How do you solve the Hand puzzle in the Director's Office in Silent Hill 2? One of the main puzzles in Brookhaven Hospital, you'll need to search its floors and rooms to find multiple items to help you solve it. In this Silent Hill 2 guide, we're going to reveal how to solve the Hand puzzle in the Director's Office.

How Do You Solve the Hand Puzzle in the Director's Office in Silent Hill 2?

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The Hand puzzle is found in the Director's Office on floor 2F of Brookhaven Hospital, which you'll visit as part of the main story. Having explored the main route for the building a little, you'll eventually end up in the Director's Office. The Hand sits on a desk directly opposite the entrance door, and first tasks you with finding 3 Bracelets spread throughout Brookhaven Hospital. Those initial steps are detailed below, and then you have to arrange them correctly on the Hand to make it open and give you the Director's Storage Room Key.

Below you'll find out how to solve the Hand puzzle in the Director's Office. If you need any in-depth assistance at any point when solving the puzzle, refer to our Brookhaven Hospital Walkthrough.

Hand Puzzle: Where to Find the Marked Bracelet

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As part of the main path through Brookhaven Hospital, you'll enter Room L1 and James will fall through a hole in between the walls, ending back up on floor 1F. After using the crawlspace available, you'll be in Medical Records. In the back of this room in the corner is the Marked Bracelet.

Hand Puzzle: Where to Find the Filthy Bracelet

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The Filthy Bracelet is in Room D1 on floor 3F, but to access it, you'll need to solve the X-Ray Viewer Puzzle. Refer to the below for more guidance:

Once you've solved it, the X-Ray Viewer will provide you with the code for the Combination Lock on the door of Room D1. Enter the code and grab the Filthy Bracelet from under the sheets of the bed.

Hand Puzzle: Where to Find the Bloodstained Bracelet

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The Bloodstained Bracelet is located in the Pool on floor 1F, but to access it, you'll need to drain the water. You need to combine the Medical Tube found in the nearby Shower Room with the Bent Needle that's in the Pantry. Using this, you can take the Maintenance Key from the Drain in the Pharmacy. This opens the door compartment that grants access to the Pool Pump. Drain the Pool, then drop down and break the wall to find the Bloodstained Bracelet. For a more in-depth, step-by-step guide to this process, refer to our Brookhaven Hospital Walkthrough.

Hand Puzzle Bracelet Solution

Now all 3 Bracelets have been placed on the Hand in the Director's Office, we need to work out what order they need to be placed in and their position on the wrist itself. If you notice on the Hand itself, it replicates the marks the Bracelets have on them. At the top of the wrist are bloodstains and cuts, in the middle are pen marks, then at the bottom looks to be brown mold.

To begin, this gives the order of the Bracelets, from top to bottom:

  • Bloodstained Bracelet
  • Marked Bracelet
  • Filthy Bracelet

Now, we need to line up the marks on the Hand with the Bracelets. Here's what the final solution looks like:

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