Light Puzzle



The Light Puzzle is a puzzle found in Nowhere of Silent Hill. Harry Mason encounters the puzzle on the third floor, just outside of the elevator. The puzzle must be solved in order to unlock the two doors within the room and, more specifically, to obtain the key in a bird cage.

Solution
The room contains two paintings beside an altar, one on the left and one on the right. The painting on the left is titled "The light to the future", and the one on the right is titled "The light illuminating darkness". Both titles are a clue as to what to do with the paintings. Both titles are related to light, and so Harry must use the flash of the camera on both paintings to reveal the solution. After using the flash, three figures are revealed on each painting. The figures must be used to unlock the two doors. Should the player have the figures memorized, the doors may be unlocked without the need of the camera.

Trivia



 * Many of the symbols that appear on the paintings after the camera's use are similar to ones on the keystone symbol of the Masonic body called the Order of Mark Master Masons.


 * In Silent Hill 3, there are two references to this puzzle. The first is an unlockable outfit Heather Mason can wear. The second is a painting beside Valtiel in Brookhaven Hospital.