How do you solve the Gallows puzzle in the Yard in Silent Hill 2? After fully exploring Toluca Prison and finding all the weights for the Scales, a Gallows will appear containing poem verses you need to match up. In this Silent Hill 2 guide, we're going to reveal how to solve the Gallows puzzle in the Yard.

How Do You Solve the Gallows Puzzle in the Yard in Silent Hill 2?

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After finding all the weight in Toluca Prison, a Gallows will appear behind the Scales in the Yard. It asks for an Execution Lever, which is sourced by placing the weights on the Scales so that the dial points directly upward towards the sword. For the solution to that, see the image below:

Insert the Execution Lever into the slot on the Gallows, and two doors will open in the stone in front of you, revealing 6 poems. The first half of each has been bolted into the Gallows, and you need to correctly match up the second half by cross-referencing the poems. Using the Roman numerals etched into the Gallows, the solutions are as follows:

  • I

I watched them burn, I heard them cry,
I felt a soothing warmth inside,
It felt so good, I cannot lie,
As for my bliss, they had to die.

  • II

What were those reasons, you might ask,
The truth allows me to unmask,
I see, I crave, I need, I take,
Tis all the sense it needs to make.

  • III

My only daughter, joy of days,
They wanted to take you away,
Hush, little baby, and be still,
If I can't have you, no one will.

  • IV

So, my guilt is plain to see,
I had robbed the pharmacy,
Yet, I did so not for gain,
But so I could ease the pain.

  • V

You broke my legs, I couldn't walk,
You pulled my teeth, I couldn't talk,
You fed me pills to slow my mind,
I took your life 'fore you took mine.

  • VI

In truth, I did not hesitate,
As my blade sealed the poor man's fate,
He knew the rules, they are quite clear,
Go against me, your end is near.

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Once you've correctly lined all the poem entries up, there'll be ropes hanging from the Gallows on each side. You need to select a rope and interact with it, with the Roman Numerals up above relating to the poems. If you pull on the wrong one, you'll drop down into an area full of enemies, and you'll have to fight your way out and climb back up to the Gallows area. To progress and complete the puzzle, you need to pull on rope V.

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