Silent Hill 3 – Complete Walkthrough (Step by Step Guide)

By: Felipe Azevedo – PSWorld Magazine

Published with permission from PSWorld Magazine

SILENT HILL 3 GAME TIPS

HOW TO SAVE? Find the locations with the drawing, position yourself in front of it and press x.

BASIC RULE FOR HORROR. As with most horror games, avoiding enemies is the best way to stay alive. This way, you will use ammunition and items to recover energy and only use them in times of greatest danger, such as against bosses.

SILENT HILL 3 GAME WALKTHROUGH

Note: the following strategy refers to the normal difficulty of the game

PROLOGUE

Enter through the gate ahead and surrender to the monsters. Don’t be scared, because until now everything is just a dream.

SHOPPING CENTER

Head towards the window and examine it to exit. Run down the alley and enter the only available door. Turn right and continue along the corridors until you find the double doors at the end. Follow it and, in the next area, look for a partially raised metal door. Entering, watch the animation (Heather will find a pistol), go behind the counter and go through the door on the right. Unlock the Double Door on the right, but do not enter. Continue to the opposite side, get the map from the message board in front of the elevator and exit into a new hallway. Go left and go through the door at the end. Enter Helen’s Bakery and collect bread holders. Exit, go back through the door you came from and continue left at the fork. Enter the third room on the right and get the key under a wooden pallet using the bread holder. Return to the bakery area, use the key to enter the My Bestsellers bookstore, collect the books that are on the floor and use them in the empty space on the shelf. Place them in different positions to get a sequence of four numbers. As they change with each game, it’s up to you to discover it. When you reveal it, use it on the back door mechanism. After the video, walk until you find an elevator and use it. Wait for lightning to fall from the ceiling and catch it. Turn it on to see if there are any enemies nearby. Exit the elevator and watch the horrifying video.

MACABRO SHOPPING CENTER

Head down the hallway to Heather’s right and continue to the double doors at the end. Enter the lighted hallway, continue right and go to the first door on the left. Check the boxes in the corner of the room to find the lantern. Exit and enter the bathroom next door. Collect the disinfectant bottle and return to the previous hallway. Continue in the same direction as you were, enter through the double doors at the end, visit the store with the metal door raised and collect the hanger and a bulletproof vest. Return to the starting area of ​​the illuminated corridor and enter through the door indicated in the photo. Approach the metal ladder and use the hanger. Go up, walk to the television on the opposite side and go through the door on the left. Just unlock the door at the bottom and leave the place through the same door you entered. Follow the passage next to the store with the television and, at .m, enter the jewelry store. Pick up the nut on a piece of furniture and leave the store. Go up the escalator, go through the first double doors on the right and check the roast dog on the table to get a key. Go down the jewelry store, exit through the back door and go left. Proceed, turn into the first corridor on the right and use the key you got from the dog to enter the cafeteria. Take the iron pipe and exit through the front door. Enter Helen’s Bakery again (the first double door going to the right), go through the opening on the side and take the bottle of detergent on the metal sink. Use the back door to exit. Turn off the fan in the next hallway and enter through the only accessible door. Combine the detergent and disinfectant next to the trash can, next to the door, and turn on the fan as soon as Heather leaves to eliminate any bugs blocking the passage. Progress to the end checking all the doors. Only two are not locked. The first is what matters. Enter through it and exit straight ahead. The place is infested with flying creatures and disgusting dogs, so don’t even think about facing them. Go right until you find a double door. Go in and crack the walnut with the tool on the stretcher to get a gem called a moonstone. Return to the previous area, unlock the door to Heather’s right and go through it. Go back to the third floor (where there is the room with the roast dog), use the moonstone on the door in front of the stairs, go inside, walk to the walkway in the center of the place and go down the metal stairs.

BOSS – GIANT WORM

There are six holes (three on each side of the place) through which the creature exits. She can cross to the opposite side of the room or just stick her head out to try to attack. This is the right time to reach it. Wait for it to open its mouth, shoot three times and wait. If it opens again, land three more shots. Otherwise, get out of the way and let her go the other way. After the battle, go under the metal door to Heather’s right, follow it to the end and exit the mall through the glass door at the end.

SUBWAY

Run forward and turn right at the end of the tunnel. Proceed through the door, walk to the area with pillars, turn left and go through the passage next to the turnstiles. Place the station map on the right and go down the stairs, which are in the opposite direction to the turnstiles. Follow the map and get to platform 1. Escape from the dogs, run left to the opposite wall and go down another staircase. Take the nutcracker and return to platform 1. Return to the upper floor, continue ahead until you see a blue gate closed with a chain (platform 2). Cut it with the nutcracker and enter the new area. Enter the train and collect the rifle. Go down a staircase, advance along the corridor and go down to platform 3 via the second staircase. Walk forward to see a door lit with a red light. Jump onto the rails, check the door and quickly get off the rail, returning to the platform. Walk to the opposite side, open the steel gate, go up one flight of stairs and go down the next. Walk to the end and enter the train through the open door. Proceed through the carriages, eliminating all enemies that appear.

UNDERGROUND PASSAGE

Exit, continue along the platform, enter the door at the end and go down a staircase. Run towards the large door at the bottom and enter. Next, turn left and enter through the first blue door on the right. Go through the next door on the right, go left and go through the other door. Get the map and the club in one of the corners of the place, exit through another door, enter the first door on the right and collect the bottle of wine. Exit, go right, go right again and continue through the large door at the end of the hallway. Proceed through the first door on the left and run to the end of the tunnel. On the other side, walk to the right until you see a large door. Continue along it and ignore the first corridor on the right. Enter the second one and, in the room at the back, fill the wine bottle with the kerosene in the metal cylinder and exit. Head down the hallway you ignored earlier and enter the engine room. Fill the machine’s tank using the liquid from the wine bottle and activate the switch on the side. Go down to the metal stairs ahead, go up the nearest staircase and continue through the blue door after another flight of stairs. Cross the bridge, go down a new staircase and continue through another door. Stay on the platform and go left. Kill the monster that will flee and enter through the only door on that side. Climb the stairs, cross the bridge and enter at the end. Take the hairdryer, which is on a bench. Make your way back, cross to the platform on the opposite side and continue through the large door. Go forward and take the left at the fork. Go through the blue door and exit through the steel door on the opposite side. Plug the dryer into the socket next to the door and cross the bridge after the animation. Exit and go through the only available door in the next hallway. In the next area, go down the sewer, turn right, climb the platform and run to the end. Enter the door and continue to the next one. Climb to the highest point in the place and climb the metal ladder.

BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Go around the building and enter through the double doors. Follow the corridor, continue through the door near the elevator and go up to the top of the stairs. In the hallway, go forward and enter the door on the right. Walk to the central area, check the mattress and drop it into the hole. Go down it straight away. Look for a hole in one of the walls and go through it. Go right, be careful with flying opponents and enter the neighboring building through the open window. 

BUSINESS BUILDING

Leave the office, go left, turn right and continue through the door with the red light. Cross the hallway and go through the door ahead. In the other area, go through the door straight ahead and take the map on a small glass table. Exit, return to the previous corridor, turn right and continue to the end. Enter through the door and go up the stairs to the fifth floor. At the top, turn left, run to the bottom and go left again. Continue through the double doors (art gallery), follow the second door on the right wall. Walk right and get the screwdriver. Go down to the office where you got the map and use the screwdriver on the partially open drawer of a desk and collect the rope. Return to the hallway where you found the screwdriver. Continue through it until the end and enter the only accessible door. Collect the sword from the metal shelf and exit through the art gallery. Enter through the door almost straight ahead and proceed to the right. Unlock the one on the right, but don’t go in. Go to the left and get a monkey and a shelf. Return to the hallway and enter the door you unlocked earlier. Go left and use the emergency stairs to return to the third floor. Open the elevator door on the right using the jack and then use the rope to go down. On the lower floor, go right twice and enter the door with the inscription “ECHO” straight ahead. Enter through the wooden door on the right side, go through another door and examine the bathtub.

MACABRE BUSINESS BUILDING

Cross the bridge, go out the door, and in the next room, use the door on the left. Enter to the left (door stained with blood). Check the paper on the counter and exit through the only open door. Watch the animation. Take the bottle of antiseptic from the locker there, unlock the door and go through it. Continue through the door on the other side of the hallway. In the other area, run left to the end and then turn right. Use the elevator and go down to the first floor. Leaving, turn left twice and enter through the only door on the left wall. Inside the restaurant, take the pig’s liver from the minibar and return to the fifth floor. Go left, enter the corridor on the right and go through the door at the end. Go left and turn right at the fork. Go through the door at .me and grab the matchbox on the table. Outside, go left and enter through the metal door. Proceed through the double doors, approach the bucket in front of the large painting and combine the antiseptic, pig liver and matchbox. Use them then. Enter through the revealed passage, go down the staircase on the right and continue through the door. Continue forward checking all the doors to only unlock one of them. In the next corridor, repeat the procedure and enter through the back door. Grab a coin from under the lamp and use it on the soda machine to find a key. Go back to the previous hallway and go through the door you unlocked. Use the elevator that still works and go down to the first floor once again. Exit to the left and enter the hallway on the right. Open the back door using the key you found earlier. Run to the left and, seeing some creatures blocking the passage, enter through the door on the left. Read the page on one of the tables. Exit, go right, enter the door in front of a grate, run forward and enter left. Continue to the end and use the elevator.

DAISY VILLA CONDOMINIUM

Run to Heather’s left side and move forward until you find an alley. Run through it, enter the condominium and go forward until the central hall. Continue down the hallway straight ahead, check the first door on the left and watch the video.

BOSS – CLAUDIA MISSIONARY

Point the gun at the enemy and rotate around him. When it’s close to your back, shoot. With him on the ground, keep shooting, but don’t get too close or you’ll get a surprise hit. Opt for the rifle and make sure you have a good amount of ammunition and items to recover energy. Go to the living room, go through the white door ahead, get the stun gun and leave the apartment. In the central hall, exit through the door next to the save point.

SILENT HILL

Leave the room and use the map to find Brookhaven hospital in the thick fog.

BROOKHAVEN HOSPITAL

Inside the hospital, run and enter the door straight ahead. Take the location map, exit, go left and enter through the third door on the right. Check the book on the table and return to the main hallway. Go right and look for the elevator. Use it to go to the second floor. Read the book on the table in one of the corridors and use the combination on the lock on the next door, according to the difficulty you chose at the beginning of the game:

Easy: 4639

Normal: 8634

Hard: 4896

Before entering, look for a women’s bathroom (the only door available on the floor), collect the bottle of acetone and perfume, use the elevator again to go down to the first floor. Turn right, go to the bottom and enter the double doors on the left. Run right and enter the fourth room on the left. Position yourself in front of the wall with glued objects and use the acetone to remove a key. Return to the central area and use the key on the nearest simple door after leaving the corridor where you were. Go up one floor and enter through the door that you unlocked (with the code corresponding to the difficulty). Follow to enter through door M4. Examine the clock and use the time as a code to open the folder on the bed. Take the camera and return to the stairs. Go down to the basement, run to the end of the hallway, collect the machine gun on the floor and enter through the only unlocked door. Use the camera on the blood stain on the wall to get a code. Write it down so you don’t forget. Return to the staircase and go up to the third floor. Go left and enter the hallway. Go through the door at the bottom and then through the last one on the left. Read the book thrown on the floor and leave. Return to the central area and use the code you got from the camera on the double door panel near the staircase. Enter then. Enter the first room on the left and read the magazine. Exit, follow the corridor, enter through the seventh door, repeat the procedure from the previous room and exit again. Continue to room S12, answer the phone and return to the staircase. Go down to the bottom floor, go through the nearest double doors and run to the end. Enter to go through a sequence of mazes. When passing through the first gate, turn first right and then follow the following path: right, left, right, right and left. Enter through the door. In the next part, follow these directions: left, right (from the character), right (you need to approach the gate on the left first), left and go through the door. Now, the last maze. The sequence is: left and left. Run to the end of the tunnel and check the red mark on the wall. After the CG, go through the door beyond, climb the metal stairs and exit through another door.

MACABRE BROOKHAVEN HOSPITAL

Follow the hallway to the end and enter through the double doors. Cross the place and exit through another door. Cross the place and exit through another door. Run left and enter the elevator. Go to the second floor and when you get out of the elevator, turn to Heather’s right. Turn right again into the hallway and go through the second door. Examine the closet where the sound is coming from, watch the video and leave the room. Exit through the door in front of you, get a plastic bag from the trash can and then leave. Go up to the third floor using the elevator. Enter the next hallway and follow it to the end. Unlock the double doors on the left and go inside. Enter the first room on the right and use the plastic bag on the bucket full of blood. Use the elevator once again and go down to floor B3 (it’s the third button from top to bottom in the left column). Approach the oven on the opposite side and examine it. The squiggles indicate the position of the numbered beds that you must use to open the oven lock. With it open, take the key, go up to the first floor and turn right as soon as you exit. Enter through the door, follow the paths between the bars and read the notebook open on the floor. Exit, enter Pa right and use the key you collected from the oven to open the only accessible double door. Go through to the other door and exit. Run down the corridor and enter through the fourth door on the left (guide with the map). Use the plastic bag with blood on the altar to find a metal ladder. Go down, watch another animation and get ready to face a boss.

BOSS – LEONARD

Make sure you have ammo for the machine gun and carbine. The tactic is to hit it until it sinks. From there, run away and wait for him to reappear. If his back is turned, use the sword to avoid wasting ammo. Otherwise, shoot the bullet. After the presentation (Heather will get a talisman), leave the hotel and watch another animation.

AMUSEMENT PARK

Guide yourself by the map and head to the hotel room. After the CG sequence, check the map and go to Nathan Ave. Heather will arrive at the amusement park. Go forward, enter through the double doors, continue left and enter the only accessible store. When you hear a different sound, take the roller coaster key from the box next to the save point and exit the store. Continue left and enter the next area. Run forward and go through the gate. Go left, find the roller coaster stairs and go up. Up there, open the cabin using the key you picked up a moment ago, turn off the first panel and walk on the tracks. After the video, enter the only unlocked door and find the entrance to the mansion. Advance through the rooms without danger, but be quick in the following corridors to avoid letting the red gas touch Heather. Outside, go along the wall on the right to find an alley. Follow it. Go ahead, turn left and go through the ornate gate. Run forward and go through a smaller gate. Search the new area to get a chain (on a bench) and a red shoe (in the center of a stage). Return to the ornate gate area, climb onto the ride, use the chain on the central column pipe and attach it to the gate in front of the ride’s entrance. Activate the panel to turn it on and the gate will open. After the animation, proceed through the gate ahead and, in the next part, head to the right, entering the hut next. Collect the book on a bench and the doll head on the table in the back. Exit and continue through the only available door, run to the statue on the left and use the doll head. On the right, use the red shoe. Go to the tracks, go through the wooden door on the left and continue through another door into the next room. Run, go through the half-open gate and equip the sword. Enter the carousel and start tearing all the horses apart until they stop moving vertically. Alessa will appear.

BOSS – ALESSA

Frontal attacks do not work against the enemy. The technique, then, is to hit it from behind. Believe me, this is not as difficult as it seems. The trick is to get closer and away when she gets ready to strike you. Dodge, go around her and shoot until you knock her down. It will disappear for a few seconds. Repeat the technique remembering that, with each reappearance, she will have a new weapon in hand. Protect yourself from machine gun fire by staying behind the horses. When you defeat her, she leaves the carousel, runs to the end of the tunnel and enters through the door. Continue down the corridor, read (if you wish) the inscriptions on the walls, climb the grand staircase and continue through the door.

CHURCH

Take the tarot card from the altar and enter to the right. Go left, collect the map and go through the second door to examine the confessional. Choose one of the options and exit. Continue down the hallway, turn left and continue through the door. Cross the room, go straight down the hall, turn right and go through the door quickly. Take the cassette and look at the papers on the desk. Return to the hallway, run to the right and enter another door. Check the frame on the right to move it and enter the revealed door. Proceed and enter through the door ahead. At the next location, escape the new type of creature and enter through the last door on the platform. Read the open books, pick up another tarot card, and watch the video. When you receive a book, leave the place and use the iron elevator. Go through the door almost opposite the elevator, run to the end and enter the morgue. Check the corpse on the stretcher to find a new tarot card. Exit, follow the corridor to the right and enter the door at the end. Read the diary on the bed and return to the elevator area. Go left and enter through the second to last door. Run to Heather’s right and continue through the last door. In the hallway, enter through the first door on the left, cross the room and use the door on the opposite side to exit. Proceed to the part with white tiles and wait until some footprints appear to find a new passage. Enter through the steel door, get another tarot card by examining the book on the chair, and return to the main hallway. Return to the room before the hallway and exit through the door on the other side. Go left and walk to a new door. Enter through it and examine the diary and memo on the desk. Take the key from the board next to the save point and return to the confessional hallway. Use the key on the only possible door and enter. In the hallway on the left, go through the first door, examine the chair in the center and exit through another door. Go through the first door on the right, read the notes and listen to the cassette on the radio on the shelf. Exit, go into the next room, read the card and book and take the last tarot card. Go all the way back to the room where you got the last key and place the tarot cards on the back door as follows:

Hanged Man – bottom row, middle column

Moon – top row, right column

Eye of Night – top row, left column

Fool – middle row, right column

High Priestess – middle row, left column

Run to the end of the hallway and go through the double doors.

BOSS – GOD Use the pendant and go down the hole. The idea is simple: hit him twice in the belly area and attack his head as soon as he ducks. Prefer to use firearms and stay behind the dark line on the ground. Shoot without stopping and move to avoid getting caught by the fire.