Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 Remake is a mostly faithful recreation of Team Silent’s 2001 classic Silent Hill 2, barring a few changes, including adding new collectables such as glimpses of the past and Strange Photos. Silent Hill 2 Remake’s Strange Photos are littered throughout the town in a number of peculiar places and are tied to a pretty tricky trophy called Pieces Unarranged, which requires you to collect all of them in a single playthrough. Having finished Silent Hill 2 Remake, I can tell you from personal experience that you’re unlikely to find all of them in one sitting without a guide, as they’re hidden in some pretty rogue spots that can demand a lot of backtracking or, in some cases, undoing a puzzle to input an alternate solution.
In this guide, let me walk you through the location of every Strange Photo. I believe there are 26 in total (given that this is the number listed on the back of the final polaroid). I’ve also created a video guide, linked below, which you can refer to if the written hints aren’t helping.
How to find Strange Photos in Silent Hill 2 Remake
Silent Hill 2 Remake’s Strange Photos pop up in the most unexpected places, and no visual indicators or audio cues denote that one is nearby. One tip I used during my second playthrough is activating High Contrast mode in the Display & Graphics settings and then picking a bright colour like Green or Magenta for the Environmental Interactables & Save Points Color. With that activated, the Strange Photos will be illuminated for you to find as you wander around the map, running twice into every door just in case. In the Gameplay Accessibility settings, you can also change the Interaction Icon Size to Huge, making the polaroids easier to spot.
Without further ado, let’s get into the list. I’ve formatted it chronologically because the numbers on the back of each Strange Photo are not sequential. For example, you get Strange Photo 3 during the Labyrinth section near the very end of the game.
Silent Hill 2 Strange Photo Locations
So many people Here – Photo 1 location
Just to the left of the Wood Side Apartments entrance, on the floor next to a wooden plank.
I’ve been happy – Photo 6 location
In a shop window to the right of The Dance Company store on Neely Street. It’s on the other side of the road to Neely’s Bar.
Valentine’s Day – Photo 4 location
Room 102 in Wood Side Apartments, on the tray table next to the TV.
Career’s Humble Beginnings – Photo 7 location
Room 210 in Wood Side Apartments, on the window sill.
Forever Together – Photo 16 location
On the first floor of the Blue Creek Apartments, to the right of the staircase leading up. It’s guarded by a mannequin.
How the time flies – Photo 11 location
Blue Creek Apartments 2F, Room 212, on the floor in a side room to the right of the save square.
So far from home – Photo 14 location
In a stone alcove in Rosewater Park, to the right after entering through the gate with Maria.
Made it! – Photo 20 location
Across the street from Jack’s Inn, there’s a garage that you can unlock with a Garage Jack. You can find the Garage Jack at a fuel station down the road. Take it, crack the garage open, and you’ll find the Polaroid atop a toolbox inside.
Ready to kill it! – Photo 12 location
In Heaven’s Night, on a makeup table in the opening thoroughfare before you get to the main area.
Church entrance – Photo 5 location
In the Moonlight Grove, after the bench cutscene, turn around and double back on yourself to find it sitting on the stone border of a little water feature.
Best flavour! – Photo 8 location
In the Revere Theater, it’s a few rows behind Eddie, on the furthest cinema chair.
Her drawings – Photo 9 location
In the Observation Room on the second floor of the Brookhaven Hospital, you’ll find it on a desk across from a radio spitting out static.
At least she was there – Photo 18 location
After you get the 1F corridor key from Exam Room 5 on the third floor, return to the first floor, and you can find it in a drawer inside the newly opened Examination Room 1.
They mustn’t know – Photo 13 location
You can find it on a bench in the Shower Room on the first floor of the Otherworld Brookhaven Hospital.
No one knows – Photo 2 location
It’s on the second floor of the Otherworld Brookhaven Hospital, in room C5, in a drawer on a pill-covered side table.
They’re here – Photo 10 location
Smash the front left window of the green car in front of the Lucky Jade restaurant on the east side of South Vale.
The new clock – Photo 17 location
In a glass case in the Silent Hill Historical Society, to the right of a stuffed bird.
Four months to go – Photo 15 location
Toluca Prison 1F Serpent Section, on a table in Cell E12
Old man’s always prepared – Photo 23 location
Toluca Prison 1F Boar Section, on a desk in the Warehouse room.
Whole world ahead of us – Photo 19 location
After the Pyramid Head chase in the Desolate Area, climb back up through the circular den section, particularly the room adjacent to the ladder marked VI on the map.
Your best buddy! – Photo 3 location
In the Rotating Cube Puzzle room in the Labyrinth, rotate the cube until a bridge extends and there’s a plaque next to the bottom left corner of the door with a face flanked by two etched-out symbols. Then, head down into the basin of the rotating house for the Polaroid.
Road trip! – Photo 24 location
After the Eddie boss fight, bear right from the save point at the port where you get in the rowboat. It’s in the far corner near a chainlink fence.
Aftermath – Photo 21 location
Room 104 of the Lakeview Hotel, in a drawer to the right of the bed.
Better Leave… – Photo 25 location
On the flooded bar after you escape the Lakeview Hotel Basement. It’s the same room where you grab The Little Mermaid figurine.
Still can’t get it right – Photo 22 location
In Room 302 of the Otherworld portion of the Lakeview Hotel, you have to pull a trolley out of the way to progress, but when you do, it will reveal a bathroom you can enter, which hides the photo in the sink.
SHAPE FORCES THE MIND – Photo 26 location
Before you ascend the metal stairs for the final boss fight, head to the right instead of the left, and you’ll find the photo on the floor near the water.
How to unlock the Pieces Unarranged trophy in Silent Hill 2 Remake
To unlock the Pieces Unarranged achievement in Silent Hill 2 Remake, you must collect every Strange Photo in one playthrough. I’d recommend doing this after you complete the game once because you’ll have access to the chainsaw, which you can find on the road into Silent Hill after meeting Angela for the first time. The chainsaw can kill enemies in one hit on light combat difficulty and trivialises most boss battles. I’d also suggest toning down the combat and puzzle difficulty or just writing down the numeric solutions to puzzles to help make your playthrough quicker. However, bear in mind that if you speed through the puzzles, completing them without going through the motions will lock off certain areas of the map, which may be detrimental to your search.
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