How to solve the Silent Hill 2 coin cabinet puzzle in Wood Side

The Silent Hill 2 Coin Cabinet puzzle involves finding three coins to act out a series of poems. This is a big, area defining activity, with lots going on to get the parts you need, including at least one other sub-puzzle. Once you have everything you need, there are then multiple poems to decipher, with double sided coins to place according to the answers you get.

There's a lot to do here and it's one of the first times you'll have to deal with multiple overlapping puzzles and problems along the way. So, if you need help finding the coins to solve the Silent Hill 2 Coin Cabinet puzzle, here's how I completed it.

How to solve the Silent Hill 2 coin cabinet puzzle in the Remake

You'll discover the Silent Hill 2 coin cabinet puzzle in Wood Side Apartments, not long after finding the greenish blue car in Silent Hill 2 that gets you the key to get in. It's sitting in a room behind the reception area with a save point. However, to complete it you'll have to explore and basically clear most of the Wood Side apartments area to find all the coins you need.

When you're ready you'll have three coins, one with a Man on, one with a Snake and another with a Woman (I've listed the locations below to help you find them). Once you have those you'll finally be able to solve the Silent Hill 2 coin cabinet puzzle.

For now though, let's look at the poem solutions and how to use the coins themselves:

First Coin Cabinet poem solution in Silent Hill 2

The first Coin Cabinet poem gives you a location and order to place the coins on the machine to start with:

Three bright holes in the five holes be, first sits the maiden under underneath the tree.
The wind from behind the maiden doth blow, a beautiful flower alone has to grow.
And here comes the man, so sleek and fine, in the pale moonlight his eyes doth shine.

So that means you place the woman coin under the tree, the flower (on the reverse of the snake coin) behind her on the far right so it's 'alone', and the man goes under the moon:

• Slot 1 - Man coin
• Slot 2 - Empty
• Slot 3 - Woman coin
• Slot 4 - Empty
• Slot 5 - Flower coin (the reverse side of the snake coin)

Second Coin Cabinet poem solution in Silent Hill 2

The second Coin Cabinet poem is this:

The man doth approach, his Blade now revealed, his face disappears behind shining steel.
Away from the man the maiden doth flee, towards the flower, away from the tree.

That's this order: the man coin flipped to show a sword in slot 2 and both that and the maiden coin moved one space right:

• Slot 1 - Empty
• Slot 2 - Sword coin (reverse side of the man coin)
• Slot 3 - Empty
• Slot 4 - Woman coin
• Slot 5 - Flower coin (reverse side of the snake coin)

Third Coin Cabinet poem solution in Silent Hill 2

The third Coin Cabinet poem is:

Where once grew a flower, a venomous glee, where once was a maiden, but a stone doth be.
And over her grace the man doth remain, his blade never met the vile serpent's vein.

That sees all coins lined up on the right hand side, with the woman's coin flipped to show a gravestone and the sword flipped back to the man's side.

• Slot 1 - Empty
• Slot 2 - Empty
• Slot 3 - Man coin
• Slot 4 - Grave coin (reverse of woman coin)
• Slot 5 - Serpent coin

Who is to blame in the Silent Hill 2 Remake Coin puzzle?

There's one last poem but, importantly, THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER HERE- whatever you pick here will 'solve' the puzzle regardless:

The Beast who its teeth in her flesh doth bore, He who has failed, She who is no more.
Now unto you falls a grievous chore, who carries the blame for what fate had in store?

This is an entirely open question as whatever you pick will unlock the cabinet and get you the apartment 201 key. This choice ties into the Silent Hill 2 Remake endings, so you might want to check that depending on the ending you're aiming to get.

Whatever you decide, make your choice and move on. With the 201 key, the way ahead is open, eventually leading to the Silent Hill 2 Remake clock puzzle. This is another 'main' puzzle with a series of interconnected challenges that will have you crisscrossing a map to find all the parts you need.

Now let's take a quick look at all the coins and where you find them in Silent Hill 2.

Silent Hill 2 Remake man coin location

The Silent Hill 2 man coin will be the first you can physically get, although you will see another along the way you won't be able to reach just yet. To find this one you'll need to unlock a lot of Wood Side apartments, including using the Silent Hill 2 Remake chute courtyard key to get out of the reception area and access more of the building.

However, it's the Silent Hill 2 Remake Golden Apple that's important here. That earns you access to a room with the Wood Side Safe, which contains the coin. You can check my guide there for more detail on the safe, but the short version is that different pictures on the wall give you the combination 13-7-11, which then opens the safe. That will get you the man coin for this puzzle and a key to get out of the room.

Silent Hill 2 Remake snake coin location

The snake coin is in the pool area you access after meeting Eddie for the first time. This is tied to the story progression so you can't miss it - just check the pram in the middle of the pool once you've killed the lying figures that attack around it.

Silent Hill 2 Remake woman coin location

You should have seen the woman coin right at the start of your exploration of Wood Side apartments, lodged in a garbage chute. You won't be able to get it at that point though and will need to reach the laundry room off room 312 before you can do anything.

Like the Snake coin and meeting Eddie, this is part of your core progression so keep following the path until you find the room with the garbage chute and a pack of juice. To get the snake coin throw the juice down the chute to dislodge the blockage, then go all the way back to the courtyard you opened with the chute key - the coin will be on the floor for you to pick up.

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