The Shrine Vault puzzle in Silent Hill f is a key challenge you’ll face right after finishing the Shrine Path Altar puzzle. Once you have the ceremonial knife and follow the fox mask man into a new area, you’ll find the path blocked by a locked combination door. To get through, you need to locate special symbols hidden on wooden ema plaques around the shrines. This guide will walk you through all the ema locations and their symbols for every difficulty.
Shrine Vault Ema Boards Location in Silent Hill f
The Shrine Vault puzzle comes up right after you’ve finished the Shrine Path Altar puzzle. Once you get the ceremonial knife and start chasing the man in the fox mask, he’ll lead you into a new area. But as soon as you arrive, you’ll find the way forward blocked by a locked combination door and that’s where the Shrine Vault puzzle begins.
To solve the Shrine Vault puzzle, you’ll need to track down three special symbols by flipping over certain ema plaques scattered around the area. Once you’ve found them, you’ll use those symbols to line up the dials on the big shrine’s combination lock and unlock the door.
Shrine Vault Ema Boards Puzzle Solution (All Difficulties)
Silent Hill f lets you choose between Story, Hard, and Lost in the Fog difficulty settings, both for combat and for puzzles. Changing the puzzle difficulty mainly affects how many hints you get. On Story, the clues are very clear, while on the higher settings, the hints are much less, and you’ll need to pay closer attention to figure things out.
Story Difficulty
To find the symbols you need, keep an eye on the wooden ema hanging around the shrines. You’re looking for the ones with a crane, a serpent, and a tortoise. The crane hides a circle with a horizontal line through it, the serpent shows a circle with a vertical line, and the tortoise reveals a snake shape with a V under its head.
Hard Difficulty
To solve this puzzle, you’ll need to check the wooden ema hanging around the shrines and look for the ones showing lightning, a decayed tree, and kudzu (green leaves with a purple flower). The lightning ema shows a circle with two vertical lines, the decayed tree has a circle with a cross through it, and the kudzu displays a square with a T across the middle.
Hard Lost in the Fog Difficulty
To solve this puzzle, you’ll need to check the wooden ema hanging around the shrines for images of Yokai. You’re looking for the Yokai of the Carriage, the Yokai of the Umbrella, and the Yokai of the Kettle. Each ema has four symbols, and you’ll need to pick the right one for the lock based on the clues for that specific Yokai. The Yokai of the Carriage shows a circle with two vertical lines inside, the Yokai of the Umbrella has a circle with an upside-down Y through it, and the Yokai of the Kettle reveals a snake with a V under its head.
