Silent Hill 2 Remake, like the original, loves throwing several puzzles at you, and some of them can be quite tough to solve. You will come across one such puzzle at the Lakeview Hotel: the Music Box Puzzle. This one will have you collecting quite a few items, and then work out the right combination to unlock. Also, this is one of those ones where the solution varies with each difficulty.
We have put up a step by step guide below on how to solve the Lakeview Hotel Music Box puzzle in Silent Hill 2 Remake.
Lakeview Hotel Music Box Puzzle Location In Silent Hill 2 Remake
Just as you enter Lakeview Hotel and make it to the lobby, investigate the locked cabinet. Inside it is the music box, but you need to find the Ornamental Key first. Make your way to the save point nearby and investigate the letter boxes on the right side. It is near the check-in counter, so you can’t miss it. Inside the letter boxes is the Ornamental Key, use the key on the cabinet to start the Music Box puzzle.
Steps To Solve The Music Box Puzzle In Lakeview Hotel
Solving the Music Box Puzzle in Lakeview Hotel will have you doing these steps:
- Find the Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Mermaid figurines and place them in the correct slots within the music box.
- Set the disks on the music box in a way that all paths on the disks align with each other to form a seamless path.
- Turn the keys a set number of times to solve the puzzle.
Everything about this puzzle might seem complicated, but we are here to set everything straight. Let’s start by locating all the figurines and work our way down from there.
Cinderella Figurine Location
The Cinderella Figurine is located in the Third Floor Conference Room of Lakeview Hotel. But the figurine is locked within the fireplace. To unlock it, you require two keys; the Room 107 key and the Fireplace Key.
Room 107 key location: You can get the Room 107 key within the conference room itself, on top of the fireplace.
Fireplace Key location: Use the key to enter Room 107 and make your way to the garden. On the gazebo outside is the Fireplace Key.
Collect the key and head back to the fireplace to get the Cinderella Figurine.
Little Mermaid Figurine Location
From Lakeview Hotel 1F, take the stairs and head down to the basement. If you don’t have the basement key yet to unlock this area, you can get it by using the code 7414 on the Break Room safe. The safe can be found in the Employee Section of the map, and you can get to the Employee Section after solving the Briefcase Puzzle and getting the Employee Elevator key.
Once inside the basement, collect the Pump Valve from the Maintenance Room, then make your way to the boiler room. Use the valve outside the Boiler Room to gain access, then pick up the Venus Tears Bar key from inside. Next, make your way to the Venus Tears Bar through the kitchen and use the valve here again to turn off the gas. Inside the bar is a broken jukebox you can investigate to get the Little Mermaid figurine.
Snow White Figurine Location
Solving the Mirror Puzzle in Floor 2F Room 202 will unlock Room 201, where the Snow White Figurine is located. Get the Room 202 key from the second floor Hall, and also pick up the Ripe Apple in this room. You can access this area if you have the Sunrise Wing Key, which can be obtained from the 1F Utility Room.
Inside Room 202 is a glass shard near the bed, as well as a broken mirror on the wall. Place the apple on the table in front of the mirror and start rotating all the glass shards on the mirror first. You need to rotate them in a way where you can place the glass shard you have obtained from the bed within the mirror and make it fit perfectly. Once you are done, you get the Snow White Figurine.
Music Box Puzzle Solution In Silent Hill 2 Remake
Head back to the Music Box puzzle and place all the figurines on top. You don’t need to worry where to place them, they will take the right slots automatically. Next, rotate the disks so that the pathways follow from the figurine and end at the final destination. You can refer to the image above on how to properly place the disks.
For the final part of the puzzle, rotate the three keys at the side of the box. Near the keys are riddles that you can refer to and figure out how many turns each key needs to take. Depending on your difficulty, the riddles will change, and you might have to turn the keys a few times to solve the puzzle.
To make things easier for you, below are the key combinations for the Music Box:
Mode | Key 1 | Key 2 | Key 3 |
Light | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Standard | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Hard | 1 | 1 | 1 |
If done correctly, the 3F Hall Key will fall from the Music Box, giving you access to the top floor of Lakeview Hotel in Silent Hill 2 Remake.
You have now successfully solved the Music Box puzzle in Silent Hill 2 Remake, and there are tons more puzzles to pick up the more you progress in the game. We have covered some of the bigger puzzles like Silent Hill 2 Remake: Armory Key Location In Toluca Prison (& Get The Hunting Rifle) and Silent Hill 2 Remake: All Glimpses Of The Past Locations (Echoes Trophy Guide) that you can check out.