Silent Hill 2: Reception Office Padlock Code and How to Get It

How do you get the Reception Office Padlock code in Silent Hill 2? Early on in your exploration of Brookhaven Hospital, you'll need to work out a Padlock code to obtain a key. In this Silent Hill 2 guide, we're going to reveal how to get the Reception Office Padlock code.

How Do You Get the Reception Office Padlock Code in Silent Hill 2?

When you enter Brookhaven Hospital, the Reception Office will be one of the very few rooms open to you. In there, you'll find a Padlock on a cabinet with a key inside. If you read the Key Locker Note in the main Reception area, it'll tell you to check Exam Room 3. At its entrance door, smash the glass to the left with your Steel Pipe to get inside. In a drawer in the right-hand room, you'll find a Nurse's Memo that contains a big clue for working out the Padlock code. It tells you to search the Lobby and look for "Nurses. Doctors. Trees."

What you need to do is return to the main Lobby area and interact with the paintings on the walls. In one painting, you'll find 7 Nurses. Another reveals 2 Doctors. A third depicts 4 Trees. In accordance with the Nurse's Memo, this gives us the Reception Office Padlock code:

• 724 (standard mode)
• 152 (hard mode)

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