Follow Harry's search for his daughter Cheryl in Silent Hill: The Short Message, starting in Chapter One and the Part One Cafe.
Walkthrough
- 1After waking up from a car crash, step out of your wrecked jeep to search for your daughter Cheryl.
- 2Chase after a figure resembling Cheryl, who runs up the street, turns left, and enters an alleyway.
- 3Follow her into the alleyway, go through a squeaky gate, and continue as the environment becomes darker.
- 4As Harry lights a match, the surroundings transform with broken wheelchairs and a bloodstained hospital stretcher.
- 5Proceed past the stretcher and witness a mutilated body on a fence before two figures with knives approach.
- 6Allow the figures to attack and kill Harry.
- 7Harry awakens in the Part One Café, where he meets police officer Cybil.
- 8Ask Cybil about a little girl with short black hair, turned 7 last month; she hasn't seen anyone.
- 9Cybil warns Harry it's dangerous outside and offers him her gun, instructing him to be careful with his aim.
- 10Cybil leaves to call for reinforcements, leaving Harry to search for Cheryl.
- 11Equip the gun Cybil gave you.
- 12Pick up the following items from the counter in the Café: Flashlight, Map of Silent Hill, Health Drink [x2], and Knife.
- 13Save your game at the counter.
- 14As you prepare to leave, a radio emits a strange noise (white noise).
- 15Investigate the radio, and a creature will fly through the window.
- 16Shoot the creature three to four times with the handgun.
- 17Save your game again before leaving the Café.
- 18To reach the alleyway where you last saw Cheryl, take Bachman Street and turn left onto Finney Street.
- 19Beware of demon dogs on Bachman Street and Finney Street.
- 20In the alleyway, find a Steel Pipe weapon and two pieces of paper: a picture and a note saying "To School."
- 21The Midwich Elementary School will be circled on your map, but the direct road is destroyed.
- 22Notice a hole large enough for a child to pass through and a road on the other side.
- 23Consult your map and head to Matheson Street, on the opposite side of the alley.
- 24Walk south on Matheson Street and find more drawings on the ground: "Doghouse" and "Levin St."
- 25Go to Levin Street and locate a doghouse to find a key.
- 26Use the key to unlock the Victorian house on the west side of Levin Street.
- 27Inside the house, find two boxes of bullets for your handgun and a Health Drink.
- 28At the back door near the kitchen, you'll find a lock requiring three keys.
- 29Examine the billboard near the door with three locks; it displays a map of Silent Hill with three circles. These circles will be automatically copied onto your map.
- 30Head to Finney Street to find the Key of Lion.
- 31On your way to Finney Street, stop by your wrecked car to pick up a Health Drink.
- 32Visit the convenience store to get three more Health Drinks and a First Aid Kit.
- 33Find the "Key of Lion" at the wrecked police car on Finney Street.
Tips
- Be prepared for the environment to change drastically in the alleyway.
- Save your game frequently, especially before leaving the Part One Café.
- The demon dogs are aggressive; be ready to fight or evade them.
- The map will update automatically with the locations of the three keys.
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