Mini-Puzzles

Garbage Chute (Wood Side)

Location: Wood Side Apartments, Laundry Room 2F
Requires: Canned Juice: In front of room 107 in the east 1F hallway.

Approach the garbage chute where the stuck garbage is in the second floor laundry room and use the Canned Juice from your inventory to knock it loose. Return to the stairwell, descend to 1F and leave through the front entrance. Follow James' left around the corner to the bottom of the garbage chute where you'll find the Coin [Old Man] and a newspaper article.

Shower Drain (Brookhaven)

Location: Brookhaven Hospital, Shower Room 3F
Requires:

• Bent Needle: In the teddy bear inside the Women's Locker Room 2F.
• Piece of Hair: Inside the "Louise" Box, room S14 3F.

Standing in front of the drain, combine and use the Bent Needle and Piece of Hair from your inventory to acquire the Elevator Key from the drain.

Fallen Fridge (Brookhaven)

Location: Brookhaven Hospital, Day Room 2F

James cannot open this fridge himself and instead requires Maria's help. To retrieve Maria, head to the hospital's basement and she'll barge right in after you move the shelf and try to descend the ladder.

Lady of the Door (Brookhaven)

Location: Nightmare Hospital, 3rd Floor
Requires:

• Copper Ring: On the floor in the basement's basement, down the ladder after moving the shelf.
• Lead Ring: Inside the fallen fridge in the Day Room 2F, acquired with Maria's help.

Upon checking the patient wing stairwell door on the third floor, you'll find there's a lady drawn on it who has 3D hands protruding from the door, as if wanting you to use them in some way.

Although it's simple enough to just guess what to do here, the only real hint was mentioned in the room S11 memo about the "Lady of the Door", which reads with broken punctuation as follows:

She is an angel no one knows only
I can see the Lady of the Door
they cannot walk along her Bridge
of Thread they fall from the weight
of their crimes.

Like bloated and ugly corpses
their sins she devours them
sin and sinner alike she saves
me she is an angel."

Note the one part, "Like bloated and ugly corpses their sins she devours them". If you examine the two rings you acquired, the lead one has a "disgusting, bloated" face on it while the copper one has a spider, which can also be interpreted as ugly perhaps. And there you go, it's as simple as that.

Go ahead and combine and use the Copper Ring and Lead Ring on the door (combining is optional but faster) to unlock it.

Praying Woman Statue (Rosewater Park)

Requires: Wrench: Found on the porch of a house on the west side of Lindsey Street, just north of Gonzale's Mexican Restaurant (during nighttime).

Find the statue at the west side of the park and examine the exposed dirt behind it to dig. Then use the Wrench from your inventory once the tin box has been exposed to acquire the Old Bronze Key inside it.

Stuck in a Well (Historical Society)

Once down in the well, approach and examine every foot or so of brickwork. James will explain it's just a wall that would be impossible to climb, but when you find the right spot he'll say it feels different like it could be broken. Equip the Steel Pipe or Wooden Plank and smack that spot until the bricks collapse, revealing an exit door.

The "different" patch is approximately 135 degrees to the left from the exact spot James faces after standing, or one-quarter turn plus another half-quarter turn.

Tablet Scaffold (Toluca Prison)

Location: Toluca Prison, Courtyard
Requires:

• Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig": On the table at the back of the cafeteria.
• Tablet of "The Seductress": Inside the northeast open shower in the shower room, west corridor.
• Tablet of "The Opressor": On the bed in the 7th cell from the east in the north cellblock.

In the eerie courtyard you'll find a scaffold with three square depressions and illustrations of two Pyramid Heads involved in an execution. An inscription reads:

I give you blood to atone
for the Three Sins.

Simply put, just insert the three tablets, Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig", Tablet of "The Seductress" and Tablet of "The Opressor", in any order. Combine and use them all at once for the quickest resolution.

Once inserted you'll hear a scream. Turn back and you'll find a Horseshoe on the courtyard door handle.

Floor Hatch (Toluca Prison)

Location: Toluca Prison, Northwest Corridor
Requires:

• Wax Doll: On the bed in the 2nd last cell on the way east, southern cellblock.
• Horseshoe: On the exterior courtyard door after inserting the three tablets into the scaffold.
• Lighter: On the counter of the civilian side of the intact visiting room, accessed from the northwest corridor.

On the other side of the gate in the northwest corridor you'll find a floor hatch with no handle, so you'll need to make your own. To do this, combine and use the Wax Doll, Horseshoe and Lighter.

James will place the Horseshoe in the empty slot, then use the Lighter to melt the Wax Doll in that slot and allow it to harden and hold it in place. Now you can access the prison basement through the hatch.

Wire Door (Labyrinth)

Location: Labyrinth, Across From Entrance
Requires: Wire Cutter: Stabbed into the breaker box by the box of faces, after meeting Maria in the cell. This area is accessed via the path down the southeast ladder in the entrance corridor.

After entering the Labyrinth you'll find a series of wires blocking the doorway ahead of you. You must simply locate and use the Wire Cutter (above) to cut the wires and pass through.

Handcuffed Gate (Labyrinth)

Requires: Key of the Persecuted: On the floor in the place of the wrongly accused man in the corpse room, after solving the Free the Innocent Man puzzle.

Once you find the handcuffed gate blocking the hallway after the Free the Innocent Man puzzle, simply use the Key of the Persecuted you just acquired to open it.

Cloakroom Briefcase (Lake View)

Location: Lake View Hotel, Cloakroom 2F
Requires: "Fish" Key: On the set table in the "Lake Shore" Restaurant on 1F.

Inside the Cloakroom you will find a locked briefcase on the counter. Simply use the "Fish" Key from your inventory to unlock it and get the Key to Room 204 inside.

Employee Elevator (Lake View)

Location: Lake View Hotel, Employee Elevator Room
Requires: Employee Elevator Key: On the table inside room 204 2F.

Inside the Employee Elevator Room, enter the open elevator and an alarm will sound. Check the panel and James will find a note saying the weight allowance is one person. Now examine the shelf in the room and place all your items on it. Remember, you must read the weight allowance note in the elevator before you can use the shelf.

Now re-enter the elevator and use it to descend to the employee-only section of the first floor.

Tin Can (Lake View)

Location: Lake View Hotel, Kitchen BF
Requires: Can Opener: Inside the open safe in the basement Office.

Inside the basement Kitchen you'll find a large tin can on the counter. Use the Can Opener to open it and take a Light Bulb from inside.

Venus Tears Bar Exit (Lake View)

Location: Lake View Hotel, "Venus Tears" Bar BF
Requires:

• Bar Key: Hanging on the boiler in the basement's Boiler Room.
• Light Bulb: Inside the tin can in the basement Kitchen, opened with the Can Opener.

From inside the bar, the front exit will be locked. Despite having the key, James cannot see the keyhole and use it because he does not have his Flashlight. On the bar near the door is a portable lamp. Approach it and insert the Light Bulb to light up the door, then exit with the Bar Key.

Hotel Warp Hallway (Lake View)

Location: Nightmare Hotel, 2nd Floor

Inside the western and eastern 2F hotel corridors after viewing the videotape, accessing certain doors will warp you to in front of others. View the list below to understand which doors warp to where.

• Room 207 >> Room 204
• Room 204 >> Room 207
• Room 202 >> Room 219
• Room 219 >> Room 220
• Room 220 >> Room 207
• Room 212 >> Room 202

The idea here is to get to the east corridor of this floor, which is inaccessible through normal methods. The only door that will warp you there from this corridor is 202. So attempt to enter 202 to warp over to the east wing in front of 219. No rooms are actually open here and some will just warp you back, so don't bother with any more room doors. Instead, continue along to the mideast corridor to access the elevator.

Pyramid Head Eggs (Lake View)

Location: Nightmare Hotel, Lobby

After defeating the Pyramid Head Duo, examine both standing corpses to acquire the Rust-Colored Egg and Scarlet Egg from their hands. The two doors to the south are locked but both contain egg-shaped indentations. Simply insert the Rust-Colored Egg and Scarlet Egg into the doors, upon which both will unlock.

Attic Light Source (Baldwin Mansion)

Location: Baldwin Mansion, Attic
Requires: Matches: On the nightstand in the Kid's Room, Baldwin Mansion 2F.

Climb the dark attic and find the candle on the table right by the stairs. Use the Matches from your inventory to light it and brighten the room, allowing you to find the Birthday Card under the chair.