How to solve the Silent Hill 2 Remake Gem Box puzzle

The Silent Hill 2 Remake gem box can be solved by finding three gemstones - one blue, one red and one green. Normally finding these gem locations wouldn't be too hard, as the basement they're in isn't exactly large, but at this point you don't have your weapons and there are giant monsters crawling around on the ceiling. So it's not exactly easy, and you'll have a much better chance of survival if you know where to go. If you want to solve the gem box puzzle 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

To solve the gem box puzzle in Silent Hill 2 you need to find three gems in the Hotel Basement and plug them into the gem box. Once you have them all changing what socket of the box they're placed in will move sections of the symbol around in the middle. The goal here is to recreate the symbol on the whiteboard behind the gem box. 

To do that in Silent Hill 2 Remake, place the gems in the following sockets, as shown below and shown on the image above:

• Green Gemstone: Upper left corner
• Red Gemstone: Upper right corner
• Blue Gemstone: Lower left corner

Place the gems correctly to create the symbol and you'll be given the code to the safe back near the door in the Break Room. Keep in mind that this is as the puzzle appears on Standard / Normal puzzle difficulty - it might change along with other difficulties.

To do this though you'll have to find the gems first so let's look at where they all are next.

All gem locations in Silent Hill 2 Remake

The three gemstones in the Silent Hill 2 Remake are distributed around the hotel basement. The Red Gem is the easiest to get, while the other two will require you to go through a more dangerous area on the South side of the basement.

Here's where to look for all of them:

• Red Gemstone: In a box in the Manager's Room East of the Gem Box puzzle itself.
• Blue Gemstone: Inside a refrigerator in the Freezer Room. You'll need to go through the pantry and down to get inside.
• Green Gemstone: On top of a counter on the South side of the kitchen. You'll need to go through the cafeteria and East to reach this room.

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

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