Ebisugaoka Part 4: Sugisato Forest

Welcome to the eighth chapter of the complete walkthrough guide for Silent Hill f, covering the fourth visit to Ebisugaoka and the path from the school to Shu's house through the Sugisato forest. 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	1	1	-
Inventory upgrades	-	-	-
Inari-sama's seals	-	1	-
Documents	-	1	-

Key Summary

• Go up the stairs.
  • New Game+: Diary of Revenge (4) and Upgrade: Ema are inside the Inari-sama box at a shrine next to a gazebo.
  • Dried Carcass (⛩200) is on top of a well to the southeast of the first Hokora shrine.
  • Antique Comb (⛩300) is on a rock behind one of the two huts before the path is blocked.
• Move the blocking planks and continue to the area with the ponds.
  • Antique Comb (⛩300). Go past the ponds and up the stairs. Pass under the small bridge to the right, and this offering can be found on a ledge with the plant pots in front of the abandoned hut.
• Omamori [Horse] is at a shrine to the right after crossing the small bridge (before the map stand).
• Continue the path until you reach a map stand and a locked gate next to it.
• Go southwest towards the mountain refuge.
  • Upgrade: Ema is on a rock halfway before the refuge.
• Drop down and pick up the Metal Gate Key on a shelf next to the Hokora shrine.
  • Shriveled Abura-age (⛩500) is on a workbench behind the building.
• New Game+: Metal Gate Key will be on a stool inside the building.
  • Omamori [Goat] is on a bench inside the building as you enter.
• Move the blocking planks and drop down the ledge to start the chasing sequence. Run towards the metal gate.
  • Trophy/Achievement: Agile Escape. Escape from the Fog Monster at Sugisato without getting hit.
• After the gate, continue running from the Fog Monster, following the path up the mountain until you are safe.
  • Trophy/Achievement: O Divine Tree. At the Hokora shrine, take the stairs to the left and discover the Thousand Year Cedar at the end of the path.
• New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle. Research Journal Photo 4 and Regarding the "Legend of the Sacred Sword" (5) are in the corner of the shrines to the left on the path to the Thousand Year Cedar.
• Dried Carcass (⛩200) is in front of the shrines to the right on the path.
• From the Hokora shrine, take the right path and continue until you reach Shu's house.
• Enter Shu's workshop behind the house to pick up Front Door Keys To Shu's House on a desk.
• New Game+: Trophy/Achievement: Winners Don’t Do Drugs. Reach the Iwai residence without taking a single capsule and leave the capsules on Shu's desk in his workshop.
• New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle. Cracked Hibachi Brazier is behind Shu's workshop. Return towards the Hokora shrine to find the fourth Jizo statue halfway down. Interact with the statue to offer the Cracked Hibachi Brazier (4/5).
• Enter Shu's house.

Complete Walkthrough

Find Shu and Rinko

Leave the school and watch a cutscene.

Find a way to Shu’s house

The plan is to reach Shu's house at the top of the mountain. Before you start up the stairs, turn around and grab Red Capsules from a fallen tree. At the top of the first stair, you can find a Chocolate (⛩80) on a bench to the south. Proceed northwest, and at the end of the next stair segment, you will find a wooden gazebo with a Ramune (⛩20) on a seat.

New Game+ At a small shrine to the left of the gazebo, you will find an Inari-sama with a Diary of Revenge (4) and Upgrade: Ema (replaced with an Antique Comb (⛩300) if picked up in earlier games).

Continue up the stairs to the southwest to find a Hokora shrine and a Strange Note (1).

At the dead end to the southeast, you can pick up a Yokan (⛩30). Check the next path to the southeast to find a shed with an empty box and a motionless monster inside. Go around the shed to grab a Dried Carcass (⛩200) on top of a well behind it, but be prepared to be jumped by a monster coming out of the shed.

Come back to the crossroads and proceed west. Grab an Axe stuck in a tree. Go northeast to find another Strange Note (2) next to a dead monster and an Arare (⛩10) to the right.

Backtrack and continue northwest down the stairs. Grab a bandage from a bench to the right and prepare yourself for a fight with the monsters as the path ahead is blocked. Behind the house to the left, you will find an Antique Comb (⛩300) on a rock. Move the planks blocking the path and continue until you reach a pond.

There's a Ramune (⛩20) at the end of the small pier in the south of the pond. Check the area to the east of the pond to find a Toolkit in a crate in an alcove down the stairs and a Kudzu Tea (⛩100) in another crate on the northeastern bank of the pond. Finally, there's a Divine Water (⛩50) at the dead end to the north of the pond and a Higashi (⛩80) at the end of a small alcove to the northwest.

Go northwest up the stairs, fighting more enemies on your way. Check a covered shed to the right to find a Research Note on Hakkokusou on a workbench.

Continue southwest, pass under a small bridge to the right, and you will find an Antique Comb (⛩300)  on a ledge with the plant pots in front of the abandoned building. Return and continue up the slope, first south and then north. Take the right path to find a Bandage in a crate and then cross the bridge to the north. You will find the Omamori [Horse] at a shrine at the dead end.

Go west to find a map stand and a locked gate next to it with Red Capsules in front of the gate. Check the map to reveal the whole forest area and pick up a Strange Note (4).

To the left of the map stand, you can find a toolkit on a bench and a Yokan (⛩30) in a gazebo. Continue southwest, ducking under a tree, towards a mountain refuge that is marked on your map. You will find another Strange Note (3) attached to a tree.

Continue the path and grab Upgrade: Ema on a rock, but beware of some of the monsters coming to life as you approach them.

Drop down from the ledge.

Find the gate key

Below you will find a Hokora shrine. To the right, you can see a key on a shelf, but don't take it yet. First, you can grab a Crowbar on a bench next to the house's entrance and a Shriveled Abura-age (⛩500) on a workbench behind the building. Once done with collecting the items, pick up the Metal Gate Key and a Strange Note (5) from the shelf.

New Game+ The Metal Gate Key is on a stool inside the mountain refuge. Also, inside the building, you will find the Omamori [Goat] on a bench and a Strange Note (6) on a tarp-covered box.

Open the gate

Once you pick the key, a monster will jump on you. Deal with it, move the blocking planks to the east and drop down the ledge. A chasing sequence will start. Run all the way back to the metal gate around the ponds, then go uphill and unlock it with the key.

Trophy/Achievement: Agile Escape

Escape from the Fog Monster at Sugisato without getting hit. There are two chase sequences in total.

Investigate the area

Once things seem calm, look around to collect some supplies. To the left of the gate, there are Red Capsules. A little further, there's a Higashi (⛩80) in a wooden crate on the right, an Arare (⛩10) in a crate on the left and a First Aid Kit in another box. The Fog Monster will return, and you will need to run for your life again.

Escape from the Fog Monster

Follow the path, move the planks on the left, ignoring a giant monster ahead, and continue north and then west. Duck under a tree, ignore the monsters ahead and take a turn to the north. Continue running, dodging the monsters along the way, and soon you will reach a safe point.

Head to Shu’s house

You can take Red Capsules by a tori gate nearby, then proceed ahead to find a Hokora shrine at the crossroads. From here, you can follow the path northeast directly to Shu's house, but let's first investigate an area to the west.

AAt the top of the stairs, you will reach Sakuko's old shrine with a huge divine tree as its object of worship. In the first area, check the red box to the right to find a Divine Water (⛩50) and a Dried Carcass (⛩200) at a shrine to the north.

New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle Research Journal Photo 4 and Regarding the "Legend of the Sacred Sword" (5) are in the corner of the shrines to the left on the path to the Thousand Year Cedar.

Continue upstairs, and you will find the divine tree at the end. At the base of the tree, there's the Regarding the "Legend of the Sacred Sword" (1) document.

There's also a Chocolate (⛩80) in a wooden crate to the right.

Trophy/Achievement: O Divine Tree

At the Hokora shrine, take the stairs to the left and discover the Thousand Year Cedar at the end of the path.

Return to the Hokora shrine and take the path to the northeast. Follow the path until you reach Shu's house.

New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle Halfway up the hill, you will find the fourth Jizo statue. Examining the statue will give you a hint about the next item you need to place here.

Find Shu and Rinko

The house is locked, so let's go around.

New Game+ Shu's Childhood Diary is found on a box on the side porch of Shu's house.

Enter a workshop behind the house. Inside, you will find Front Door Keys To Shu's House and a Prescription for my Partner sitting on a desk.

There are also three Red Capsules in the workshop.

New Game+ You will get a Letter to my Partner with the keys if you haven't consumed the Red Capsules during the game or picked any up in the workshop. Trophy/Achievement: Winners Don’t Do Drugs Reach the Iwai residence without taking a single capsule and leave the capsules on Shu's desk in his workshop.

New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle The Cracked Hibachi Brazier is behind Shu's workshop. Return in the direction of the Hokora shrine to find the fourth Jizo statue halfway down. Interact with the statue to offer the item (4/5).

Return to the front door, enter the residence and watch a cutscene.

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