case – key items
• Steel Pipe – weapons
• Omamori [Whale] – omamori
• Upgrade: Ema – character upgrades
• Local Doctor's Note – documents
• Housemaid’s Note – trophy-related documents
• Red Capsules – consumables
• Antique Comb (⛩300) – offerings

Collectibles

Counts of available trophy-related collectibles:

Category	NG	NG+	NG++
Omamori	1	1	-
Ema	-	-	-
Inventory upgrades	1	-	-
Inari-sama's seals	-	1	-
Documents	-	1	-

Key Summary

• Enter the main school building.
  • Dried Carcass (⛩200) can be found on a crate outside at the end of the northern passage past the Hokora shrine.
• Proceed into the teacher's office to find a locked key cabinet.
• New Game+: The girls' locker room is open from the start, allowing you to skip almost the entire school section and get right to entering the correct code and obtaining the Key to the Back Mountains from the key cabinet.
• You will need to solve the Stairwell Puzzle to find the second-floor key:
  • Story: The Main Building 2F Stair Key is locked inside the desk drawer in the teacher's office. The drawer can be picked up with the Hairpin you will find inside the rabbit hatch in the southeast of the yard (accessed via an open window in the southern classroom).
  • Hard: Go outside to the school yard via the window in the southern classroom. You will find the Main Building 2F Stair Key in front of the flowerbed with the blue flowers in the western section of the yard.
  • Lost in the Fog: Go outside to the school yard via the window in the southern classroom. Go up the stairs to the west of the main entrance, and you will find the Main Building 2F Stair Key by the potted blue flowers next to the entrance.
  • Dried Carcass (⛩200) is inside an open shed on the southern side of the yard.
  • New Game+: Diary of Revenge (3) and Omamori [Rabbit] are inside the Inari-sama box in the southwestern classroom (next to the room with Shu and Rinko) that can now be accessed through an open window from the school yard.
• Use either of the staircases at the ends to reach the second floor.

Second Floor

• Enter Hinako's old classroom, which is the one on the southwestern side. You will be locked inside and will need to solve the Secret Box Puzzle to get outside:
• Use the hints from the Unopened Letters to slide the panels on the sides of the box and reveal the objects mentioned in the letters: sweet and tart fruits, journals and blooming sakura.
• Story:
• Hard:
• Lost in the Fog:
• You will receive the Second Floor Classroom Generic Key for solving the puzzle. Return to the corridor.
  • Antique Comb (⛩300) is in a box on a pile of cardboard boxes in the corner of the central hall.
• Enter a classroom in the southeast using the key. Pick up the Old Annex Main Gate Key from the teacher's podium.

Old Annex Building

• Go to the Old Annex building in the north using the central staircase.
• Enter the last classroom to the left and find the Locker Room Key and Asakura's Textbook on one of the desks to learn the code for her locker. You can also look for other notes scattered across second-floor classrooms and the old annex building to understand the "girl code."

First Floor

• Return to the first floor, unlock the girls' locker room and solve the Locker Puzzle to open Asakura Ayumi's locker:
  • Story: SEA – 534
  • Hard: BUS – 865
  • Lost in the Fog: EGG – 399
• Key Cabinet Key is inside Ayumi's locker.
• Opening other lockers is optional:
  • Aoi Takeshi: AOI – 401. Inside is the Origami of Grievances with the hint for Suga Yosie's locker.
  • Tsuchiya Taiko: 377. Inside is the Omamori [Wolf].
  • Suga Yosie: SOS – 505. Inside is the Upgrade: School Bag.
• Return to the teachers' office, use the key to open the cabinet, and obtain the Key to the Back Mountains.
• Head back to Shu and Rinko.

Complete Walkthrough

Obtain the key to the mountain

Before proceeding through the door ahead, take a look at the school's floor plan on the left to see the entire building's layout. Go through the door and proceed straight ahead to get your new task.

Explore Ebisugaoka Middle School

Take the first left after the stairs; it will take you to the backyard. Go upstairs on the left to find an Origami of Rumors (3) and a Hokora shrine.

Follow the path around the building to pick up a Dried Carcass (⛩200) on a wooden container at the end. Go back inside the school, follow the corridor and step into an open teacher's office around the corner.

New Game+ You can find a School Founder's Anecdote (1) on a table in front of the window in the 1F hall.

Inside, you will find a note on the noticeboard and a locked wall cabinet holding the key to the mountain gate. Next to the desk is a Steel Pipe. Depending on your puzzle difficulty, you will find one of the following items in the office area that will start a new puzzle.

Story Mode: On a desk, you will find a Note for the Vice Principal,  from which you will learn that the key to the second floor is in the desk's drawer.

Hard and Lost in the Fog Mode: On a shelf in the office, you will find a Teacher's Journal that will tell you that the vice principal has lost the keys somewhere.

Lost in the Fog Mode: Outside the office, you will find a Student's Prank Drawing in one of the shelf cubbies in the middle row. This is a clue for the Stairwell Puzzle.

Outside the office, you will also find a Yokan (⛩30) in a cubicle. On the opposite wall, you can read a note about the game called "The Fox’s Sacrifice". Hop outside through the window to check the outside area to the north and find a Divine Water (⛩50) at the dead end.

Get back inside, head east and check the first room on the left, which is a boys' locker room. There's a Bandage in a box on the bench opposite the door and a First Aid Kit in one of the open lockers in the center. There's also a locked locker that belongs to Aoi Takeshi. We don't know the code for that yet. Head outside.

The next locker room is locked, and the staircase leads to the second floor, which is also locked for now.

New Game+ The girls' locker room is open from the start, allowing you to skip almost the entire school section and go straight to entering the correct code and obtaining the key to the office cabinet. If you wish, jump to the Locker Puzzle.

Hard Mode: Before proceeding, check the west staircase's landing to find a newspaper article about the vice principal's love for chrysanthemums, which is a hint for the Stairwell Puzzle.

Enter the only open classroom in the southeast. On one of the desks in the second row, you will find a School Founder's Anecdote (2).

In a cubicle behind it, you can grab a Ramune (⛩20).

You will also find a crumpled Student Note on the floor next to a desk in the first row (Story difficulty only).

Hop outside into the school yard. Beware of a single giant ara-abare monster here. As before, you won't be able to take it down completely, so the best strategy is to stay away from it. Check the rabbit hutch in the southeastern part of the yard to find an Origami of Rumors (1).

Stairwell Puzzle: Story You will find a Hairpin inside a basket in the corner of the room.

Make your way along the southern edge of the yard and check a shed that contains a kashimashi and a Dried Carcass (⛩200). An area to the west has another monster, a new heavy weapon, a Sledgehammer, leaning on a bench and Red Capsules in the northeastern corner.

Stairwell Puzzle: Hard Remember the article in the stariwell about the vice principal and his love for chrysanthemums? Apparently, he is an avid gardener, and this is exactly where you will find the lost key. The Main Building 2F Stair Key is inside the blue flowers in the northeastern area.

Stairwell Puzzle: Lost in the Fog The Main Building 2F Stair Key is still found inside the blue flowers, but in a different location, as per the Student's Prank Drawing. Check the planters west of the main stairs; the key will be there.

New Game+ There's a new classroom in the southwest (next to the room with Shu and Rinko) that's now accessible from the yard through an open window. Get inside to find a Diary of Revenge (3) and Omamori [Rabbit] inside the Inari-sama box (replaced with an Antique Comb (⛩300) if picked up in previous games) . On the shelves in the corner of the classroom, there's a Letter from Sakuko to Hinako. After you examine the blackboard, you can find an Origami of Fox Prayers on the ground in the middle of the classroom.

Once you find the hairpin or the key, head back into the school building and be careful not to get attacked by newly appeared monsters. Say hello to the ayakakashi scarecrows in the corridor, although they won't attack you yet. You cannot fight them either.

Stairwell Puzzle: Story Return to the office and open the desk's drawer using the Hairpin to obtain the Main Building 2F Stair Key.

Take the east stairs to the second floor. Grab an Arare (⛩10) from the cupboard and then unlock the second floor of the school.

Second Floor

Proceed into the central hall to find a Toolkit on the chest of drawers, a note on the board and an Antique Comb (⛩300) in the box on a pile of cardboard boxes in the corner. Enter the only open classroom to the west, and the door will shut behind you.

Find a way out of the classroom

You can find and interact with Hinako's desk (first row) and Shu's (last row). Check a cubby at the back of the classroom to find an Origami of Rumors (2).

Approach a desk with a box to solve a puzzle.

You will receive the Second Floor Classroom Generic Key for solving the puzzle.

Leave the classroom

Go for the exit to watch a cutscene.

Explore the school’s second floor

The red flowers are now spread all over the building, making the area unsafe. Proceed to the eastern portion of the floor and check a classroom in the northeast to find an Arare (⛩10) on a table and an Origami of Grievances (1) on a chair in the back that will start the Locker Puzzle.

You can also interact with the chalkboard to read a message. Exit and enter a classroom in the southeast. Inside, on the teacher's podium, you will find the Old Annex Main Gate Key and a Note to Teacher.

Your next target is to open Ayumi's locker in the girls' locker room. There's also a Bandage in one of the back cubbies. Exit the classroom.

Open the locker in the locker room

Outside, you will be greeted with a pack of frozen enemies; some of them will go active as you approach them, so be careful. You can also pick up three Red Capsules in front of the monsters if you feel you need them.

Return to the first floor and go to the Old Annex building in the north using the central staircase. You can now open the door with the Annex Key.

Old Annex Building

Go east and pick up a Note from a Male Student (2) on a table at the end of the corridor (Hard and Lost in the Fog difficulties only).

Check a classroom in the southeast for a Toolkit in the back, and in the center, a Note Between Lovers (2).

Another Note from a Male Student (1) is on a desk in the corner of the classroom (Hard and Lost in the Fog difficulties only).

Exit to the corridor and proceed west. Grab an Arare (⛩10) from a cabinet and a Note Between Lovers (1) next to a watering can on a table.

Enter the last classroom in the west. You can check the teacher's podium to locate Asakura Ayumi's desk – row 4, line 2. Explore the classroom to find a Chocolate (⛩80) and an Origami of Grievances (2) in a cubby in the back.

You can also find a Cryptic Note on a desk in the corner of the classroom (Story difficulty only).

On a chair in the back of the classroom, there's an Origami of Grievances (4) (Lost in the Fog difficulty only).

Finally, find the Locker Room Key and Asakura's Textbook on one of the desks to learn the code for her locker.

First Floor

Time to go to the locker rooms on the first floor. Beware of the new monsters waiting motionless, only to come to life as you approach them. Unlock and enter the girls' locker room. Grab a Ramune (⛩20) from the box in the center of the room and proceed to solve a puzzle.

Locker Puzzle The notes between students explain how the girl code works – the letters are represented with similarly looking numbers and other symbols, for instance: 4151+3√6 stands for AISITERU 84*4 stands for BAKA 54+06 stands for SATOU x05174 stands for YOSIDA Matching the symbols, the code will look like this in alphabetical order: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 4 8   7 3       1   *       0     √ 5 + 6       x   Now, you can open three optional lockers, as noted in various notes, for some collectibles and upgrades: Aoi Takeshi (on the left in the boys' locker room). His combination is the same as his name – AOI, which stands for 401. Inside is an Origami of Grievances (3) with the hint for Suga Yosie's locker. Tsuchiya Taiko (on the right in the girls' locker room). The combination for her locker is 377. Inside is the Omamori [Wolf]. Suga Yosie (in the back of the girls' locker room). The combination for her locker "looks like a cry for help". SOS is the universal signal for help, so that the combination will be 505. Inside the locker is the Upgrade: School Bag. Finally, proceed to Asakura Ayumi's locker in the center of the girls' locker room. The combination to her locker will be different based on the difficulty and derived from the code word she mentions in her textbook: Story: SEA – 534 Hard: BUS – 865 Lost in the Fog: This will be a bit more complicated as you will have to guess the word based on the text, but Ayumi mentions something edible that you can poach, fry and boil, and the answer will be quite simple – it's "EGG", so the code will be 399. Inside Ayumi's locker is the long-searched Key Cabinet Key.

Obtain the key to the mountain

Return to the teachers' office. Prepare for more scarecrows coming to life on your way. In the office, use the key to open the cabinet and obtain the Key to the Back Mountains.

Head back to Shu and Rinko

Return to your friends, and after a cutscene, you will be teleported to the Dark Shrine.

05. Ebisugaoka Part 3: To School

07. Dark Shrine Worship Hall