Silent Hill 2 codes: All safe combinations and locked door codes

Figuring out the codes can be time-consuming, so we've done all the hard work so you can open them at the earliest possible moment.

Unlocking the safes and other items in the game are a key part of the storyline in addition to obtaining some trophies to add to your collection.

Keep on reading for all the Silent Hill 2 safe codes and which items they unlock.

Silent Hill 2 safe codes: All safe combinations and locked door codes

There are quite a few different locked safes and doors to unlock in the Silent Hill 2 remake. We’ve listed them below in chronological order based on when you should encounter them in your playthrough. Our review has a closer look at what you can expect.

You’ll often have to use a different code to open any locked door or safe (and a couple of other objects), depending on what difficulty you are playing in. We’ve listed them all out below.

Here is the complete list of Silent Hill 2 safe combinations and locked door codes:

East South Vale Grand Market locked door | Code: 4442 (light difficulty) 4444 (standard difficulty) 4446 (hard difficulty) | You’ll find the code on a piece of paper next to a lorry in the south of East South Vale

Woodside Apartments Apartment 206 safe | Code: Right 15, Left 11, Right 13 (light difficulty) Right 13, Left 7, Right 11 (standard and hard difficulty) | You’ll find the clue for the safe code on a wall in the room

Blue Creek Apartments Apartment 202 Moth combination lock (inside locked 'M' door (more on that below) | Code: 582 (light difficulty) 373 (standard difficulty) 522 (hard difficulty) | The clue to open the combination lock can be found on the moths on display (number of symbols on the wings of the moths)

Blue Creek Apartments clock time puzzle | Set the hour hand to 9 to open the H door, set the hour hand at 9 and minute hand at 2 to open the M door and set the hour hand at 9, minute hand at 2 and second hand at 3 to open the S door

West South Vale Jacks Inn safe | Code: 0451 (light and standard difficulty) 0533 (hard difficulty) | You’ll find the code on a memo next to the toolbox within Apartment 107

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Brookhaven Hospital padlock locked cabinet in the Reception Office | Code: 287 (light difficulty) 724 (standard difficulty) 152 (hard difficulty) | Clue is the number of nurses, trees and doctors in the photos

Brookhaven Hospital Nurse's Station locked door | Code: 3578 (light and normal difficulty) 7456 (hard difficulty) | You’ll find the clue on the noticeboard in the Doctor’s Lounge

Brrokhaven Hospital X-ray puzzle and locked door nearby | Code: Right 4, Left 37, Right 12 | Head to the X-Ray Room on the third floor to find the Pelvis Radiograph and memo clue. Head back to the Nurse’s Station (if you didn’t pick it up already) and use the Mold Remover (inside the Pantry on the first floor) to clean the mouldy radiograph. Now you have all of them, head back to the X-Ray Room and solve the puzzle to find the 4, 37, 12 code. You can also skip the puzzle and go straight to the locked door to use that code.

Brookhaven Hospital 3 Bracelets in the Director's Office (see image above) | Code: 92, 45, 71 (top to bottom) | Once you have all three bracelets, arrange them in the right order/position to show this code down the middle of the arm. Use the code to open the Director’s Storage Room, where you'll get the Safe Button (on the desk). Then, put the Safe Button on the Director’s safe in the Director’s Room.

Brookhaven Hospital Director’s safe (see image below) | Code: 92, 45, 71 | Each number represents a symbol. You can find these symbols on the spines of the books in the Director’s Storage Room. Rearrange the books until you have the completed image of a fire-breathing lion, which will put the numbers in the right order. Each symbol on the spine from left to right is 1 to 9. This will be noted on your map in that order. Or just use the image below to skip the book part altogether.

Otherworld Brookhaven Hospital chained box codes | First chained box code (keypad): 9659. Second chained box code (combination lock): 1622

Silent Hill Historical Society Bug Room locked door in the prison | Code: Random combination of the numbers 2, 3 and 9 (will be different each playthrough). You’ll have to try each possible combination from: 239, 293,329,392,923 or 932. One of them will work

Lakeview Hotel Room 205 locked suitcase | Code: DARK WISH (light difficulty) DEED DONE (standard difficulty) LOVE LUST (hard difficulty) | Complete the Bookshelf Puzzle to unlock Room 205 by arranging books in the following order: Wings symbol top left, Eagle symbol top right, Bull symbol bottom left and Lion symbol bottom right

Lakeview Hotel Employee Break Room safe | Code: 7414 | You can find the clue inside the Manager’s Office, within the Gem Box puzzle. Find three gemstones to open the Green Box. The green gemstone is in the Kitchen, the blue gemstone is in a freezer in the Freezer Room and the red gemstone is inside a box inside the Manager’s Room. Match the box by matching the symbol on the painting in the same room by placing the gemstones correctly to open it (green and blue on the left but green above blue and red on top right six slots)

And that's all you need to know! To be honest, though, the doors will be the least of your worries once the monsters start appearing...

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