Solution to the weights and scales puzzle in Silent Hill 2

In this guide, you'll learn how to solve the weights and scales puzzle located in the prison yard of Toluca Prison in Silent Hill 2. We'll provide detailed instructions on where to find each weight and how to place them correctly on the scales to open the necessary doors and progress in the game.

Location: Toluca Prison

You will find the scales in the prison yard. Remove the cloth from them to inspect the details. There is a stand for weights in front of the scales. So far, there is only one weight on it. You need to find the rest to pass the puzzle.

You will find the heavy weight in the chapel. Return to Block B and go to the armory. Then turn north. The item will be on the altar. Return to the scales. Place the heavy weight on the right side and the light weight on the left. You will open the Headless Snake door.

Head to the death row room. Restart the generator. Detailed instructions are in this guide. Enter the witness room. Here you need to switch the toggles so that they are in the upper position. Order of actions:

After this, take the medium weight from the electric chair. Return to the scales. Place the light and heavy weights on the left side. The medium weight on the right. You will open another door.

Go to the second floor and enter the Hornless Ox door. Take the key to Block D from the guard room. Go to the new block and open cell D5. Take the key and return to Block C. Open cell C4 and crawl through the passage to the pipes. Reach the restroom and turn into the shower section. Take the weight from the hole in the wall. Return to the scales. Place the light weight on the left side, and the rest on the right.

Go to the infirmary. Take the key from the table and use it on the ladder near the restroom. Climb up. Type the word SICK on the typewriter to open the box with the light weight. Return to the scales. Place the medium weight on the right side. Place the rest on the left.

Through the open door, head to the basement. Take the weight from cell F6. The door will lock. Do not panic. This is a temporary phenomenon. After some time, it will open. Go to cell F9 and break the wall. In the adjacent room, there will be a ladder leading out of the basement. Return to the scales. Place the light, medium, and heavy weights on the right side. On the left: tiny, light, and heavy weights.