Coin Cabinet Puzzle

In the back office on the 1st floor of Wood Side Apartments in Silent Hill 2 Remake, you will find a cabinet with five circular slots. Here's how to solve this puzzle on all difficulty levels.

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Contents

Collecting the Coins

First, you will need to obtain three coins around the whole apartment complex.

Coin [Man] is found inside the safe in Room 206. To open the safe, you will need to solve a separate puzzle.

Coin [Woman] is stuck inside the clogged garbage chute. Collect the Canned Juice next to the 3F chute access and throw it inside to push it outside. You can then collect the coin in the inner courtyard.

Coin [Snake] is inside a red baby strolled inside the apartment pool. You will be able to get to the pool area through Room 116.

Introduction

Now, before we jump to the solution, let's inspect both the cabinet and the coins.

The moon is depicted in the top left corner of the cabinet. In the middle is the tree, and in the top right corner is the sun. That will be important for the solution.

The coins have two different imprints on their two sides. Inspecting the coins in the inventory reveals exactly which:

  • Man – Sword
  • Woman – Gravestone
  • Snake – Flower

Remember that as you will need to flip the coins as needed.

Light

The cabinet's poem starts with:

Three bright coins in the five holes be,
first sits the Maiden underneath the tree.

The wind from behind the Maiden doth blow,
a beautiful Flower alone has to grow.

And here comes the Man so sleek and so fine,
in the pale moonlight his eyes doth shine.

The Woman is under the tree in the middle. There's a space between her and the Flower to the right as it is behind her. The Man stands beneath the moon.

There are only three usable slots on this difficulty level which makes it very simple. Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
Man ◯ Woman ◯ Flower

The second excerpt reads:

The man draws his Blade, and she froze in fear,
for she did not know the Serpent drew near.

All coins stay in their places. The Man turns into the Sword, and the Flower turns into the Snake.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
Sword ◯ Woman ◯ Snake

The second excerpt reads:

The venomous beast is now lost to the night,
the grand chevalier's grand despair in daylight,
and under the tree, where the maiden dared lay,
a memory now lies, confined to a Grave.

Swap the Snake and the Sword, and flip the Sword to the Man. Not the Snake is "lost in the night" and the Man is in the "daylight". Flip the Woman to the Gravestone which is still under the tree.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
Snake ◯ Grave ◯ Man

The poem concludes:

The Beast who its teeth in her flesh doth bore,
He who has failed, She who is no more.

Now you pass the judgment on figures of play,
which here is the sinner, which carries the blame?

Place any coin, Man, Woman, or Snake, into the top slot to finish the puzzle. It does not matter which – the choice is up to you.

Standard

The cabinet's poem starts with:

Three bright coins in the five holes be,
first sits the Maiden underneath the tree.

The wind from behind the Maiden doth blow,
a beautiful Flower alone has to grow.

And here comes the Man so sleek and so fine,
in the pale moonlight his eyes doth shine.

The Woman is under the tree in the middle. There's a space between her and the Flower to the right as it is behind her. The Man stands beneath the moon.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
Man ◯ Woman ◯ Flower

The second excerpt reads:

The man doth approach, his Blade now revealed,
his face disappears behind shining steel.

Away from the man doth the Maiden flee,
towards the Flower, away from the tree.

The Man moves to the right and takes out his Sword. The Woman also moves to the right closer to the Flower.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
◯ Sword ◯ Woman Flower

The third excerpt reads:

Where once grew a Flower, a venomous glee,
where once was a Maiden, but a stone doth be.

And over her Grave the Man doth remain,
his blade never met the vile Serpent’s vein.

The Flower turns into the Snake, and the Woman turns into the Gravestone. The Man stands next to the woman's grave; his sword was actually destined for the snake.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
◯ ◯ Man Grave Snake

The poem concludes:

The Beast who its teeth in her flesh doth bore,
He who has failed, She who is no more.

Now unto you falls a grievous chore,
who carries blame for what fate had in store?

Place any coin, Man, Woman, or Snake, into the top slot to finish the puzzle. It does not matter which – the choice is up to you.

Hard

The cabinet's poem starts with:

Three bright coins, three actors in play,
yet within the shade, not one doth remain.

The one once so gallant has fled from day's sheen,
as far as he could from the icon of sin.

The one whom he swore to shield in her life,
now lays in a grave, away from his sight.

The Man (one once so gallant) is as far from the sun (day's sheen) and the Snake (icon of sin) as he can. The Gravestone is also far from him.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
Man ◯ ◯ Grave Snake

The second excerpt reads:

His blade strikes that which from the roots doth rise,
followed by guilt and the mark of demise.

The life he once had he has left behind,
where once there was love, now a stone resides.

The Flower rises from the tree's roots, and the man strikes it with the Sword beside it. In his place now is the stone Gravestone.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
Grave Sword Flower ◯ ◯

The third excerpt reads:

He kneels by the crown that casts a cruel shade
onto the visage of her who did fade.

By them not a soul, not a sight, nor sound,
and yet, evil slithers upon radiant ground.

The Man is beside the Woman underneath the tree's crown. The Snake slithers under the sun.

Place the coins as follows:

Moon   Tree   Sun
◯ Man Woman ◯ Snake

The poem concludes:

The Beast that from death and decay had spawned,
He who has failed, She who's now beyond.

Now you pass the judgment on figures of play,
and choose where the burden of sin doth lay.

Place any coin, Man, Woman, or Snake, into the top slot to finish the puzzle. Your choice will affect the ending of the game.