Ebisugaoka Part 5: To Shimizu Residence

Welcome to the tenth chapter of the complete walkthrough guide for Silent Hill f, covering the fifth visit to Ebisugaoka and the path from Shu's house to the Shimizu Residence. 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	-	-
Ema	1	1	1
Inventory upgrades	-	-	-
Inari-sama's seals	-	1	-
Documents	4	2	1

Key Summary

• Proceed down the mountain path to the northeast.
  • New Game++: Clinical Trial (3) is on a wooden porch of the house at the first path turn.
  • Clinical Trial (1) is on a greenish-blue crate next to a house at the second path turn after you encounter an enemy spawning from a flesh cocoon.
• New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle. Research Journal Photo 5 and Regarding the "Legend of the Sacred Sword" (6) are on a workbench next to the same house.
• Defeat the monster-spawning enemy to unblock the path and proceed.
  • Omamori [Suzuran] is in a crate behind the house to the west, guarded by an enemy.
• New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle. The fifth Jizo statue is at the top of the stairs next to the house to the west, after the third path turn. You will find Dad’s Old Kitchen Knife stuck in a tree behind the opposite house. Return to the statue and interact with it to offer the knife (5/5).
  • Clinical Trial (2) is on a bench at the top of the stairs next to the fifth Jizo statue.
• New Game+: Sacred Sword (for Endings 2 and 3). Once you've completed all five offerings, it's time to come to the divine tree at the forgotten shrine, which is a long way back across the forest to the southwest. When arriving, Hinako will find the Sacred Sword at the base of the tree. You will receive the Trophy/Achievement: The Malevolent Blade Never Rusts.
• The old Inari-sama shrine can be found at the top of the long stairs in the northwestern corner of the forest. This area will be important during the New Game+ runs.
  • Strict Mother’s Letter (1) is in front of the altar.
• New Game+ and New Game++: Sacred Sword Purification (for Endings 2 and 4). With the Sacred Sword in your possession, you can now perform the purification ritual at this shrine. If you have completed the Crimson Water puzzle in the Main Hall previously, the water in the basin will be red, allowing you to perform the ritual. Interact with the basin to put the sword inside and purify it. You will also receive the Trophy/Achievement: Be Free of Your Hatred.
• Proceed down the path. Go to the right around the house and under the tree to find yourself back in the town.
• Go north and enter a park with a playground for a flashback scene.
• Proceed through the park and to the north.
  • Dried Carcass (⛩200) is in a crate at the dead end to the south of the park.
  • Strict Mother’s Letter (5) is on the porch in a house yard to the north of the park.
  • New Game+: Diary of Revenge (5) and Upgrade: Ema are inside the Inari-sama box in the same yard.
  • Strict Mother’s Letter (2) is sitting at the northeastern corner of the yard fence, to the right of the Hokora shrine.
• Fight another hatcher to clear the path, and head up the stairs.
• New Game++: Ancient Jizo Statue (for Ending 4). Before going through the house at the top of the stairs, take the right path to find another Jizo statue that is now accessible. Interact with the statue and offer your Brooch to fulfill one of the requirements for Ending 4. You will also receive the Trophy/Achievement: A Gift I Cannot Accept.
  • Upgrade: Ema is sitting on a rock to the statue's left. This Ema is the last one to collect in the game.
• Pass through the fenced yard to be back on the mountain path.
  • Upgrade: Ema. Before heading to Hinako's house, go south down the mountain path past multiple monsters to find this upgrade on a bench to the east of the blue truck that blocks the street.
• Go up the mountain path and enter the Shimizu residence.

Complete Walkthrough

Make your way down the mountain and head to the Shimizu residence

It's time for Hinako to go home, making it down the mountain and through the town again. Head southeast, and the path will be unblocked now. To the right, you can find Red Capsules on a fallen tree. At the first turn of the path, you will find a Hokora shrine and a Baseball Bat lying next to it. Exploring an alternative path will lead you to a Higashi (⛩80) on a table.

Proceed further down. Climb the stairs to the left to explore the area next to the houses. There's a Yokan (⛩30) on a bench behind the house on the left.

New Game++ A Clinical Trial (3) is on a bench behind the house at the first path turn.

To the right, you can find Red Capsules in the open storage and a Ramune (⛩20) on a blue crate behind the house. Return to the path and proceed, destroying a flesh cocoon with a monster that's blocking your way. Explore the house yard to find a Bandage on the left and a Clinical Trial (1) further ahead.

New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle The Research Journal Photo 5 and Regarding the "Legend of the Sacred Sword" (6) are on a workbench next to the same house.

Go ahead, and you will need to defeat the monster-hatching enemy, similar to the one you met in the Dark Shrine, to unblock the path. On the western side of the fight arena, you can grab a Crowbar next to the log storage.

Once you pass the flesh barricade, you can go up the stairs to the right to find a Toolkit behind the house. If you check a house in the southeast, you can find a Bandage in a wooden crate behind it.

New Game+ On a workbench by the house, you will find a Letter to Kumiko.

Follow the path as it makes another turn. To the left, you can find an Arare (⛩10) on top of a barrel. To the north, you will find the Omamori [Suzuran] in a crate behind the house, guarded by an enemy.

If you climb the stairs next to the house, you will find Red Capsules at the dead end.

New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle The fifth Jizo statue is at the top of the stairs next to the house. You will also find a Clinical Trial (2) on a bench next to the statue.

More enemies will await you near the next house. On a bench behind the house, you will find a Bandage.

New Game+: Sacred Sword Puzzle (for Endings 2 and 3) Find Dad's Old Kitchen Knife stuck in a tree behind the house. Return to the statue and interact with it to offer the knife (5/5). Once you've completed all five offerings, it's time to come to the divine tree at the forgotten shrine, which is a long way across the forest to the southwest. When arriving, Hinako will find the Sacred Sword at the base of the tree. This completes the Sacred Sword Puzzle. Trophy/Achievement: The Malevolent Blade Never Rusts Obtained the Sacred Sword after uncovering its legend.

To the northwest, you can find the oldest Inari-sama shrine at the top of the long stairs. In front of the altar, you can find a Strict Mother’s Letter (1) and Inari Sushi (⛩150).

New Game+ and New Game++: Sacred Sword Purification (for Endings 2 and 4) With the Sacred Sword in your possession, you can now perform the purification ritual at this shrine. If you have completed the Crimson Water puzzle in the Main Hall previously, the water in the basin will be red, allowing you to perform the ritual. Interact with the basin to put the sword inside and purify it to receive the Purified Sacred Sword. Trophy/Achievement: Be Free of Your Hatred Purified the Sacred Sword.

Continue southeast. Grab a Bandage on a crate at the corner of the house and go behind it, as the path ahead is blocked. You will be ambushed by more enemies here. Past the house, you can find a Divine Water (⛩50) on a workbench. Duck under a tree, head east, and you will be back in the town.

Go through town and head to the Shimizu residence

You can find a Steel Pipe on a bench in an alley to the south. Go east and find Red Capsules on top of a wooden crate at the corner. Go north, grab a Bandage from a bench at the corner and enter the park to the north.

Investigate the park

Watch a flashback scene in the playground. Then you can check the area to find a Higashi (⛩80) on one of the benches and a Letter from a boy on the slide's ladder.

New Game+ An Old Medical Record (2) is on a bench in the playground area.

Proceed to the east.

Go through town and head to the Shimizu residence

To the south, you can grab Red Capsules in a crate in a small alcove to the left, a Chocolate (⛩80) on a pile of bags to the right, a Toolkit at the house's entrance to the left, more Red Capsules further to the south and a radio that you can play. Finally, at the end of the alley, you will find a Dried Carcass (⛩200) in a crate guarded by a monster.

Proceed north. At the end of the alley to the right, you will meet another enemy and an Arare (⛩10) in a wooden crate. To the west, one more monster and a Divine Water (⛩50) on a bench behind the house. A Bandage is next to another house on a plant stand a little bit to the north. Enter the house yard to the east to find Red Capsules and a Strict Mother’s Letter (5) on a porch.

New Game+ A Diary of Revenge (5) and the Upgrade: Ema are inside the Inari-sama box in the same yard.

Enter the alley to the northeast to find a Strict Mother’s Letter (2) at the corner of the wooden fence.

Further to the east, there's a Hokora shrine. You can find more Red Capsules at the end of the alley on a blue truck. Continue north, grab a Kitchen Knife stuck in the notice board if you need a new weapon and fight another hatcher monster. On the southern edge, you can also find a Bandage on the ground next to a house. Start climbing the stairs to the north.

Return to the Shimizu residence

At the end of the short path to the left, you can find a Higashi (⛩80).

New Game++: Ancient Jizo Statue (for Ending 4) Before going through the house at the top of the stairs, take the right path to find another Jizo statue that is now accessible. Interact with the statue and offer your Brooch to fulfill one of the requirements for Ending 4. Trophy/Achievement: A Gift I Cannot Accept Offered the Brooch to the ancient Jizo Statue. To the statue's left, you will also find the Upgrade: Ema on a rock. This Ema is the last one to collect in the game.

Inside the fenced yard, grab an Arare (⛩10) from a bicycle basket. Near the entrance, there's a Sickle stuck in the ground, and to the north of the house, there's a Toolkit guarded by a monster. Exit the yard onto the mountain path.

Before heading to Hinako's house, you can explore the area to the south for some valuable items, although expect a pack of monsters roaming the streets. There's a Bandage on top of a box next to the first house. By the fox shrine to the north, there are Red Capsules. More Red Capsules are on a bench behind the house to the east.

More monsters will meet you at the bottom of the mountain path, but don't turn yet. A First Aid Kit is on a bench next to the house to the north. Red Capsules are on a bench next to a house to the south. Enter the yard to find a couple more enemies, Research Notes on Kakuramakakura on a low wall and a Toolkit in the back.

Return to the path and enter the town. Red Capsules are on a plant stand next to the first house to the left. A Sledgehammer is leaning onto a house's column to the right. Make a turn at the blue track and find more Red Capsules on a low wall. Continue east and find a Chocolate (⛩80) in the bicycle basket. Finally, at the dead end, you will find the Upgrade: Ema on a bench.

With this prize in hand, return to the mountain path, but beware the giant ara-abare monster that will ambush you as you pass the blue truck.

To the north of the Hokora shrine, check the house to the west to find a Bandage on a bench. By the house to the north, more monsters and an Arare (⛩10) on a stone fencepost. A Bandage is on a plant stand near the next house. Before entering Hinako's house, you can also check the area to the north, but you will need to fight a couple of monsters. At the house to the north, you will find a Chocolate (⛩80) at the front and a Yokan (⛩30) in the back. Return to the Shimizu residence, grab red capsules in front of the entrance and enter the house.

Note: In New Game+, your ending will be locked upon entering the Shimizu residence, depending on the requirements you fulfilled for the new endings and cannot be changed after that.

09. Dark Shrine Main Hall

11. Shimizu Residence