Room 212 Clock Puzzle (Apartments)
On this page, you will find the complete solution to the Blue Creek Apartments clock puzzle in Silent Hill 2 Remake (2024) on all difficulty levels (light, standard, hard).
You will find a grandfather clock without clock hands at Apartment 212 of the apartment complex. You must find the three hidden clock hands and set them to the right time to proceed. Here's how to solve this puzzle.
Contents
- Collecting the Clock Hands
- Introduction
- Solution:
Collecting the Clock Hands
First, you will need to obtain three clock hands hidden at the apartment complex:
 The Hour Hand is inside the hanging radio in Apartment 307. To get it find the Valve in Apartment 304, attach and use the valve to drop the radio and collect the item. |
 The Minute Hand is inside the toilet in Apartment 210. Destroy the wall to get into the bathroom. |
 The Second Hand is inside a hole in the wall in the bedroom after you solve the moth combination lock puzzle in Apartment 202. |
Introduction
At apartment 212, look for a poem on the small table with a telephone and graffiti on the wall to the left of the clock – these will differ for different riddle difficulty levels, but the answer will be the same.
Light
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Henry takes one step,
steady is his pace.Mildred hurries past,
sleek and full of grace.But then here comes Scott,
bound to win the race.
The three stanzas refer to the three clock hands:
- Henry = Hour
- Mildred = Minute
- Scott = Second
The graffiti graphically shows you the easy solution – simply place the clock hands oriented the same way. Place the hour hand at 9 o'clock, the minute hand at 10 minutes and the second hand at 15 seconds.
Standard
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Henry fears Scott, he’ll run from him and hide,
He’s fled to the west, to the other side.But here comes Mildred, with unknown intent,
Scott lies face down, blind to her descent.
The nicknames for the clock hands are the same:
- Henry = Hour
- Mildred = Minute
- Scott = Second
The first stanza explains that the hour hand is pointing to the west, opposite the second hand, so the hour hand must be placed at 9 o'clock. The graffiti on the wall shows the positions of only two out of three clock hands, but the arrow at the top confirms the direction.
The second hand must be opposite the hour hand at 3 o'clock or 15 seconds. The minute hand appears to be close to it, descending upon it. The graffiti confirms our guess, so place the minute hand at 10 minutes.
As previously deduced, the second hand is opposite the hour hand, so place it at 15 seconds.
Hard
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First comes their leader,
most crucial his quest.
His pace slow, but steady,
he's now heading west.The nimblest one climbed,
stumbled through thin air.
He's not fallen yet,
but he's halfway there.The one that remains,
can't make up her mind.
Twenty five steps ahead,
or five steps behind?
The graffiti is absent, so you can only take hints from the poem. The first stanza describes the hour hand since "his pace slow, but steady." Heading west means pointing to the left, so the hour hand must be placed at 9 o'clock.
To place the minute hand, we need to figure out the position of the second hand first. The poem says it's halfway on its way down, which means it's at the 3 o'clock mark (15 seconds). The minute hand is between them, "twenty five steps ahead and five steps behind". 9 o'clock plus 25 seconds or 3 o'clock minus 5 seconds will equal the 2 o'clock mark. Place the minute hand at 10 minutes.
The second hand is halfway down between 12 and 6 o'clock, so place it at 15 seconds.
The final time for all difficulties will be 9 hours, 10 minutes and 15 seconds.
