PUZZLE: SECOND FLOOR PATIENT WING KEYPAD [puz_02]

Need help with the Second Floor Patient Wing Keypad puzzle in Silent Hill 3? Get the solutions for Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulties here.

Alright, so you've made it to the Second Floor Patient Wing and there's a locked door with a keypad. Don't sweat it, the clue is right there on a paper memo on the chalkboard. The code changes depending on the difficulty, so let's break it down.

EASY Difficulty:

The riddle here is pretty straightforward, and it gives you the exact moves. Imagine the keypad like this:

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

The riddle says: "Press, move 2 right; press, move 1 up; press, move 2 down; press, the door shall open." The trick is figuring out the starting number. You can't start at 1 because you can't move up after the second press. You can't start at 7 because you can't move down twice after the third press. That leaves 4 as your starting point.

So, here's the sequence:

1. Press 4.
2. Move 2 right, press 6.
3. Move 1 up, press 3.
4. Move 2 down, press 9.

The code for Easy is 4639. Easy peasy!

NORMAL Difficulty:

This one's a bit more of a brain teaser, involving some logic and algebra. The riddle gives you these clues:

• The first is larger than the second.
• The second is twice the third.
• The third is smaller than the fourth.
• The fourth is half the first.
• Four of the numbers are not repeated.
• Three are not in the top row (meaning only one is from 1, 2, 3).
• Two are not in the right row (meaning only two are from 3, 6, 9).
• One of the numbers is the final key (meaning the fourth number in the code is important).

Let's break it down:

• From "the fourth is half the first" and "the first is larger than the second," we know the first and fourth numbers must be even. The first can be 2, 4, 6, or 8, and the fourth would be 1, 2, 3, or 4 respectively.
• "The third is smaller than the fourth" means the third can't be higher than 3 (since the fourth is at most 4). Also, the fourth can't be 1 because there's no 0 for the third.
• "The second is twice the third" means the second can be 2, 4, or 6 (if the third is 1, 2, or 3).
• "The first is larger than the second" eliminates 2 as a possibility for the first number, leaving 4, 6, or 8. It also suggests the first number is the highest.

Now for the constraints:

• "Four of the numbers are not repeated" means we need four unique digits. This is crucial.
• "Three are not in the top row" means only one digit can be from 1, 2, or 3. This is a big one. It eliminates 4 as the first digit (because it forces the fourth to be 2, the third to be 1, and the second to be 2, which repeats '2' and uses two top-row numbers: 1 and 2). It also eliminates 6 as the first digit.
• "Two are not in the right row" means only two digits can be from 3, 6, or 9.

Putting it all together:

• The first number must be 8 (since 4 and 6 are out).
• The fourth number must be 4 (half of 8).
• The second number must be 6 (twice the third, and it can't be 4 because numbers don't repeat).
• The third number must be 3 (less than the fourth, and double of it is the second number).

So the code is 8634. Let's check the last two clues: "Three are not in the top row" - our code has 8, 6, 3, 4. Only '3' is in the top row, so three are NOT in it. Check! "Two are not in the right row" - our code has 8, 6, 3, 4. '6' and '3' are in the right column, so two are NOT in it. Check! And "One of the numbers is the final key" just means the fourth number (4) is part of the code. It's all confirmed!

HARD Difficulty:

The riddle for Hard difficulty is presented as a very disturbing poem. It's quite graphic, but the key is to extract the numbers from the descriptions of actions and feelings.

The poem describes a violent, intimate act. Let's look for numerical clues:

• "I place my left hand on your face as though we were to kiss. Then I suddenly shove my thumb deep into your eyesocket. Abruptly, decisively, like drilling a hole." - This sequence suggests a starting point and a forceful action.
• "And what would it feel like? Like jelly? Trembling with ecstasy, I obscenely mix it around and around: I must taste the warmth of your blood." - This implies a circular or repeated motion.
• "How would you scream? Would you shriek "It hurts! It hurts!" as cinnabar-red tears stream from your crushed eye?" - The repetition of