Shimizu Residence

Welcome to the eleventh chapter of the complete walkthrough guide for Silent Hill f, covering 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	2	1	-
Inventory upgrades	1	-	-
Inari-sama's seals	-	1	-
Documents	-	1	-

Key Summary

Shimizu Residence I

Go to the right corridor to find a locked door and a Calendar next to it.
Back in the starting corridor, investigate a door with the mechanism and a scroll next to it – this is Hinako's room. You will need to find three crests to solve this puzzle.
- Antique Comb (⛩300) can be found on a shelf in the southern corridor.
- Dried Carcass (⛩200) is on a pillow in the northeastern room, next to the end door.
A northern room in the middle of the residence contains the Ominous Photo Puzzle. You will need to find a missing photo first to solve this puzzle.
- New Game+: Diary of Revenge (6) and Upgrade: Ema are inside the Inari-sama box in the room to the south of the room with the Ominous Photo Puzzle.
Place the Calendar next to the door at the end of the starting corridor and proceed through the door to the next version of the residence.

Shimizu Residence II

Go to the right corridor and reach a storage room in the southeast to find a Picture Frame inside.
- Shriveled Abura-age (⛩500) is on a box across the storage room.
Return to the starting corridor and go through the first door to the left.
- Dried Carcass (⛩200) is on a crate in the first room.
Go through two rooms to reach the southern corridor.

Upgrade: Ema. Enter the southeastern room across the corridor to find this item on a podium.

Enter the dining room to the north to pick up a Yellowed Calendar on a table after a flashback scene. Return to the starting corridor.
New Game+: The Yellowed Calendar will be beneath the window in Hinako's room in the starting corridor to the right if you are on the path to Ending 2 or 4.
New Game+: The Yellowed Calendar will be on a table in the parents' room in the northwest if you are on the path to Ending 3.
Proceed to the northern corridor and enter the last room to the left to find the Scales Puzzle. Balance the scales by placing all five dolls to solve the puzzle:
- Ending 1: Place the headless doll on one side and the other four on the other side.
- New Game+. Ending 2: Place the headless and the half-mask dolls on one side and the other three on the other side.
- New Game+. Ending 3: Place the schoolgirl and the half-mask dolls on one side and the other three on the other side.
- New Game++. Ending 4: Place the schoolgirl doll on one side and the other four on the other side.
Take the Scales Plate after solving the puzzle.
Place the Yellowed Calendar by the door at the end of the starting corridor and proceed to the next version of the residence.

Shimizu Residence III

Proceed down the corridor and enter Hinako's room to the right. Examine a bookshelf in the corner to find a Block of Wax inside a diary on the bottom shelf.
- Shriveled Abura-age (⛩500) is on a corner shelf in the room at the end of the eastern corridor.
- Dried Carcass (⛩200) is in a chest of drawers in the last northern room.
Go all the way around to the west and south.
- Upgrade: Ema is in the northwestern corner at the end of the corridor past the parents' room, by a watering can.
Enter the kitchen from the southern corridor and pick up a Propane Tube from the counter.
- Upgrade: Furoshiki is on a bench in the corner of the kitchen.
Proceed through the door at the end of the starting corridor to return to the first version of the residence.

Shimizu Residence I

Go to the kitchen in the southern corridor and connect the Propane Tube to the stove. Put the Block of Wax inside the bowl to melt it and receive the Fletching Key.
Proceed to the room with the photos to place the missing Picture Frame on the wall and solve the Ominous Photo Puzzle. Check the collective photo to find some faces crossed out and flip their portraits upside-down:
- Ending 1: Flip Hinako's portrait upside-down.
- New Game+. Ending 2: Flip the portraits of Hinako's friends upside-down.
- New Game+. Ending 3: Flip the portraits of Hinako's parents and Sakuko upside-down.
- New Game++. Ending 4: Flip everyone's portraits except Hinako's upside-down.
Pick up the White Bird and Fox Plate after solving the puzzle.
Proceed to the third version of the residence.

Shimizu Residence III

Return to the door with the bird pattern in the southern corridor and use the Fletching Key to enter. Pick up the Black Bird and Sword Plate after the flashback scene.
- Omamori [Cuckoo] will be found on the bloody desk in a secret room in the northeast that becomes accessible after finding any two crests.
Return to the first version of the residence.

Shimizu Residence I

Approach the door with the mechanism to solve Hinako's Room Puzzle:
- Ending 1:
  - Left – Sword
  - Top – Heavens
  - Bottom – Blank
  - Right – Fox
- New Game+. Ending 2:
  - Left – Scales
  - Top – Fox
  - Bottom – Blank
  - Right – Black Bird
- New Game+. Ending 3:
  - Left – White Bird
  - Top – Sword
  - Bottom – Blank
  - Right – Scales
- New Game++. Ending 4:
  - Left – White Bird
  - Top – Blank
  - Bottom – Heavens
  - Right – Black Bird
Enter the room and pick up the Pine Tree Emblem.
Go to the eastern corridor and use the emblem to proceed through the locked door.
- Antique Comb (⛩300) is on a chest of drawers to the right of the Hokora shrine.
Enter the next door for a boss fight.
- Trophy/Achievement: Just Shut Up for Once, Dad! Defeat Hinako's father before her mother.