The deeper you explore the locations of Silent Hill 2 Remake, the more complicated your journey becomes. What makes it all the more stressful is the inclusion of puzzles, and you have to solve them to unlock new areas or key items. As you reach the later parts of the game, you will start exploring Toluca Prison. There are two very notable puzzles within the prison, and one of the first ones that you will come across is the weights and scales puzzle.
In this guide we have put together how you can solve the Toluca Prison weights and scales puzzle in Silent Hill 2 Remake, including where to locate all the weight pieces to complete the puzzle.
Weights and Scales Puzzle Location In Silent Hill 2 Remake
You can find the weights and scales puzzle after reaching the Yard in Toluca Prison. This location is unlocked as part of the main story, so you will come across this puzzle as you progress ahead in the game. The scale is initially obscured by a white cloth, remove it to reveal the puzzle. You can also spot four animal figures on the scale and an arrow pointing between them.
Weights And Scales Puzzle Solution In Silent Hill 2 Remake
To solve the Weights and Scales Puzzle, locate a total of 5 weights and bring it to the scale to unlock the animal door across various locations within the prison. Let’s have a look at the location of each of the 5 weights, and the corresponding door that they open
Heaviest Weight Location | How To Unlock Headless Snake Door
Head over to the Chapel in Toluca Prison 1F Main Section and pick up the heaviest weight off the altar table. Head back to the scale and place the heaviest weight on the right side scale and the small weight on the left scale. The pointer on top will land on the Headless Snake, thus unlocking the Headless Snake door.
Medium Weight Location | How To Unlock Hornless Ox Door
Now that you have the Toluca Prison 1F Serpent Section map, make your way to the Death Chamber only to find it locked, and a puzzle staring at you. You need to solve the generator puzzle here to unlock the door. You can get a clue about solving the generator puzzle if you have explored the Guard Room prior. There is a note over there that can help you out.
To solve the generator puzzle, you need to flip the switches in the correct order so they all stay up and supply power. We will be numbering all the switches from left to right as 1 – 6. The correct order to flip them is 6-5-4-5-3-2-1-3-2. You have to flip some switches twice, because in the process of flipping another switch, that switch would have flipped down again. And with that, the Death’s Chamber door is unlocked.
Investigate the Electric Chair to get the Medium Weight, then head back to the scales. On the left scale, place the Heaviest Weight and the Small Weight, then the Medium Weight on the right side. The needle will fall on the Hornless Ox, and you can now access this door.
Heavy Weight Location | How To Unlock Eyeless Boar Door
With the new Toluca Prison 2F map, make your way to the Showers. Put your hand through the hole in the wall to search for the Heavy Weight. You might have to repeat this step 3 times, as you won’t get the Heavy Weight the first time while investigating the hole.
Now you can use the weight to unlock the Eyeless Boar Door. To do that, place the small weight on the left scale and the rest on the right scale. Watch as the needle points towards the Eyeless Boar
Light Weight Location | How To Unlock Wingless Dove Door
Make your way up all the way to Toluca Prison 3F and enter the Warden’s Office. There is a typewriter on the table. Investigate it and press any button 4 times to write the word SICK on the paper. This will unlock the drawer below and you can collect the Light Weight
Back to the scale you go. This time, place the Medium Weight on the right side scale and the rest on the left side scale to unlock the Wingless Dove door.
Lightest Weight Location and Scale Puzzle Solution
This is the final part of the scale puzzle. Enter Cell F6 within Toluca Prison Basement to find the Lightest Wight. To enter the prison, you need to solve a quick puzzle by pressing the buttons on the keypad beside the door. Luckily, this is easy to solve, as you just need to press the gray buttons beside the red bulbs to turn them green. Once inside the prison, check your map to locate Cell F6 and get the final weight.
Make your way back to the scale and arrange all the weights in the following order
- Left Scale: Lightest, Light, and Heavy Weights
- Right Scale: Small, Medium, and Heaviest Weights
With that, you will get the Execution Lever, which you can then use in the upcoming Gallows puzzle within Toluca Prison in Silent Hill 2 Remake. The game has several such puzzles with tantalizingly obscure solutions, and we have put up guides on a few of them, do check them out in case you are stuck at the Grandfather Clock Puzzle, the Locked Briefcase Puzzle or the Hand Bracelet Puzzle.
