Where to find all prison weights in Silent Hill 2 and where to put them

The Silent Hill 2 weights puzzle for the scale in Toluca prison guides you through the whole area, as you open serpent, ox, boar and dove doors by finding and then balancing various weights on the scales.

It's less a puzzle and more of a route as finding a new weight unlocks a new door, which then lets you find a new weight, open a new door and so on. Once you have all six you can then take on the gallows puzzle behind the scale.

Below, I'll cover this process in detail, showing you where to find all the weights in Toluca Prison, how to solve the prison yard scale puzzle each time you do, and how to open all the animal-themed doors in Silent Hill 2 Remake that it's linked to.

All Silent Hill 2 prison weight locations

There are six weights in the Silent Hill 2 prison to find and then balance on the yard scale. You only need to find five of them though as one is already on the scale when you first discover it. Below I've got a basic run down of each weight's location in the prison, in the order you need to find them. I'll cover the finer details after this but it's worth knowing that you can only find the weight in this order due to how they open doors when used on the scale.

The Silent Hill 2 Prison Yard scale puzzle solution

The SH2 scale in the prison is tied to the four doors, each with an animal on it that are found around the main section of the prison on the fourth floor. Setting the scales with specific weight placements will open a door marked by the indicator above the scales. This means you can only have one of the animal doors open at a time, but you won't need them to be open simultaneously in the Silent Hill 2 Remake.

As you find more weights behind other doors you'll be able to shift the scales into different positions and open more doors to get more weights. Below I've explained all the combinations, with the weights numbered 1-6 based on weight, and whether you need to put them on the left or right scale. If you don't see a weight represented, don't place it on either scale.

If you're not sure what weight you're using, just move it back down to the "unassigned" slots at the bottom and it will automatically snap back to the set position.

How to get the heaviest weight in Silent Hill 2

The heaviest weight is the only one you don't need to open any doors to retrieve. It's found in the Chapel on the Prison 1F, simply resting on the altar ahead of you as you enter the room.

How to get the medium weight in Silent Hill 2

The medium weight is in the Death Chamber of the Prison 1F Serpent Section, which you access by opening the Headless Serpent Door with the scales in the yard.

You need to follow the path inside around until you reach the Witness Room. There, you'll be able to see an electric chair in the Death Chamber through a glass partition, but the connecting door is locked. You'll need to solve the Silent Hill 2 Remake Electric Chair puzzle. The key is to flick the switches so that the power rises to red, then pull the main switch - our guide will explain how.

Once that's done, you can move through into the Death Chamber - the medium weight is on the chair itself (don't worry, it's not electrified).

How to get the heavy weight in Silent Hill 2

The heavy weight is in the Showers on Prison 2F, specifically inside a hole in the Eastern wall. To find it, you first need to open the Hornless Ox door, then complete the following progression:

1. Heard to the Guard Room and get the Block D Key on the table.
2. Use the key to open the door West of cell C6, next to the stairs.
3. Move to cell D5 and get the Shiv Key from the little box.
4. Use the Shiv Key to open Cell C4 and squeeze through the walls into the toilets.
5. Progress through into the Showers and put your arm in the hole in the wall to get the heavy weight.

At this point, no matter how much you might have hit them already to check, the monsters in the room will come to life and you'll have to fend them off. Still, once you're clear, you'll be free to return to the scales and progress.

How to get the light weight in Silent Hill 2

The light weight is in the highest part of the Prison, the 3F Warden's Office. To reach it, you'll need to open the Eyeless Boar door to enter the Boar Section of the Prison, then get the Upper Floor Key from the nameless room above the Infirmary.

You can use this to open the stairwell South of the men's bathroom, then head up the stairs to the Warden's Office. Here you'll find a typewriter with the word "SICK" written over and over - write it one more time to open the drawer beneath and get the light weight as a reward.

How to get the lightest weight in Silent Hill 2

The final task is to get the lightest weight, found in Cell F6 of the Prison Basement. To do so, you need to do the following:

1. Use the scales to open the Wingless Dove Door and head through it into the Basement section.
2. Circle around to Cell F15 - opposite this will be a small hole in the wall you can crawl through into an unnamed room.
3. Interact with the control panel with the red lights to set both F5 and F6 to green.
4. Head back out the main area to Cell F6, which is now open.
5. Pick the Lightest Weight on the floor.
6. Head to Cell F9 and smash the wall to squeeze into Cell F10.
7. Climb up the ladder and through the door to reach 1F again.

Once you have all the weights you can progress by setting the scales to the middle - the icon of the sword - as distributed in the first table above. This will unlock a new puzzle to be solved, concerning the gallows puzzle past the scale itself. What, you thought you were done with puzzles? As we laid out in our Silent Hill 2 Remake review, this place is absolutely chock-full of them.

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