Keeping Track of Kills

Learn how to track fighting and shooting kills in Silent Hill 3 using a notepad or word document. Keep tallies even by kicking downed enemies.

To stay on top of your kill count in each category, it is recommended to grab a notepad and pen and create a chart with columns for 'fighting' and 'shooting'.

Upon killing solo enemies or clearing out hallways and rooms, take a brief moment to pause the game with Start (this freezes the game timer) and mark down your kills depending on how each enemy died. It is recommended to use tally marks (|) so you can simply keep adding to them rather than constantly crossing out numbers. It's important to actually pause the game with Start, rather than entering your inventory with Select, which does not stop the game timer (though it does stop boss timers).

Alternatively, you can use a word document on a computer at your fingertips to constantly update your kill counts. Whichever method works for you is fine.

Since many enemies will die simply from gunfire, consider regularly kicking downed enemies to death to keep the tally relatively even throughout. Or, even it up the other way by shooting them to death if you're building up more fighting kills later on. Remember to count bosses however you kill them.

Try your best to keep fighting kills as close to shooting as you can (or even higher is great, but hard to do), but don't get too hung up on it, as you can catch up later in the game, particularly in the hospital. It's fairly normal and expected to get a head start in shooting kills due to the Handgun's propensity to kill enemies when dropped.