Silent Hill f Middle School Walkthrough and Guide

Enter Ebisugaoka Middle School - Silent Hill f Guide

Head up the stairs to the Middle School, where a cutscene shows the gates to the mountain locked. Shu suggests the key might be hidden somewhere inside the school, prompting the group to enter. However, Rinko expressed feeling tired and stays behind with Shu, leaving Hinako to search for the key on her own.

Get the Broken Japanese Geta Sandal in New Game+

For New Game+ playthroughs, close to the entrance of the school is the offering for the third Jizo Statue. The Broken Japanese Geta Sandal can be found in the bridge repair site east of the middle school.

Explore Ebisugaoka Middle School - Stairwell Puzzle Solution

In order to explore the school, you'll have to solve the stairwell puzzle by locating the second floor key and gain access to the upper floor. This method has key differences depending on your Puzzle Difficulty.

Obtain the Sledgehammer Weapon

While exploring the school garden, you can pick up a Sledgehammer on top of a bench located next to a small shed on the western side of the area. This is a significant upgrade to the Steel Pipe as it deals slow yet powerful attacks, which will be helpful in later encounters as you explore the school and mountains.

Classroom Puzzle Box Guide - Silent Hill f Solutions

Pick up the Unopened Envelope on the second-row desk, which will serve as the clue for unlocking the Secret Box beside it. To solve the puzzle, uncover all panels and match the symbols to the items mentioned in the letters three times.

You can check your journal at any point to review the clues; they remain the same across all difficulties, with the only difference being that the key phrase is highlighted in red on Story mode. Solving the puzzle rewards you with the Second Floor Classroom Generic Key and plays a cutscene after attempting to leave the room.

Explore the School's Second Floor - Silent Hill f Walkthrough

Open the door to classroom 3-2 using the generic key, just across the hall from the classroom you left. Examine the book on the teacher's desk to get the Old Annex Main Gate Key and the clue to solving the locker puzzle on the first floor.

Exit classroom 3-2, and open the door to the next to it on the left. You can find the Origami of Grievances at the back of the room, which is another clue needed for the locker puzzle. Exit the second floor by going past the Ayakakashi at the end of the hall, and opening the door behind it.

Locker Room Puzzle Solution - Silent Hill f Guide

After picking up the Locker Room Key from the Old Annex, Head down to the locker room and use the correct code to unlock Asakura Ayumi's locker. Found inside will be the Key Cabinet Key which is used to open the key cabinet located inside the office at the side of the shoe lockers.

The three other lockers in the room are optional and can be unlocked using the same codes for all difficulties. They contain useful items such as the Wolf Omamori and a School Bag which increases your inventory capacity by one.

Obtain the Key to the Mountain - Silent Hill f Progression

Exit the locker rooms and make your way to the office beside the shoe lockers near the school entrance. Hostile Ayakakashi will be roaming the halls, so stay alert and avoid unnecessary fights, as their numbers can quickly overwhelm you. Once inside the side office, unlock the Key Cabinet to obtain the Key to the Back Mountains.

Get the Rabbit Omamori in New Game+

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The Rabbit Omamori can be obtained in during New Game Plus. Exit the school from the eastern window on the first floor, then head west. Enter the classroom through the window to find a box containing the Diary of Revenge and the Rabbit Omamori.

Head Back to Shu and Rinko - Silent Hill f Story Progression

Leave the office and make your way back to the classroom where Shu and Rinko are waiting. A cutscene plays as you enter, showing Rinko nestled a little too close to Shu, who awkwardly pulls away the moment Hinako steps inside.

After handing over the Mountain Gate Key, Rinko insists that Hinako take a moment to rest. Though hesitant, Hinako finally gives in, her weary body sinking into the classroom's uneasy silence. Upon waking up, she finds herself once more in the suffocating gloom of the Dark Shrine's Worship Hall.

Middle School Puzzles - Silent Hill f Complete Guide

Middle School Bosses and Enemies - Silent Hill f Combat Guide

The school's courtyard will be crawling with threats, including the Kashimashi, Ara-Abare, and the Vomiting Monster, where most of the stairwell puzzle items are located. Direct confrontation is risky, so focus on dodging through their attacks as you navigate the area.

Meanwhile, the Ayakakashi will initially appear docile inside the school, but grow increasingly hostile as you get closer to obtaining the mountain gate key.

Ara-abare

Ayakakashi

Kashimashi

Vomiting Monster

Middle School Collectibles and Missables - Silent Hill f Completion Guide

Sacred Sword Item Locations

Broken Japanese Geta Sandal

During your New Game Plus Chapter 5, before you reach the mountain behind Ebisugaoka Middle School, go to the hidden path by the school entrance. At the end of that path are some wooden planks and a box containing the Broken Japanese Geta Sandal.

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Hidden Omamori Locations

Rabbit Omamori

Found in the room west of where Shu and Rinko are at Ebisugaoka Middle School, only in NG+.

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Wolf Omamori

Obtained by using the code 377 on Tsuchiya Taiko's locker in Ebisugaoka Middle School.

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Inventory Upgrade Locations

School Bag

The School Bag can be found inside the 3rd locker inside the Ebisugaoka Middle School. You'll need to find the code to this locker to open it but you can input the code 505 to unlock it immediately.

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Ema Locations

1st Run Ema

Found in the Courtyard while exploring Ebisugaoka Middle School.

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