How to solve the Silent Hill 2 Remake Gem Box puzzle

Oct. 11, 2024

The Gem Box requires three gemstones, and the creation of a cult rune symbol

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The Silent Hill 2 Remake gem box in the hotel basement requires you to find the locations of three gemstones - one blue, one red and one green. Normally finding the gems' locations wouldn’t be too hard, as the basement isn’t exactly large, but the fact that you don’t have your weapons and there’s giant monsters crawling around on the ceiling… it’s rough, and you have a much better chance of survival if you know where you’re headed. If you want to solve the puzzle of the gem box in Silent Hill 2 Remake and find all the gem locations, I’ll explain where to look below.

How to solve the Gem Box puzzle in Silent Hill 2 Remake

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To solve the puzzle of the gem box in Silent Hill 2 you need to findthree gems in the Hotel Basement and plug them into the gem box.After that, changing what socket of the box they’re plugged into will move sections of the symbol in the middle - the goal is torecreate the symbol on the whiteboard behind the gem box.

To do so, place the gems in the following sockets, as written below and shown on the image above:

Solve this and you’ll be giventhe code to the safeback near the door in the Break Room. Keep in mind that this is as the puzzle appears onStandard / Normal puzzle difficulty -it might change along with other difficulties.

The three gemstones in theSilent Hill 2 Remakeare distributed around the hotel basement - the Red Gem is much easier to get, but the other two will require you to go through the more dangerous area on the South side of the basement.

After this, you’ll be able to progress through the region (stealing some valves and avoiding more monsters, before getting theLittle Mermaid Figurine,an essential component to completing theSilent Hill 2 Remake music boxin the hotel lobby. You’ll also have to work outhow to get your items back in Silent Hill 2 Remakeafter leaving them behind in the cabinet - we can help with that too!

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