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The Moth Room, also known as the"M"room, inSilent Hill 2 Remakehas a puzzle tied to finding the combination of a padlock you must solve to move forward. This puzzle changes depending on your game’s difficulty, but the method for finding the solution always remains the same. You must be observant and follow the clues next to the padlock to discover the right answer.
You’ll reach the Moth Room when James explores the eerie Blue Creek apartments in pursuit of his wife. The blue door marked up with the letter"M"over and over leads into a space filled with moths flying around or dead on the floor. Interacting with the padlock to your right will give you a closer look at the combination you have to find, as well as your first clue.
Thegameplay ofSilent Hill 2 Remakechanges the clue of this puzzle slightly if you are playing on Hard difficulty as opposed to Standard or Light. Puzzles are typically more complex on higher difficulties.
Solving The Moth Puzzle
Break Open A New Path
While inspecting the padlock, you’ll notice that each number has a carved math problem next to it depicting different symbols. There are three symbols in total, which can be defined as:
The only way to solve the Moth Room puzzle is tofind out how many Circle, Crescent Moon, and Skull symbols are on the large dead moths on display around the area. This will give you the total number value of the icons being used in the math problems next to the padlock. Once you have numbers you can substitute into the equations, you can find easy solutions to form the lock’s combination.
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Just inspecting the Moth Room will reveal a large moth on the chair behind the padlock, which you’re able to investigate closer. The close-up view of this displayed moth will show how its wings have symbols forming on them.Count the number of symbols you seeandadd them to the total number of the same symbol you notice on other displayed moths in the room.
Some of the moths you check will have broken wings with only some of a symbol appearing.Only count a symbol if it is fully visibleon any of the dead moths you see.
There are other moths you may inspect within the room, especially if you havesettings forSilent Hill 2 Remakethat brighten the space somewhat. A nearby display case has three moths, while another sits on a pedestal. You have tobreak a nearby wallto reveal a path leading to a trolley at the end of the corridor that leads to another display further away from the Room itself.
Go past the furniture at the end of the hall you open up by destroying the wall in the Moth Room. From here, go left once you get near the trolley and look around until you see the final moth display case. You canmove a bookshelf out of the wayto reveal all the moths in the display case, which you can then inspect to add up more symbols on the dead insects' wings.
Moth Puzzle Answer (Standard Difficulty)
Solve Simple Equations For The Solution
Once you’ve counted up the number of Skulls, Circles, and Crescent Moons on every moth, return to the padlock. On Standard difficulty, the equations will be pretty simple, only adding or subtracting two of the totals you’ve found together. You shouldalways find a total of 5 Circle symbols, 2 Skulls, and 8 Crescent Moonsfrom the moths you inspect, on any ofSilent Hill 2 Remake’s difficulty settings.
The combination will form out of every answer you get from each equation, looking something like this:
1st Number
8 - 5
3
2nd Number
5 + 2
7
3rd Number
5 - 2
For a visual guide on where to find all the right totals for each symbol and to confirm the padlock combination on Standard difficulty, check out the above video by YouTube creatorGame Guides Channelbelow!
The padlock combination is373, which you’re able to align in the right order based on the equations you solved. Doing this will dissolve the padlock, allowing you to progress further throughSilent Hill 2’s new story elementsand haunting atmosphere. However, those who are playing on Hard difficulty will have to solve different equations to move forward.
Moth Puzzle Answer (Hard Difficulty)
Keep Numbers And Do More Math
Thankfully, thenumber of total symbols on moths remains the sameno matter what difficulty you explore the Moth Room. In Hard mode, there are still 5 Circles, 2 Skulls, and 8 Crescent Moons, butthe equations next to the padlock change. With these new equations, all you have to do is solve some slightly more complex math, leading to these solutions instead:
8 + 2 - 5
5
5 x 2 - 8
2
[2 + 8] / 5
Like many of thebest survival horror games, this puzzle teaches you to explore your surroundings as you continue your journey. Those who solve the Moth puzzle inSilent Hill 2 Remakewill have more riddles to figure out as they progress through the story with the lessons they’ve learned.
