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While attempting to escape the strange shrine grounds in the early hours of Silent Hill f, players will be tasked with opening the locked Shrine Vault. This requires a poem to be cross-referenced with specific drawings found around the area, all while outrunning a strange and deadly. Monster. Players might need some guidance while tracking down the correct symbols for this lock. So, allow me to break down how to overcome this puzzle. This guide will show players how to complete the Shrine Vault Puzzle in Silent Hill f.
How to Complete the Shrine Vault Puzzle in Silent Hill f
The Shrine Vault Puzzle is found throughout the Shrine Path area, the first zone you explore when you reach the Otherworld. Follow the Fox Mask until you reach the locked shrine at the northeast end of the area.
Head back to the shrine where you got the Kaiken weapon in the center of the area. Next to the stairs is a doll with a small ema leaning against it. This ema will have a poem which you will need to use to figure out the key for the lock. This poem will change depending on your Riddle Difficulty.
After interacting with the doll, a cutscene will play where a faceless monster will appear. This monster is blind and will only track you when it stops and listens for your footsteps. You can fight this thing and can “kill” it, but it will resurrect after some time. The only way to fully defeat this creature is to solve the puzzle.
There are 3 areas in the western part of the area with several walls lined with tons of emas. You will need to find specific emas and flip them around to look at the symbol on the back. Finding the emas and organizing them in the order of the poem will reveal the solution for the Vault Shrine puzzle. The locations of these ema locations are randomized and the symbols on the back will change depending on your Puzzle Difficulty, but these symbols remain the same when playing on a certain difficulty. This means that if you know the symbols for a given difficulty, you can just enter them into the lock to progress. On your first playthrough, you will also need to find a Combination Lock Dial. When you flip the final ema, you will find the Combination Lock Dial
Like most of the puzzles in the game, the Shrine Vault Puzzle has 3 different variations depending on the Riddle Difficulty you selected. We have broken down the solutions to this puzzle for all of the different difficulties.
Story Difficulty
When you’re on Story Difficulty, the ema poem is the following:
Send forth to the sky a crane;
to the earth, a serpent;
and to the spring, a tortoise.
You will need to find the ema with the white crane on it. Flip it around and take note of the symbol on the back.
Next, find the ema with the blue serpent. Flip it around and take note of the symbol on the back.
Finally, look for the tortoise ema. When you flip the ema, you will find the final symbol for the solution.
You can open your journal to check the solution to the puzzle after finding all of the symbols.
Head back to the Shrine Vault and enter the symbols in the correct order as the poem to open the lock and gain access to the shrine. You can now enter the shrine and get the key inside. You can then take the key to the north end of the area to escape the Shrine Path area.
Hard Difficulty
On the Hard Difficulty, the ema poem is the following:
Lightning cast down from the heavens split asunder the decayed tree.
From the earth grows kudzu, the prophet of eternal prosperity.
You will need to find the ema with the lightning on it. Flip it around and take note of the symbol on the back.
Next, find the ema with the dead tree with the moon behind it. Flip it around and take note of the symbol on the back.
Finally, look for the ema with the Kudzu, a purple flower shown in the first image below. When you flip the ema, you will find the final symbol for the solution.
You can open your journal to check the solution to the puzzle after finding all of the symbols.
Head back to the Shrine Vault and enter the symbols in the correct order as the poem to open the lock and gain access to the shrine. You can now enter the shrine and get the key inside. You can then take the key to the north end of the area to escape the Shrine Path area.
Lost in the Fog Difficulty
When you’re on Lost in the Fog Difficulty, the ema poem is the following:
To those corrupted souls who dare encroach upon our sacred land, may be met with calamity and destruction.
The Yokai of Carriage had their heads removed.
The Yokai of the Umbrella, their arms.
And the Yokai of the Kettle, their legs.
Only the losses of each shall purify this corruption.
You will need to find the ema depicting a strange carriage with faces on it. This is the first Yokai. Flip it around to find 4 symbols on the back.
Next, find the ema with the that has the Yokai that is in a strange triangle shape. This is the Yokai of the Umbella. Flip it around to find 4 symbols on the back..
Finally, the ema that depicts the Yokai of the Kettle shows a strange figure pictured below. Flip it around to find 4 symbols on the back.
You can open your journal to check the solution to the puzzle after finding all of the symbols. You will need to take note of what needs to be “removed” from each Yokai in the hint to figure out which symbol is the of the 4 shown is the right one. Since the Yokai of the Carriage has 2 faces, the top answer is the second symbol. The Yokai of the Umbrella has 4 arms, so the middle option is the fourth symbol. Finally, the Yokai of the Kettle has 3 legs, so remember the third symbol.
Head back to the Shrine Vault and enter the symbols in the correct order as the poem to open the lock and gain access to the shrine. You can now enter the shrine and get the key inside. You can then take the key to the north end of the area to escape the Shrine Path area.
You now know how to complete the Shrine Vault puzzle in Silent Hill f. Stay tuned to Gameranx for more news, updates, and guides for Silent Hill f as well as other great games in the future.
