Silent Hill 2 Remake Director's Office Safe code and puzzle solution

The Silent Hill 2 Remake Director's Office Safe is a puzzle solved using the books in the room opposite to get the code combination, as well as finding the missing button you need to input the answer.

You'll encounter this puzzle not long after you refuel the Silent Hill 2 Remake hospital generator down in the basement, but it'll be a while before you're actually able to complete it as you'll have to first solve the stone hand puzzle nearby first.

I'll explain all that now and, ultimately, how to open the safe in the Director's Office in Silent Hill 2 below. Starting with what to do with the books that have symbols on their spines in the room opposite.

How to open the Hospital Safe in the Director's Office in Silent Hill 2

The Silent Hill 2 Hospital safe can't be opened until you solve everything relating to the hand in the Director's Office in Silent Hill 2. That's a process that will take a while and that guide will lay out all the essential steps to completing that. The short version is you need to find three bracelets around Brookhaven Hospital and arrange them correctly on the hand.

Assuming you've completed the hand puzzle then here's the quick version of how to open the Hospital safe:

1. Finding and placing the bracelets on the hand will make it let go of the Director's Storage Room Key.
2. Use the key on the locked door just to the West of the main office.
3. Inside the locked storage room, you'll find the Safe Button.
4. In the same room, on the right as you enter, are a range of books with symbols on their spines.
5. Working out the correct arrangement for the books will tell you which numbers equate to which symbols.
6. The bracelets on the stone hand you just opened tell you which six numbers are the code.
7. Go back to the safe and insert the Safe Button.
8. Enter the six symbols from the book spines that equate to the numbers on the hand.
9. This will open the safe and give you the key needed to progress the game.

That's a quick run through of everything you need to do. Now lets go over it all in more detail:

Silent Hill 2 Director's Office books puzzle solution

The books in the director's office have to be arranged so that the picture of the fire-breathing lion is in the right order, as shown above. Once you have that in place, it will give you the correct order for which symbols are which numbers.

The code on the hand you revealed by adding the bracelets is 92-45-71. So make a note of that and go to the safe and, using the book symbols to translate it, will give you the following order to press the buttons in:

Put the code in correctly and the safe should open, giving you the rooftop key, which thens allow you to reach the roof area via the staircase on 3F.

If you haven't already at this point, I definitely recommend you make sure you get the Silent Hill 2 Remake shotgun. It might be your last chance to get it and it's one of the best weapons in Silent Hill 2 - great for crowd control and decent damage - so you don't want to miss it and leave it behind.

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