Follow this Silent Hill 4: The Room walkthrough to navigate Room 302, investigate disturbances, collect key items like the Red Diary and Apartment Keys, and deal with the Man with the Coat.
Walkthrough
- 1After waking up, exit your apartment and head for the front door.
- 2Investigate the noise from the laundry room.
- 3Exit the laundry room, check your peephole, and pick up the RED DIARY - MAY 2 at the foot of the door.
- 4Return to your Apartment World.
- 5Exit your room quickly to avoid the Ghost and head towards Room 302.
- 6An apparition of a boy will knock; the room won't open. Place the RED PAPER (obtained from Room 301) under your door. You can return home later to read it.
- 7Continue down the hallway, past locked rooms 303 and 304, and enter the stairwell.
- 8In the stairwell, you'll meet a man in a trench coat who offers you the SHABBY DOLL. Decide whether to take it (note: it has no effect in the PC version).
- 9Continue to the first-floor lobby. Find lockers near the stairs and use LOCKER KEY #106 to open one, revealing love letters.
- 10Enter the west corridor opposite the lockers.
- 11Find the "Superintendent's Room" sign next to room 105 and enter using the SUPERINTENDENT'S KEY (from Room 301).
- 12In the living room, take the APARTMENT KEYS and the RED PAPER and TORN RED PAPER from a box.
- 13In the back bedroom, find the SUPERINTENDENT'S DIARY (UMBILICAL CORD).
- 14Leave the Superintendent's Room.
- 15Head down the hallway and enter Room 106. In the northeast bedroom, find a PORTABLE MEDICAL KIT and a nurse uniform.
- 16Use the phone in the bedroom to dial the number on the notepad (optional, for lore). This will trigger a Ghost that stalks you throughout the building.
- 17Exit to the hallway. Room 107 is uninteresting. Return to the lobby.
- 18Before proceeding, empty your inventory into your apartment's chest, keeping only the APARTMENT KEYS and a weapon (e.g., Rusty Axe).
- 19Go to Room 302's front door and use the RED PAPER and TORN RED PAPER (and any others you have).
- 20Use the portal in the lobby to return to Room 302 and read the papers.
Tips
- The Shabby Doll has no effect in the PC version. Taking it might trigger a haunting effect in other versions, but it can be dealt with later. Leaving it on the steps removes it as a factor.
- The Apartment Keys allow access to most rooms except 302 and 303 (which requires a separate key).
- You can delay slipping the Red Papers under 302's door until you find more, but doing it now clarifies your goal of finding 303's key and frees up inventory space.
- Consider emptying your inventory into your apartment's chest before heading to Room 302's door to manage space.
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